New fragrance in Boss range features notes of violet leaves, vetiver, patchouli
Itâs not a âvampy seductressâ type of scent. It's the scent for a woman who prefer to channel sexy, dirty vibes with her look, her body and her outfit, not with her fragrance. I didn't like the opening at all. A nauseating sweetness that when it disappeared away and behind that was a richer gourmand accord that wasn't offensive. Lots of luxurious vanilla, mimosa and plum notes that I enjoy. As time goes by, during mid development, bouquet of white flowers with dominant lily of the valley becomes stronger, intense and with a wisper of love. This all leads into a moderatly sweet, and powdery base with dominant vanilla and the floral notes recede into...
The 2021 "Rose pure" by Mathilde Laurent is a fragrance that I would rather spray on a tester strip than on my skin, because the opening is so stunning that I want to make it happen again and again. The greenness is a force field, twirling in space as one wonders, green grass? Rain on grass? Pollen-soaked earth after a spring rain? Fallen fruit fermenting on the wet ground? That greenness, vaguely sour, set in a sunny warmth, with the deep geranium-tilted rose, perfectly mimics for me the experience of stopping on the sidewalk to smell a neighbor's rose bush on a day of ecstatic spring. One suspends thought to simply breathe in the gift of the moment, of...
I don't find Oud & Ambre very similar to Grand soir, with its outreach to the contemporary craving for quick gourmand enchantment, but rather to Chanel's moody Le Lion. But where Le Lion roars a bit, this lion rests with paws crossed by the gnarled tree with its precious rot, the last rays of sun illuminating its anomalously splendid mane. Oud & Ambre reads to me as very masculine for the first half hour, before a gorgeous buttery, almost boozy wood surfaces. If this were cuisine, we would be stirring intensely reduced stock in a large copper pot, seeing it coat the spoon with dark velvet, before pouring some into a small pot to add cognac, butter, cream,...
Acqua di Taormina Ficuviddi is another winner (I'd say good seller) for this little italian well run and quite particular perfume house. Acqua di Taormina aims (by its natura-inspired fragrances) to evoke the main natural and enviromental characteristics of Sicily, namely a spectacular italian region rich of variegate history (with the versatility of its architectural styles deriving from the diverse historical dominations on it) and naturalistic beauties. Ficuviddi is a figgy blue slighty aquatic kind of fragrance, a sort of more subtle Dolce & Gabbana K Parfum turning actually out in to a less muscular and a more airy and delicate way. It possesses a blue...
What a lovely grapefruit scent. It is not a red grapefruit, it is huge sweet yellow variety, that tastes almost like pomelo with slight bitterness. Cut it right through the peel, put on a plate and take that plate to the morning garden, where sun rises and a dew still sparkles; itâs still summer and all is green⊠This is your âIn Love Againâ - such life loving and optimistic scent!
The inaugural masculine release from Ungaro, under the direction of Jacques Polge and François Demachy, sees a theme that delineates from Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme, Salvador Dali Pour Homme, and the like, with the slipstream of dihydromyrcenol propelling this fabled fougere, since this, after all, this was released in 1991. However, this does reveal a complexity that may come as a surprise, with some intriguing interplay, particularly that of a ratio between a prominent clary sage and lavender. These two have such synergy that it can be difficult for a "trained" nose to sense any seam in the tapestry they form together, albeit with bracing wormwood...
I love the peach and the bergamot notes at the beginning too and I think they are needed in this fragrance, but the very sweet and watery passionfruit in this fragrance kind of ruins things slightly for me and makes things slightly top fruity for my tastes. I would have preffered no passionfruit in this. I also feel like the mandarin orange could have been dialed down a bit more to get a bigger dose of that honeyed character and less of that citric quality. I loved the warmth of the drydown with the powderiness of the musk, the sweetness and warmth of the vanilla and the resinous and deep character from the amber. I also think that this had the right...
A little pearl from a beautiful little southern italian perfume house recently slided under my curious radar. Taormina, with its rich and variegate history which has crossed various phases along centuries (hellenistic, bizantine, arab, normanne, spanish etc), is an extraordinary mediterranean gracious city located in Sicily on the eastern jonic coast, a place rich of natural and historic beauties as for instance the famous Hellenistic theatre. It is defined the Pearl of the Ionian Sea, making it the most famous and important holiday resort, not only in Sicily. Acqua di Taormina is the perfume brand which better represents the spirit of this worldwide...
https://basenotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fredericmalle.jpg It has been reported that Frédéric Malle is leaving his Editions de Parfums brand which he founded in 2000. The brand was revolutionary at the time for putting the names of the perfumers front and centre on the bottle, where before then, many people had no idea who make the fragrances they loved. More : https://basenotes.com/perfume-news/frederic-malle-is-leaving-editions-de-parfums/
Nympheal arrived this week from Perfumiarz. Tested it with a selection of other materials. Nympheal @1% in DPG, other materials @10% in DPG unless otherwise stated. Key findings (measured 4 and 24 hrs in dry down): [*]Very strong, even at 1%. Bit aldehydic impression, but much less than e.g. Mimosal [*]It is indeed no Lyral. It can be seen as a very strong floral enhancer, but without the great harmonizing effect of Lyral [*]In general it adds a very nice creamy / powdery aspect and a LOTV-floral aspect to a great many things [*]Becomes a bit stronger in dry down (but not as much like Vanillin does, say 120%) [*]Does not perform well with rose materials...
Do you ever get that "too much perfume, but nothing to wear" feeling? Like whatever you do try doesn't hit the spot, but after washing off and wearing a couple things, any new scent just blends in and you've lost the chance for the single scent experience? Last night I was home alone (--no one to disturb with nocturnal perfume testing), and I got out strips, and just started going wild testing anything and everything that came to mind. It was kind of like being in a Jovoy perfume emporium all by myself--sniffing everything. And then re-sniffing. And again. Then this morning, I was able to see how the strips had weathered the night. The big winners: Vintage...
... just read in the news that this scent is considered a quiet status symbol ... "The scent of Baccarat Rouge 540 will define 2024. Yes, this perfume costs $325 a bottle. But it's also said to be one of the world's best and most universally appealing. According to Harper's Bazaar, it's not a new fragrance; the brand first launched it in 2016 as a limited-edition collector's item. But thanks to celebrity fans such as Rihanna, TikTokers became interested in the scent, which they say makes you "smell rich," and launched the product's popularity into another dimension. It features notes of jasmine, saffron, and ambergris â a substance that the sperm whale's...
It seems hard to find fragrances with Vanilla notes that don't take over the scent after the opening note....at least to me it seems that way. Vanilla seems like a hard scent to blend subtly. Does anyone have any recommendations for Vanilla fragrances that are only obvious upon inspection and also preferably not paired with tonka?
Hello, perfume enthusiasts and artisans! I'm on the hunt for a talented perfumer who can capture the essence of Africa in every drop of my upcoming luxury fragrance line. đâš I'm passionate about crafting scents that celebrate the vibrant culture, rich landscapes, and diverse traditions of Africa. But to bring this vision to life, I need the expertise of a perfumer who not only understands the nuances of fragrance composition but also shares my deep appreciation for African heritage. If you're a skilled perfumer who resonates with this vision and can blend creativity with cultural sensitivity, I'd love to connect with you. Please drop me a message so...
I love this YSL model that is Musky, but wanted to have Fruity or Flowers or any Freshness scent that would just send some little sparks over the Musk ;( coz the spicy Musk is quite warm as its a,Winter'scent. imo, and is why it is heavy and warm for Spring/Summer) Is there any other models'from YSL that could have that effecr im lookijng for ? If it isnt'really from YSL, then any other Brands/model would be welcomed'for my alternatives Just write me, if anything comes out from your mind ! Thanks
What a horrid smell! It quite literally smells like bad breath, truly a nasty stench....but it's the missing ingredient I've been searching for to recreate the atomic sweetness I've been after in my fragrances. Finally, after years of searching for it, I've found it! So I just have a quick accord of the usual bases, mixed in the tiniest amount of ambergris essence and boom - atomic sweet projection, just like a commercial scent! To round things off I added some coumarin, lavender, neroli, and obscene amounts of hedione. So yeah, if you want the OTT sweetness of a commercial scent, the secret is ambergris + amber xtreme + ambroxan + unholy amounts of...
I looking for some Profumum fragrances low in top notes (so mostly mids and basenotes) I can use to layer with other fragrances. So something with few quality ingredients. I like things like basil, bay leaves, balsam fir, red fruits, red apple, angelica, vetiver, patchouli, creamy cedar. Any suggestions? If Profumum havent made anything with these kind of notes, it could be other houses that use few quality ingredients.
This topic came up as a tangent in another thread, but I think it's interesting enough to start a separate thread for, so here it goes: If you look at your wardrobe and categorise your scents into seasons (arbitrarily and subjectively, according to your own associations), what does that look like? Doe your fragrance season preference align with your season preference? Does it matter if you live somewhere with strong seasons or not? How does humidity factor into it? Do you have particularly strong feelings about which perfumes are associated with which season, or is it difficult to classify some scents? In short, many questions! I'll kick off, I live in a...
