Murmure (2002)
by Van Cleef & Arpels

Like a less pungent Beautiful. Nice.

WHITE WHITE WHITE... It has done away with any romantic sensibilities. If this were a famous person in history I'd almost go with Elizabeth the Virgin Queen, ruthless and untouchable powerful woman. There is a very old Dior perfume my mother used to have which had much the same evocations (Diorissimo?? not sure). It's a floral for the strong willed, practical woman.

LIES!
I opened the parfum and sniffed the stopper (yes I know better) to find an intense blast of nutmeg. Hoping for more, I put it on and found a completely different odor... A white floral!
No fair!
It's not a bad white floral, and parades around with a rather macho herbal backdrop which keeps it from being too cloying. I also smell the "flower shop" of both the flowers and the cut and bruised stems. Don't overdo this one, as I suspect it will cause headaches in sensitive noses as many white florals do.
I just want the nutmeg...

I remember that my aunt and uncle’s greenhouse had a room where they prepared their floral bouquets, centerpieces, corsages, and such. That room was often filled with hundreds of different kinds of cut flowers and cut greens, and this fragrance smells like that room, except that Murmure has brought wearability to the out-of-control smell of hundreds of flowers and greens in a correspondingly small room. It’s the same aroma, though…abundantly floral with that natural green background. The wood in the base is exquisite: Sandalwood and cedar – delicate, classic, very natural, very warm, and very wearable. Murmure is beautifully put together, has excellent refinement and longevity: Natural, sophisticated, flawless. As density reduced and modern as it is, it needs an awful lot of discretion in application—it can be overpowering if applied too heavily. I do not see this, even the drydown, as masculine, though.

I completely agree with scenteur7: cedar essence is magnificent, warm and comfortable!!!

Hmmm, I'm really liking this. A white floral with a rather unisex drydown. Yes, slightly feminine on initial application, but the trasnition from middle to base just smelled so exquisite, soothing, warm and comforting. I want it.