Reviews of Antilope (1945)
by Weil

I can't add very much more to what Calchic has already said so well about how this smells. I think Antilope is an artfully composed fragrance, and perfectly named; it's a sleeper of a little conjurer. I get a dry, grassy, sweet vetiver from it, the blonde color of dried vetiver suggesting the natural habitat of African Antilope (though I think Vetiver is actually southeast Asian?). I agree, it summons up romantic visions of Isak Dineson's Africa, or camping out on Safari in tents, lions lolling in the grassy plains. It goes to show how influential a suggestive name is to the overall character of a fragrance (maybe that's why Envy and Insolence, et al. never grabbed my interest). Antilope is a sweet-dry scent, not bone dry like Amazone; and it's very feminine, imo, though it could be worn by a man too. It warmed and sweetened on my skin, drying down to a delicate soft whisper of sillage. My husband complimented me on it when I was using up my sample. I'll probably just stick with the edc, although I would be interested in testing the new edp to compare. It's very affordably priced online. I hope it hasn't been downgraded in quality.

This is a warm, dry scent - if the name alone doesn't conjure the African Savannah or Serengeti plains for you, the fragrance itself likely will, with its finely tuned and distinctive blend of aldehydes, sage, Grasse neroli and bergamot. These, the fragrance's topnotes, immediately deliver an impression both refined and sun-baked, elegantly wild; if this isn't the ultimate Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) fragrance, I don't know what would be. What further makes this a brilliant blend of the sort that is truly rare these days is the inclusion of chamomile, which brings a lilting blonde softness, and the balsamic ambergris (likely synthetic - I should hope so - but even still a relative rarity in modern perfumery), woody and smooth, balanced out with notes of spicy-ish patchouli and iris to form a haunting, stirring base And lest this sounds like a masculine-trending fragrance, which it's not at all, the heart of muguet and jasmine bring a feminine touch, like a lavish bouquet sitting in the middle of a rugged hut. I am fascinated by this fragrance and wish I could find it in something other than EdC strength; as with Bambou, another Weil masterpiece, there is a newer version of Antilope on the market now and available, at Perfumebay, in EdP strength. I guess I'm going to have to try the new version, though I fear disappointment. Antilope is just so original and incredible - ideally, its magic will live on in its new incarnation.