Minotaure (1992)
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The Minotaur is a reoccurring theme in Pablo Picasso's work, and this is where his daughter got the name for her only masculine fragrance. The name "Minotaure" is sculptured in the glass circling the whole bottle. The fragrance itself has citrus topnotes, herb heartnotes and basenotes of musk and amber.
$94.19 75ml EdT | $58.03 75ml EdT | $68.00 75ml EdT |
Reviews of Minotaure| Darvant ItalyShow all reviews | In a sculptured with caftsmanship bottle this far better version of Roma Uomo is an olfactory powdery-vanillic equivalent of the joy of life with its blend of orangy and rosey-aldehydic amber and woody vanilla. The initial sharp link of hesperides, aromatic herbs, rosey bath soap, lavender and aldehydes introduces a traditional classic kind of starting a bit old school and soaring in the air with a flying long projection. The orangy and floral smell starts soon to smooth in a mild-woody amber-vanilla base that remains discreet and balanced becoming finally a bit powdery, mossy and leathery but never cloying. The note of geranium manteins a certain level of sharpness while the jasmine in its link with balsams and orange embodies a sort of rosey smell that on the side of orange flavours the final suede. I agree who with writes that Roma Uomo is a more sweet, synthetic and simplicistic kind of scent that lacks that sort of retro and barber shop floral-lavender-herbal more discreet kind of complexity. Because of Minotaure's distinctiveness, moderation in powder and balance i find more similarities of genre with fragrances as Japuir or Patricia de Nicolai's New York than with The Dreamer, Pi or Le Male ( while the gourmand fragrances are a very different genre from this with their tasty-edible notes). A well appointed ambery-oriental with a mature fruity-herbal temperament, a certain level of survived sharpness and a joyful floral soul. 5th October, 2011. (Last Edited: 15th November, 2011.) |
| Redbeard United StatesShow all reviews | A nice woody oriental with a bit of fruit and some booze, almost like our friend Zino skipped his sour topnotes and then got drunk. It has a little of the cherry aura that I get from Dunhill (2003) and a few others. Unfortunately it's weak, and my vial is tiny so I don't feel like going for broke with it. Still, I can tell that the wood is the licorecey, aged, thickly varnished sort that you get from things like Tommy Bahama; it's just not as unpleasantly resinous to me as TB. The basenotes on my fingers are a lot more vanilla-focused, which is nice, leading to a closer kinship with Zino. What's strange, though, is I could have sworn I was blown away by this stuff when I tried it before, that it was exactly how I like my spiced woods to be done, but I may just be confusing it with Nemo. I could do without the cherry and licorice, but since they recede a bit in the base, I'll begrudgingly give this a thumbs up. 30th May, 2011. |
![]() patsavouta Show all reviews | definitely a signature perfume, and probably the inspiration for later joop! pink juice.. quite present, pretty original, spicy and warm as hot!! liked it in a way 29th May, 2011. |
| slvrbckgorilla United StatesShow all reviews | Though not unique by any stretch of the imagination, Minotaure does what it does better than most fragrances attempting to do the same. It is sweet and spicy, oriental and powdery, naughty and nice. There is no question the star of this show is the drydown, that is sugary but not too sweet, a bit zesty, and completely delectable. In my opinion it is a more mature, grown up version along the lines of a Le Male…less “sequined shirt in a dark club downing well drinks”, more “buttoned up shirt at a sit down dinner sipping top shelf.” 2nd March, 2011. |
![]() yeager4772 ItalyShow all reviews | Bleah! This is the perfect kind of scent that give me nausea. Too much vanilla in contrast with some spicy thing that make it stink to me. I bought it blind in 1995 I think it was, sprayed a couple of times and then put away from me. 6th January, 2011. |
| Zgb CroatiaShow all reviews | Such a nice sweet, woody composition. When I tried it, a thought struck me - ˝I have too much of fragrances and I need to finaly make a selection of what stays, and what goes˝. I don't know why that thought struck me, but this scent had its part in it. This one will definitely be in my collection. 1st October, 2010. |
Latest Minotaure Threads|
| Roma Uomo vs. Sculpture vs Minotaure started by OlfactoryExperience |
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| Paloma Picasso´s Minotaure VS Roma Uomo by Laura Biagiotti started by Morning Star |
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