Berberiades (2006)
by Stéphanie de Saint-Aignan

Luckyscent lists this fragrance as unisex so I treat it as such. Initially there is a huge food scent, like cumin but then it settles down into a very open scent with saffron jasmine and incense handing out a cool invitation. Nice scent once it gets past the buffet.

4th April, 2011.

There is a lot going on in Berberiades. The complexity is interesting as a scent experience but not necessarily one I would want to smell on myself all day. It does smell like a place - a middle eastern market place, perhaps - full of too many colourful and intriguing things to take in all at once - spices and citrus fruit stalls, flowers, other women's perfumes as they pass. It is exotic and pleasantly exciting, and would be even more so if it was actually a place I could explore. I may save this sample to wear when I am rereading Sir Richard Burton's accounts of his pilgrimage to Mecca. It is lovely, but does not suit my life.

8th May, 2010.

The opening is gourmand like a tangy lemon tart pastry. In the mddle it's less overtly "foody" and more dry woody/spicy. I get what seems like sandalwood and ginger. In the far dry down it smells faintly like Jicky. Except for the opening, the sillage is not great and it disappears rather quickly on me leading me to believe that this is an EDT sample. In my opinion this is not a scent I need a full bottle of, but it is nice, light and definitely unisex. While I don't usually like classifying something as a "winter" or "summer" scent, this one is better in the summer as it is so light, it would get lost in the winter.

19th July, 2009.

an intriguing scent, with spicy notes creating a feeling like one is in the middle of a bazaar waking up - when the odour of people has not yet domunated the goods. jasmine and citrus adding freshness to the scent.

3rd August, 2008.