Stephen Jones (2008)
by Stephen Jones

i really liked the floral-synthetic smell of this perfume on the paper, but it has instantenisoulsy turned sweet-soapy on my skin - exactli as mi-cuit has put it. i really wish i could get the medcinal-metallic-stoney effect, but this is not a perfume that does it for me. so thumbs up for the idea and thumbs down for what it really smells on me.

15th October, 2011.

A challenging "clean-perfume"! Sounds impossible? Try and see. This composition made by CDG for Stephen Jones is litterally a BLAST of floral cleanness. Just try to think for a minute about a pushed to the (very) limit version of White Linen on steroids and add a considerable dose of incense, woody notes, violet, cloves. A breathtaking experience and one of the weirdest scents around. Absolutely compelling!

25th June, 2011.

This is an odd one. The opening is actually exactly as described. I get a strong hit of violets with something soapy and metallic underneath, but this is almost instantaneously overwhelmed by a strong hit of cloves. The clove overdose reminds me of CdG's Carnation fragrance, which also plays this little trick sometimes, with the cloves completely washing out the buttery floral underneath.

The clove dissipates on my skin around 15 minutes in, at which point I only get the smell of a high-end bar of soap. If i bring my wrist up to my nose, I can smell a slight tingle of spice. I'm a little off-put by the fact that the opening seems to be composed of two competing smells, the soap and the cloves, that don't really mesh at all and just seem to duke it out. I suppose it is a testament to the power of that soap accord that it can stand up to cloves.

I get no metal at all after the initial whiff. Then, unfortunately, the high end soap morphs into baby wipes, and then back into soap. Then it fades completely.

15th November, 2010.

I finally got a chance to sample this one. At first, I was blown away. What immediately came to mind was cold moon rocks. It does have that space fizziness enveloped around what I would perceive as moon rock. Or, I suppose a dry cold stone rock on earth would be the same. I was really digging it until it developed a little further. I started to warm just a little. Then I was reminded of Magma that has been cooled and blackened on the surface but still red and warm underneath. It was just past this point that it started to get cloying and annoying on me. I appreciate this for the imagination that went in to it but, I don't think it is wearable for me. A neutral rating for its spectacular beginning but not a thumbs up for its horrible dry down.

24th July, 2010.

Quite an odd distinctive fragrance on my skin. Like hot stone ,hot metal and powdry violets -even a little medicinal. Unfortunately that combo never has done me any favors .Suffocatingly horrid.Very disappointed that it does this on my skin. The bottle is gorgeous though.

23rd May, 2010.

Way too much aldehyde and mineral-whatevers. Magma? You mean sulfuric acid steam and liquid rock? Ugh. This fragrance, top to bottom, sears my nose hairs.

21st May, 2010.