Baudelaire (2009)
by Byredo

When I first tried on this scent it captured me. Although I agree that this swings towards the more masculine spectrum, as a female whose chemistry tends to eat fragrances for breakfast, Baudelaire does not seem to overwhelm me. I tend to lean towards the masculine scents, in any case.

What really strikes me about this scent is in the first moments I get an almost damp, earthy, boggy smell. Nothing unpleasant, but unexpected. Like standing water, in the middle of the woods. After a few minutes the leather, incense and Patchouli come roaring forth. There is something about this fragrance that puts me in a nostolgic, almost pleasantly gloomy mood.

I think this fragrance would have to be worn by the right man or woman. Definitely not for everyone. My husband loves this on me, so on the right female I don't think it would be a turnoff.

8th August, 2011.

This water is not for everyone. It has a decadent –more Huysmans than Baudelaire!– tendency: powdery, oriental, animalic (bulgarian rose? white musk? Oudh?): too much of a good thing, but in proper measures. Imperial overstretch, antisex, porno-de-luxe.

Imagine your grandmother with a penis, and your teeny niece with a handlebar moustache, and translate that into a scent.

Luvverly, for gentlemen only though. BCBG

28th March, 2010.