City Love (2011)
by Dueto Parfums

Very awesome rose and oud frag.
Similar to Bond's NY Oud I think.
Another great scent from this house -- I am really liking all of these!

10th August, 2012

Very nice fragrance. I smell above all the oud and patchouli. It is the heart of the fragrance and both are the strongest notes throughout. The violet and rose cling on to these notes throughout the fragrance. It's a thick scent, probably better suited for colder weather and and night. Longevity is also really good with every Dueto fragrance I've sampled. Definite thumbs up.

29 July, 2012

Oh dear, this is one of those hog bliss, utterly subjective loves. What can I say about a perfume that gives the impression that it will put inches on my waistline with just a spray, which revels in a drenched-in-syrup vulgarity, and which is probably as synthetic as nylon? How about: Give it to me.
It has a humid sultriness in keeping with the ‘urban’ theme; for some reason a speeding cab with agarbattis lit and windows up in Bombay during the monsoon comes to mind. It has a carnal familiarity, breathing down your neck wearing sweet rose attar (and possibly a medallion). There’s also a slight underlying raspberryish fruitiness, an oud note, some candied patchouli and traces of some other woody element (probably the nagarmota mentioned in the notes list).
There is an ayurvedic treatment in which a thin stream of oil is poured continually over the recipient’s body. Wearing City Love gives the feel of the same being done with rose syrup. Objectively speaking, this would probably be considered a car crash. But I have a sweet tooth and a weakness for guilty pleasures. I may just buckle and get a bottle.

19 July, 2012

City Love is a potent composition on the theme of rose and patchouli. It is therefore a very sweet composition. I find it disappointing that despite the promising notes the perfume is rather linear. The opening lasts a couple of minutes and soon after the overall development seems fixed on rose with a creamy accord (maybe it is in fact the drying out of cinnamon and the rise of patchouli) which is not that exceptional. This process literally lasts only a few minutes while the dry down lasts for hours ... sweet and gourmand. City love is well made and doesn't feel chip but it is nothing special either. If you like gourmand perfumes tuned on rose give this a try. I dare say that all sexes should be very cautious when applying City Love, as it tends to be borderline overpowering.

25 June, 2012

City love seems appropriate here as a descriptive combining the fossil fuel smells of the city with the rose. City rose opens with a rubber/petrol note over a sweet rose. I don't get lemongrass not any freshness here. There is a humid heavy sweetness which in part reminds me of Mena by Al Haramain. City love seems to give a nod to the heavier more sensual middle eastern attars and showcases the rose in this way. The rubber/petrol note lifts after about 20 minutes allowing the rose to move centre stage and there it stays into the warm drydown of the Nagarmotha, patchouli and oud, none of which dominate but instead combine to present a well blended and comforting slightly spiced vanillic end. Lovely.

09 June, 2012

What we have here is a very well done Rose fragrance. Soft smooth and slightly creamy. Longevity and projection are excellent. I can see this as unisex. Reminds me of noir de noir without the deep balminess that noir has. I would also add that it feels like vanilla is at the base of this as well.

30th April, 2012