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    No. 5 by Chanel

    So this is the one that started Attack of the Killer Perfumes.
    I can't wear this because of the aldehydes. It comes across on me as harsh with airy hairspray florals, and develops surprising little. I suppose if my skin and nose liked aldehydes I might see the loveliness of this classic, but I do not. This strikes me as the start of that slow slide toward what we all now recognise as the dreaded department store perfume smell. Now I know which one to blame.

    30th July, 2011.

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    Mimosa Pour Moi by L'Artisan Parfumeur

    For some reason, I was underwhelmed and unappreciative of this fragrance the first several times I sampled it. After I developed allergies to aldehydes and certain synthetics, I resampled it, and magically... it works now!
    Its non-finicky, soft and reliable, naturalistic floral air is very appreciated now. Its pleasant personae endears itself with its lack of gaseous, modernistic stylings. I believe it corrects an imbalance in my perfume karma.

    30th July, 2011.

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    Clean Ultimate by Clean

    One of the best of the Clean line on my skin. Most of the rest threw off weird synthetic, or cheap household chemical smells. This one smelled subtle, clean, and non-synthetic. It becomes a skin scent fairly quickly, so it has little sillage, which is well and good, sort of in the concept of the line. It's not especially long lasting, or I quit smelling it at a certain point. This one is a nice surprise from this line.

    24th July, 2011.

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    Vanilla Coconut by Susanne Lang

    Surprise! Like the previous reviewers said, neither vanilla nor coconut. I would never have tried this one, as the name promised an experience I wasn't willing to endure. But it came as a sample, and it turns out to work, and work well. It's not a thin cheap vanilla or cocunut beach fragrance, but a rich well-blended cocktail of sensual tropicalness. I've been looking for a coconutty fragrance for an Hawaiian vacation (my husband hates vanilla but loves cocont, so coconut is his vanilla, if you can follow that one). This one qualifies for that position but much more! It's beyond vacation/beach/tropical and is a sensual stand-alone frag in its own right. Delectable.

    22nd July, 2011. (Last Edited: 28th July, 2011.)

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    FlowerbyKenzo by Kenzo

    There's nothing I can add to the reviews of this fragrance. It's a powdered spring sweet violet and mixed floral. It keeps you and the mood at that level, and doesn't seem to go 'deep'. So it has it's place, and works as a loudly quiet innocent seeming floral, powdered and light. A nighttime or sultry fragrance it is not, and doesn't need to be. I don't hate or love it - I can see wearing it in mixed social situations, church, etc. That being said, as with all fragrances with sillage and powder, this is best worn very lightly, as it will easily cross that line of intruding on another's space. It is also slightly sneezy, and that must be kept in mind when using it around crowds. If used with restraint, this exhibits the sweet innocent powderedness of a lingerie drawer. If not used with restraint, the insincere sweetness of an ambitious southern belle running for beauty queen.

    22nd July, 2011.

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    Rose de Nuit by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido

    I actually passed on Rose De Nuit on my first testing, but when it opened up to me on a second testing in the evening, it really grabbed me. So try this one several times and definitely in the evening before passing on it. It is now one of my favorite Lutens, one of my favorite roses, one of my favorite fragrances.
    A lush rose that turns cool on me, but then is rose ever really cold? Cooling it down allows it to sing another song than strictly 'rose', harmonizing with the dark notes integral to the fragrance to emit a smooth nighttime siren call, slightly dangerous because of that cool dark rosiness. Its darker qualities open and expand more in the evening, sort of like dark calling to dark. Expensive smelling, paired with leather, silk, fur, wine. But good on nothing but skin. To my nose, it needs skin to finish the alchemical reaction, as the siren song is missing in the paper sample sniff. I've tried many fragrances that smelled great in the bottle, and became smelly on my skin, so this one makes up for all those disappointments! Meant to work on the opposite sex, in actuality it works on me when I wear it. One of those fragrances that makes me feel like it smells. To tell the truth, that's probably why I wear it, even though I find it beautiful on its own. This fragrance puts me *in the mood*. Everyone needs a couple of these.

    19th October, 2008. (Last Edited: 30th June, 2011.)

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    Fleurs de Sel by Miller Harris

    Notes: Red Thyme, Rosemary, Clary Sage, Rose, Narcissus, Iris, Ambrette, Vetiver, Moss, Woods.

    I haven't tried all the Miller Harris line, but this is my favorite so far. It is herbal, salty, twiggy, and grassy, while possessing enough well-integrated floral to recreate the sense of small wild flowers in a salt marsh.
    From red thyme and rosemary it gets the bracing freshness of ocean marsh. From clary sage, moss and vetiver, it gets both a moist earthiness and grassy dryness. From rose it gets a light lilting summer note - a rose not damascena, but rugosa. The narcissus is a bridge between the more floral rose and the earthier elements. Ambrette and iris soften and diffuse the medicinal herbs enough that they play nicely with the florals. I like that this fragrance didn't cop-out and throw in token citrus notes to 'freshen' it. It went for uncompromising blooming salt marsh, preventing the sameness that results when you let citrus predominate in the opening of a fresh scent. All in all, it has a fresh, salty bewitching air.
    I thought I would like this best in summer, but I like it better now in winter, perhaps because it recreates a fresh summer quality my nose craves in the dead of winter.

    26th December, 2007.

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    Let Me Play The Lion by LesNez

    What I love about this one is its subtle, shifting quality. Not many fragrances are able to sustain that quality for the life of the scent like LMPTL does. It appeals to my Piscean water nature very much. It is like watching incense smoke curl lazily through a sunbeam as it wafts, disappears, and returns, the same notes in a new layering. It is haunting in its mysterious wooded incense quality. It touches your nose, tantalizes, then backs off. Yes, I wish it were stronger, but that might ruin the very character I love, so I'm content for it to be the way it is. I find it Zen-like, grounding yet rejuvinating. This is how one should construct a subtle incense, wood and spice fragrance - make it just like the nature you're trying to express.

    3rd June, 2007.

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    Cuir Venenum 03 by Parfumerie Generale

    The reviews are wildly divergent with this one I see. Cuir Venenum was almost nauseatingly sweet layered over the top of a bitter leather. The notes were so discordant I couldn't wear it longer than 1/2 hour. I've tried it twice, and forgive me if I gave up too easily, but I just couldn't see that we were ever going to be a match so I threw in the towel on this one. It was a bizarre combination. I may have to eat my words in another year, but so be it.

    3rd June, 2007.

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    New York by Parfums de Nicolaï

    I adore this fragrance. I'm surprised more women haven't written a review yet, because I know lots of women love it. I also love Naed Nitram's description, as his is what speaks to me most in this fragrance: "We tend to think of citrus as clean, sharp, bracing. But New York underwrites this with warm, sweet, seductive, sophisticated, mysterious tones that are quite ravishing in their way."
    It's luscious but reserved, sensual but not sexual, uplifting but deep, crisp but soft, authoritative but flexible. And it smells great, it really does. If you've noticed I've made a lot of comparative descriptions of New York. That seems to define it best for me, a wonderful balance between almost becoming one thing then leaning toward something else, the layered quality it has.
    Most have commented on its Guerlain sensibility. I guess that must be encoded in their DNA. Thank goodness Jacque was able to pass it on. I even smell a slight Djedi note to it. Another masculine fragrance that translates so well on women it should be considered unisex.

    3rd June, 2007.

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    Comme des Garçons White by Comme des Garçons

    I like this one's spicy floral zing, but I don't find it to be a distinctively winter scent. It's cool spiciness works as well or better in summer. The lack of warmth in the spice also makes it wear a little lighter than the typical winter spice perfume. The clove note gives a carnation tone to the florals, but this still doesn't overturn the cool ambiance of this fragrance. I don't smell a pomegranate note, per se, so assume it's more of a modifier, to give a pale fruity tone to the spice. I find it quite wearable, lacking a strong sillage, possessing instead more of a wafting quality. This one expands and lives with me more than the original, which merely ran rough-shod over me.

    3rd June, 2007.

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    Bursch by Acqua di Biella

    Bursch comes across as unisex,and more naturalistic in its rendition than the heavy sound of the basenotes would seem to make it. It opens resinous and citrusy fresh. Part of the brightness of the opening is from the rhubarb which I would have never picked up if I didn't have the ingredient list. It turns the citrus into something other than "citrus" while still possessing a bright piquancy. The resin becomes more of a poppy resin note after the citrus dries off a bit, which is appealing in it's authentic tone. The fresh cedar helps to make this note possible. It becomes more of an incense in the midnote with the coriander and pepper keeping it from going flat with the appealing sensuality of a boozy edge from the rum. The cedar becomes more pronounced as it ages, pairing with the incense and a dryish vetiver, Thankfully it's a good fresh cedar. I'm a little tired of cedar fragrances as they're so ubiquitous (especially the cedar/iris combo). Frankincense may be present aiding the fresh woody character, as Frankincense can often smell fresh in blends. This cedar has good character and being paired with other naturalistic notes increases the effect. It is long lasting as the wood notes lingered throughout the day. Its final drydown is a more straightforward cedar woody note.

    2nd June, 2007.

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    Djedi by Guerlain

    It is as soulful as that most evocative of fragrances, Djedi's sibling, L'Heure Bleue, by the same creator. It is a Goth fragrance par excellence, probably the best - brooding, melancholy (with none of the wistfulness of L'Heure Bleue), dark, cool, mineral.
    This is an awesome fragrance - I should never try these impossible to get fragrances. Because there's no way I can leave this at one sampling.
    It is sensual, leathery, cool, animalic, haunting, mineral, bewitching and dark, but refined and almost ladylike. It got everything just right. Sous Le Vent felt spritely and annoyingly bright next to it. Dzing was reduced to a leather without the depth that gives Djedi a satisfyingly full roundness. Neither have the animalic smoulder of Djedi. This is a perfume to call your signature scent. I must say this was a bit of a set-up as I love chypres and especially leathers, so I was destined to take a fall here.
    It was sensual fragrance right out of the gate, and I smelled the dry earthy quality of vetiver immediately. The presence of the submerged rose was also apparent from the beginning, so when the leather emerged in a few minutes it wasn't the straightforward leather of Dzing, but a subtle part of a bigger picture. But it is there, and in an important way. There is also an interesting mineral note that keeps it slightly sharp and soulful. Also present was a suffuse low-key warmth, in the style of Messe De Minuit. That warmth isn't a sweetness but almost seems sweet compared to the cooler elements. There was a flirting in and out of animalics, in *just* the right amount, and, tmn, the musty earthy spiciness of what smells like angelica. On me it became more the "tremendous animalic vetiver " of Luca Turin than the "driest perfume of all time" of Roja Dove. There is a certain indolic note to it all, which adds to its sensuality and earthiness. But with that angelica note, it's incapable of staying in the earth, as is the paradoxical angelica, a root basenote that reaches to the heavens, as its name indicates (angelica is all about soul, and the ancients took that literally).
    It was satisfying and strong in all phases, a requirement for a great perfume. My favorite phase though was the top midnote. It was wonderful, with a strong, wild presence.
    There are several things I appreciate about this fragrance. One is that it isn't blatant in spite of being a leathery floral animalic. No note predominates. Everything is made subject to the service of the fragrance as a whole. It doesn't flaunt itself as a leather, doesn't highlight any portion, doesn't proclaim itself a chypre. It feels timeless and beyond category. To label this one is to lessen it. The creator obviously had a vision in mind, not a category.
    Two is that it didn't have an hesperidic opening, and is one of the rare fragrances I've smelled that doesn't seem to have any hesperides. Bergamot is a classic component of chypres and leathers and is probably there, but if so it's fairly submerged and used for modification. Sometimes I get tired of the inevitability of citrus influence in the opening.
    There is a refined tragic note to this fragrance, in a grand Goth tradition. But it is high-minded, and doesn't involve anything as prosaic as cellars or crypts to me. It would be more the cold mineral rock of a castle, as the energy of this fragrance seems age-imbued. Djedi is the soul scent Catherine and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights would have in common because of its soulful air of time past.
    It's difficult to say where the power of Djedi lies. With this one, it's not about the notes. It illustrates the adage 'The sum is greater than the parts' - a true synergy. It is like holding the Tolkien Ring in your hand and slowly letting it engage your soul. It seems to tap into the limbics more than most, and work on a deeper level where the true power of a perfume lies. After all, the original uses of fragrances were for spiritual purposes, to connect one to the gods. Djedi has the same authority in that it taps into some primal stuff. Jacques Guerlain was more than a genius or master perfumer - considering he created some of the most evocative fragrances ever made, he was connected at a level you can't teach in perfumer's school. He was able to imbue the one quality that makes his classics timeless - soul. After trying Djedi, I would love to have met this man more than any perfumer I know of.

    2nd June, 2007.

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    Kingdom by Alexander McQueen

    The BO note in this is absolutely nauseating. I've smelled way too many guys like this on a fishing trawler on an 8-Day trip. It's like they woke up with last week's clothes still on and decided to dust their armpits with cumin to disguise the odor. It wasn't the odor of private parts, just wide open armpits. I envy those who could smell other aspects, but this would make me throw up if I had to wear it more than 15 minutes. Nose searing.

    30th March, 2007.

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    Sculpture by Nikos

    Classified as a refreshing floriental, it's a low-sillage, light-handed fragrance, and is subtle from top to bottom.
    The note pyramid from osMoz:
    Top: Peach, Freesia, Tarragon, Lemon
    Heart: Ylang-Ylang, Orris, Cyclamen, Muguet
    Base: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Cedar, Benzoin
    Tarragon is a note that can be too strong, and I was a little concerned how it was going to be in this fragrance, but it was handled with judiciousness, and played off against the fruity and floral components to good effect. Its herbal quality stands out in the watery, light opening, and modifies what could be a fruity floral top. It gave an edge to the more floral heart also. The drydown was predominantly sandalwood TMN which is fine with me, as I love sandalwood bases, and this one was a pleasant, subtle-noted, easy-to-wear one.
    I love the amphora shaped bottle - it's clean and sleek. I like this fragrance a lot better than other more well-known transparent fragrances. It smells naturalistic and pleasant, has no ozone, and evolves well.

    7th March, 2007.

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    Eau Suave by Parfum d'Empire

    My take on this one is different than Caltha's, and actually than the ingredient list, which includes rose, raspberry, pepper, coriander, saffron, vanilla, and white musk. This is a sensual, beautiful, dry rose leather on me. The rose is the predominant floral and the rest of the ingredients ended up spelling leather on my skin. It took two tries for it to click in with me - on my first try, I wasn't that interested. Then a week later the chemistry kicked in or my nose finally put it together, and I found it compulsively sniffable. Do give this one several tries if you don't like it on the first. Some fragrances are like that - they seem to need time to get your notice, just like some people. This one has become bottle-worthy for me.

    14th February, 2007.

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    En Passant by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle

    I didn't know what to expect with En Passant, what with a lack of consensus regarding its effect, intent, and notes. I was pleased to discover it 'works' for me. The total impression for me is of lilac and loam, whatever the single notes. It is evocative, and reminiscent of Apres L'Ondee in that it evokes a spring/summer garden, earth and flower quality. Apres L'Ondee also has a crucial lilac note in it, which is probably why it came to mind. The loam quality is in actuality listed as a cucumber/wheat note, and for some apparently translates as a marine air, which I was dreading the thought of. But on me it became a naturalistic loamy earth, which paired nicely and made sense as the earth from which the lilac grew. What adds to the garden sense is a lack of powder, which increases the wet airiness of the cucumber. Powder on me tends to not let a fragrance expand and merge with the air. What a nice evocative fragrance - it's quite appealing and welcome in my wardrobe, as there's plenty of room for ones of this genre.

    31st January, 2007.

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    Mystère by Rochas

    I was prepared to love this classic chypre, but after three tries I'm only guardedly positive. There are just so many other chypres out there I like more. The main drawback for me was nose fatigue - after five minutes I couldn't smell it anymore. I could detect the sillage wafting around from time to time, so I knew it was still there. While that meant others could still smell it, I like to be able to smell my own fragrance - it's part of the enjoyment for me.
    On me it was a somewhat dry and non-sweet chypre, not at all objectionable, but I had a hard time wrapping my feelings around it, or feeling too much of anything, really. I have a mental ranking system that puts this in my category of "Would wear this if gifted with a bottle, but wouldn't buy it".

    18th January, 2007.

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    Brandy by Brandy

    A wonderful apple brandy, voluptuous and sweet, but aromatic. Very warming, comforting, pleasant and friendly, it seems to like skin and being with people. This is not over-heavy or cloying as one might fear, which to me is it's true small genius - it was given some lightness and joie de vivre. Though on first glance, I compared this to the boozy Idole de Lubin, and warming Un Cedre or Splash Forte, I ended up feeling it shared most the spirit of Theorema - it has the same sociable, golden feel. Not as vivacious as Theorema, more mellow and warm, but both give a feeling of friendliness.

    16th January, 2007.

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    MoslBuddJewChristHinDao (Unifaith) by Elternhaus

    An ambery resin-like opening, which is no surprise considering the ingredients. I like the concept of the name, though it must be unpronounceable. For some that might be part of the adventure of this fragrance.
    It has a mideast resin and spice sensibility to it, is easy to wear, and doesn't stray from its concept, but what I found interesting was the distinct hemp/marijuana smell that emerged after 5 minutes. I don't know if it is a trick of my nose, or it was formulated to do so, though the effect is not unpleasant. The drydown becomes more lightly powdered amber, somewhat comforting as all powdered ambers are to me.
    I almost wish the non-amber, spicier, resinous notes were just a touch more prevalent. That is the quality I found most intriguing - the juxtaposition of warm amber and spicier resins, mainly the marijuana resin note. Before seeing the ingredient list, I thought of the sparkier note as cistus, though it may have been the black pepper.
    While pleasant, I'd don't know if I'd buy a bottle, though I would certainly wear it if gifted with one, and I would recommend anyone try it. The problem is this is a hard genre to shine in - there are so many nice amber/spice/wood fragrances. I think the hemp resin note was the most intriguing portion of it... and the name of course. These give it it's distinction, which isn't a bad one. All you former pot heads take note.

    13rd January, 2007.

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    Tangerine Vert by Miller Harris

    (Sicilian green tangerines, grapefruit, citron, marjoram, geranium, orange flower, cedar, moss, musk.)

    It opens a light non-sharp blended tangerine/citrus modified by slight floral notes. I start smelling petitgrain in the midnote, which is probably where the "vert" comes from. This fragrance stays light and isn't strictly a tangerine fragrance. In the drydown there is a touch of the marjoram and moss though it's presence is light, as is the cedar and musk. They add subtlety and complexity but aren't big players.
    This may be an expansion of an old essential oil formula which brings together the different parts of the citrus - fruit, flower and leaf. It involves petitgrain, orange and neroli, and is quite lovely. Tangerine Vert possesses other notes, but seems to be underpinned by that three-note concept. If so, it also has one of the drawbacks of the original, which is lack of staying power. The upside is that it is a nice, fresh light fragrance. Not bad - I'm almost tempted to buy a bottle, but not *quite*. There are other fragrances that fit this niche better which I'd rather spend my money on.
    I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars.

    13rd January, 2007.

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    Angélique Encens by Creed

    This fragrance should be my HG. It has all the Piscean traits I love, BUT... I don't like it. Angelica is a complex essential oil that is transporting in the pure state, but I love it so much I only seem to want it straight up. I have never run across an Angelica-blend perfume I love yet. I want to have what other people describe with this fragrance, and was prepared to fall desperately in love, so it has been a disappointing experience. I will keep trying, and hopefully, one time I'll be transported to the Angelique Encens plane. My experience thus far has kept my feet on the ground.
    For now, for much less than the cost of AE, I'll indulge myself in the pure essential oil, burn a stick of sandalwood incense, lay on the couch, and play "Sunlight Through A Vaulted Window" by Peter Davison, the music that evokes the mood AE lovers are describing, and pretend....

    28th December, 2006. (Last Edited: 30th July, 2011.)

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    Nanadebary Green by Nanadebary

    Notes are basil, citron, bergamot, cardamom, green tea and delicate spices.
    This is my favorite green to this point. A nice fresh, crisp but soft green, perfect in summer. Its dewy green start-up isn't galbanumic like Cristalle and Trebol Gal. As its wet but airy opening notes dissipate, green tea and a subtle spicy note start to emerge. They are light and submerged to the main green theme, and stay that way through the life of the fragrance. I like this one because it really feels green, and is easy going, fresh, feminine, and summery. It has the virtue of most green fragrances - it isn't powdered - which always gives this family a freshness and naturalness that makes them appropriate in situations other perfumes aren't.

    22nd December, 2006. (Last Edited: 8th July, 2011.)

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    Boss Woman by Hugo Boss

    This one started out nicely - a fresh, contemporary airy floral that didn't smell department store-ish on me. Then in the midnote, it began to lose its crispness and definition, and I began to slowly get enveloped in the ozonic department store hell note. Too bad - it started with promise, but this is unwearable for me.

    21st December, 2006.

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    Chestnut & Vetiver by Wickle

    This was the quintessential 'Meh' fragrance for me. It wasn't bad, but it just didn't do anything for me. It has a warm nut and cool vetiver opening, which gives it a cool/warm juxtaposition. This is interesting, but only mildly so. In the drydown it becomes more vetiver than chestnut, at which point the combination is more pleasing, but it's still hard to get too excited about. Vetiver fans might find this one an interesting take on the note, but there are too many nice fragrances out there to mess with ones for which I have to work up an interest.

    20th December, 2006. (Last Edited: 28th June, 2011.)

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    Balsam by Agraria

    Ingredients: Sweet Fir Balsam, California Redwood, Cypress, hint of French Sage, Wild Rhododendron, bouquet of white flowers.
    Balsam has a nicely fresh, realistic, fir balsam opening. It has that slight resinous, spicy green note of the real thing. This is not a conifer scent, but focuses on the resin. It's a pleasingly natural smelling fragrance, not one-dimensional and evolves within the balsam framework. A touch of light floral comes out in the drydown, as does a sparky balsamic note, which is slightly reminiscent of bay rum (pimenta) and works well in a balsam. I adore a well-done natural smelling fragrance, and I ordered a bottle of this as soon as I sampled it. Recommended for natural fragrance fans.

    20th December, 2006.

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    U4eahh! 2.43 by Yosh

    I was expecting something wonderful, and got cheap bazaar fragrance oil, horror of horrors. Not only did it not inspire euphoria, it was harsh enough to make me feel kind of lousy. I washed it off after it refused to meld with my skin or evolve into anything better.

    20th December, 2006.

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    Passage d'Enfer by L'Artisan Parfumeur

    I wanted to like Passage D'Enfer, as it sounded like my type of experience. But this is one of those problematic fragrances that is too variable on me to be able to use. Sometimes it is an appealing incensy, dusky caravan scent, and other times a dank unpleasant cellar. So this is one of those doppelganger fragrances - one time I meet its higher self, another time its evil twin. I can't diss it for more than that, but it makes it unwearable for me.

    15th December, 2006. (Last Edited: 27th July, 2011.)

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    Opôné by Diptyque

    Ingredients: saffron, roses, spices and wood.

    Opone was named after an ancient trade center in Somalia on the east coast of Africa. The fragrance description says it all for me: "Rounding the cape where spices are grown, under full sail, bound for the fragrant gardens of roses and saffron." Wow, I'm there on the deck with this one, pretty much literally. I can feel the warm, curiously dusty, spice laden sea wind, huge ocean vistas dropping away over the horizon, creaking wood and hemp ropes. I don't know why it sparks my imagination, but it does. I can't get enough of this fragrance sometimes. If there was any fragrance that makes the term 'past life' make sense, it's this one.
    This dry warm saffrony rose has that slight tinge of stale, dying rose vase water that usually turns me off (like Voleur De Roses), but adds to the hot equatorial inertia here. Some reviewers have called it luscious, sweet, sexy, moist... but it is none of those for me. It's not really even a rose fragrance to my mind. It's just 'Opone' - a unique fragrance that sets my imagination free to go to those spice lands near the equator. Oftentimes it takes me to a dark dry airless room in the heat of the day, searingly bright light peeking through the window shutters. That being said, it's not really a romantic fragrance, nor a sweet or a luscious one - it's all heavy saffron/cumin floral with deep equatorial earth, wood and air overtones. One of those perfumes that you sort of experience, not wear. Sample it first - everyone gets different reactions from it.

    15th December, 2006.

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    First by Van Cleef & Arpels

    This fragrance has a very classic personae, with a well done subdued fruit in the top, a quality floral piquancy in the middle and tailored warm basenotes that combine into a charming, womanly, casually elegant combination. The aldehydes are borderline sneezy for me though, as I am somewhat allergic to them, so I wear this fragrance with discretion, which is how it should be worn anyway - it has a lot of carrying power. I found it listed as a floral, while it struck me as solidly floriental because of the strong basenote presence in it. First is at its best in winter weather, and that is usually only when I wear it - try it when you are wearing wool and out Christmas shopping. Its richness really does have an affinity for sweaters.

    13rd December, 2006. (Last Edited: 30th June, 2011.)

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