Fragrance Reviews by cpk

Very impressive and extremely well balanced through top and heart notes. Floral in a unique way. But on my skin as soon as it got to the final stages it became too feminine and sweet. Definately worth a thumbs-up.

Some scents are just too big to fit in a bottle. This one is. It is like opening one of those children's books where an intire 3D scenery pops up. It pure lavender at first whif, not the extract but the real thing from the bush, crushed between fingers. And then something strange happens. I cannot single out any other note. It all comes together in a -linear indeed- but so compact smell that I at least cannot break down to its componants. Someone has already said something about being in a kitchen with a hot cup of tea in a winter morning. To me the esthetic and emotional impact of Gris Clair is the smell that comes from good quality cotton or linen that is being ironed, no fabric softener applied. I know the lavender is there. I know other notes are there, but there is just no way to analyze this fragrance. It's take it or live it. It takes you back to a place where you're sitting in a cold afternoon, the sun has just set but the lights are not yet on, there's the warm fuzzy feeling of your mom being around, but still you are so distant from all this. Comfort and melancholy at the same time. I couldn't imagine wearing it on a hot day. I couldn't imagine it being widely popular on a mass market base. But then maybe it's just me and a private emotional chord it had striken.

I am in a "explore the vetiver" stage and I have to admit this one is impressive. Seems very light at first but after the first few minutes the earthy qualities of vetiver prevail. This is a very fresh vetiver, without any trace of citrus. Sort of a Lalique Encre Noir Eau de Cologne. Delicious.

A beautiful, non-citrus, fresh scent. A mostly artificial note at the top which is followed by a clove heart note.

Two words: maple syrup! In a good way.....

I love weird and off the beaten track perfumes. believe it or not Hoos's review was the one that made me go out and order a sample of Dilnum. I thought "wow, this must be great! It can't be that bad!". Well... it is... Probably Hoos and I have the exact same skin chemistry, because after the initial lovely orange blossom all i could smell was urine! I could not believe it! I sprayed some on a testing strip and it was beautiful orange blossom, with a hint of bathroom detergent after a while, but nothing like the vile smel of urins I got on my skin. Unbelievable. And nobody else gets tha smell on their skin. It's nice to know I have a skin chemistry buddy... Here's to you Hoos!

This is not vetiver. It is the Root of vetiver. It is perfect! you smell the wet turf that comes out with the plant as it is pulled from the earth. There is a hint of milldew which is sooo pleasent it really makes you wonder how come you 've never noticed before that milldew can be such a wonderfull fragrance. Needless to say that it is not a perfume for people who like floral, citrusy, aquatic fragrances. But for those who are willing to try it is a wonderful journey from the moist soil, where everything begins, to the green tips of leaves where life closes its circle. It has a remarkable longevity and develops in a way that made me smile everytime I smelled my wrist.

Amazing! Reading reviews from people who get the mint and not the pepper really forces me to stress that wearing a perfume is highly subjective. Just spot a reviewer who senses the same notes as you and ignore the ones that contradict him. They are not wrong! They just have a different skin and different memories. Because smell is the sense more closely associated with memory, The olfactory epithelium is derived from cells that migrate from the embryo's brain to the nose and so smell keeps the closest association to feelings and memory in particular.
To me PN is PEPPER! Not just black. All kinds of pepper. Black, pink, red, green (a very green scent indeed) and somewhere in the mid range of ingredients I even get curry (must be the fennel). Very peppery but very wearable at all times of day and year.
Excellent

Goes to show how putting on a perfume is comletely subjective! When I tried this (befire reading any reviews nor the composition) I got an almost artificial top note (bezoin?) which together with something sweet reminded me of berries. Later on the rose emerged, but what a wonderful rose! Fresh but not from the garden. Fresh from the florist's refrigerator. The closest thing to the combined smells of flowers in a florist. Nothing like cheap bulgarian rose, at least to me. The problem is that like all ELdP perfumes the drydown is flat and kind of old-lady like.

I was given a sample of this and rtied it and I stil haven;t made my mind up on that one yet. It is supposed to have notes of latex and black truffle. The result is a little 80's-like (which is not bad by itself) but what really striked me is that it reminded me of Krizia Spazio which is one of the most unique fragrances I have ever owned. I suppose the afformentioned notes give it a dark and non-natural tone that I really enjoy.

I tried this one because the bottle impressed me with its simplicity. The contents hit me with a strange, artificial but captivating top note. It reminds me of the smell if an ink blot or a piece of wood that has been heated to the point of carbonisation by electric heat! Not exactly woody but something darker and dangerous. So I bought it right there... Later I realised that this top note fades easily leaving middle and basenotes almost identical to L' Eau par Kenzo, which I also use, not so sweet though. Overall I love it but wish the top note lingered...