Fragrance Reviews by mademoiselle_nicole

I agree, similar to or et noir, but fresher. it seems rose is the fresh dewy bouquet of roses gathered in the morning, or et noir seems the same bouquet after your put it in a little vase and the roses start warming up, added a scent of roses when they start getting too warm and have this kind of sweetish overwhelming smell of sth overlived

rich, voluptiously rich, smooth,dark coloured rose. sitting so dense in its bouquet. warm,and not one of those cold english roses. a rose being sensual and classy.
the only rose I would waer until now.
velvety

sexy, in the most understated,delicate and yet so headturning way.
It has class, that kind of taken back elegance that should be worn by someone just as discrete but elegant and fine in his manners. a real gentleman

This is all about class, it is so chic that it stands out.
I feel I put on the courage of the flapper girls of the 20th when I wear it. It's comforting and audacious at the same time. Dark,unpresentable,overly and overlt chic.It is that tipe of fragrance that tells, well Baby I am who I am, like it or leave it, but if you like it, we could be...
nonchalance brought to excellence. Tabac Blond is perfection in balance but with that little touch of neglection that doesn't permit it to be overdone. It is like the french mentality. They do a marvellous coat with the most delicious hand-embroidery you have ever seen... and then let one button hang lose...
is is all about doing something extraordinary and then leave a touch of it hang lose ,just as if sth too precise would disturb the grandeur. if it all was perfect, it would not be chich any longer.
I adour this

this this was my first artisan. and while i stocked up to about ten of their fragrances, this is one of those that never can miss. i am working in the niche parfumery business and accumulated a lot of knowlegde about the fragrances. in the artisan scents i found my own very personal satisfaction. my skin is having a very light vanilla-sweet undertone by nature and opens up every scent quite quickly, making even the heavy ones airy. unfortunately most of artisans don't have the best longevity but maybe this is also part of their charme. they are never too much or invadent.
now jour de fete is surely a comforting scent, but one of the more complex and less banal.the almond in it is nearly green and crispy. the vanilla velvety soft but slightly bitter and powdery. it is not a soffocatingly sweet fragrance. it reminds of almond cookies but without their buttery heavyness. for me a real winner when i need something comforting but don't want to smell a whole bunch of girlie girls i need.
light but sophisticated

this is a LOT! the name honours the fragrance. it is an immidiate buster if you want to get into a sexy mood. it' s thick texture is velvety. orange blossom, light tobacco flower, jasmin, vanilla, bulgarian rose... i could continue for the list of ingredients is very long. its thick texture feels like velvet on your skin, giving you that kind of lush and luscious kind of know-not-what that makes you follow a girl through a whole room.this is how i learned about this fragrance. one of my collegues wore it and i found it to be so feminie and sexy ,i just had to get it. what i particularly like about it is its explicit sensuality which does not transcend into being vulgar.
it is that kind of whistle on your skin which invites your beloved victim.
intriguing and beguiling this scent is nothing for a hot summer day but the best for an skin to skin battle. too much for the office but a declaration during the night.just love it. but if you wear it mind your back girls.

i agree with k.h. kew.this fragrance is all about what the dreamsellers of marketing made it to be.
it is the kind of fragrance that was once chosen by an icon and this is why it continues being picked by people who wish to obtain the same class being on the secure side of the street. true- without a doubt you would call it elegant and classy. but i am rather sure that it is about the mythos that was created around this rich, little old fashioned flower bouquet,more than about what it really smells like. on certain skin types it might get soapy because of the jasmin ,ylang combination.
tha vetiver makes it to dry for my taste, meanwhile the aldehyds sharpen it as somebody wrote.it is a show off parfume which is usually worn or by people who fell in love with it a long time ago which is lovely because that's genuine, or by people who want to show how classy they are. without offending no one whose choice this is.
i think somebody who heads towards this genre but would like some more subtle sophistication, might be pleased to try fleurissime by creed or as victorian posy by penhaligon's.
in the end here in italy we say nobilty is inborn, nothing you can learn. and often the biggest grace is found in the most simple person

I agree with chalchic, it is not a love at first sight scent. you might try it and get away thinking this was a no no.too powdery,too heavy, almost breathtakingliy retro.
And then you head away on your shopping tour and in the meantime OB does a little wonder on your skin. At once it hits you and you stop thinking,wow where does this subtle ,yet intense elegant nosecharmer come from? And automatically start looking for a tall classic beauty in white fur and pearls and realize, this is you evaporating this unique fragrance.
It first seems to get one of those heavy ,earthy scents and then it surprises you, throwing off the earthyness, maintaining the wet intense exotic of the white orchid, showing you with nonchalance that you should never gudge this lady at first smell

I had to have this one but in the end I ended up using it only to give freshness to th bedsheets each morning.
I work close to the bulgari hotel in Milan and they give it a swoosh everyday, so all the rooms smell of it. iI guess this is why I can't have it on my skin again.
For who wants a fresh scent which is not the good old lemony-cologne, a good buy

Created for an Arabian prince this is truly royal. A delightful scent with the départ of bergamot and seasalt. It is surely an uplifting scent. Yet elegant and not banal or playful. But even though it is created for the heat of Arabian climate, it does not resist higher temperatures.
I followed a lady who was wearing it through three long streets. I found it of uncomparable sophistication. fresh yet not a toilet water, but unfortunately when temperatures raise, the curtain of elegance falls down and leaves you with seasand mixed with bergamot traces,like a dried out flower.the watery element fades and something sadly thickeningly dry remains on your skin.
I guess it is fantastic for who likes citrus elegance in colder times of the year. I prefer warmer scents in winter.
so it was just a first moment enchanter for me