There was only a tester of the new Fou d'Absinthe ("Absinth-Crazy"
from L'Artisan Parfumeur, but I got a couple of whiffs, first on paper and then on my skin. BTW, the name comes from the madness induced among drinkers of absinth liqueur back around the 1890's. The liqueur was flavored with anise and wormwood, the latter turning out to be poisonous and destroying brain cells. (Never mind what the alcohol was doing!) The new EdT smells like Pernod, a modern absinth taste-alike (without the poison), hence the name.
On the paper, the only thing I got at first was cedar or cypress... on the skin, first impression was more confused, didn't seem very strong, and couldn't detect anything beyond a vague coniferous scent, but much less straightforward than on the paper.
As the stuff warmed on my skin, though, it definitely developed a kind of anise/licorice/Pernod note, which seemed to me to be mixed with a little juniper berry. It was calling to mind a couple of Creeds: the Baie de Genièvre, and the Cyprès-Musc. Not too similar to either, but just a sense-impression. Even so, in the dry-down, there seems to be something of the Creed signature: a little dry, a little woody.
On the whole, not bad. I can still smell it, though much reduced, after about 2.5 hours.
Definitely worth a look, but if it had been in stock, I don't think I would have bought it today... So, I, too, will give it another look when it comes in stock at Neiman's in June.
from L'Artisan Parfumeur, but I got a couple of whiffs, first on paper and then on my skin. BTW, the name comes from the madness induced among drinkers of absinth liqueur back around the 1890's. The liqueur was flavored with anise and wormwood, the latter turning out to be poisonous and destroying brain cells. (Never mind what the alcohol was doing!) The new EdT smells like Pernod, a modern absinth taste-alike (without the poison), hence the name.On the paper, the only thing I got at first was cedar or cypress... on the skin, first impression was more confused, didn't seem very strong, and couldn't detect anything beyond a vague coniferous scent, but much less straightforward than on the paper.
As the stuff warmed on my skin, though, it definitely developed a kind of anise/licorice/Pernod note, which seemed to me to be mixed with a little juniper berry. It was calling to mind a couple of Creeds: the Baie de Genièvre, and the Cyprès-Musc. Not too similar to either, but just a sense-impression. Even so, in the dry-down, there seems to be something of the Creed signature: a little dry, a little woody.
On the whole, not bad. I can still smell it, though much reduced, after about 2.5 hours.
Definitely worth a look, but if it had been in stock, I don't think I would have bought it today... So, I, too, will give it another look when it comes in stock at Neiman's in June.
