frangipane another SMW sensation
and I hear that gianfranco ferre has been known to wear it. . .
online I look up frangipane it is said to be a mixture of almonds and pistachios.
yet the villoresi frangipane room spray is pretty heavy floralosity
frangipane of SMW is . . . cool, something a bit xmas-y about it, a bit of listerine in this part of the country, I think....! definitely a cool scent, but just a hairsbreadth of that cutting edge of mentholacity. it's got a bit of piper negrumness only imagine yourself in the lobby of the endo wing of the medical building rather than deep down in the dentist's chair.
it does not smell like heliotrope or "cherry almond" (almond extract). And it doesn't remind me of pistachios. Actually I think I do get a little of the almond paste of an almond tart of the kind you used to be able to get at every patisserie in Paris, but they kind of seem to skip over them these days.
which, now that I think of it, were always topped with sprinklings of pistachio meat!
it has a nice bite but seems quite natural, organic and iayers well with opoponax and cuba (yes, all three together!!) although be warned it does result in a wee bit of the dread pee note.
and I hear that gianfranco ferre has been known to wear it. . .
online I look up frangipane it is said to be a mixture of almonds and pistachios.
yet the villoresi frangipane room spray is pretty heavy floralosity
frangipane of SMW is . . . cool, something a bit xmas-y about it, a bit of listerine in this part of the country, I think....! definitely a cool scent, but just a hairsbreadth of that cutting edge of mentholacity. it's got a bit of piper negrumness only imagine yourself in the lobby of the endo wing of the medical building rather than deep down in the dentist's chair.
it does not smell like heliotrope or "cherry almond" (almond extract). And it doesn't remind me of pistachios. Actually I think I do get a little of the almond paste of an almond tart of the kind you used to be able to get at every patisserie in Paris, but they kind of seem to skip over them these days.
which, now that I think of it, were always topped with sprinklings of pistachio meat!it has a nice bite but seems quite natural, organic and iayers well with opoponax and cuba (yes, all three together!!) although be warned it does result in a wee bit of the dread pee note.
