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Chyore Rouge and Jell-o

post #1 of 9
8/17/07 at 10:17am
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Does anyone know what it is about the composition of Chypre Rouge that evokes red Jell-o?

The notes listed are:

Head
Thyme, Pine needles,
Heart
Honey, Beeswax, Jasmine,

Base
Patchouli, Vanilla, Moss, Amber, Musks


And which parts evoke that kind of sweaty curry? For those of you who aren't familliar with this one, it's really strange!
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post #2 of 9
8/17/07 at 10:31am
Because almost no-one here is familiar with Dinner by Bobo, no knows that Chypre Rouge is Dinner by Bobo re-bottled with a dash of wood. A direct steal, I could say.

LOL. OMG the good wine has taken its toll, it seems. I thought it was Rousse at issue, not CR.
hehehe I even wrote Chypre Rouge. K.. what I said applies tp Rousse.

Chypre Rouge smells like a naive and hasty re-make of Sables by Goutal with generic body lotion wafting through the fenugreek (immortale, apparently here).
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post #3 of 9
8/17/07 at 11:06am
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Originally Posted by Killer_Vavoom View Post

Because almost no-one here is familiar with Dinner by Bobo, no knows that Chypre Rouge is Dinner by Bobo re-bottled with a dash of wood. A direct steal, I could say.

Interesting .. I have never heard of Bobo Dinner...can you or someone else comment further on the similarities between the two ?
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post #4 of 9
8/17/07 at 11:14am
Chypre Rouge = Red Jell-O plus pine needles and fruity cough syrup.
(NOT of Lutens' finest moments, IMHO.)

Oh, well, at least it's not as god-awful as A*men or as insipid as Crave.
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post #5 of 9
8/17/07 at 11:54am
Well, if YOU were Chris Sheldrake and had spiced up your latest potion with cherry jell-o, would you put it in the scent pyramid. I can just see Serge waxing nostalgic:

It was in the souk of Casablanca, where I encountered the nearly forgotten craft of the Al-Jalili, the old Moroccan jellomakers. I kept a portion of an old master's jell-o in a pine tree box for thirty years, and the smell that enveloped me when I opened it on a sultry ambersunseted evening inspired me to call Chris on my cell and order him to whip up Chypre rouge.
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post #6 of 9
8/17/07 at 12:25pm
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

Interesting .. I have never heard of Bobo Dinner...can you or someone else comment further on the similarities between the two ?

Don't want to hijack the Chpre Rouge thread, but to answer your question (refer to edited posting above). Rousse is quite similar to Dinner but the latter is WAY louder, sweeter and funkier and more gourmand-y. Rousse is Dinner refined and given a serious poise. On top of a toned down Dinner, Rousse has this pulpy feel to it, a hint of washed can (reserved food can)-- this metallic after-exhale sensation, and some good wood in its base.
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post #7 of 9
8/17/07 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by Killer_Vavoom View Post

Don't want to hijack the Chpre Rouge thread, but to answer your question (refer to edited posting above). Rousse is quite similar to Dinner but the latter is WAY louder, sweeter and funkier and more gourmand-y. Rousse is Dinner refined and given a serious poise. On top of a toned down Dinner, Rousse has this pulpy feel to it, a hint of washed can (reserved food can)-- this metallic after-exhale sensation, and some good wood in its base.

Wait - are you talking about Rousse or Chypre Rouge? Rousse is the one that has alot of powedered cinnamon in it (and one of the rare Lutens that I don't like) and Chypre Rouge is the one that smells like Cherry Jello and celeri salt and curry.
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Originally Posted by the_good_life View Post

Well, if YOU were Chris Sheldrake and had spiced up your latest potion with cherry jell-o, would you put it in the scent pyramid. I can just see Serge waxing nostalgic:

It was in the souk of Casablanca, where I encountered the nearly forgotten craft of the Al-Jalili, the old Moroccan jellomakers. I kept a portion of an old master's jell-o in a pine tree box for thirty years, and the smell that enveloped me when I opened it on a sultry ambersunseted evening inspired me to call Chris on my cell and order him to whip up Chypre rouge.

Ha! Excellent! Now I know!
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post #8 of 9
8/17/07 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by the_good_life View Post

Well, if YOU were Chris Sheldrake and had spiced up your latest potion with cherry jell-o, would you put it in the scent pyramid. I can just see Serge waxing nostalgic:

It was in the souk of Casablanca, where I encountered the nearly forgotten craft of the Al-Jalili, the old Moroccan jellomakers. I kept a portion of an old master's jell-o in a pine tree box for thirty years, and the smell that enveloped me when I opened it on a sultry ambersunseted evening inspired me to call Chris on my cell and order him to whip up Chypre rouge.

LOL.

'old master's jello'. Funny.
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post #9 of 9
8/17/07 at 2:41pm
My review (verbatim) of Chypre Rouge -- this from September of last year:

"Ick -- how sad an 'accomplishment' for Lutens & Shiseido alike. Someone earlier described it as smelling like 'Kool Aid.' That was an incorrect -- or at least incomplete -- assessment. Make that instead, 'Kool Aid mixed with flophouse sweat and brewed for three days in the blistering sun.'

This was, hands down, one of the worst olfactory experiences of my life. I rank it right up there with Hai Karate, A*men and Brut in terms of its ability to burn nasal passages and start small diesel engines."
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