I feel such a fool now for ignoring this scent when it was released, and that was until yesterday when I finally sampled this in the late evening hours.
Don`t know exactly why, but I just didn`t find Chypre Rouge`s concept that intriguing. That was stupid, I now know, but at the same time the humble expectations towards this fragrance left great amount of room for a pleasant (to say the least) surprise that I got to experience.
BAM!! It was love at first sniff and in seconds I realized that it is time to start saving some money immediately.
By time it got even better and better, and the lasting power turned out to be completely flawless.
It is easy for me to say that to me this is one of the most marvellous masterpieces by Sheldrake. I havent got the chance to try them all, but this ties my SL favourites with Miel de Bois and Muscs Koublai Khan. For instance, I think this is way more satisfying scent comparing to Fumerie Turque, Chergui, Ambre Sultan, Borneo 1834, Arabie etc.
Wow, what a strange and hypnotic juice this is. It has Lutens / Sheldrake written all over it, yet it is not directly comparable to anything Ive ever smelled.
A completely mesmerizing mixture of thick, sweet fruity oriental style notes, mixed with foresty nuances by pine and moss. A great, evergreen accord here indeed.
It also has a great spicy, herbaceous accords. I get slight cumin or curry, even if it is not listed. This adds a delicious, slightly controversial edge to it.
All in all, the name is absolutely appropriate here, since I havent, after all, smelled anything so (dark) red smelling fragrance in my entire life.
While I was sniffing this fragrance last night, I was on a walk by the dark forest nearby my place with headphones on, playing Brian Eno`s On Land Ambient 4 album. Great many different images ran through my mind, and I swear I was set to lose my mind completely.
One thing that occurred to my mind was that great scene in the last episode of Twin Peaks, where Dale Cooper was about to cross the border of our plane into the Black Lodge.
I havent feltl this much for any fragrance in a long, long time. No need to tell you that I must have it as soon as possible.
Don`t know exactly why, but I just didn`t find Chypre Rouge`s concept that intriguing. That was stupid, I now know, but at the same time the humble expectations towards this fragrance left great amount of room for a pleasant (to say the least) surprise that I got to experience.
BAM!! It was love at first sniff and in seconds I realized that it is time to start saving some money immediately.
By time it got even better and better, and the lasting power turned out to be completely flawless.
It is easy for me to say that to me this is one of the most marvellous masterpieces by Sheldrake. I havent got the chance to try them all, but this ties my SL favourites with Miel de Bois and Muscs Koublai Khan. For instance, I think this is way more satisfying scent comparing to Fumerie Turque, Chergui, Ambre Sultan, Borneo 1834, Arabie etc.
Wow, what a strange and hypnotic juice this is. It has Lutens / Sheldrake written all over it, yet it is not directly comparable to anything Ive ever smelled.
A completely mesmerizing mixture of thick, sweet fruity oriental style notes, mixed with foresty nuances by pine and moss. A great, evergreen accord here indeed.
It also has a great spicy, herbaceous accords. I get slight cumin or curry, even if it is not listed. This adds a delicious, slightly controversial edge to it.
All in all, the name is absolutely appropriate here, since I havent, after all, smelled anything so (dark) red smelling fragrance in my entire life.
While I was sniffing this fragrance last night, I was on a walk by the dark forest nearby my place with headphones on, playing Brian Eno`s On Land Ambient 4 album. Great many different images ran through my mind, and I swear I was set to lose my mind completely.
One thing that occurred to my mind was that great scene in the last episode of Twin Peaks, where Dale Cooper was about to cross the border of our plane into the Black Lodge.
I havent feltl this much for any fragrance in a long, long time. No need to tell you that I must have it as soon as possible.
