fred malle outrageous

Ok, at first whiff I hated it, I just expected something different, However, yesterday I revisited it at the CO/OP in Chelsea, and fell in love with the scent.
It starts off with a blast of CLEAN notes which radiate into green apple, neroli, cedar. It reminds me of clothes drying in the backyard on a clear summer day...love the feeling that this scent conveys. I bought it without a second thought. Great for days that Le Labo, FM, and Hermes might seem like a bit much.

I've been out of the basenotes loop since I had to sell most of my couture collection (*sniffle*) and it's depressing to think about perfume. HOWEVER, this one sounds really exciting. I hadn't heard about it until I read this thread.


http://boisdejasmin.typepad.com/_/20...ic-malle-.html
I have a question, why would BDJ make an 'ethical disclosure' regarding IFF? What is IFF?

International Flavors & Fragrances - creator of some of the most successfull mass-produced fragrances (White Linen, Beautiful, Youth Dew, Trésor, Drakkar Noir, Ralph Lauren Polo Blue, etc.)

My guess is that the author of the blog Bois de Jasmin works for IFF.

She indeed does...that's why her blog is not as active as it once was.

...at least she tells you!

OK, so has anybody else smelled this and care to comment? I notice decants of it are for sale on The Perfumed Court, so it must be available, no?

I was bored by it.

If I ran to the bathroom to cover it with Acqua de parma, I would be bored too.

It is awful. Boring beyond belief. Barney's should be ashamed for pushing this stuff. This isn't even designer quality.

FM's version of CdG Soda?? I picked up a bottle of this on a whim. I like it! It's a spring or summer scent to my nose - but, as named, is a little outrageous and good for whenever you want a little springishness next to the skin. Fresh, tart, clean, new vinyl with lime? - different, smells a slight bit synthetic - the way a good post modern scent should smell. Somebody was looking for a replacement for CdG Soda, which is to be discontinued . . . WELL THIS MIGHT BE IT!!

Well that sounds promising...I love Soda (the one time I tried it). Soda reminded me of sipping tonic water, standing in a room that had been freshly painted.

I find the opening vinyl/green apple/rubber note a little too synthetic for my tastes. It doesn't remind me of CdG's aesthetic. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I find it has something in common with Mark Birley for men, beyond the fact that they were both done by FM.

Common, Boring and BLAH!

I'll report in as soon as my sample arrives. I'm not optimistic.

Ditto the boring part. Typical drugstore scent. Can't tell one from the other. Just another
Ho Hum frag. Mr. Malle is trying to capture a younger market and even priced it much cheaper than his other scents and the poor quality of incredients shines through.

The name of this scent cracks me up. It always makes me think of Steve Martin on SNL with his whole "We are two WILD and CRAZY guys" schtick. heh-heh.

heaps of white musk and not much else to my nose.

it's nothing like CdG soda, it's a lot like gendarme/woolite. gross.

the bottle is tacky too.

french lover was nice if wan: gucci rush plus vetiver and moss, very nice but like rush and let me play the lion, has no projection and little longevity.

I acknowledge the difference of opinions on this thread about Outrageous. I was comparing it to Soda from memory of the scent - so, I got out my bottles of each and did a side by side test: Outrageous on one arm, and Soda on the other. The opening is almost identical on both, but the drydown is very different. Good call SuperMarky - they are different! But in comparison, I think they are more alike than different. Sort of like cousins that bear some familial traits in common. Both open with a tart sweet lime with a plastic synthetic second note that gives them both a really new world fresh green scent opening. Almost identical openings. Frederic Malle says this green scent is copied after the Brazilian drink Caipirinha (lime, green notes, + mint) with clean laundry, green apple and an androgynous, freshly laundered jeans scent; while CdG Soda is described as a bubbly effervescent limeade with ingredients of aldehydes, lime, pimenal, lilial and galaxolide, and other chemical names I've never heard of. To me the openings of both are almost identical. But, the drydown is where the stories diverge to very different versions of lime green plastic. While Soda stays green & lime and syntheticly fresh for a long time - quite nice; Outrageious has considerable development with mint and a clean fresh laundry final note that is very refreshing. To revise my comparison to CdG's synthetics, Outrageous is like a combination of Soda + Dry Clean + a hint of mint. I like Outrageous a little more than Soda, I think. Like many FM scents, outrageous wears better than first impressions might suggest. It has great development and freshness for a citrus green scent.

woolite vs pickled ginger

So the question for me, regarding Outrageous, was "How bad could it possibly be?"

The answer: "That bad."

Thin, harsh, and synthetic from the get-go, I'd guess this was some cheesy $12 mass market scent were I to sniff it blind. It's clean and fruity, but with a bothersome chemical mustiness I always associate with the cheapest of synthetics. That must be the "clean laundry" note. Detergent, if you ask me. The development, such as it is, involves citrus and a touch of apple pie over an anemic cedar underpinning. There is nothing innovative here, and nothing very "sexy" either, unless of course citrus air fresheners turn you on.

I rather liked French Lover, despite all the hits it's taken here, but Outrageous really is, well...an outrage. Utter garbage marketed hysterically as a niche fragrance. Please tell me this is not the future of the Frederic Malle line.

You know what's outrageous? ... that this smells just like turpentine! It's incredible. I was standing there in the Co-Op kinda gettin a little high from the stuff. But I couldn't stop sniffing it. I don't think I'd want to smell flammable, but it's quite interesting. I could definitely see this one finding a home with the Synthetic Series. I wish you well Outrageous!

outrageous isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. it smelled very well made to me, and i could tell which notes were which as it was drying. it started with an initial citrus blast softened with some plush florals. i really like the dry down after about an hour. it becomes a little more masculine and less, punchy and fizzy. i wonder what the basenotes are bc, they are what lingered the longest and smelled the best in my opinion. not groundbreakingly different but i like it.

i disagree with almost everyone here...... the scent isnt for everyone but what scent is? it is bubble gum fresh with musk and citrus notes throughout.......point blank i wore it today and had more people asking me about it more than musc Ravageur, Rose 31 and Millesime imperial combined.

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU. I'm on my second bottle, nothing like this.
I also wear Carnal Flower, Epices Noir, Angelique Sous le Pleui, Bigerade Concentree. Great addition to my FM wardrobe...However, I couldn't give French Lover away fast enough.