I'm wearing Mitsouko (parfum) by Guerlain today and I am reminded of how wonderful the peach note is in this chypre.
Maybe it's the fact that the perfumer blended it with care and precision? Maybe it's the quality of the ingredients? Maybe because it's vintage Mitsouko and the ingredients in this juice (which are now banned) contribute to the overall effect? Maybe because it's the parfum version of the scent?
Whatever the reason - it's beautiful.
So many fragrances utilize fruit notes in such a loud, bracing and sharp way, that when I encounter a scent that presents it's fruit note deftly and gentle - I sit up and take notice. Peach is not really a favorite fruit of mine, and of course there are a ton of bath, body and cleaning products scented with peach (and apple, and berries) that I can pick up at my local supermarket. Perhaps for this reason, fruit scents tend to bore my nose. Smelling cheap, fruit scented products, I realize how synthetic and loud they come off.
Whereas with Mitsouko, the peach is dusty and imperceptibly aged. More like the olfactory impression of walking into a sunny kitchen, and there are peaches stacked up in a wooden bowl. You walk by the bowl and catch a gentle, natural whiff of the fruit. Just amazing.
A few other fragrances manage to do the same: Route du Vetiver by MPG and it's dark berry accord that deepens and dirties the vetiver. The bitter orange in Numero Uno by Carthusia - another fantastic chypre for men. The oh-so-subtle coconut accord which enhances Virgin Island Water by Creed.
Of course, there are many fragrances that feature very LOUD fruit notes, that I wear: Black Orchid by Tom Ford's decaying fruit note is one example. Ananas Fizz by L'Artisan is extremely pineapple prominent - there's no denying it and it is NOT subtle. Same for the strawberry in Black XS by Paco Rabanne. But then, it seems making a loud fruity scent is...easier, it seems, than producing a subtle and distinguished one.
What is an example of a subtle fruit note in one of your favorite fragrances?
Maybe it's the fact that the perfumer blended it with care and precision? Maybe it's the quality of the ingredients? Maybe because it's vintage Mitsouko and the ingredients in this juice (which are now banned) contribute to the overall effect? Maybe because it's the parfum version of the scent?
Whatever the reason - it's beautiful.
So many fragrances utilize fruit notes in such a loud, bracing and sharp way, that when I encounter a scent that presents it's fruit note deftly and gentle - I sit up and take notice. Peach is not really a favorite fruit of mine, and of course there are a ton of bath, body and cleaning products scented with peach (and apple, and berries) that I can pick up at my local supermarket. Perhaps for this reason, fruit scents tend to bore my nose. Smelling cheap, fruit scented products, I realize how synthetic and loud they come off.
Whereas with Mitsouko, the peach is dusty and imperceptibly aged. More like the olfactory impression of walking into a sunny kitchen, and there are peaches stacked up in a wooden bowl. You walk by the bowl and catch a gentle, natural whiff of the fruit. Just amazing.
A few other fragrances manage to do the same: Route du Vetiver by MPG and it's dark berry accord that deepens and dirties the vetiver. The bitter orange in Numero Uno by Carthusia - another fantastic chypre for men. The oh-so-subtle coconut accord which enhances Virgin Island Water by Creed.
Of course, there are many fragrances that feature very LOUD fruit notes, that I wear: Black Orchid by Tom Ford's decaying fruit note is one example. Ananas Fizz by L'Artisan is extremely pineapple prominent - there's no denying it and it is NOT subtle. Same for the strawberry in Black XS by Paco Rabanne. But then, it seems making a loud fruity scent is...easier, it seems, than producing a subtle and distinguished one.
What is an example of a subtle fruit note in one of your favorite fragrances?
