Stop the presses! As evidenced by my recent threads, I've been on a very difficult quest to expand my holy trinity of fine fragrance (see below). So my dad and I (the apple really doesn't fall from the tree in this case) just went on a midday fragrance hunt at Nieman Marcus here in Chicago. Of course, we had to navigate the usual array of snooty and somewhat bizarre SA's (some dude even insisted on physically rubbing some very expensive Guerlain into my arm with his hands instead of spraying it on me--very creepy).
Anyway, we were joking around and smelling some of the usual stuff when we came up the new line from Maison Francis Kurkdjian. I tried the three scents in the men's line and really liked each one of them. All three are really special and unique, which is something I rarely say. The quality and expertise that went into these are evident right from the first sniff. Of the three, however, I immediately fell in love with Lumiere Noire Pour Homme and decided to lay out the cash for it right on the spot, without even waiting for the drydown. I don't believe I've ever done this before.
I'm not great at describing the particular notes and composition of a fragrance, but I've read some descriptions online and they do a very good job. All I will say is that it's an extremely sophisticated, beautiful and sexy fragrance for a man and I do believe that I will now have to expand my so-called holy trinity to accomodate a fourth, very worthy addition.
I was told this line is only available at a few Nieman Marcus locations across the country (Chicago and Beverly Hills, perhaps some others), as well as Bergdorf Goodman in NYC. Do yourself a favor and try this, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
- Brad
Anyway, we were joking around and smelling some of the usual stuff when we came up the new line from Maison Francis Kurkdjian. I tried the three scents in the men's line and really liked each one of them. All three are really special and unique, which is something I rarely say. The quality and expertise that went into these are evident right from the first sniff. Of the three, however, I immediately fell in love with Lumiere Noire Pour Homme and decided to lay out the cash for it right on the spot, without even waiting for the drydown. I don't believe I've ever done this before.
I'm not great at describing the particular notes and composition of a fragrance, but I've read some descriptions online and they do a very good job. All I will say is that it's an extremely sophisticated, beautiful and sexy fragrance for a man and I do believe that I will now have to expand my so-called holy trinity to accomodate a fourth, very worthy addition.
I was told this line is only available at a few Nieman Marcus locations across the country (Chicago and Beverly Hills, perhaps some others), as well as Bergdorf Goodman in NYC. Do yourself a favor and try this, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
- Brad
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