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post #1 of 8
5/8/11 at 6:53am
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can anyone give me a breakdown of this collection, please.....
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post #2 of 8
5/8/11 at 10:20am
These are the ones I currently have in my collection. More will be appearing I believe in the future.

XII L'Heure Mysterieuse
VIII L'Heure Diaphane
VI - L'Heure Brillante
VII L'Heure Défendue
XIII - La Treizième Heure
X - L'Heure Folle
I - L'Heure Promise
IV L'Heure Fougueuse
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post #3 of 8
5/8/11 at 10:40am
I have been wearing IV L'Heure Fougueuse for just a couple of days and will be spending more time with it during this week. First impressions are a beautiful Maté + bales of fresh hay (in close up) which transforms into a crisp, quite bracing stiff gin and tonic with some tea in the vicinity with a hint of lacquer or nail polish on top which then settles into a blend of all the above. Best way I can describe it. I really like it and I would point any fans of Annick Goutal's Duel in this direction - it's a different animal (a horse, actually) but you'll make the connection.

I have also briefly sampled XIII (the idea is 'smoke') & VII (the idea being an exploration of cacao but not in an overly sweet way).

In depth reviews that I have enjoyed can be found over at Grain de Musc. I think Mathilde Laurent is doing some very cool work with this series so far - I believe there will be 13 in all when the line is complete.
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post #4 of 8
5/8/11 at 11:02am
Here they are in numerical order with category & notes

I - L'Heure Promise
♥ Floral - Woody Musk ♥
Top: Petit Grain, Fresh Herbs
Middle: Iris, Floral Notes
Base: Woody Notes, Sandalwood, Musks

II - not released
♥ ????? ♥

III - not released
♥ ????? ♥

IV - L'Heure Fougueuse
♥ Chypre - Floral ♥
Top: Bergamot, Magnolia, Horse’s Mane Note
Middle: Green Notes, Lavender, Floral Notes, Maté, Vetiver
Base: White Musks, Oakmoss, Leather Note

V - not released
♥ ????? ♥

VI - L'Heure Brillante
♥ Citrus - Aromatic ♥
Top: Aldehydes, Lemon, Lime
Middle: Gin Accord, Woody Notes
Base: Floral Notes, Musky Notes

VII - L'Heure Défendue
♥ Oriental - Woody ♥
Top: Liqueur Note
Middle: Cacao Noir, Patchouli, Woody Notes, Tolu
Base: Santal, Vanille, Musky Notes, Leather Notes, Ambry Notes

VIII - L'Heure Diaphane
♥ Floral - Green ♥
Top: Citrus Notes, Green Notes
Middle: Rose, Floral Notes, Transparent Notes
Base: Woody Notes, Ambergris

IX - not released
♥ ????? ♥

X - L'Heure Folle
♥ Floral - Fruity ♥
Top: Red Currant, Pomegranate, Pink Pepper, Blueberry, Blackberry
Middle: Cassis, Violet, Shiso, Aldehydes
Base: Boxwood, Ivy, Polygonum, Floral Notes

XI - not released
♥ ????? ♥

XII - L'Heure Mysterieuse
♥ Woody - Oriental ♥
Top: Elémi, Coriandre
Middle: Jasmin, Incense, Olibanum
Base: Patchouli, Cade, Amber notes

XIII - La Treizième Heure
♥ Chypre - Woody ♥
Top: Bergamote, Maté
Middle: Narcisse, birch
Base: Patchouli, smoky notes, leather, Vanille

hope I didn't make any mistakes! Happy mothers day
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post #5 of 8
5/8/11 at 6:18pm
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thanks to you all.............
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post #6 of 8
5/8/11 at 8:45pm
They finally got them at Saks here and I literally stumbled onto them looking for the new Oscar de la Renta (that BTW, I couldn't find anywhere!).

The only one I put on skin (my arms were already covered in Un Jardin sur le Toit and Untitled by Martin Margiela) was XIII - La Treizième Heure which is FAN-TASTIC. Sort of a luxury, parfum version of Black by Bulgari. Infinitely complex. I'll call it a goth chypre - if that makes sense. I won't go near a bottle 'til it's WAY colder here in Miami and I have WAY more money in my pocket.

Oh and Ray my husband was totally into X - L'Heure Folle but to me it smelled way too much like Oyedo by Diptyque....which basically smells like Orange Life Savers candies. But then again Ray loves those fruity florals and he douses himself with The-Candy-Store-Exploded a.k.a. Lil' Angel by Gwen Stefani so you should take his preferences with a grain of salt.
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post #7 of 8
5/8/11 at 11:02pm
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Originally Posted by mikeperez23 View Post

But then again Ray loves those fruity florals and he douses himself with The-Candy-Store-Exploded a.k.a. Lil' Angel by Gwen Stefani so you should take his preferences with a grain of salt.

Hahahahaha! That's too cute!
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post #8 of 8
5/8/11 at 11:39pm
I found some to be OK, others not to be. But none were worth purchasing - they are extremely overpriced IMO.
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