Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson love/hate?

[N_Tesla]

I think Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson is the most cutting edge of the three Un Jardin series.
For easy wearing Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is my favorite of the trio but, when I feel like to pushing the edge of the envelope while in public, shopping or whatever, I enjoy the facial expressions and question I get with Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson. It is kind of like wearing modern art. I wonder what your opinion of this J.C.Ellena art work? I think one would have to like cantaloupe as a note and I do.

[Dane]

It's well done, but rather "meh" on all accounts. I haven't been a big fan of the series in general, although they all have their strong points. Mousson is probably the most interesting of the three, but not something that I could love or hate either way.

[N_Tesla]

I forgot to mention that according to "Now Smell This" review http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/05/3/...erfume-review/ Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson layer well with Terre de Hermes.

[knit at nite]

I forgot to mention that according to "Now Smell This" review http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/05/3/...erfume-review/ Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson layer well with Terre de Hermes.

ooooh have to try that. I have samples of both. Mousson's melon note just reminds me too much of a Yankee candle fragrance I used to burn a lot to make me want to wear it. I adore wearing Le Nil , however.

[Louslice]

They are too light and fruity for me to wear, but my wife has Sur le Nil and Apres le Mousson and she loves them both. Apres le Mousson does have more contrast to it, as well as that delightful fruit topnote you mention - from memory I was thinking it was watermelon, but it might have been canteloupe as N_tesla said. Sur le Nil is the more delightful scent, lighter, fruitier, and more smoothly balanced, while Apres le Mousson is more mysterious.

I wouldn't consider them flankers, but a themed series. The "story" behind them is very well executed in the scent, so it engages the imagination as a great scent should. Unique and delightful.

[DULLAH]

I forgot to mention that according to "Now Smell This" review http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/05/3/...erfume-review/ Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson layer well with Terre de Hermes.

I find all the D'Orange Verte scents layer well with TDH. I iamgine Du Nil would layer well too.

As for Mousson, I like Du Nil the best of the jardin series, but Mousson i think is 2nd best. Don't like the sheer powdery fig wood note in Meditterranae.

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I think Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson is the most cutting edge of the three Un Jardin series.
For easy wearing Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is my favorite of the trio but, when I feel like to pushing the edge of the envelope while in public, shopping or whatever, I enjoy the facial expressions and question I get with Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson. It is kind of like wearing modern art. I wonder what your opinion of this J.C.Ellena art work? I think one would have to like cantaloupe as a note and I do.

Totally agreed - it's art. Love/Hate? Yes. There are days I simply can't bear it, and days when I swoon.

I think my nose is following DULLAH's on this. To me, Nil seems most unique and wearable, Mousson is very interesting and most artful, and Meditérranée is nice but lop-sided. My solution on the latter was to layer Meditérranée with various florals, including Céline's Jasmin de Nuit. I was blown away by that combination, and recommend it as wonderfully unisex floral.

I had not thought about layering Mousson, but now that I think about it, it's a great idea. I will also check out DULLAH's recommendation using Concentrée d'Orange Verte!

[rogalal]

I vote for love. The enormous black pepper envelopes the melon and cucumber, giving a sense of sweet vs spicy, but rendered with artful simplicity.

When I wear it, I'm pretty much guaranteed one of those moments at work where I absentmindedly think "Wow - what smells so good? Oh, it's ME!"

[hednic]

My vote for love here too.

[KiatBkk]

Love it. Agree with you that it's different than the other 3.

[Redneck Perfumisto]

I vote for love. The enormous black pepper envelopes the melon and cucumber, giving a sense of sweet vs spicy, but rendered with artful simplicity.

When I wear it, I'm pretty much guaranteed one of those moments at work where I absentmindedly think "Wow - what smells so good? Oh, it's ME!"

LOL!

Totally agreed! That spiciness just rocks. It also smells great on other people, including my wife and (cough) other ladies.

[Kevin Guyer]

I think Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson is the most cutting edge of the three Un Jardin series.
For easy wearing Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is my favorite of the trio but, when I feel like to pushing the edge of the envelope while in public, shopping or whatever, I enjoy the facial expressions and question I get with Un Jardin Apres Le Mousson. It is kind of like wearing modern art. I wonder what your opinion of this J.C.Ellena art work? I think one would have to like cantaloupe as a note and I do.

I agree that it's the most nuanced of the three Jardins. But I find it to be, at the same time, watery and cloying.

[mikeperez23]

Hate it. I've tried it many times since I blind bought it (and sold it quickly afterwards)...and each and every time I try it I still hate it.

[Antaeusintheair]

Nil is my favorite, but something about Mousson is transporting. It is lush and exotic and tropical in all the right ways that conjures imaginary travel unlike any other scent I've tried (maybe L'air du desert marocain, but that locale is quite different).