What would you...

“Hmmm, this is good, isn’t it?”, said the perfumer enthusiastically, nose wide open.
“Well… that’s the one you showed me yesterday”, replied the W.-factor somewhat annoyed. He was wrong. “No!”, I go, “it may be somewhat close, though. You probably get the roses. Good, ain’t it?” the perfumer again.

“Well… “, the W.-factor goes, “there is something about it, I do not get along with. It is for women.”

“It is a chypre!”, the perfumer replied , somewhat disappointed already, and continues: “You do not like chypres, that’s it! I know. You did not appreciate Chypre by Coty. The gold standard! But imagine coming across this scent somewhere on the corridor! A woman wearing it passed by. You smell her perfume. This perfume! What would you do?”

The perfumer waves the white paper soaked with his rose latest TRIAL under the W.-factor’s nose.

Hope dies slowly.

“Run away”, the W.-factor replied, and continued working on some students tests.

So you see. Life of a perfumer can be hard ;-)

Fact is: The W.-factor does not like Chypres and for all of you who want to dig deeply into the matter of Chypres: Please visit Helg’s perfumeshrine and read her posts on Chypres. Ah…and when visiting her blog: Check our her review on the Incense extrême please!

Second fact: There is rose in the incense rosé and there is rose in this chypre -rose- TRIAL that still runs under no particular name. Both roses are integrated into a big splash of citrus (Clementine for the incense rosé, Bergamot and a touch Clementine for the rose trial).
But the take on the roses are quite different. In the rose TRIAL the rose is a powerful rose, integrated into a chypre structure; and -beside the natural absolute, I use for the first time a steam distilled rose oil (damascena, Bulgaria). This one complements the absolute and its dark sweetness and goes fantastic with the touch cinnamon (cinnamon alcohol), and Bay (eugenol!). Together with Bourbon Geranium steam distilled oil, Egyptian jasmine absolute, some salicylates and other flower power enhancers, the rose accord is heaven for me.

Next: Talking dilutions of this rose trial, and some words on patchouli.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 9th, 2008 and is filed under Uncategorized. Your comment is highly welcome, please join the discussion!

Perfume of the Day

Versace previous scents were very middle-of-the-road for me. I didn’t love, or hate them . All that changed with the release of Versaces Infusion. Versaces Perfume. It couldn’t be more different from the ambery richness of Versaces's original perfume. On application, there’s almost nothing. It takes about thirty seconds to warm to the skin, and start up with a clean floral/citrus topnote. It’s bright, it almost purrs, and eventually the benzoin (this note reminds me of Kenzo Flower), incense, and galbanum notes emerge. It’s more of a winter scent and I can see myself considering the fullsize at that time. It’s not a classic Iris scent, nor is it particularly similar to a recent perfume of the day, Equistrius. Available at Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus. At very low prize for the smallest size, it’s not a bad investment

Happy 2008!

I would like to wish you a Happy New Year and I hope that this year will be joyous and successful in all of your endeavors. Above all, I thank you for your constant support and your email letters (I apologize if I am not able to reply to all of them individually). The thoughts you have shared with me about perfume and other matters on these pages are very precious. Thank you once again!

Perfume In The News

"I really like vanilla perfumes -- Covet has that vibe -- but couldn't wear them when I was engaged," she says. "I just broke up with my fiance. He didn't like me wearing Angel by Thierry Mugler Perfume, so I may go back to that." She touches up her pink lipstick in the mirror. "He was so controlling."

"This smells like ... you know when you work out all day and have that really bad scent? Not exactly that, but maybe something more pungent."

— Suzanne on Sarah Jessica Parker Covet and Joe on Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, respectively, from What It Takes To Drive Them Wild, an article in The National Post in which reporters plant themselves in the rest rooms of a Toronto nightclub and ask random passersby to test perfumes.

A New Opinion About The Body Shop: Vanilla, Eau De Toilette

I very rarely go in The Body Shop. I used to back in the day when it was all the rage but now there's so much competition for them that to me the place is outdated and overpriced and although I love the concept and what they do I much prefer lush and ranges that are available in Boots at sometimes a lot less than The Body Shop.

However, I was talking to my best mate Pink who is a mind of information who was enquiring if I was still single (I was worried she was on the turn or summat lol). Anyway she had a solution she reckoned. I thought oh know she ain't gonna try fix em up like I'm a saddo is she?! No. Her solution was to get me to go to The Body Shop and spend me pennies on this stuff.

She has too much time on her hands and reads many magazines and in one there was an article about Vanilla in general. There was a list of products to buy and suggestions on how to use it and all that sort of thing. In the article this Eau De Toilette was heavily featured. It spoke about it's aphrodisiac effect on men. Basically it's meant to give the man the horn and be attracted to you.

Well I'm a single girl and I'm very much the kind of person that will give anything a go so unbeknown to Pink off I went on her advise and I treated myself to the whole range, I though in for a penny in for a pound!

The Packaging....

30ml size, yellow/gold glass bottle, silver push down sprayer and a little slide n safety cap that slides on securely. White writing on it with a white flower. Nothing special but it's ok

The Fragrance....

Bergamot, Coconut, Apricot, Strawberry, Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, Rose, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Amber and Musk.
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