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I know there are a few of us on BT that are fragrance addicts, so I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated place where we can share our thoughts.
This is not to take away from the lovely What Are You Wearing Today, Fragrance Edition thread, but more a place to post longer reviews, chat about new brands or releases, and just shoot the breeze on anything good and smelly 🙂
For me, I recently acquired 2 new decants that I've been anxiously awaiting. Ever since Lachaton mentioned that MMM was releasing a new scent called By The Fireplace I've been itching to get my hands on it. My decant arrived yesterday, so I'm looking forward to marinating in it this weekend. Secondly, I recently picked up a tiny sample of Shiseido Nombre Noir. Supposedly it is one of the most expensive failures in perfume history - made by Serge Lutens for Shiseido back in the 80s. Of course, with a backstory like that, I was dying to get a sniff 😄
What's new on your scent radar? Do tell!
Got one of those scent card packets with my most recent sephora box - omg TOM FORD Ombré Leather Eau de Parfum Fragrance 1.7 oz/ 50 mL smells so good! Next time I have to buy a man a gift that's totally what he's getting. If only I wanted to spend $125 on a room spray lol. They need a candle of that or something.
Really good stuff. So good that I purchased a 100 ml back up bottle just in case.
Yup!! It will be on my to buy list for sure @Kim888
@MochapjThanks for posting! I generally like his fragrances, especially Timbuktu, Dzongkha and Incense Kyoto.
There's a new Kilian, Do It For Love, which was developed for the Noir shop at Bergdorf Goodman. It's described as a vetiver au feminine, in which vetiver's bold energy is rounded off with a sensual, floral kiss.
Notes include vetiver, neroli, jasmine, bergamot, petitgrain. $325 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum.
Famous Nose, Luca Turin reviewed Joy by Dior and I thought to share it, as it is an interesting read:
Joy (Dior)
citrus floral 3/5 stars
First, the obligatory righteous rant: a few months ago LVMH bought Jean Patou, owners of the one and only Joy, an imperishable 1930 marvel due to Henri Alméras. I thought it good news, since P&G had done little with Patou, being clueless about luxury. A few weeks later, it became clear what the intent of the LVMH sludgebuckets had been all along: to bring out their own Joy and make sure they got no lawyer letters. I cannot think of a more craven overdraft on karma in the history of perfumery.
There never was, and never will be another Joy. The very name evokes gold letters on a black glass bottle with a coral-red top as if by synesthesia. It was, is and —unless LVMH does the unthinkable and kills it— always will be the greatest floral bouquet ever. I once visited the production line, saw the enormous steel (or was it silver? the contents would warrant it) barrel with a tap and a riveted curved brass plate that said JOY engraved on it, as if there might be another one somewhere labeled SORROW.
Now we have to grit our teeth and listen to François Demachy pontificate about how "[he] was fortunate to know its name from the beginning. And what a name! Short, and lively yet not affected, it is open to all possibilities". I must say his pronouncements are of such exceptional banality —"What we propose is a perfume that is made up of different ingredients"— that you feel LVMH may be holding a Demachy family member hostage somewhere till the PR is done. Nobody wants a repeat of Lagerfeld saying "Whatever Allure is, it is not a perfume".
We know what Demachy is good at. From his time as overseer of LVMH fragrances, it is clear that Demachy may not have had a really original idea since Antaeus in 1981, but that he is the world's most accomplished polisher of perfumes. Everything he does comes out perfect, whether it was worth perfecting or not.
Now to the fragrance: not bad. And how could it be, when it is made mostly of what Calice Becker brought to the floral, with a touch of Diorissimo zipping by in the first five minutes, a hint of Dioressence some time later, and a slug of Dune in the dry down, all this expertly assembled? What it most definitely is not, is a great Dior fragrance. It has no discernible shape or tune, just a (mostly) pleasant floral- powdery cloud. It is quite a bit better than Gabrielle, if that's any consolation.
Hmm, thanks for sharing the review post @VmasterI personally would put Gabrielle above Joy by Dior. Joy by Dior was really unremarkable to me and just so very similar to everything else on the mass market. Gabrielle is nice and slightly more remarkable, but doesn’t hold its own among othe Chanel,fragrances, in my mind. The new Dior Joy was more on par with the MARC Jacobs Daisy-type fragrances. I like the Dior Joy bottle, though, so pretty!
Thanks for posting the whole review @Vmaster. I think I will still try it when I come across it 🙂
Oh I want Howl. They all sound interesting but I can't resist anything Ginsberg inspired. Now I have to go deep dive into this brand, thanks @Mochapj
A very subtle name with a lot of meaning.
Lol @Vmaster I don’t find it subtle at all
in fact I find it like most TF of late, clunkily trying to hit me over the head with innuendo
Thanks for sharing this @Mochapj! The notes remind me a lot of Guerlain's Petite Robe Noire which also has cherry, almond, tonka and rose.
@Mochapj I can't wait to try this, it sounds like it's going to be delicious.