Iris Nazarena 2013

Iris Nazarena by Aedes de Venustas
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7.9 / 10 378 Ratings
A popular perfume by Aedes de Venustas for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is powdery-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery
Woody
Floral
Spicy
Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
IrisIris AmbretteAmbrette Juniper berryJuniper berry Star aniseStar anise
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CloveClove OudOud RoseRose
Base Notes Base Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense PatchouliPatchouli VetiverVetiver

Perfumer

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Scent
7.9378 Ratings
Longevity
7.4296 Ratings
Sillage
6.5301 Ratings
Bottle
8.5271 Ratings
Value for money
7.078 Ratings
Submitted by WRoth, last update on 07/01/2025.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions
2.5
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
7
Scent
GothicHeart

85 Reviews
GothicHeart
GothicHeart
Top Review 7  
Regina Algida...
There is a handful of very old cloth shops in my hometown, which have not undergone a renovation since the '70s. Upon initial spraying Iris Nazarena smells exactly like they do. Perhaps there was some very popular and widely used air freshener back then, or more likely something used in the proccessing of the fabrics, and thus the characteristic smell has pervaded their walls permanently. And for some strange reason, I was feeling rather uncomfortable being in such shops as a child, although I loved the seemingly endless variety of their merchandise. This "blast from the past" nostalgic quality slowly fades away after a couple of hours, and what is left, is something that an ice queen would leave lingering in her wake. Something like a distant titter in a dark winter night, that clutches your heart with icy fingers. I sense no welcome here, and this ashen grey industrial smell is so devoid of any warmth that it makes me shiver with conflicting feelings of pleasure and dread. Contradictive? Perhaps. But contradictions are not necessarily a flaw, cause while contradictive perfumes can be either good or bad, what they cannot be is indifferent. And this is already a merit, at least in terms of interest picking, and more than enough to make them stand out in our contemporary faceless perfume times. And Iris Nazarena has a face. A scary one perhaps, but still a face...
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10
Pricing
10
Bottle
10
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Artistscent

18 Reviews
Artistscent
Artistscent
Very helpful Review 6  
One Iris to Rule Them All
Iris Nazarena is my most wearable iris scent that I find truly masterful, beautiful and unique. It uses a different kind of iris, the Bismarckiana variety that grows in the mountainous regions of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. It's exceptionally delicate but still long-lasting; it's noticeable 8+ hours later even though it's not in your face.
It starts off with iris, slightly powdery, and sweet, this scent is typically thought of as dusty and dry, and it is those things, but below the dry surface, the roots are teeming with life. If Iris Silver Mist is the scent of Hades, then this is Persephone's perfume, the goddess of Spring and the goddess of the Underworld. This perfume is an appreciation of both death and life, arid and rooty, yet filled with vibrance. The sweetness is accentuated by incense, the dryness by suede. The juniper and anise bring out umami in the scent, it has a complementary quality that balances sweet, sour, bitter, and salty notes.

What's wonderful about this perfume, is that you can't smell the notes individually, they all exist to complement the iris and as it develops you experience different qualities of the flower, from it blooming to it drying out and being processed into its usage for perfume.
Truly wonderful, possibly my favourite iris perfume for how it honours- worships the note!
0 Comments
7.5
Bottle
7.5
Sillage
10
Longevity
3
Scent
Tar

261 Reviews
Tar
Tar
4  
To be rude
This is a must-try for fan of iris, a really strong and characteristic one.

I am sorry, I am going to be rude now due to the fact that my nose is not on such high and refined level as on others, and not enough sensitive for such noble notes as iris.

IRIS NAZARENA for me:
1. Demolitions expert + paper scent of an engineering textbook.
2. Plasticine odor. (Best kind: LUCTOR ET EMERGO, worst kind: you have to chose one for yourself, for me winner of this competitions will definitely contain iris.)
3. The base is a stingy-smoky, dark scent.
4. Aftergame on the next day: disease odor.

And of course, the additional information: the ingredients are high quality, even though I wrote very harsh attributives, IRIS NAZARENA is not synthetic even a bit. It can be worn by women or men (right: almost 50-50% is the ratio of the owners between the two genders, when I am writing this), the bottle is elegant and longevity is just excellent.
6 Comments
4
Pricing
9
Bottle
7
Sillage
6
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Stinkypenny

33 Reviews
Stinkypenny
Stinkypenny
Helpful Review 2  
A Story In Itself.
A haunting composition. Powdery with a sharp spicy resinous shadow looming over it. The oud and star anise follow the bright blue melancholy of the iris. As they follow in behind the iris, they stomp down the tart juniper and the powdery rose, working it into the muddy mulch of grass and filth. This filth is not like filth we’re used to, these lands are opulent and refined with a foreboding air. It feels very Silmarillion. Men frolicking in their lands, while orcs and ring wraiths emanate the earthy scent of vetiver, dank patchouli and oud at their borders. The air is getting fouler and the scent more oppressive, hanging thick the longer their presence persists.

As much as the hordes of orcs have desecrated the fields, treading all flowers into the ground, the iris’ remain. They are hauntingly in the background for the vetiver, frankincense and patchouli. The spice from the clove and star anise play with the vetiver giving it a lush green hue despite its dryness.

This is a must try. An experience. A journey. It’s the perfect scent for autumn or spring, the transformational seasons, as this too undergoes a transformation that is befitting of both seasons.

Full bottle worthy? For some. For me? Possibly… possibly. It’s a joy to wear.
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Smellike82

17 Reviews
Smellike82
Smellike82
4  
The Iris
A bulb buried under a fractured concrete walkway of an abandoned Gothic church. The Iris emits a fresh, sweet and floral candied bud, finding a passage in the crack of the concrete, but then as soon as this tender green hits the dry, wooded and dark haze, its tenderness begins to fade.
Crushed, like rough, herbaceous juniper berries, the sweetness is strangled by its unfolding and unnerving bloom. The phenolic bitterness of birch tar creates a moldy worn suede accord, enveloping the growing scent of austere, mineralized earth and dehydrating roots.
Finally, yielding in slow asphyxiation, it lies in solitude on the cold stone path, wedged and rooted in the ground. He leaves a sweet but melancholy ink stain on his concrete grave.
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ClellyClelly 10 months ago
Gray, austere, foody iris. Glorious. Shame the brand's name is drivel. Should've consulted a Latinist and not Google Translate. I digress.
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EpimetheusEpimetheus 7 months ago
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
6.5
Scent
interesting take on iris but as perfume it doesn't really say much. resinous soil that got spoiled by stingy oud, not detecting any leather.
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Ch03npCh03np 9 months ago
Fresh, dewy irises quickly morph into spices and soil, to leathery notes and silky sweetness. A hallmark iris, one of the best of the genre.
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RachelgRachelg 2 years ago
6
Scent
Very straightforward cold waxy iris. I can't pick up more happening here but some frankincense, so not the most interesting scent to me.
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PenhaninPenhanin 3 years ago
10
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
10
Scent
Masterpiece Iris. Best ever made
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Iris Nazarena - Aedes de Venustas.
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