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The Collector

Altesse Mysore Alexandre.J 2017

7.1 / 10 13 Ratings

A perfume by Alexandre.J for women, released in 2017. The scent is woody-fruity. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Fruity

Floral

Synthetic

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Elemi resin

Pink pepper

Ambroxan

Heart Notes

Bulgarian rose Jasmine

Jasmine

Plum

Saffron

Base Notes

Amberwood

Benzoin

Patchouli

Vanilla

Virginia cedar

White musk

Perfumers

Amélie Bourgeois, Flair

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Ratings

Scent

7.113 Ratings

Longevity

8.212 Ratings

Sillage

7.312 Ratings

Bottle

6.723 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the The Collector collection.

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Montana 80

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/22/2018

9Scent 9Longevity 7Sillage

Annarosa
93 Reviews

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Annarosa

4

A Sparkling Experience

Sometimes I can really appreciate an obvious synthetic (chemistry :) ) in a fragrance - this perfume is such a case. I tested it several times and kept asking myself, "Do I really need this?", before I finally bought it. Why were there doubts? First, because of the mentioned synthetics. Second, because of the similarity of the scent to two others of its kind: Montale / Wild Pears and Nejma No. 4, and even a somewhat distant similarity to L'Artisan Parfumeur / Mon Numero 10. Yet the perfume still captivated me; it has a certain extra that the others mentioned do not have: it is more sparkling, has a dirty and a strong clean aspect (probably due to a lot of white musk); this scent sticks in the memory.
The longevity and sillage are very good. In my opinion, the fragrance is best suited for cold, frosty winter days - that’s when it can truly unleash its sparkle.
All in all, I have not regretted having it so far.

09/05/2018

9.5Scent 10Longevity 8Sillage

Seerose
775 Reviews

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Seerose

Top Review

The name is hardly understandable without a chemistry degree

With the name of this fragrance "Collector - Altesse Mysore," it is claimed that we are dealing with a sandalwood scent. However, neither sandal nor Mysore is mentioned in the pyramid.
Nevertheless, I always want to know everything precisely, as there is a fragrance ingredient in the name that I generally stumble over in perfumes because I am not quite sure what it is supposed to be: Mysore sandal. In this case, it is also a "proud" sandal.
Now one expects, and I too, a creamy sandalwood scent.
What a mistake. And not only regarding the expectation. Also concerning my knowledge about the possible scent of Mysore sandal, that is, the West Indian sandal.
What I thought of Mysore sandal is this fine creamy sandal of not so fine quality. You only get this scent if it is real or synthetically well-replicated East Indian sandal.
So "Altesse Mysore" does not make it easy.
I immediately smell a very peppery, quite sour, peach-powdery scent. I like "Altesse Mysore" right away, very much so. The pepper is so sharp at the beginning that I have to sneeze.
This peach-powdery mix always appeals to me in fragrances. At first, I thought of labdanum, but the additional lemony-citrus note is very aromatic yet not a bit honey-sweet, rather almost harsh.
For a long time, "Altesse Mysore" remains in this peculiar mix; the first thing that comes to mind is "Velvet Aoud" by Montale, but certainly in "Altesse Mysore" without a trace of oud. I also like this note in "Velvet Aoud," which I cannot really describe in the previous attempt.
Only later does the sour note in "Altesse Mysore" intensify, but then the scent calms down with a light vanilla note and presumably musk. I only perceive ambroxan slightly in the first phase and then not again.
However, "Altesse Mysore" always remains in this peach-powdery sour mix. I cannot describe it any other way.
Now, listed in the pyramid is elemiharz. What a coincidence that I just read shortly before in the pyramid of another fragrance that elemiharz is separated from some amyris varieties. Also, that amyris smells like citrus.
Amyris, as called up on Wikipedia, explains that amyris is a balsam tree from the Rutaceae family, which also includes citrus fruits.
Further in Wiki: In contrast to the East Indian white sandal, amyris contains the substances elemol, eudesmol, agarofuran. Well, wonderful. I, of course, have no idea what that could be.
So I researched further on Google. Elemol is the substance that apparently smells citrus-like in elemiharz. Yes, I smell that in "Altesse Mysore."
But now eudesmol and agarofuran. I only find Spanish and English explanations; these are certain terpenes that have been extracted from amyris, among others. Eudesmol is also called sesquiterpene. Aha. And agarofuran is said to smell like cedarwood.
What a coincidence, cedarwood is listed here, but I do not smell it.
And I also think that I have now occupied myself enough with the chemistry of Mysore and thus with that of the perfume "Altesse Mysore."
So this is how the "proud" Mysore sandal smells. And one can now assume that with the listing of elemiharz, cedar, amberwood, benzoin, and the sour plum, the name "Altesse Mysore" is quite cryptically meant.
Rose, jasmine, and patchouli I cannot smell out; I suspect they contribute to the allure of "Altesse Mysore." Conclusion: All fragrances that have this certain, for me, quite peculiar and superbly fruity-sour-tickling as well as slightly sharp and yet powdery note of Mysore amyris appeal to me.

Updated on 09/05/2018

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Stanze

5 years ago

7.5Scent 10Longevity 7Sillage

9

3

From up close, a beautiful, unsweetened resinous-woody scent. In the aura, according to family tester M, overturned fruits (plum?). Supposedly very synthetic...

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Seerose

7 years ago

9.5Scent 10Longevity 8Sillage

6

Strongly spicy-peppery-citrusy/elemi/amyris + powdery-fresh-peachy-powdery. Sour-bitter. Each 1 pinch + Ambroxan + vanilla-musk soften.

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ParfumAholic

5 years ago

6.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

3

Sharp-peppery-woody-sour scent that completely "swallows" the "softeners" (fruits, flowers, vanilla) for me & doesn't take me along.

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Verbaplex

6 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

3

Beautifully embellished, creamy sandalwood. Warm and spicy-soft accompaniment from rose and plum. A refined women's fragrance with character.

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Profuma

5 years ago

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

2

1

Like a Chopard Diet Cashmere without all the sweet stuff that Amouage Epic Woman nibbles on. Lots of wood, rose, and pepper in both, almost fruitless.

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