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Is there a cat DNA in perfume art?
Today I brought out my "Lune Féline" sample to sweeten my grey working day with a lot of labour-intensive files on the PC. As a cat fan I had to have them, just like I originally took a closer look at "The Bewitching Yasmine" from Penhaligon's because of the enchanting cat flacon, only to discover that I really like the scent too.
I also like "Lune Féline" right away. But already when sniffing the top note, I start to think about it. You know it. It smells a bit like.. Exactly, there are strong echoes of the beguiling Yasmine from the traditional British house. A glance at the ingredients confirms what my nose already told me: Both fragrances contain cardamom in the top note, but where "Yasmine" eagerly sharpened its claws through the coffee, "Lune Féline" remains cuddly and sweet thanks to cinnamon. The pink pepper I can only guess at when you sniff it close to your body.
As the story progresses, it becomes clear that we are dealing with two very different cat characters: "Lune Féline" develops into a somewhat sedate, but beautiful Persian cat with a well-balanced heart note, in which Styrax and fine woods in particular convey a calm down-to-earth quality. "The Bewitching Yasmine" on the other hand is a riot-brushed oriental girl, who prefers to tear around the place and sometimes hits her claws into one or the other nose. With Jasmine, women and men can be even or not!
In the base, both cat animals come to rest: Vanilla provides this homely feeling, and while in "Lune Féline" even the animal musk remains discreet, "Yasmine" has to make a statement before she goes to sleep, which cats - sorry! - sometimes do by urine marking. Yes, oud is also a matter of taste, and as is well known, taste is not a matter of dispute.
I like both scents. But I'm still puzzling over whether there is feline DNA in perfumery...
I also like "Lune Féline" right away. But already when sniffing the top note, I start to think about it. You know it. It smells a bit like.. Exactly, there are strong echoes of the beguiling Yasmine from the traditional British house. A glance at the ingredients confirms what my nose already told me: Both fragrances contain cardamom in the top note, but where "Yasmine" eagerly sharpened its claws through the coffee, "Lune Féline" remains cuddly and sweet thanks to cinnamon. The pink pepper I can only guess at when you sniff it close to your body.
As the story progresses, it becomes clear that we are dealing with two very different cat characters: "Lune Féline" develops into a somewhat sedate, but beautiful Persian cat with a well-balanced heart note, in which Styrax and fine woods in particular convey a calm down-to-earth quality. "The Bewitching Yasmine" on the other hand is a riot-brushed oriental girl, who prefers to tear around the place and sometimes hits her claws into one or the other nose. With Jasmine, women and men can be even or not!
In the base, both cat animals come to rest: Vanilla provides this homely feeling, and while in "Lune Féline" even the animal musk remains discreet, "Yasmine" has to make a statement before she goes to sleep, which cats - sorry! - sometimes do by urine marking. Yes, oud is also a matter of taste, and as is well known, taste is not a matter of dispute.
I like both scents. But I'm still puzzling over whether there is feline DNA in perfumery...
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Sharka 6 years ago
In an English port in the late 19th century...
After I had just discovered the Penhaligon's fragrances for myself, especially the "Portraits" series, I of course also had to test this men's fragrance.
A liquid of the colour of cold-pressed olive oil rolls in the sample...
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