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08/05/2021
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Caron, stick to your last...
Pois de Senteur ( de chez moi) ...I couldn't remember having smelled it before - but I'm not infallible either. Anyway, I found a vintage bottle in my picture archives that I must have owned back in 2012, but it's no longer there. Instead, I am now obsessed myself, namely by the Extrait Pois d.S.(d.c.m.) anno 2021. More precisely, both by the top note, as well as the drydown.
Caron may still not be out of the slump the brand slid into a few decades ago (I'd even say Sacre was their last big hit).... but the relaunch from Pois (perfume concentration) gives as much hope as the reformulation of Muguet de Bonheur took away from me.
A lovely fellow sufferer (obsessed by perfume) had sent me the new Pois and I crept around it first. This morning I took courage and tested him.
The first seconds already set the course, goodwill and a Schweppes face spread. Beautiful hyacinth, spring fresh, bitter green and spicy, was the first pillar that impressed me. More florals, more powdery spice, more thoughts of L' heure bleue came up, but really just thoughts, no clone or twin, Pois remains too green and too spring floral for that. You can't call it sweet, at most natural-vanilla-nectar drizzled. As the fragrance progresses, the flowers alternate, unfortunately the hyacinth disappears almost completely, but a slight powderiness is added and the scent becomes softer. Green can be perceived but still.
Is already a bit ingenious, ne?
Exactly.
In addition, there is the long shelf life, which I always find very important, and nowadays yes very expensive to be paid or must be searched for a long time.
Successful, valuable reinterpretation of a classic!
Caron may still not be out of the slump the brand slid into a few decades ago (I'd even say Sacre was their last big hit).... but the relaunch from Pois (perfume concentration) gives as much hope as the reformulation of Muguet de Bonheur took away from me.
A lovely fellow sufferer (obsessed by perfume) had sent me the new Pois and I crept around it first. This morning I took courage and tested him.
The first seconds already set the course, goodwill and a Schweppes face spread. Beautiful hyacinth, spring fresh, bitter green and spicy, was the first pillar that impressed me. More florals, more powdery spice, more thoughts of L' heure bleue came up, but really just thoughts, no clone or twin, Pois remains too green and too spring floral for that. You can't call it sweet, at most natural-vanilla-nectar drizzled. As the fragrance progresses, the flowers alternate, unfortunately the hyacinth disappears almost completely, but a slight powderiness is added and the scent becomes softer. Green can be perceived but still.
Is already a bit ingenious, ne?
Exactly.
In addition, there is the long shelf life, which I always find very important, and nowadays yes very expensive to be paid or must be searched for a long time.
Successful, valuable reinterpretation of a classic!
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