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07/28/2013
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Mushrooms in Cognac Over Dried Fruits with Rose Petals
Sounds like something from a competitive cooking show on the 'Food Network' requiring the masterful co-mingling of odd food items from a 'mystery foods basket', Nay? I wish that I could interpret this scent differently, but the first thing and the last thing to hit me from Frapin's 1697 is mushrooms, specifically wild white truffles. I even went to my collection of reference aromas for wine appreciation and pulled out "Les Defaults" (the faults of wine) to find the reference mushroom smell...yep, dead on and centerstage for me. White truffles soaked in an Armagnac from Gascony and sprinkled with rose petals that have past their prime. Don't get me wrong, I love mushrooms, I seek out the most unusual non-poisonous edible mushrooms available and cook with the several times a week. Do I want to smell like them?...hmmmm...
Frapin's 1697 is definitely masculine leaning, and strikes me as a rich scent for a dapper dandy in Autumn. I imagine this mixed with the scent of "Burning Leaves" by CB I Hate Perfume or Sonoma Scent Studio "Fireside" or even CdG's "Wonderwood" as a marvelous combination. This is a boozy earthy place, deep in the woods were potent and pricey truffles are hidden beneath long forgotten wilted rose petals and dried fruit peels have been carelessly tossed by the frivolous and wicked birds of Summer.
Frapin's 1697 is definitely masculine leaning, and strikes me as a rich scent for a dapper dandy in Autumn. I imagine this mixed with the scent of "Burning Leaves" by CB I Hate Perfume or Sonoma Scent Studio "Fireside" or even CdG's "Wonderwood" as a marvelous combination. This is a boozy earthy place, deep in the woods were potent and pricey truffles are hidden beneath long forgotten wilted rose petals and dried fruit peels have been carelessly tossed by the frivolous and wicked birds of Summer.
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