Édition Rare - Pétroleum 2011

Édition Rare - Pétroleum by Histoires de Parfums
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7.5 / 10 80 Ratings
Édition Rare - Pétroleum is a popular perfume by Histoires de Parfums for women and men and was released in 2011. The scent is leathery-animal. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Leathery
Animal
Smoky
Spicy
Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
OudOud AldehydesAldehydes OrangeOrange BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
OudOud AmberAmber RoseRose
Base Notes Base Notes
LeatherLeather OudOud White muskWhite musk Civet absoluteCivet absolute PatchouliPatchouli

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Scent
7.580 Ratings
Longevity
8.066 Ratings
Sillage
6.869 Ratings
Bottle
7.373 Ratings
Value for money
6.315 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 30.10.2023.

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Serenissima

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Serenissima
Top Review 11  
small cat animal in leather rosenoud
What else can you probably write after the meaningful statement: "animal rose on petroleum-soaked leather cloth"?
Well, I have reduced the always worth reading text on "Pétroleum" by Meggi to a few words, but they actually already say everything.
But Meggi, my dear friend: you are a genius of words and yet at the same time quite devious!
You send me samples, knowing that I will test them and have my opinion.
But you build before not only hurdles, but equal barricades: How should I overcome these now?

It is useless to try to compete against you, whether with animalistic roses or oil-soaked leather rags, and therefore I accept the challenge in my own, feminine way.

Is the sample now tilted or is it meant to be?
I smell first of all horse stable, instead of the expected according to the name pit lane of Formula 1.
To this, however, fit the blooming Rosengerank and the lightly tackled citrus near the dung heap much better; they form a very interesting, not yet often encountered harmony.
No need to get excited: Give it time! It smells better than it might read!
So it could remain, but now the said leather rag comes into play, in which probably already the small stinking animal rolled around several times comfortably.
And of course it was already in the rich dark brown patchouli modder and white fluffy musk foam: Little hairy connoisseur!
Thus, the guy is covered by its very own odeur and colors odoriferous first strong, until a wonderful, almost luxurious-rich amber nuance, as it were as a keystone in this complex fragrance vault.

As mentioned: you have to give "Pétroleum" time to unfold all its challenging fragrance facets.
But it's worth it!
Who can be deterred by the fragrance notes mentioned in the pyramid or the prelude, which deprives itself of a fascinating fragrance experience.

The question of how wearable "Pétroleum" is as a fragrance does not arise for me as a fish-blooded older blonde. But I enjoy it (quite honestly!) Wrap me in this fragrance composition, as in a soft warm blanket.

"Pétroleum" excites me and makes me curious about a lot of extraordinary things that are still to be discovered in our world of fragrances.
Anyway, the house "Histoires de Parfums" has added an interesting fragrance building block to its "Édtion Rare".
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Meggi

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Meggi
Top Review 29  
Eauvied
"Legends of Classical Antiquity", specifically: the Greek world of legends - presented in a series of 80 episodes, each lasting a quarter of an hour. This may sound like hours, days or even weeks of torture to one or the other. But it is by no means the case when the Austrian writer Michael Köhlmeier gives the narrator (www.br.de/fernsehen/ard-alpha/sendungen/mythen/index.html). With him, the figures come to life, as it were, with the words in the Now: It seems as if what he says occurs to him only at that very moment - and perhaps that is exactly what is happening. To be able to fabricate in such a way is an impressive gift.

Besides, you can hear how a cultivated Ösi-speak sounds ('sorry...).

Well, my point is that the Greek legends are filled to the brim with (active or passive) transformations of some beings - which is an ancient tradition at all, which continues seamlessly in Ovid's (for us: Eauvieds) metamorphoses. Most of the time the whole effort is of no use to the people and they are still killed or fucked by Zeus. Or the thing is simply annoying: Who wants to be transformed into a spider or as a constellation at dawdling zero degrees Kelvin forever hanging around in space?

Pétroleum also performs a masquerade. At first he camouflages himself by throwing a leather cloth soaked with proper workshop lubricant and solvents over himself, later he hides himself more badly than right behind a gradually budding floral fruitiness, which embodies more the "rose principle" than "rose". Leather and rose are sometimes close to each other - especially when the leather from oily rose is still in its infancy. Today, however, we have to do with two things.

Yes, and something more from the AmbER corner is also included. But I have an (for me) old acquaintance nevertheless errochen. Under it is a good piece of the DNA of 'Ambrarem' from the same house. Unmistakable is the kinship of the interior, the base of 'petroleum' to the animalic-creamy, banana-streaking sibling, which by means of castoreum also partially approaches the leather splint at least, although not as blatant as present, also from another direction.

The pyramidal data don't suggest the relationship, but I'm sure I own 'Ambrarem' and could test it in parallel. Moreover, the visual similarity and the same year of publication may not be a coincidence. And, miraculously, petroleum also pleases me. The brutal prelude should not deter, it will soften a little bit(!).

Anyway, I don't want the above to be understood as a reproach, the Histoire people would almost cheer us on twice. No, 'Petroleum' is, above all because of its hour-long focus on 'floral leatheriness', a completely independent fragrance which, on top of that, does not march broad-legged along the vanilla path towards the end, as 'Ambrarem' does.

Conclusion: Because of such things I am enthusiastic about perfume.

I thank Gerdi for the rehearsal.
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Drseid

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Excellent And Not As Challenging As Some Believe...
Very nice composition here in Pétroleum by Histoire de Parfums. I find it difficult to call out given notes for most of the scent's development as it is so well-blended, no notes really call attention to themselves until the dry down, save the Oud. I find it more a scent with an *accord* that is quite identifiiable, and very true to its name. Pétroleum reminds me very much of clean smelling petrol with extremely subtle hints of rose as a distant supporting note well in the background. I don't find Pétroleum to be a loud or controversial scent at all, but rather a nice pleasant scent that is distinctive, while being quite wearable and versatile at the same time. The dry down is primarily a clean musk, mixed with the remnants of the petrol accord that now takes a supporting role, coupling with a very subtle leather. Sillage is about average and longevity is excellent.

My only gripe with Pétroleum is the price. When you can buy classics like Fahrenheit in their vintage form for less than half the cost of Pétroleum, it is a much harder sell to get me from the "appreciation" column to the "buy" column. Still, while both scents share a petrol vibe (albeit different smelling ones with completely different execution to my nose) this is absolutely no Fahrenheit clone at all, and if you can afford it, Pétroleum is well worth an addition to one's collection. Tied with Amber 114 as my favorite scent from the brand to date at 4 to 4.5 stars out of 5.
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