Black Costes 2 Hôtel Costes 2009
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Subtle beauty
French perfumer Olivia Giacobetti has such a wonderful talent: she manages to bring me closer to notes that I usually get away from. Her craftsmanship is characterized by particularly finely interwoven scents. Nothing stands out unpleasantly. Her works are always wonderfully round in themselves. Another typical characteristic of Giacobetti's fragrances is their restraint. Giacobetti almost always creates perfumes with a certain understatement. Due to the great class they have, their fragrances can also do without immense scent flags. They stand out for their subtle beauty, not their volume. Close to the body, but at the same time enchanting. That's Giacobetti. And I love her for that!
With Black, the second fragrance she created for the Costes Hotel in Paris, I was recently able to enjoy her craftsmanship again. Here we have a rose scent again and with roses in the perfume, as you know, I don't have it that much. And this is exactly where Mrs Giacobetti makes the difference. Because my beloved L'Ether, also created by her, also entwines itself around the rose. While at L'Ether she is surrounded by clouds of smoke, here we have a rose in an autumnal, even almost Christmassy garment. In combination with benzoin, cinnamon, guaiac and the rose geranium, the result is a fragrance reminiscent of L'Occitanes Eau de Baux. I certainly find Eau de Baux very beautiful, but I don't like to wear it myself. With Black it's different. It feels very harmonious on me immediately. And that despite cinnamon. A note with which I personally often have even greater difficulties in perfume than with rose
As you would expect from the master of understatement, this fragrance is relatively delicate and remains rather body-hugging, while eau de Baux is a fragrance with a strong sillage. And that's where I definitely prefer the quiet version. But it lasts the whole day. I can't confirm the weak durability, which some of you here have attested to it. It is simply the kind of scent where you have to get a little closer to the wearer to notice it. But the smell is definitely there I thought back and forth whether I should even buy this fragrance, even if it doesn't correspond to my prey scheme with the cinnamon. Unfortunately, my husband is also a bit bothered by the rather dominant rose, which is why it is probably not quite enough for a purchase in the end. I am simply rather the fraction incense instead of flowers.
Nevertheless, I would not only recommend Costes II Black to rose lovers. It also enchants when you can't get too much out of roses in a perfume, like I can
Many thanks to killer bee.
With Black, the second fragrance she created for the Costes Hotel in Paris, I was recently able to enjoy her craftsmanship again. Here we have a rose scent again and with roses in the perfume, as you know, I don't have it that much. And this is exactly where Mrs Giacobetti makes the difference. Because my beloved L'Ether, also created by her, also entwines itself around the rose. While at L'Ether she is surrounded by clouds of smoke, here we have a rose in an autumnal, even almost Christmassy garment. In combination with benzoin, cinnamon, guaiac and the rose geranium, the result is a fragrance reminiscent of L'Occitanes Eau de Baux. I certainly find Eau de Baux very beautiful, but I don't like to wear it myself. With Black it's different. It feels very harmonious on me immediately. And that despite cinnamon. A note with which I personally often have even greater difficulties in perfume than with rose
As you would expect from the master of understatement, this fragrance is relatively delicate and remains rather body-hugging, while eau de Baux is a fragrance with a strong sillage. And that's where I definitely prefer the quiet version. But it lasts the whole day. I can't confirm the weak durability, which some of you here have attested to it. It is simply the kind of scent where you have to get a little closer to the wearer to notice it. But the smell is definitely there I thought back and forth whether I should even buy this fragrance, even if it doesn't correspond to my prey scheme with the cinnamon. Unfortunately, my husband is also a bit bothered by the rather dominant rose, which is why it is probably not quite enough for a purchase in the end. I am simply rather the fraction incense instead of flowers.
Nevertheless, I would not only recommend Costes II Black to rose lovers. It also enchants when you can't get too much out of roses in a perfume, like I can
Many thanks to killer bee.
32 Comments
I love rose perfume and this one is very special. This one has no usual base and only uses guaiac wood.
All ingredients are warm and softly balanced. Sometimes the simple is the best.
Thank you very much, dear Pollita for the tester.
Be able to weave a total work of art.
I also find roses difficult, I like them with spice around them best. I also like cinnamon. But too much understatement is not for me, a little "wolf" is a must.
I just try to imagine how other unloved fragrances would smell in a discreet and harmoniously blended blend.
Fine comment, very well described.