Je Te Veux Ikiryō 2023

Je Te Veux is one of those fragrances meant for sleeping.
Relaxation, derailment, deceleration of thoughts.
All this in dreary weather. In sleepwear.
In messy mode, as dear Gandix has already described.
That hits the nail on the head. Because Je Te Veux is a little devil in sleepwear, rolling around tiredly in a freshly made musk bed, visibly savoring the night to come.

A faint note of incense hangs in the air. Pulling on opium, sipping brandy, the little devil contemplates what else it can do the next morning. But that doesn’t happen, as sleep approaches and the eyes grow heavier. Even the underworld figures are getting tired. Oh yes. Especially because of Je Te Veux.

Sleep and the dreams that come with it roll in like a steamroller, stamping tar into thoughts. Cynically underpinned with balsamic notes, always accompanied by musk, which settles into the fragrance like a thick powder puff.

Outside, a cold drizzle, inside the warmth of a devil. No wicked undertaking. Rather a damn devotion to the dreary weather.

Skin-close performance, heavily covered in musk, but with a very fine composition of smoke, powder, and sweetness. It has something intimate, yet it doesn’t feel too overdone. It may certainly seem cumbersome and a bit messy to some, but I must say, it has something. Something you don’t get to smell every day. For the night, I find it exciting and it lingers to help detach from the stress of everyday life. Just put the brain on standby mode and enjoy. Without letting the hamster wheel rattle.

Longevity and sillage are in the upper range. It convinces me, unlike the other two newcomers from Ikiryo. But more on that later.

The little devil is already long in the land of dreams and soon follows...