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03/27/2013
Drseid
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Drseid
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3
This Spicy Woody Composition Needs Some Spicing Up...
Le Poivre Rose opens with a gentle spray of pink pepper that remains well into the heart phase. Later in the heart the pepper is joined by a faint but slowly growing cedar as support. As the fragrance enters the late dry-down the pepper fades to a just detectable level, as the cedar takes the fore though never prominent. Projection is below average, and so is longevity at 6-7 hours on skin.
Le Poivre Rose is pink pepper over subtle cedar wood minimalist composition all the way. The scent profile is quite linear and rather restrained from start to finish. I love pepper and cedar for sure, but am more than a bit disappointed in this release from L'Antichambre despite it delivering on its featured note, as there really is not much more to the composition and published notes like the frankincense and clary sage apparently are so minimally implemented that I can't detect them at all. Quite frankly, even the listed cedar that *is* present is not very prominent, with the gentle pink pepper the obvious sole focus. With many less expensive (and dare I say more interesting) spicy/woody compositions featuring pepper on the market (Tzora by Anat Fritz for one) I find it hard to recommend Le Poivre Rose at its relatively lofty $170 for 50ml price tag. The bottom line is this 3 star out of 5 rated release smells good, but offers a poor value compared to others that smell better for less.
Le Poivre Rose is pink pepper over subtle cedar wood minimalist composition all the way. The scent profile is quite linear and rather restrained from start to finish. I love pepper and cedar for sure, but am more than a bit disappointed in this release from L'Antichambre despite it delivering on its featured note, as there really is not much more to the composition and published notes like the frankincense and clary sage apparently are so minimally implemented that I can't detect them at all. Quite frankly, even the listed cedar that *is* present is not very prominent, with the gentle pink pepper the obvious sole focus. With many less expensive (and dare I say more interesting) spicy/woody compositions featuring pepper on the market (Tzora by Anat Fritz for one) I find it hard to recommend Le Poivre Rose at its relatively lofty $170 for 50ml price tag. The bottom line is this 3 star out of 5 rated release smells good, but offers a poor value compared to others that smell better for less.
