Top Notes 
Artemisia
Green notes
Mint
Bergamot
Peach
Heart Notes 
Orris root
Carnation
Cedar
Jasmine
Patchouli
Rose
Ylang-ylang
Base Notes 
Oakmoss
Amber
Leather
Musk
Sandalwood
09/12/2022
Mlleghoul
444 Reviews
Mlleghoul
1
a meandering art house dream of a scent
Though I've had this bottle of Niki de Saint Phalle for years, I've been avoiding pinning down my thoughts on this one. I am not sure how much the woman had to do with the creation of the perfume, but Niki de Saint Phalle was a French-American artist and filmmaker renowned for her distinctive sculptures of voluptuous vividly colored, giant, joyously conquering women. The perfume was launched in 1982 but it smells like my imaginings of the early 70s It's a delicately spicy, mossy green-leafed potion, with notes of wormwood, carnation, leather, peach, and soft aldehydes. It's complex, yet eerily balanced and I can't get a handle on any one note. It makes me think of a meandering, plotless art house film that you loved for the visuals and the atmosphere and the score, and even though you didn't understand a thing that was going on, you're still daydreaming about it decades later.
