N°. VII - Petits Papiers Nobile

Petits Papiers

Mad et Len 2011

The name and the bottle immediately brought to mind ancient scripts and stories.
The scent wants to show me that it is timeless and distant, yet it whispers beautiful stories in my ear. I really like this simplicity, and with black, I can certainly not say no.

However, the fragrance disappoints me. I expected a very demanding, smoky scent. But what came out was a flop and absolutely unusable for my skin and my feelings.

Petits Papiers Nobile, let's call it PPN for short, descends upon me like a sea of plastic. It gives me an artificial impression - as if the sun were beating down on empty plastic bottles and everything around is pressing down on it. Unpleasant! On top of that, a very bright, almost pale wood note sneaks in, slightly overshadowed by patchouli. A mixture that is simply not successful here. It has a subtly balsamic edge, somewhat flat and smoky at the base. The heart beats indecisively - no spark ignites here, and I feel bored.

Over time, it becomes a bit sweeter, and benzoin spits a little fire into the mix. That’s about it. What remains is just a bit of light wood, this strange scent of artificiality, and a bit of patch. Everything is very light and by no means dark. The smoke is completely disappointing here. Nothing feels dense. Nothing deep and unpredictable. It is a flat smoke that lingers at the bottom and occupies no one and nothing.

Longevity is not bad, sillage is the same. But still, it is not a masterpiece for such a scent coming from such an exciting house.

PPN wanted to write history with its first impression.
With all that is written on it, with all that it visually presents.

What has come out is rather a burning papyrus sheet where nothing is written!