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My next favorite Crivelli? Yes, I think this could be…
Alright, Cuir InfraRouge, this fragrance is a RIDE, and I’m ready to explain what it’s all about…
Being a Selfridges exclusive right now and me living in Alaska, USA. I found this was quite hard for me to acquire, but after finding a 5ml piccolo on eBay I jumped on it before it disappeared.
Understanding this profile requires some context of Crivelli’s “Defining Adventure”: Created out of the passion for Thibaud Crivelli’s love of leather, he combines this note with memories of nights spent with friends at night clubs over his favorite cocktail, a Raspberry Daiquiri.
And I think he and Jordi translated these themes well into a very punchy, clubbing/night-out profile fragrance.
Of course, as per usual with all the Crivelli extraits, the longevity of this scent persisted well over the 15hr mark on skin (I usually measure 17-18 on me), with a very strong sillage for the first 4-5hrs – after which it seems to linger around conversation distance, then dies to just above skin (maybe 3-4”). And of course it’s Crivelli prices, at 247€/50ml if I recall, but I’ve never needed more than one spray of any of the extraits so, it would go quite far.
As to the profile itself? An opening thick of a synthetic raspberry note hits my nose, it’s intense (like very intense), and it fills the space around you. Following just behind the raspberry, a spicy-citric-animalistic aroma begins to slither into the mix. Cinnamon, mandarin, touches of bergamot, and a ‘clean’ animalistic note – combine into this warm “fuzzy” musky aroma (no fecal facets in this at all), that oscillates between the warmth of spices and the brighter effervescent citruses. This profile is quite odd in the opening I’ll admit, there’s a quality to it that kinda makes me shudder in delight (reminding me of Patchouli Magnetik). The juxtaposition of the stark synthetic fruitiness to these spicy-woody-animalistic notes, is a little eyebrow raising. This sharp fruitiness does taper down to a deep red raspberry note, but the first 1hr or so is very juicy and mouthwatering (read: synthetic).
The “signature” (if you want to call it thus) Crivelli Oud accord is present in the base of this, it’s not as overwhelmingly pungent as Oud Maracujá in construction, but it’s not completely vapid from the aroma either. It’s mixed with the balsamic notes of the Tonka and gourmand notes of the vanilla beside it quite well, softening the Oud out making it very palatable.
Now the leather note… Yes, it’s very much a suede leather note, a little fuzzy, supple, and a light touch of orris root adds just a smidge of powdery earthiness to the dry down, making the leather smell very soft and plush. The leather, spice, and animalistic notes are really–really seducing in my opinion, it screams “smell me”.
The far–far dry down, I mainly smell lingering orris powder, vanilla, and some balsamic woodiness. A little simplistic, but at this point it’s quite literally the next day, you’re going to shower anyway, and put something new on.
This scent is, very Crivelli and very Jordi Fernández. If you’ve sampled either of their work or collaborations and didn’t like them? I’d find it hard to say you’d like this Crivelli/Fernández collab.
But if you’re wanting a fruity-Oud, and a strangely… seductively animalistic profile? Give this a sample if you can! It’s hard to acquire right now or sample if you’re outside the UK, at least until it’s made available on their website. Which, I feel will happen eventually? The previously released Oud Stallion, was a Harrods Exclusive on launch, but was later brought to their [Crivelli’s] web store.
I managed to get a BNIB manufacture 5ml on eBay for around USD$46, to me? Well worth it. This scent fits between The Oud Trilogy, but really it should’ve been released as part of the Collection Particulière, it’s [[just]] special enough to me that – I wouldn’t have blinked twice had it been announced as such.
I really–really want a full bottle of this…
Being a Selfridges exclusive right now and me living in Alaska, USA. I found this was quite hard for me to acquire, but after finding a 5ml piccolo on eBay I jumped on it before it disappeared.
Understanding this profile requires some context of Crivelli’s “Defining Adventure”: Created out of the passion for Thibaud Crivelli’s love of leather, he combines this note with memories of nights spent with friends at night clubs over his favorite cocktail, a Raspberry Daiquiri.
And I think he and Jordi translated these themes well into a very punchy, clubbing/night-out profile fragrance.
Of course, as per usual with all the Crivelli extraits, the longevity of this scent persisted well over the 15hr mark on skin (I usually measure 17-18 on me), with a very strong sillage for the first 4-5hrs – after which it seems to linger around conversation distance, then dies to just above skin (maybe 3-4”). And of course it’s Crivelli prices, at 247€/50ml if I recall, but I’ve never needed more than one spray of any of the extraits so, it would go quite far.
As to the profile itself? An opening thick of a synthetic raspberry note hits my nose, it’s intense (like very intense), and it fills the space around you. Following just behind the raspberry, a spicy-citric-animalistic aroma begins to slither into the mix. Cinnamon, mandarin, touches of bergamot, and a ‘clean’ animalistic note – combine into this warm “fuzzy” musky aroma (no fecal facets in this at all), that oscillates between the warmth of spices and the brighter effervescent citruses. This profile is quite odd in the opening I’ll admit, there’s a quality to it that kinda makes me shudder in delight (reminding me of Patchouli Magnetik). The juxtaposition of the stark synthetic fruitiness to these spicy-woody-animalistic notes, is a little eyebrow raising. This sharp fruitiness does taper down to a deep red raspberry note, but the first 1hr or so is very juicy and mouthwatering (read: synthetic).
The “signature” (if you want to call it thus) Crivelli Oud accord is present in the base of this, it’s not as overwhelmingly pungent as Oud Maracujá in construction, but it’s not completely vapid from the aroma either. It’s mixed with the balsamic notes of the Tonka and gourmand notes of the vanilla beside it quite well, softening the Oud out making it very palatable.
Now the leather note… Yes, it’s very much a suede leather note, a little fuzzy, supple, and a light touch of orris root adds just a smidge of powdery earthiness to the dry down, making the leather smell very soft and plush. The leather, spice, and animalistic notes are really–really seducing in my opinion, it screams “smell me”.
The far–far dry down, I mainly smell lingering orris powder, vanilla, and some balsamic woodiness. A little simplistic, but at this point it’s quite literally the next day, you’re going to shower anyway, and put something new on.
This scent is, very Crivelli and very Jordi Fernández. If you’ve sampled either of their work or collaborations and didn’t like them? I’d find it hard to say you’d like this Crivelli/Fernández collab.
But if you’re wanting a fruity-Oud, and a strangely… seductively animalistic profile? Give this a sample if you can! It’s hard to acquire right now or sample if you’re outside the UK, at least until it’s made available on their website. Which, I feel will happen eventually? The previously released Oud Stallion, was a Harrods Exclusive on launch, but was later brought to their [Crivelli’s] web store.
I managed to get a BNIB manufacture 5ml on eBay for around USD$46, to me? Well worth it. This scent fits between The Oud Trilogy, but really it should’ve been released as part of the Collection Particulière, it’s [[just]] special enough to me that – I wouldn’t have blinked twice had it been announced as such.
I really–really want a full bottle of this…
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Citruses mixing with leather for a bitter animalic aroma while the raspberry dials down to “deep red” sounds heavenly!
Thibaud implied on instagram that it’ll be available on their website.
I’ll wait until then and blind buy.
Raspberry syrup spilled on a fur coat, and left in a closet. Cinnamon suede shoes and old Oud wood.
I really really hope it will be added to their website soon, I’m definitely buying myself a bottle. 🔥