Top Notes 
Italian bergamot
Leaf green
Orange blossom
Heart Notes 
Bourbon geranium
Cassia absolute
Florentine iris
Italian jasmine
Base Notes 
Indian sandalwood
Oakmoss
Vanilla absolute
06/19/2024
Krmarich
227 Reviews
Krmarich
1
Tomb raider...
This is one of most difficult perfumes to review for me. I cannot put my finger on it as to why. I have never encountered it on anyone in the past. I vaguely remember seeing it on the cable HSN. Marilyn Miglin was the Elizabeth Arden of Chicago. Her cosmetic line and fragrances are world famous.
Looking at the legend of its creation, "the mysterious Egyptian formula discovered sometime in the past". Chicago has a large collection of Egyptian antiquities today and I remember the lines to see the King Tut treasures at the Field Museum in 1977. It was a bigger event than Star Wars that summer! I am sure Mrs. Miglin was there and this was her inspiration for Pheromone. Perhaps she noticed something that the public didn't. Perhaps a sniff of a temple perfume on one of the treasures? When I see Egyptian antiquities, I often get inspired and feel like creating art. That's my take on the creation/inspiration. Who knows? Think of all of the antiquities at Louvre in Paris, once an empire of fine fragrance. New York City, London and Berlin as well. Cairo has become a modern perfume hub. Scent is invisible and perhaps these formulas are inspired by the treasures of the past. This sounds like an Indiana Jones movie...Everything is based on a muse, right? These creations are the invisible language of Western Civilization.
Pheromone is by no means original. In its original formula, it took its inspiration from every chypre from the 20th century before it. What is the first Chypre? Coty, Mitsouko? They all speak the same language as each other but with different accords. They basically mean the same thing. Pleasant, beauty, comfort, elegance, security, and the maternal comforts. In the 20th century, this translates to opulent city shopping amid the big city lights, dining at fine restaurants and nights on the town. They all were associated with fine fragrance for most of us. Marshall Fields and the Walnut Room had to be filled with Pheromone upon its initial release.
We no longer speak this language in public. Fragrance has become a cheap pick-up line at a bar at worse and simple body spray deodorant at the gym at best. A generation ago it was one's calling card of our personality. You would wear whatever fit your mood was that day. Everyone remembers a teacher's scent, for better or worse. Perhaps there was a coworker or boss who you either loved or hated. In the past 20 years, how many people can you remember by fragrance? Perhaps in a grocery aisle I catch a wiff of someone's pleasant offering...
This language of scent is now dying. Pheromone is just an example of this. Its original formula conveyed many words without being spoken. It has been reduced to a weird chemical mess that says "stay away". No one will wear this in public anymore. I felt immense sadness wearing this one day in its original formula. Yes, I was very blue. Just because it is so beautiful. Nothing else.
Looking at the legend of its creation, "the mysterious Egyptian formula discovered sometime in the past". Chicago has a large collection of Egyptian antiquities today and I remember the lines to see the King Tut treasures at the Field Museum in 1977. It was a bigger event than Star Wars that summer! I am sure Mrs. Miglin was there and this was her inspiration for Pheromone. Perhaps she noticed something that the public didn't. Perhaps a sniff of a temple perfume on one of the treasures? When I see Egyptian antiquities, I often get inspired and feel like creating art. That's my take on the creation/inspiration. Who knows? Think of all of the antiquities at Louvre in Paris, once an empire of fine fragrance. New York City, London and Berlin as well. Cairo has become a modern perfume hub. Scent is invisible and perhaps these formulas are inspired by the treasures of the past. This sounds like an Indiana Jones movie...Everything is based on a muse, right? These creations are the invisible language of Western Civilization.
Pheromone is by no means original. In its original formula, it took its inspiration from every chypre from the 20th century before it. What is the first Chypre? Coty, Mitsouko? They all speak the same language as each other but with different accords. They basically mean the same thing. Pleasant, beauty, comfort, elegance, security, and the maternal comforts. In the 20th century, this translates to opulent city shopping amid the big city lights, dining at fine restaurants and nights on the town. They all were associated with fine fragrance for most of us. Marshall Fields and the Walnut Room had to be filled with Pheromone upon its initial release.
We no longer speak this language in public. Fragrance has become a cheap pick-up line at a bar at worse and simple body spray deodorant at the gym at best. A generation ago it was one's calling card of our personality. You would wear whatever fit your mood was that day. Everyone remembers a teacher's scent, for better or worse. Perhaps there was a coworker or boss who you either loved or hated. In the past 20 years, how many people can you remember by fragrance? Perhaps in a grocery aisle I catch a wiff of someone's pleasant offering...
This language of scent is now dying. Pheromone is just an example of this. Its original formula conveyed many words without being spoken. It has been reduced to a weird chemical mess that says "stay away". No one will wear this in public anymore. I felt immense sadness wearing this one day in its original formula. Yes, I was very blue. Just because it is so beautiful. Nothing else.
Manu79
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