Talismans Collection

Le Mat Mendittorosa 2014

Bottle Design Alessandro Reggioli

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8.0 / 10 111 Ratings

A popular perfume by Mendittorosa for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Floral

Resinous

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Clove

Nutmeg

Black pepper

Heart Notes

Geranium

May rose

Base Notes

Spanish immortelle

Cashmere wood

Indonesian patchouli

Perfumer

Anne-Sophie Behaghel

Ratings

Scent

8.0111 Ratings

Longevity

8.699 Ratings

Sillage

7.899 Ratings

Bottle

8.6105 Ratings

Value for money

6.929 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 22.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Talismans Collection" collection.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/19/2023

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Katyes
5 Reviews

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Katyes

Helpful Review 5

What a fragrance...

I spray this fragrance and have directly a picture in front of me- a field. Hay bales are made. Next to me is an old wooden hut, which probably provides storage space for the farmer's working utensils. The sun is shining, the air is warm. It is a beautiful late summer day. The crickets are chirping. I have the smell of the wood warmed by the sun in my nose. I feel content and calm.
Now for this particular scent- it starts with a herbal liqueur note. When the alcohol fades, what remains is a scent that is very complex. It smells of hay, of warm wood, of strawflower, of late summer.
The fragrance gives me peace and a feeling of security.
I have not smelled a similar fragrance before and am glad to have discovered and purchased it....
About the packaging I must say- very artistic and great design. The fragrance comes in a wooden box with extra card, on which the story to the fragrance is to be read... Also the bottle is very special with its handmade lid.

01/29/2019

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Pepdal
238 Reviews

Pepdal

5

Le Mat review

There has been a bit of buzz about this one since Luca Turin awarded it 5 stars in the latest Guide. Luckily for me I had sampled this a while before the book came out. Enjoy the review

04/14/2015

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Drseid
819 Reviews

Drseid

Helpful Review 2

Amazing Aromatics...

Le Mat opens with a boozy whiskey-like accord before quickly moving to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart it turns highly aromatic as radiant patchouli joins powerful burnt sugar-like immortelle. Moving in and out of the aromatic patchouli and immortelle starring tandem through the composition's middle are whiffs of smoky black tea with perhaps just an additional hint of airy bergamot. During the late dry-down the patchouli and immortelle both recede, eschewing their aromatic facet as their remnants pair with a light, natural smelling woody accord through the finish. Projection is excellent, and longevity very good at about 10 hours on skin.

*Now* we are talking... After having been somewhat disappointed by the prior two Mendittorosa compositions, I went into wearing Le Mat with lowered expectations. Of course, just when one expects a middling result, you instead get a winner. The first thing that became clear early in the composition's development was Le Mat has some real potency. The patchouli and immortelle starring tandem for most of the composition's development features very interesting aromatic aspects of both, and the fact that I enjoyed the pairing is saying something as this is coming from one who can't stand immortelle generally. Through the mid-section adding to the already interesting aromatic pairing were unexpected facets like the smoky black tea that would pop in and out. The late dry-down is the time most of the other Mendittorosa compositions near-completely fell apart, but happily *not* Le Mat. When I saw "blond woods" in the official base note ingredient list I feared my arch-nemesis, cashmeran, would make an unwanted appearance late, but if it is in the composition, I didn't detect it, instead the woods while light and somewhat vague smelled completely believable, relatively transparent and highly pleasant. At the end of the day, Le Mat succeeds where the rest of the Mendittorosa compositions to one degree or another fail; it smells good, it is interesting and it has good performance. The bottom line is the 198 Euros per 100ml bottle Le Mat is a very different and desirable take on patchouli and immortelle, earning an "excellent" 4 stars out of 5 and a strong recommendation. Finally, an immortelle composition I want to own.