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08/29/2011
Apicius
224 Reviews
Apicius
Very helpful Review
4
A Serious Summer Scent
Just another lemon was my first thought when I tested L'Eau Mixte. There are haeps of perfumes like this around, some of insurmountable quality. Does Mrs. Nicolaï really has to add her two cents?
L'Eau Mixte greets us with a beautiful, but also unspectacular citrusy accord. It is not so much powdery, it has rather strength and vigour, and afeter a shot while it shwows some candy-like slivers of blackcurrant. No, you can get better stuff elsewhere – so I almost decided to leave it aside.
As is generally known, it is always the first impression that counts, but with L'Eau Mixte you should at least follow it to its heart note. Here it becomes clear that L'Eau Mixte is something more than the average lemon scent as the top notes seem to indicate.
The lemon is still there, something like blackcurrant too. But suddenly, everything becomes more tart, strict and serious. Floral notes emerge – a deep and dark rose is clearly detectable. For me, rose is a grave, kind of grown-up scent. Playfulness and suasiveness are not her style. This rose almost wears a grey dress, and in doing so, enters into an exiting dialog with the bright citrusy notes. The fruit note that I sense a something dark, even estimates this approach.
I could swear I smell a bed of Patchouli below it, but this note is not listed. Oak moss, musk and vetiver can hardly be sensed seperately. Mayby a trace of bitterness might indicate the vetiver. In the base this scent developes a little powdery.
So, do not always trust your first impression. L'Eau Mixte is a grown-up perfume, and it has the quality that one expects to get from Nicolaï. As soon as you get past the top notes, a very specific, remarkable style unfurls. Again, thi is difficult to describe, but it does not let you go so fast. Whatever – some perfumes keep their secrets!
I can only state that this is a great mélange of airiness, citric freshness and deep, dark floral notes. L'Eau Mixte makes a wonderful - and noble - summers' scent. As such it stands not so much for for a sandy beach, suntan lotion and ice cream – you would rather feel invited to a scent trip into a well-groomed landscape garden under a southern sky. Only a very distant sea breeze may delight its wearer among the opulent florals. L'Eau Mixte is a scent holiday for the discerning perfume lover. The customers will appreciate it!
L'Eau Mixte greets us with a beautiful, but also unspectacular citrusy accord. It is not so much powdery, it has rather strength and vigour, and afeter a shot while it shwows some candy-like slivers of blackcurrant. No, you can get better stuff elsewhere – so I almost decided to leave it aside.
As is generally known, it is always the first impression that counts, but with L'Eau Mixte you should at least follow it to its heart note. Here it becomes clear that L'Eau Mixte is something more than the average lemon scent as the top notes seem to indicate.
The lemon is still there, something like blackcurrant too. But suddenly, everything becomes more tart, strict and serious. Floral notes emerge – a deep and dark rose is clearly detectable. For me, rose is a grave, kind of grown-up scent. Playfulness and suasiveness are not her style. This rose almost wears a grey dress, and in doing so, enters into an exiting dialog with the bright citrusy notes. The fruit note that I sense a something dark, even estimates this approach.
I could swear I smell a bed of Patchouli below it, but this note is not listed. Oak moss, musk and vetiver can hardly be sensed seperately. Mayby a trace of bitterness might indicate the vetiver. In the base this scent developes a little powdery.
So, do not always trust your first impression. L'Eau Mixte is a grown-up perfume, and it has the quality that one expects to get from Nicolaï. As soon as you get past the top notes, a very specific, remarkable style unfurls. Again, thi is difficult to describe, but it does not let you go so fast. Whatever – some perfumes keep their secrets!
I can only state that this is a great mélange of airiness, citric freshness and deep, dark floral notes. L'Eau Mixte makes a wonderful - and noble - summers' scent. As such it stands not so much for for a sandy beach, suntan lotion and ice cream – you would rather feel invited to a scent trip into a well-groomed landscape garden under a southern sky. Only a very distant sea breeze may delight its wearer among the opulent florals. L'Eau Mixte is a scent holiday for the discerning perfume lover. The customers will appreciate it!
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