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Dragon Blood (Vermillion Cuir)

7.8 / 10 23 Ratings
A popular perfume by Nimerè for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is resinous-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous
Sweet
Spicy
Leathery
Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Dragon's bloodDragon's blood Black pepperBlack pepper CardamomCardamom
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CherryCherry CorianderCoriander RoseRose
Base Notes Base Notes
GingerGinger LeatherLeather VetiverVetiver OakOak

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Ratings
Scent
7.823 Ratings
Longevity
7.921 Ratings
Sillage
7.321 Ratings
Bottle
7.919 Ratings
Submitted by MichH · last update on 09/23/2023.
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Can777

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The Kiss of the Dragon
NIMERÉ PARFUMS – “DRAGON BLOOD” by Nikolay Eremin
Every one of us has the dark side deeply hidden. Just like every artis of perfumer longs to ease his soul with facing the sinister parts of himself. By creating something frightening and disturbing he struggles with his own demons. This process however leads you to your own dark desires because you can almost touch the power of darkness in its most beautiful form and variety. This is far more than Pandora’s Box, which should never be opened because it contains almost irresistibly sweet and tempting call of the sin.
Nikolay Eremin offers his darkest self with this creation. He introduces us to his evil and vicious twin.
With the first contact on the skin the dragon starts to dance, first sweet and tempting. The smell of dark cherries, sweet and juicy, is highly present in first moment. This moment is almost harmless. But the real dance starts in this very moment. Nikolay’s creation starts to change to become bitter and smoky without losing much of its original sweetness. But with very next minute the resin of the dragon tree emerges and exudes its bitter-smoky melancholy. The air begins to glow and the scent develops a kind of heat you can almost feel. Spicy pepper and a nice subtle note of rose are floating like lava on your skin. The red dragon is now spiting fire!
In the base, the scent of vetiver and oak is earthier and a bit quieter. Everything culminates with almost meaty leather odor with slight, almost discreet, touch of sweetness. This is a true sensual spectacle!
Nikolay has created something disastrously attractive with his “Dragon Blood”. He plays a higly dangerous game with use of the of the dragon tree resin for his perfume creation. The Quiché Indians in Guatemala often used this resin in their sacrificial ceremonies so the gods should get mild. It has also been used in embalming and in medicine. The color of ground dragon blood has a vermilion red color and is also used for paints and varnishes. It exudes a burning and pungent-bitter odor, which causes a severe scratching in the respiratory tract.
Ever since “Anubis” by Papillon Artisan Perfumes conquered the throne of my collection, Dragon Blood is definitely one of the most interesting leather scents to cross my way. This perfume is somehow disturbing but extremely attractive in a sensual and elegant way, and reflects perfectly Nikolay’s dark Russian side. In my opinion this is a true masterpiece!
Dragon Blood offers an initially strong projection, which goes back to become more subtle with a longevity up to twelve hours. This truly gloomy attractive scent is disturbingly fascinating. I like that! In my opinion this is the best done fragrance among Nimerè creations.
This perfume is literally savagely beautiful!
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Meggi

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The Carrot in the Pig's Behind
In a scene from the film "Breast or Thigh," Louis de Funès, as restaurant critic Charles Duchemin, sternly whirls through a kitchen. The question arises: "And what is the carrot doing in the pig's behind?" Well, the strict guardian of high Gallic gastronomy simply couldn't cope with such innovations. Although the direction omitted the accompanying image, the mental cinema (certainly a childlike one) worked quite well.

Who would have thought that I could have such difficulties with a fragrance highly appreciated by Can777 (thank you very much for the sample!)? Normally, our opinions are quite close together. And today, I count no less than three metaphorical carrots that are, so to speak... um... inserted at different points during the fragrance's development.

But first, it starts off with a furious burst of cherry, grass, something like bitter almond aroma, and glue. Within half a minute, the dancing scents, of course, converge in a kind of ambratic and freshly lacquered semolina pudding hedge trimmer sweetness. Garnished with a candied cocktail cherry. Is the leather idea supposed to sneak in today via care products? I remember a shoe cream from my childhood that smelled strongly of almond/marzipan.

However, after about an hour, it becomes clear that the leather aspect is apparently not meant to dominate: sharp resin joins in. I don't know what "dragon's blood" specifically smells like, but that must be it. It is surrounded by a softly creamy sweetness, creating quite a peculiar interplay. Bitter and sweet at the same time.

Unfortunately, I am increasingly disturbed by the aura of cherry-related bitter almond baking aroma that has survived the opening phase and now wafts around the event with unchanging persistence (Carrot #1). I also find the appearance of the rose inappropriate (Carrot #2), which behaves as if tipsy from a dry German red wine. I suspect that, in addition to the care product, it is also meant to unfold the leather idea. It occasionally seems to me that the connection between rose and leather can be quite close, see Montale.

Lastly (Carrot #3), the fragrance shifts early in the afternoon to a light-fuzzy, later strangely creamed wood that reminds me of the somewhat unfortunate - and undoubtedly fully synthetic - creations from the house of MGO.

A good part of my disappointment stems from the fact that my previous Nimerè tests had set the bar quite high overall. In my (so far solitary) opinion, 'Dragon Blood' thus falls short compared to some of its siblings.
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Cherry cola-eyed
Marzipan dragon
Red resin tears
That gradually glow away
Spicy grains
On the leather back
Ground in earth roots
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The dragon weeps marzipan tears on its dried leather.
It seems soaked in saffron.
That its kind has gone extinct is already
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In the oak forest
Leather skin
Scaly coat of almond shards
The gaze cherry red
His blood soaked with sharpness
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The dark side of a perfumer. A scent of bitter-sweet antimatter. Cherries, dragon's blood, vetiver, and leather. Rating: brutally beautiful.
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When you paint a dragon, you paint its skin, not its bones: dark-sweet, bitter-smoky, glowing pink pepper, earthy-leathery.
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The dragon opens its mouth: enchanting sweet, cherry-fruity, green-spicy-woody. The flight takes you to new lands, the familiar is left behind.
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Medicinal. Spiced rubber. Sweet cherry, crushed pit. Oddly resinous. Red leather, red roses. Did I mention odd? Dragon shedding?
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Earthy, spicy, sweet - a play of contrasts. Good drydown with leather. The scents from Eremin are high-quality and original. An exceptional brand.
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Transforms too much for me. Starts almond-sweet, with rosy hints in between, then turns into a dry, spicy-sour leather. Unconventional.
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There he sits now - cushioned/tarred...
He just wanted to order a
bitter almond cherry drink ;-/
Dragonstyle! - was it just too incense-y?
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