Salome by Papillon Artisan Perfumes
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8.1 / 10 234 Ratings
A popular perfume by Papillon Artisan Perfumes for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is animal-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Animal
Floral
Spicy
Chypre
Resinous

Fragrance Notes

HyraceumHyraceum JasmineJasmine CarnationCarnation Bitter orangeBitter orange OakmossOakmoss Orange blossomOrange blossom PatchouliPatchouli StyraxStyrax Turkish roseTurkish rose BergamotBergamot

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.1234 Ratings
Longevity
8.8196 Ratings
Sillage
8.2195 Ratings
Bottle
7.5158 Ratings
Value for money
7.672 Ratings
Submitted by Michael, last update on 14.04.2024.

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20 in-depth fragrance descriptions
FioreMarina

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FioreMarina
FioreMarina
Top Review 24  
Oh, Salome!
Salome, yes...
The beautiful queen's daughter, whose dance first drove men out of their minds, then killed John the Baptist, and finally became her own undoing, inspired hosts of artists, bells in her hair, clinking gold hoops on her ankles and an emerald in her navel, malignantly sparkling.
What should a scent resembling Salome smell like? It should be sensual, erotic, confusing, beguiling...fatal Well - he is above all the latter: fatal.
Perhaps I should placate the followers of Salome right now: The scent is a work of art. But art is not always beautiful. And if you hang a Munch in your bedroom, you shouldn't hope for erotic inspiration I admit that I am disappointed in this respect: I was allowed to read that Liz Moores was inspired by the sight of a burlesque dancer to create this work, which was intended to transport the charm of the Fin du Siècle to us. The perfume really does smell like vintage. And it even has something of those nostalgic fairs. But I don't associate it with dancing beauty with nothing but a string of pearls around the narrow waist. Rather the lady with the beard, sadly waiting for customers behind the curtain of a shabby circus tent. It smells of earth, of mud, of mothballs and if there are flowers here, they haven't bloomed under the sun for a long time.
Totally perplexed, I brood over the pyramid of scents. Jasmine, unfortunately, I cannot perceive at all; he is slain by a monstrous carnation, as is the pitiful Turkish rose. Perhaps there is something like the hint of orange blossom, but there is also something in between, something that the toilets in the immediate vicinity of the lady with the beard suggest... ah! Hyraceum! The fossilized feces from Kapyrax, as I can extract from Wikipedea... well, that explains a lot. Patchouli in rough quantities adds a pinch of grave vault and the orange smells...bitter There is so much right about this perfume: the idea was good; the scents, at least most of them, fit the biblical dancer. But the realization... it's such a pity! The Salomes of this earth will probably not acquire this scent. At least not when they want to charm. And I won't use it either
9 Comments
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Sillage
8
Longevity
10
Scent
Midnights

9 Reviews
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Midnights
Midnights
Top Review 21  
The shadow play
One look had been enough. No detours, no questions about where who comes from and what who does, no comments about the weather and the never-ending drizzle. One look across the charmless bar, between colorless people who loosened their minds and tense necks with high-proof alcohol after work. A glance that had to part the dense air of damp jackets and not-so-freshly showered people with razor-sharp certainty before it reached its target. Now they stood wordlessly facing each other at the bar counter, defiantly withstanding each other's gaze, sipping their drinks. A big last sip, a decisive silent request, someone of them put on a trench coat, someone a waxed jacket, they left the bar.
They walked on the deserted street, staggered half a step behind each other, at least someone of them knew where to go. Walking side by side seemed too familiar to both of them.
The hasty search for the apartment key dragged on. The jasmine bush by the house entrance grinned frivolously knowing, the scent as detached and urgent as their intention.

Now they lay side by side in rumpled, mossy sheets that should have been changed days ago. The scent of the carnations on the dresser settled over their skin, mixing with the sweat. The roses seemed less amused, yet contrasted, if not caricatured, this obvious humanity too much their superiority. Resinous honey beads on their sweaty foreheads, exhausted and flushed, unclear whether from slowly ebbing arousal or from shame, they awkwardly avoided each other's gazes. What had they said? What had they shown of themselves? Who were these shadow people, who lowered themselves to the animal lowlands of humanity? Bitter sour discomfort. Because someone had witnessed their own shadow? Or had their own eyes seen something about them that they had relegated to a dark corner, like the sugar bowl that the neighbor had brought back from her vacation in Spain. Shadows like toddlers, believing that if they close their eyes, no one else can see them. It seemed so easy in the protective membranes of anonymity. Now that any of them remembered that the sand in the litter box desperately needed changing, the gap between their self-image and who they were 15 minutes ago seemed unbridgeable. Even the cat on the dresser looked at them disdainfully, seriously contemplating knocking over the vase of carnations. Breaking the vacuum, one of them stood them up, shook his head briefly with his eyes closed, turned to the other with a grin and asked, "Honey, so what are we playing next week?"
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8
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9
Longevity
9
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Castlecoore

6 Reviews
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Castlecoore
Castlecoore
Top Review 19  
A friendly beast!
Initially a very unusual stunner that literally blows you away, so different, so strange! Cyprian, earthy, spicy and very animalic. After 1 hour the scent becomes friendlier, more pleasant, slightly sweetish, still warmly animalic, but it's starting to appeal to me. It ensnares me and after another hour I find the scent distinctly warm and sensual, like a second skin enveloping me that I feel distinctly comfortable in. It's a part of me, it's who I am. However, I dare to doubt whether I like to show this facet as a message to everyone. I prefer to be alone with myself or with two people, completely private and enjoy myself uninhibitedly. The fragrance lasts for hours, the silage is initially room-filling.
7 Comments
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10
Sillage
10
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8.5
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Gschpusi

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Gschpusi
Gschpusi
Top Review 4  
Associations
Only a small train of thought, instead of a comprehensive comment.

S - gentle breathing
A - press together
L - living creature
O - unequaled
M - noon rays
E - devil
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Every word a sensation. A scent that won't draw in. Nevertheless, he is strong like a tiger on a meadow. Animal spoiled and radiantly flowery, playful and threatening. Irritably dangerous and cuddly. A bouquet of such dominant plants and flowers that you get scared. Threatening, warm, ingratiating and oddly beautiful.
I don't like it at all and I like to wear it
11 Comments
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7
Sillage
10
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Kurai

375 Reviews
Kurai
Kurai
Helpful Review 12  
Femme Fatale
The story of Salome - her dance before Herod with the head of John the Baptist on a platter - has been an inspiration to artists for centuries. She has become an early icon of female seduction, a temptress who lures you away from salvation.

Now, I can tell you upfront that wearing Papillon's Salome is not going turn you into that spellbinding seductress. Except to a very select audience maybe. In the eyes, err nose, of most people this scent is so intimidating that it has the exact opposite effect. However, the drama is certainly there. The contrast of that young girl's dance and the brutally severed head can be found in the appealing floral heart versus the feral musks.

The scent profile has a lot in common with the classic floral chypres. Typically, these perfumes have a pronounced floral heart on base of moss, with some support of animal musks. Papillon's Salome reverses the ratios in its composition so that the musks take a much more prominent role amongst the floral chypre accords.

The opening is very intense with its hyrax-furry type of musk. It is accompanied by a good set of florals and a serious amount of moss. Slowly it all settles down into something more castoreum-like: warm and enveloping, almost balsamic-oriental.

Salome is often compared to Muscs Koublai Khan and Musc Tonkin because of the animalic character. The similarities are obviously there, but to me Salome is not so much a stand-alone musk hommage. It feels much more like a re-worked classical chypre theme and a quite successful one, if you ask me.

Despite its intensity, I would put it in the introvert section. It's a perfume to wear on evenings at home, while reading a book for example, so you can fully dive into its depth and complexity. Social settings are a no-go, at least for the first hour or two.
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MyhorsesMyhorses 7 years ago
Salome is the four legged love child of Mitsouko and L Heure bleu born in a stable
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OdysseusOdysseus 7 years ago
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7
Sillage
9
Longevity
8.5
Scent
The smell of a floral, sweaty crotch! Can't stop sniffing my arm, yet not very practical scent. Totally unisex... with the emphasis on SEX!
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Jbl775Jbl775 1 year ago
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10
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10
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8
Scent
This is a skankfest be warned...but a high quality one. It's dangerous.
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Hartsy3Hartsy3 1 year ago
8
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8
Longevity
7
Scent
Dusty tobacco with powdery floral dry-down. A "mature" and very sensual perfume.
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ZerkaloZerkalo 2 years ago
7
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9
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10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Lovers entranced in an ever-enveloping and seductive spicy, animalic symphony of perfect movements. A classically modern masterpiece!
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