Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Carrot seed
Mandarin orange
Whisky
Bergamot
Saffron
Heart Notes 
Leather
Carnation
Florentine iris
Suede
Frankincense
Mimosa absolute
Moroccan rose absolute
Base Notes 
Labdanum
Laotian oud
Musk
Tree moss absolute
Ambergris
Cypriol
Indian patchouli
03/10/2020
Maggy4u
292 Reviews
Maggy4u
1
The Dance
Leather up is the sensual journey of two spirits trough a special night. It start off with a slighty boozy, got more the sweetness of rum, than of whisky. There are some grains of marzipan too. Not too sweet, but a tendency. Discreet floral sounds complement this very pleasant opening. An aldehyde theme as background music. An almost Guerlain classical facet.
Increasingly the scent of skin and leather pushes itself into the foreground. Like the dance that the person who gave it its name probably had in mind. Sensual desire, restrained by the moment and yet rebellious. Again, Phuong plays with the image of incense, which automatically evokes something wicked and forbidden in the lascivious subject. A picture of crackling eroticism unfolds in which Bertrand Duchaufour infuses all his mastery.
Hard leather, such as Tuscan Leather for example, is deliberately avoided here. The suede is very close to soft, thin, high-quality leather that has already been worn. These softer leather notes are the very aura that simulates the the aspects and smell of human skin. As an olfactory meta level.
As a wonderful side effect, almost every chord with slight sweetness melts on this leather. In the heart of the scent the aldehyde are extendend into a slight variation of the theme. It's like SHE just turned around beside me, half asleep and my nose catches the last moments of her perfume, that I had tingled my nose for the whole evening, but I had forgotten about, because of the "events" of the last hours.
The two dancers (or lovers) in a world of slightly greenish structured passion, the resin in the drydown derived, to calm down and in their unity, simply to let be.
Leather up is a modern interpretation of an Oriental-Chypres, which will surely enchant many hearts and especially noses.
Increasingly the scent of skin and leather pushes itself into the foreground. Like the dance that the person who gave it its name probably had in mind. Sensual desire, restrained by the moment and yet rebellious. Again, Phuong plays with the image of incense, which automatically evokes something wicked and forbidden in the lascivious subject. A picture of crackling eroticism unfolds in which Bertrand Duchaufour infuses all his mastery.
Hard leather, such as Tuscan Leather for example, is deliberately avoided here. The suede is very close to soft, thin, high-quality leather that has already been worn. These softer leather notes are the very aura that simulates the the aspects and smell of human skin. As an olfactory meta level.
As a wonderful side effect, almost every chord with slight sweetness melts on this leather. In the heart of the scent the aldehyde are extendend into a slight variation of the theme. It's like SHE just turned around beside me, half asleep and my nose catches the last moments of her perfume, that I had tingled my nose for the whole evening, but I had forgotten about, because of the "events" of the last hours.
The two dancers (or lovers) in a world of slightly greenish structured passion, the resin in the drydown derived, to calm down and in their unity, simply to let be.
Leather up is a modern interpretation of an Oriental-Chypres, which will surely enchant many hearts and especially noses.
