3.1 Arabian Horse Pierre Guillaume 2012
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Horseback Riding in the Meadows
I love equestrian-themed perfume compositions and consider this one the bar from all I have tried so far. I'm looking forward to the new one from Papillon. I do feel that this one is hard to top though.
An almost flawless perfume. Complex, unique, compelling, well-blended, smooth, true to its idea, and wearable. Especially the latter part. I feel these types of compositions are difficult to pull off. Many artistic perfumes are not that wearable around people, and the other way around. This one feels like an artistic exercise yet upscale and poised to the point that no one would think you have just been horse riding. It also stretches beyond that. It's an agrestic, hinting to the fields and wildflowers, a pseudo-chypre making use of mossy-earthy accords paired with labdanum, a leather perfume, after all, horses and saddles usually go well together, and an Oriental once it settles into the base where there is a nice warm glow from the cistus and the musks.
The opening smells like a field in the countryside as soon as the Summer rain hits. Wet grass, wildflowers, clover, followed by narcissus. At this point, you'd think, why call it "Arabian?" as it smells more like a meadow. The heart is where the brilliant "horse mane" accord comes into play, together with a well-paired leather facet. In my childhood, I used to play around horses and sometimes press my face against their neck or mane. This is what it smelled like. Difficult to describe. I can only imagine that Pierre loves these animals and spends a lot of time around them to develop such a vivid accord. The base of the perfume is not as impressive as the opening and the mid, yet still intrigues with the perpetuating creamy leather accord, pressed against cistus and musks. At this stage, the name fits, as it shifts from the meadows to the dunes.
It is one of the perfumes that made a long-lasting impression on me, even more so coming from a house I did not know back then and from which I had never expected something like this, highly recommended to people who want to experience a unique composition or those who love agrestic perfumes, leathers, and of course, horses.
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An almost flawless perfume. Complex, unique, compelling, well-blended, smooth, true to its idea, and wearable. Especially the latter part. I feel these types of compositions are difficult to pull off. Many artistic perfumes are not that wearable around people, and the other way around. This one feels like an artistic exercise yet upscale and poised to the point that no one would think you have just been horse riding. It also stretches beyond that. It's an agrestic, hinting to the fields and wildflowers, a pseudo-chypre making use of mossy-earthy accords paired with labdanum, a leather perfume, after all, horses and saddles usually go well together, and an Oriental once it settles into the base where there is a nice warm glow from the cistus and the musks.
The opening smells like a field in the countryside as soon as the Summer rain hits. Wet grass, wildflowers, clover, followed by narcissus. At this point, you'd think, why call it "Arabian?" as it smells more like a meadow. The heart is where the brilliant "horse mane" accord comes into play, together with a well-paired leather facet. In my childhood, I used to play around horses and sometimes press my face against their neck or mane. This is what it smelled like. Difficult to describe. I can only imagine that Pierre loves these animals and spends a lot of time around them to develop such a vivid accord. The base of the perfume is not as impressive as the opening and the mid, yet still intrigues with the perpetuating creamy leather accord, pressed against cistus and musks. At this stage, the name fits, as it shifts from the meadows to the dunes.
It is one of the perfumes that made a long-lasting impression on me, even more so coming from a house I did not know back then and from which I had never expected something like this, highly recommended to people who want to experience a unique composition or those who love agrestic perfumes, leathers, and of course, horses.
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