8.1 L'Ombre Fauve Pierre Guillaume 2007

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7.5 / 10 110 Ratings

A popular perfume by Pierre Guillaume for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is animal-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Animal

Sweet

Woody

Powdery

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Red amber

Heart Notes

Civet Chevrone

Base Notes

Precious woods

Perfumer

Pierre Guillaume

Ratings

Scent

7.5110 Ratings

Longevity

7.980 Ratings

Sillage

7.071 Ratings

Bottle

6.870 Ratings

Value for money

6.811 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 01/16/2025.

Interesting Facts

The scent was added to the numbered series of the Parfumerie Générale collection in 2017.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/24/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 9

childlike animalic

This perfume’s richness and sexiness comes from such a basic composition that its novelty is startling. How can it possibly have taken this long for somebody to put patchouli, amber and musk, components joined since the invention of perfumery, in just this combination? After wearing l’Ombre Fauve for five minutes I found myself in a perfume fugue state on the verge of Something Big. I came to the conclusion that this triad had a simple perfection to it. “Of course! It’s obvious.” Mind you I’m not a perfumer and hadn’t the least idea what I was blathering about, but it seemed important at the time. The l’Ombre Fauve trip reminded me of a friend who while on acid felt that he’d gone to the core of some deep truth, didn’t want to lose it and so wrote it down. He woke up the next morning with a note in his own handwriting saying: “Don’t forget to mow the lawn.” Wow, words to contemplate. Had I been that deep?

The patchouli, amber and musk, along with incense and spices, fit together so perfectly and with such a convincing logic that you can virtually hear the ‘click’ as they lock into place. Where some fundamental accords thrive more on the contrast of the elements than cooperation (the chypre, the fougère) this accord is of a piece and forms a honeyed, waxy, sweet-tart skin raunchiness that is so palpable you feel that you can grab a hold of it.

I know people may find l’Ombre Fauve objectionable or rank in the way that some find Muscs Koublai Khan unpleasant. I love both, and l’Ombre Fauve is one of the most sensuous perfumes I’ve smelled in ages. I can’t stop wearing it.

If this helps to steer you toward or away from l’Ombre Fauve, I love the smell of the jasmine and orange blossom that’s in the air now where I live. It’s intoxicating. But I love the smell of my dogs’ fur and my boyfriends skin as much if not more.

02/28/2022

4
Pricing 5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Oriane
139 Reviews

Oriane

Helpful Review 4

Mainly Sweet Musk and Amber

Notes: Amber, Patchouli, Musk, Incense, Woodsy Notes

L' Ombre Fauve 8.1 is an unisex amber woody fragrance launched in 2007. The perfumer is Pierre Guillaume.

There is not too much I can say about this fragrance. I definitely detect all of the listed notes. They are well blended. There is one (unlisted) note in this fragrance that used to sort of catch in my throat. Either I have become used to it, or my bottle has macerated to such a degree that it no longer jumps out at me or both. L' Ombre Fauve is a warm, musky, ambery fragrance that seems made for cuddling. The musk has a sweetness to it that is quite enticing. At times it almost crosses over into gourmand territory, but it never quite makes it. Musk is not always an easy note for me, but the sweetness of it here is very appealing and does not have any dirtiness to it.

I would not recommend this one for office wear. This is best for date nights or nights alone where you just want to wear and enjoy your fragrance for yourself. If these notes sound good to you, I encourage you to test it. You absolutely must like both musk and amber to wear this one. Incense is there but is very muted. I feel the price point is a bit expensive for this one, but it is a quite nice musk and amber centric fragrance. Unlike a lot of musks, L' Ombre Fauve has no florals that I am able to discern. I find this fragrance warm, cuddly, powdery, ambery, musky, and really rather innocent like a little kitten or bunny if that makes sense. It wears close on my skin after the first 30 minutes or so. I do not see how anyone could dislike this fragrance unless s/he dislikes amber and/or musk.

Fragrance: 6/10
Sillage: 5/10
Projection: 5/10
Longevity: 5/10
Presentation: 6/10

01/31/2022

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

5

Dirty patchouli

Nearly as funky as Mazzolari Lui, which is more like a blend of chocolate with manure. In Pierre Guillaume’s rendition, a more civet-like musk is used to amplify the patchouli’s raunch. On top of that, there is a clear glowing sensation coming from the amber.

The composition is so low-pitched that it needs body heat and it takes a while to start radiating. After this slow start, the single accord of patchouli with amber and musk appears without developing further. Raw, dark green-brown, moist, damp, warm and with a huge orange halo. Pretty much a steaming compost heap. Voilà, l'Ombre Fauve!

07/17/2018

5
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 3
Scent

DorothyGrace
85 Reviews

DorothyGrace

2

Stains

Overwhelming benzoin and vanilla, linear, wears a little sour on me.

Review just to say really that I put a couple of sprays from a sample vial around my wrist (and patted around a bit) a couple of hours ago and suddenly noticed that it had stained my skin bright yellow, like a pale iodine stain or nicotine stain. Two washes with soap and hot water and the stain is still there.

Beware if very pale and avoid spraying on exposed skin and also, I guess, pale clothing.

My skin still smells quite strongly but not sour after the wash.

Surprised me. Sample from about 4 months ago.

06/14/2018

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Meggi
212 Reviews

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Meggi

Top Review 26

Roar of breath

Well, that's a cat! She doesn't let the amber get her wrong, she comes there...uh...quite well fumbled through, although the sweetness takes the last point from him. But only minutes later I think of wet dogs, but at least of damp, old carpets or musty rope and - voilà - I read that according to Pierre Guillaume "Chevrone" is a musky, animal-like chord that evokes impressions of leather and fur. Look at that!

Soon everything won't be as bad as it sounds. Karamellig-vanillig the animal is gradually enveloped. It reminds me diffusely of Ambra Nera by Farmacia SS. Annunziata. For the time being, anyway. Already in the third hour the amber note has retired into the wax today and leaves the wide field essentially to a gently roughened patchouli with a trace of cocoa in its luggage. Only a quiet meowing can be heard from the cat.

Around noon, L'Ombre Fauve offers seventy-five percent patchouli. Un-earthy, rather creamy chocolaty, in the process even clouded by dusty cocoa. Very nice. I like the great "monsieur." malle, who turned out to be stronger and developed his sweetness much later (and which, by the way, I think is better). Oh yes, twenty-four percent of waxy amber and one percent of cat are missing to complete the picture.

L'Ombre Fauve therefore quickly became completely harmless. Totally harmless? No! In a small house north of Hamburg lives a person who always says "cat piss" when smelling Patchouli: My wife.

The secret force of the afternoon animalism of this Guillaume work, however, is probably only revealed to her. All others can cuddle up with a purring kitten if desired.