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Staelios - a glowing violet wood ...
The first spray reveals to me, through cedar and cypress, a turpentine-like note, complemented by something peppery and a slight, citrusy bitterness that possibly comes from clove oil and limonene. I also perceive an herbal scent and a strong fragrance of a very expensive and high-quality lavender-lily-of-the-valley-rose soap.
Staelios describes itself in the top note as spicy-warm, in the heart note as fruity-smoky, and in the base note as leathery-animalic with an elegant, woody depth. The development of the various scent notes takes its time, and it becomes softer, woodier after 4 - 5 hours, but still remains extremely present.
While the fruity, sweet facets remain closed off to me, I find Staelios to be extremely contradictory. It is both warm and fresh, floral and spicy, animalic and woody, intense and diffuse. An extremely interesting fragrance that I am happy to have added to my collection, and it has a very, very long lasting power. Even the next day, I could still smell it distinctly on me. Whoever wears it will definitely be noticed, and my husband has already laid claim to it in case I ever tire of Staelios.
According to Pierre Guillaume, Staelios contains a total of 46 ingredients. Some of them I mention here:
Davana, Ashanti pepper leaves, Russian leather, noble woods, Moroccan cedar, cinnamon and cinnamon bark, Virginia cedar, cypress, sandalwood absolute, lavender, patchouli, clementines, Guayana purple wood infusion (also known as amaranth or violet wood, violet wood, purpleheart, or violet wood), clove, nutmeg, lavender oil, vanillin.
Despite being a blind buy, I am thrilled with the scent. For me, it was definitely a good choice.
Staelios describes itself in the top note as spicy-warm, in the heart note as fruity-smoky, and in the base note as leathery-animalic with an elegant, woody depth. The development of the various scent notes takes its time, and it becomes softer, woodier after 4 - 5 hours, but still remains extremely present.
While the fruity, sweet facets remain closed off to me, I find Staelios to be extremely contradictory. It is both warm and fresh, floral and spicy, animalic and woody, intense and diffuse. An extremely interesting fragrance that I am happy to have added to my collection, and it has a very, very long lasting power. Even the next day, I could still smell it distinctly on me. Whoever wears it will definitely be noticed, and my husband has already laid claim to it in case I ever tire of Staelios.
According to Pierre Guillaume, Staelios contains a total of 46 ingredients. Some of them I mention here:
Davana, Ashanti pepper leaves, Russian leather, noble woods, Moroccan cedar, cinnamon and cinnamon bark, Virginia cedar, cypress, sandalwood absolute, lavender, patchouli, clementines, Guayana purple wood infusion (also known as amaranth or violet wood, violet wood, purpleheart, or violet wood), clove, nutmeg, lavender oil, vanillin.
Despite being a blind buy, I am thrilled with the scent. For me, it was definitely a good choice.
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Igli 11 months ago
Interesting. I thought it was good and elegant too. Nice bottle.
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