The Architect of Sensuality L'Art Vévien 2025
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Creamy Floral Dream with a Certain Something
The Architect of Sensuality reached me in a beautiful golden bottle, and just the packaging was already a highlight.
Quickly unwrapped, and I generously applied the fragrance to my wrist.
My first thought was: Meh.
Somehow I expected more from Sensuality. I love citrus notes, but the first hint of bergamot feels a bit off in the overall concept and seems to be in a small race with the other notes that are still very much in the background. For a brief moment, the fragrance has a slightly chemical quality. But nothing to the extent that I want to wash it off. The second note I can clearly identify is, to my surprise, sandalwood. This makes a lot of sense as a balance to the citrus, but I didn't expect it at this point.
Only then, after about 15 minutes, do all the creamy, floral notes unfold that elevate this fragrance to a whole new level.
On one hand, there is the radiance. The Architect is incredibly present, but without a headache-inducing note. It has a harmony and softness that I find exceptional yet still very pleasing.
As it develops, it becomes very rounded, and the initial impression is completely swept away and replaced by a very, very positive, rounded overall impression. I don't explicitly smell the honey or hibiscus - but overall, the fragrance is woody - floral - soft.
It reminds me of the DNA of Musk Therapy by Initio or Crystal Noir by Versace.
Both fragrances also have something creamy - citrusy and are overall very rounded.
But the Architect of Sensuality is, for me, the warmest and most sensual of this fragrance family, without becoming overwhelming. I consider it a good candidate for cool summer days, warm spring days, and also for sunny autumn. Generally, a fragrance for people who appreciate elegance in their lives. Architect of Sensuality is a fragrance that works with understatement and thus stands out from many other compositions.
Overall, definitely worth a test, perhaps even a work of art, which I would love to incorporate the entire bottle into my collection, as it is also a real eye-catcher.
Quickly unwrapped, and I generously applied the fragrance to my wrist.
My first thought was: Meh.
Somehow I expected more from Sensuality. I love citrus notes, but the first hint of bergamot feels a bit off in the overall concept and seems to be in a small race with the other notes that are still very much in the background. For a brief moment, the fragrance has a slightly chemical quality. But nothing to the extent that I want to wash it off. The second note I can clearly identify is, to my surprise, sandalwood. This makes a lot of sense as a balance to the citrus, but I didn't expect it at this point.
Only then, after about 15 minutes, do all the creamy, floral notes unfold that elevate this fragrance to a whole new level.
On one hand, there is the radiance. The Architect is incredibly present, but without a headache-inducing note. It has a harmony and softness that I find exceptional yet still very pleasing.
As it develops, it becomes very rounded, and the initial impression is completely swept away and replaced by a very, very positive, rounded overall impression. I don't explicitly smell the honey or hibiscus - but overall, the fragrance is woody - floral - soft.
It reminds me of the DNA of Musk Therapy by Initio or Crystal Noir by Versace.
Both fragrances also have something creamy - citrusy and are overall very rounded.
But the Architect of Sensuality is, for me, the warmest and most sensual of this fragrance family, without becoming overwhelming. I consider it a good candidate for cool summer days, warm spring days, and also for sunny autumn. Generally, a fragrance for people who appreciate elegance in their lives. Architect of Sensuality is a fragrance that works with understatement and thus stands out from many other compositions.
Overall, definitely worth a test, perhaps even a work of art, which I would love to incorporate the entire bottle into my collection, as it is also a real eye-catcher.
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