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5.2 15 Ratings
A perfume by Memoirs of a Perfume Collector for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is powdery-earthy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery
Earthy
Floral
Animal
Woody

Fragrance Notes

AmbretteAmbrette Carrot seedCarrot seed CinnamonCinnamon Deer muskDeer musk Floral notesFloral notes Night-blooming cereusNight-blooming cereus Orris rootOrris root

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Ratings
Scent 5.2
15 Ratings
010
Longevity 7.2
11 Ratings
010
Sillage 7.2
11 Ratings
010
Bottle 7.8
21 Ratings
010
Value for money 4.8
13 Ratings
010
Submitted by MiniGBIC · last update on 03/25/2026.
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Quite Nice
I quite like this. Very musky, strong smell but not a lot of trail, moderate wearing time, a little movement but on the whole more linear than top, middle, base.

There isn't a whole lot to this one being in the main a musk dominant perfume. As a musk dominant perfume I would opine that this isn't a safe blind buy or office perfume as many people find a lot of musk a bit skanky. Not me; I love it but I wouldn't wear to the office (remembering many moons ago wearing Coty Wild Musk perfume oil to the office and someone wondering out loud about a strong smell of body odour - it was me and to their embarrassment I fessed up).

I find it a very powdery musk with a slight floral twang. After a few minutes it suddenly smelt a bit tiddley, sharp, a bit sour but that passed in about half an hour.

Sometimes it smells a bit like tonka (not in the note list) and sometimes a bit patchouli (not in the note list but it could be the carrot seed an oil I find dry and woody). Sometimes there is a sweet warmth which could be the cinnamon note although I don't read this as being cinnamon but perhaps that is because when I think cinnamon I think of heavy perfumes such as Youth Dew. As it wears I get a bit more of the warm powdery flowers. It's a little sweet.

It says deer musk which I have never smelt as a natural material nor as a perfume aroma blend so I can't say whether this fragrance is deer musk dominant. I find the musk not like a laundry musk but warm and powdery. I'm going to stick my neck out and say that this is a powdery animalic musk and not a laundry or baby powder musk. Reminds me a little of Beloved by Amouage which is another perfume I love but have been advised I smell like drains when wearing it. Sigh.

It's £165 for 50 ml extrait. A little bit expensive I think, but I only needed one spray from my 2ml sample spray so 50 ml would last me. That sounds to me like I am thinking of buying it. Ha ha.

I haven't got anything like this and wonder whether the carrot seed and cinnamon are coming together to give me a patchouli vibe, and patchouli being a favourite note of mine that could be why I feel so attracted to it. Hmm.

Waffle over.
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Today someone said I smelt like violets. I'd not noticed before but today I am radiating powdery violets. Go figure.
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Very unpleasant animalistic musk scent, not even the British nobility flair can help anymore.. Definitely a candidate for washing off!
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Phew, this is one of the worst scents I've ever encountered. Animalic oud is harmless compared to this.
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