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Archives 69 - the scent of many contrasts and yet a very harmonious unity UNISEX
Here we have yet again a fragrance that is declared as feminine, but in my opinion, it is absolutely unisex and would suit a man very well. There are strong masculine components here.
It is worth mentioning the creator of this fragrance: Christine Nagel is indeed a star in this industry.
She has designed fragrances for Cartier, Chopard, Narciso Rodriguez, Dior, Fendi, Lalique, Kenzo, Guerlain, Thierry Mugler, as well as for the niche brand Joe Malone. The student of Michel Almairac has proven her talent multiple times. And with Archives 69, she achieved something unusual:
The opening starts complex: First, you smell the mandarin, which merges here with pink pepper, a little later the orchid follows with a hint of dried plum.
Then the fragrance takes on a rather opulent heaviness: Camphor comes in rounded with incense, followed by benzoin resin, patchouli, and musk. The incense is very subtle, which is good.
What is surprising here is the later development: the fragrance becomes clear, smart, and relatively fresh and soapy.
Conclusion: It is a very interesting, extraordinary, masculine-scenting fragrance that develops excitingly, as you are not sure how and where the journey will end... I really enjoy that about such perfumes...
Archives 69 is very sensual, also warm, yet not too heavy, unusual but not alien - it is something very special that one has never smelled in this form before!
What I absolutely do not like is the graphic design of the bottle.
It is worth mentioning the creator of this fragrance: Christine Nagel is indeed a star in this industry.
She has designed fragrances for Cartier, Chopard, Narciso Rodriguez, Dior, Fendi, Lalique, Kenzo, Guerlain, Thierry Mugler, as well as for the niche brand Joe Malone. The student of Michel Almairac has proven her talent multiple times. And with Archives 69, she achieved something unusual:
The opening starts complex: First, you smell the mandarin, which merges here with pink pepper, a little later the orchid follows with a hint of dried plum.
Then the fragrance takes on a rather opulent heaviness: Camphor comes in rounded with incense, followed by benzoin resin, patchouli, and musk. The incense is very subtle, which is good.
What is surprising here is the later development: the fragrance becomes clear, smart, and relatively fresh and soapy.
Conclusion: It is a very interesting, extraordinary, masculine-scenting fragrance that develops excitingly, as you are not sure how and where the journey will end... I really enjoy that about such perfumes...
Archives 69 is very sensual, also warm, yet not too heavy, unusual but not alien - it is something very special that one has never smelled in this form before!
What I absolutely do not like is the graphic design of the bottle.
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Garden Full of Orange Blossoms - Anticipation for Spring
TOP NOTE: Neroli! (And a lot of it, excessively!)
HEART NOTES: Orange blossom and Stephanotis (Jasmine)
BASE NOTES: Musk and cedarwood
"Love Story" is clearly inspired by Paris as the city of love.
The perfumer here is Anne Flipo.
The opening is like the entrance to a garden full of orange blossoms, brighter grasses, and colorful, sunlit flowers. Everything is a bit wild, with small, heavily overgrown hedges.
Somewhere in the distance, there is also a cedar hedge providing shade and respite.
The development is harmonious, and the scent unfolds thereafter without too many changes; the floral mood remains.
Love Story surprised me; I thought it would be just another variant of Love, diluted and pale like the young girl models on the runways.
However, this "Love" story is a pleasant surprise for me: a mood-lifting fragrance when it’s gray and autumnal outside or when one longs for spring during the winter. It doesn’t always have to be a cup of tea with milk and rum or vanilla crescents :)
Conclusion: A very beautiful, lively, seductive, bittersweet, fresh scent with a slight sharper accent. Floral, mature, very feminine, and also sexy. The longevity is very good.
I would especially recommend it to lovers of orange blossoms and flowers in general.
HEART NOTES: Orange blossom and Stephanotis (Jasmine)
BASE NOTES: Musk and cedarwood
"Love Story" is clearly inspired by Paris as the city of love.
The perfumer here is Anne Flipo.
The opening is like the entrance to a garden full of orange blossoms, brighter grasses, and colorful, sunlit flowers. Everything is a bit wild, with small, heavily overgrown hedges.
Somewhere in the distance, there is also a cedar hedge providing shade and respite.
The development is harmonious, and the scent unfolds thereafter without too many changes; the floral mood remains.
Love Story surprised me; I thought it would be just another variant of Love, diluted and pale like the young girl models on the runways.
However, this "Love" story is a pleasant surprise for me: a mood-lifting fragrance when it’s gray and autumnal outside or when one longs for spring during the winter. It doesn’t always have to be a cup of tea with milk and rum or vanilla crescents :)
Conclusion: A very beautiful, lively, seductive, bittersweet, fresh scent with a slight sharper accent. Floral, mature, very feminine, and also sexy. The longevity is very good.
I would especially recommend it to lovers of orange blossoms and flowers in general.
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How does Truth or Dare Naked smell?
First of all, it's not a cheap celebrity fragrance (no matter how affordable the price may be)
The perfumer of this creation is Stephen Nilsen,
author of such scents as Bond "Andy Warhol Union Square" and Herve Leger Homme
At the forefront, we are first greeted by Neroli - it is a strong and sweet version of this flower. Along with this sweetness, there is something sharp, which must be the honeysuckle. (That accompanies my nose throughout this journey and irritates me, and I definitely do not like it here)
The sweet, floral notes unfold very warmly: peach blossom harmoniously combines with lily of the valley, and this in turn with vanilla.
The opening is a sweet, seductive, and somewhat mysterious scent.
After about 5 minutes, cocoa makes its appearance, and at this moment, there is order here. It becomes clear that Naked smells sweet, warm, and erotic.
The combination of flowers, peach, and vanilla enters into a connection with benzoin aldehydes, which gives the fragrance a slightly bitter note in its later development. I do not perceive cedar here, if at all, just minimally. After about 15 minutes, the oud appears, hiding a bit behind the sandalwood. These two give the fragrance a touch of pizzazz.
After about an hour, Naked becomes softer, it is closer to the skin.
It is a good fragrance that also lasts long, but it’s not for me; the sharp note accompanies me from beginning to end and does not let go. If I could get rid of that, I would like this scent! :-)
P.S. And there we have it! The proof that a fragrance works differently on every skin. Yesterday, a friend visited, and on her skin, the sharp note disappeared (it remained on mine); she liked this scent very much, so I passed "Naked" on to her, which made her very happy :-)
The perfumer of this creation is Stephen Nilsen,
author of such scents as Bond "Andy Warhol Union Square" and Herve Leger Homme
At the forefront, we are first greeted by Neroli - it is a strong and sweet version of this flower. Along with this sweetness, there is something sharp, which must be the honeysuckle. (That accompanies my nose throughout this journey and irritates me, and I definitely do not like it here)
The sweet, floral notes unfold very warmly: peach blossom harmoniously combines with lily of the valley, and this in turn with vanilla.
The opening is a sweet, seductive, and somewhat mysterious scent.
After about 5 minutes, cocoa makes its appearance, and at this moment, there is order here. It becomes clear that Naked smells sweet, warm, and erotic.
The combination of flowers, peach, and vanilla enters into a connection with benzoin aldehydes, which gives the fragrance a slightly bitter note in its later development. I do not perceive cedar here, if at all, just minimally. After about 15 minutes, the oud appears, hiding a bit behind the sandalwood. These two give the fragrance a touch of pizzazz.
After about an hour, Naked becomes softer, it is closer to the skin.
It is a good fragrance that also lasts long, but it’s not for me; the sharp note accompanies me from beginning to end and does not let go. If I could get rid of that, I would like this scent! :-)
P.S. And there we have it! The proof that a fragrance works differently on every skin. Yesterday, a friend visited, and on her skin, the sharp note disappeared (it remained on mine); she liked this scent very much, so I passed "Naked" on to her, which made her very happy :-)
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The Smart and Sensual All-Rounder
Five years after the premiere of Allure, Chanel offered the sport version of the fragrance. The formula was relatively simple, yet quite impressive. Jacques Polge added citrus and aquatic notes to the already known mixture. He spiced all this up in the opening with a large dose of aldehydes (a characteristic feature of this fragrance) as well as orange blossoms and finalized it with a hint of musk.
Ultimately, this intervention led to one of the best and most popular male perfumes with a sport label. Allure Homme Sport has the warmth and sensuality of its predecessor, while also embodying the freshness of a good shaving soap. Moreover, this fragrance retains its light, woody character and does not evolve into another typical citrus "scent water."
In my opinion, this is a better incarnation of its predecessor. Due to the balanced proportions of the ingredients + Polge's talent + quality + very good longevity (about 5-6 hours), the fragrance became incredibly popular and it is precisely this fresh sensual dual nature of this modern, masculine scent that makes it extremely versatile and easy to wear.
The biggest drawback of Allure Homme Sport is paradoxically its popularity and its side effect - it has become a mainstream fragrance and has led to a huge number of counterfeits on the market.
Top notes: Aldehydes, Mandarin, Orange, Sea Water
Heart notes: Black Pepper, Neroli, Cedar
Base notes: Tonka, Vetiver, Amber, White Musk
Ultimately, this intervention led to one of the best and most popular male perfumes with a sport label. Allure Homme Sport has the warmth and sensuality of its predecessor, while also embodying the freshness of a good shaving soap. Moreover, this fragrance retains its light, woody character and does not evolve into another typical citrus "scent water."
In my opinion, this is a better incarnation of its predecessor. Due to the balanced proportions of the ingredients + Polge's talent + quality + very good longevity (about 5-6 hours), the fragrance became incredibly popular and it is precisely this fresh sensual dual nature of this modern, masculine scent that makes it extremely versatile and easy to wear.
The biggest drawback of Allure Homme Sport is paradoxically its popularity and its side effect - it has become a mainstream fragrance and has led to a huge number of counterfeits on the market.
Top notes: Aldehydes, Mandarin, Orange, Sea Water
Heart notes: Black Pepper, Neroli, Cedar
Base notes: Tonka, Vetiver, Amber, White Musk
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Le Muguet - Lily of the Valley in Autumn
I appreciate the perfumes of the Annick Goutal brand. None of the fragrances I know from the company have disappointed me so far. I also value the extraordinary talent of Isabelle Doyen as the creator of the olfactory creations she now realizes together with Camille Goutal.
Le Muguet is a beautiful (and another in the history of perfume) example of an attempt to "capture" an unusual scent, that of lily of the valley, which has an extremely volatile nature. (Lily of the valley is one of the few flowers whose scent cannot be extracted to the extent that it can be used in the composition of a perfume using known methods.)
Perfumers have been persistently battling against the nature of this small, stubborn plant for years, which has so far denied them its fragrant substance, and they compose perfume blends that mimic the lily of the valley scent with the few available natural and synthetic ingredients. Notable flagship "lily of the valley fragrances" include Diorissimo by Dior, Muguet by Guerlain, Lily of the Valley by Yardley, Lily of the Valley by Bronnley, or Muguet de Bois by City.
Doyen's composition is, in my opinion, a very successful attempt to bring the lily of the valley into the "frame" of the perfume.
This is a soliflore perfume, meaning one in which only one dominant floral note prevails. However, this does not mean that nothing else happens here apart from the lily of the valley accord.
Le Muguet opens with a very intense and juicy green note. After a few minutes, the scent of the lily of the valley reveals its heart: it is slightly floral and still slightly green. The scent feels moist and very suggestive.
Over time, the scent becomes a bit sweeter and reaches a hint of something stubborn - a little sharpness is added. The evolution of the fragrance is very clear, and I would describe the scent itself as a subtle, white-flowered fragrance composition with a sensual finish.
And yes, in my opinion, it is suitable for autumn, as it does not "ring" too bright.
Le Muguet is a beautiful (and another in the history of perfume) example of an attempt to "capture" an unusual scent, that of lily of the valley, which has an extremely volatile nature. (Lily of the valley is one of the few flowers whose scent cannot be extracted to the extent that it can be used in the composition of a perfume using known methods.)
Perfumers have been persistently battling against the nature of this small, stubborn plant for years, which has so far denied them its fragrant substance, and they compose perfume blends that mimic the lily of the valley scent with the few available natural and synthetic ingredients. Notable flagship "lily of the valley fragrances" include Diorissimo by Dior, Muguet by Guerlain, Lily of the Valley by Yardley, Lily of the Valley by Bronnley, or Muguet de Bois by City.
Doyen's composition is, in my opinion, a very successful attempt to bring the lily of the valley into the "frame" of the perfume.
This is a soliflore perfume, meaning one in which only one dominant floral note prevails. However, this does not mean that nothing else happens here apart from the lily of the valley accord.
Le Muguet opens with a very intense and juicy green note. After a few minutes, the scent of the lily of the valley reveals its heart: it is slightly floral and still slightly green. The scent feels moist and very suggestive.
Over time, the scent becomes a bit sweeter and reaches a hint of something stubborn - a little sharpness is added. The evolution of the fragrance is very clear, and I would describe the scent itself as a subtle, white-flowered fragrance composition with a sensual finish.
And yes, in my opinion, it is suitable for autumn, as it does not "ring" too bright.
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