Mogg

I will make it quick. Don't buy it if you don't like the humid, attic, face of patchouli in fragrances. Because it's what Coromandel EDP becomes at the end and you'll not be happy smelling your clothes. I can't put clothes two days in a row when I wear this. That humid earth smell is horrid. And what bothers me the most is that it was not like that at all with the EDT. The EDT was a bliss from start to finish. Edp is an unwanted, unnecessary more mature take on Coromandel. And the end falls flat. I really advise you to wear it for two full days before buying it, because it would be an onerous mistake to make.

It'an icy rose. It's delicate and cold but in a good way. It's like morning dew when you go out of the house very early in the morning, the sun is already there but there is nobody around except you. It's quiet and you inspire that fresh air, you've got chills and you enjoy that feeling because you know you're going back to your house in a minute. You feel alive at that moment.
That perfume took me sometime to understand it, but now it's one of my favorites in my collection. It performs badly on synthetic clothes. But on wool and more natural fabrics it's a charm.
It's close to Fleur de Peau from Diptyque but without the suede, and some other components that makes FDP a sexy and intimate scent. Mono cachemire is her little sister,a joyful little elf.
The projection is good and it lingers on clothes. I don't mind respraying during the day. It's worth it.

A let down. A simple vanilla, with no personality. No orris, suede is very subtle, nothing to grasp really. I don't enjoy leather fragrances, but I'm learning to enjoy suede when it's delicate and not in your face so that's why I wanted to try this. But all I can smell is vanilla with some other very shy ingredients in the back. You smell quality, it's not cheap at all, but it lacks something, it's too consensual. No projection, and staying power is not there neither. So it's a pass for me. But it's worth a try if you're looking for a quality vanilla.

This is the perfume of a dignified lady, she's in her late 40', she knows what she's doing and people respect her. She's a bit firm, don't smile so much, but you know you can count on her whatever trouble you go through. She goes often to the graveyard, you don't know why but you suspect she lost her husband. Hence why she doesn't smile so much.
It's not exactly her story but it could be the perfume of Miss Hugues from Downtown Abbey.
To talk about the perfume itself, it opens on a sharp cypress note, but it goes away quickly. Then a pencil shaving iris and incense appear hand in hand and stay there for a while. The scent is linear which I like. It becomes a bit more fruity or sweet with time, improving the scent even more.
It's a beautiful perfume for those who don't like heavy incense like me. Encens suave chokes me for example. It's not a joyful scent, it's a bit serious, like someone with bright blue eyes looking straight at your from afar, making you a bit uncomfortable. It's mysterious, makes you curious and you want to know what that person sees in you that keeps her eyes on you like this.
I'm not so full on metaphors for other perfumes reviews, but that one is special.

That perfume is what Ink from Akro should have been. It really makes me think about ink from a squid. Somethink black and deep. It may be odd at first. Also, it smells like Philosykos EDT from Diptyque but without the sweet smell from the fig. Juste the leaves. But it must be the iris root. That kind of natural smell. I layer it with Perlier Carribean Vanilla and it's really a softer Dior Homme intense. That one has got a real layering power. I smell a touch of cucumber water too? It's odd, but somewhat unique.