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7 months ago - 04.10.2023
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A snippet of my perfume collection - musings

Autumnal Lazy Geometry Part XXXVIII - "Spot the odd one out". 2 giant cookies to the correct guesser, DM me your addy and vote down below your favourite photo out of the two, I'll make a poll (no, I won't).
Yes, there are 37 (I use Roman numerals as they look more fancy and appealing to my self-confessed snobbery) geometry flatlay photos/posts before this one, but I'm too lazy to post them all here, you can find them on my IG account, if anyone really wants to waste their time (@a_nose_addicted).
Cartier La Treizieme Heure XIII. My fave from the Les Heures line. Nose: Mathilde Laurent. Smoky leather and maté tea, the closest a perfume managed to get to my beloved Eau du Fier - which every self-respecting perfumista knows, is the epitome of the unicorned flying white pig (look it up in the dictionary and you'll see a photo of the aforementioned pig against the perfume's description).
MDCI Chypre Palatin (millésime-ish). Nose: Master Bertie Douche Four. THE Oriental chypre, a capolavoro of Sistine Chapel proportions, there's nothing else to say about this perfume that others haven't said already. #micdrop
Cale Fragranze D'Autore Preludio D'Oriente (vying for the title of "the perfume with the longest name"). Nose: Silvio Levi. Very underrated calming, leathery, dry woody incense with citruses on top and a good dose of sandalwood in the base and (non-existent, can't smell the) oud, which was still fairly novel 15yrs ago when this perfume came out. Great incense perfume with more than a passing nod to the monumental Avignon.
CDG Monocle Hinoki. Nose: Antoine Maisondieu. Hinoki. Woods. More Hinoki. More woods. Then some vetiver and camphor. Very woody. Very serene, cold (in a Zen calming way), very Kyoto gardens. Did I mention woods?
Mad et Len No XXII Black Afghan. Nose: 🤷🏽. Pitch black smoky, charred resins and woods, rough, gothic "Cabin in the Woods" leather. Punchy, brash, unforgiving, bold. Not for the faint hearted. Unsure about the Afghan connection though, but no matter. And don't even think Nasomatto, coz this IS NOT IT. Just don't go there.
ELDO Tom of Finland. Nose:
Antoine Lie (the man is starting to be a bit of a god to me). A powdery, cold, soft, aldehydic musky suede leather, perfectly unisex, and so anti-butch it makes me smile to the day knowing the Tom of Finland graphics and how on earth it then somehow got connected to this perfume. One of my favourite ELDO's. This and Fat Electrician are the last 2 surviving ELDO's in my collection.
Parfumerie Generale Cuir D'Iris. Nose: Pierre Guillaume. Animalic, dirty, horse saddle, leathery iris, the precursor of his Arabian Horse. Basically Arabian Horse is Cuir D'Iris on steroids (think Chris Evans in Captain America AFTER the injection).  Does EXACTLY what it says on the tin. Just perfect. And if you don't believe me, just read JTD's (God rest his soul) review on this esteemed website or Claire Vukcevic's on Takeonethingoff (plus she's mentioning little old moi, my pathetic claim to pseudo "fame"). They're both much better with words than me (if only ever so slightly).
Worst comes to worst, I'll always have perfume in my life. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HAEMSh5Nk5Y&si=Dif6VaesVLfzpmrc

Last updated 04.10.2023 - 02:03 PM
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