05/29/2013
Ysbrand
84 Reviews
Ysbrand
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Month of may (and evening air)
Well, i am another one who can join in the bunch of skeptics when i read such ingredients as month of may or evening air. Honestly, it sounds like something a fairy godmother would enumerate on a Disney movie song while she is casting a spell surrounded by helping animals. It is cute, but it is hard to be taken seriously. Smelling Violet Disguise i have to say that such terms are not only appropriate but also accuarte, since this fragance has a highly "atmospheric" quality that strongly recalls the coolness of Jean Claude Ellena´s musks and unlit incense of eau de gentiane blanche.
Chilly, minty air, almost electric, and some sort of breezy, non-descript flowery but maybe dandelions, spring-like thing going on... all that without smelling like an air-freshener! It is Beautiful.
The violet is not very noticeable in the beginning, is all about the month of may. Of course it is there in the background, assisted with a slightly savoury, slightly smoked gourmand note that reminds me of guaiac wood, but again, there is not guaiac listed, so i assume is the dry fruits. I like it because it is mysterious and earth-bounded and goes in another direction than the evening zephyrs.
After a while, the refreshing airy notes comes back and forth, but are not always there; then we have more or less what i expected from Violet Disguise a priori. That is, something a bit more autumnal, but not that much. Plum mingles with the savoury, dry note of Decay i mentioned earlier. The flowers are a bit dizzy, aldehydic, ethereal. I have only smelled De Profundis once, but it gave me the same feeling. To my nose, the violet is not sweet nor specially prominent (maybe thats why you like it Coutureguru ;) ) and that is ok, because a disguise is more about looking like a flower than smelling like it.
My first contact with the Imaginary Authors cannot be more positive. I have a taste for strange. My veredict is, bottle worthy (despite i hate the label), although not for a blind purchase (specially if you expect some sort of violet soliflore)
Chilly, minty air, almost electric, and some sort of breezy, non-descript flowery but maybe dandelions, spring-like thing going on... all that without smelling like an air-freshener! It is Beautiful.
The violet is not very noticeable in the beginning, is all about the month of may. Of course it is there in the background, assisted with a slightly savoury, slightly smoked gourmand note that reminds me of guaiac wood, but again, there is not guaiac listed, so i assume is the dry fruits. I like it because it is mysterious and earth-bounded and goes in another direction than the evening zephyrs.
After a while, the refreshing airy notes comes back and forth, but are not always there; then we have more or less what i expected from Violet Disguise a priori. That is, something a bit more autumnal, but not that much. Plum mingles with the savoury, dry note of Decay i mentioned earlier. The flowers are a bit dizzy, aldehydic, ethereal. I have only smelled De Profundis once, but it gave me the same feeling. To my nose, the violet is not sweet nor specially prominent (maybe thats why you like it Coutureguru ;) ) and that is ok, because a disguise is more about looking like a flower than smelling like it.
My first contact with the Imaginary Authors cannot be more positive. I have a taste for strange. My veredict is, bottle worthy (despite i hate the label), although not for a blind purchase (specially if you expect some sort of violet soliflore)
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