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01/23/2013
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Really, are you sure this by Duchaufour?
I received Fleur de Liane as a Christmas gift this year. I had read reviews of it, but prior to taking my first spritz from that bottle I had never actually smelled It. I’m not blessed with a great nose but even as the initial mist fired from the atomizer I thought, “Hmm, that’s odd, I didn’t know Olivia Giacobetti created this scent. I could have sworn I read somewhere it was created by Bertrand Duchaufour.”
So I sniffed my wrist again and confidently thought, “Nah, that’s gotta be Giacobetti.”
Then I decided to check the L’Artisan webpage to make sure and, of course, I was wrong. It is a Duchaufour creation.
I don’t think I would be the only one fooled. If one conducted a blind test of Fleur de Liane, I'd be willing to bet that even the most well sniffed perfume addict would, without hesitation, pick this as a fragrance by Olivia Giacobetti.
It’s as though Duchaufour channeled Giacobetti or discovered the magic potion for her signature cool, green, dewy, misty morning accord. He’s transplanted aspects of Philosykos and En Passant to the rainforest mountains of Hawaii. Don't worry, when he grabbed essences of En Passant he left the bakery back in France.
I’m not implying that Fleur de Liane is a mere pastiche of Giacobetti's style. Duchaufour has made this fragrance his own. If Giacobetti, the watercolorist, had created this scent it would be more transparent and ethereal. Duchaufour, on the other hand, is working in pastels. There’s slightly more substance yet it still retains a translucent, airy quality.
As much I like Fleur de Liane -and I think I'll like it even more come spring and summer- I'm not sure it holds the same attraction for me as my favorite Giacobetti fragrances like Philosykos and Fou d'Absinthe.
So I sniffed my wrist again and confidently thought, “Nah, that’s gotta be Giacobetti.”
Then I decided to check the L’Artisan webpage to make sure and, of course, I was wrong. It is a Duchaufour creation.
I don’t think I would be the only one fooled. If one conducted a blind test of Fleur de Liane, I'd be willing to bet that even the most well sniffed perfume addict would, without hesitation, pick this as a fragrance by Olivia Giacobetti.
It’s as though Duchaufour channeled Giacobetti or discovered the magic potion for her signature cool, green, dewy, misty morning accord. He’s transplanted aspects of Philosykos and En Passant to the rainforest mountains of Hawaii. Don't worry, when he grabbed essences of En Passant he left the bakery back in France.
I’m not implying that Fleur de Liane is a mere pastiche of Giacobetti's style. Duchaufour has made this fragrance his own. If Giacobetti, the watercolorist, had created this scent it would be more transparent and ethereal. Duchaufour, on the other hand, is working in pastels. There’s slightly more substance yet it still retains a translucent, airy quality.
As much I like Fleur de Liane -and I think I'll like it even more come spring and summer- I'm not sure it holds the same attraction for me as my favorite Giacobetti fragrances like Philosykos and Fou d'Absinthe.
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