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02/01/2013
Sherapop
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Smells like Nez à Nez... + Fig
It's probably time for me to face the fact: Nez à Nez and I were never meant to be. It must be the base which is immediately recognizable to me, so that the moment I apply one of their perfumes I identify it as having been produced by this house. That's what happened this morning: I selected out of a box a sample labeled only FIGUE ET GARCONS, with no knowledge of the house, but the moment I got a sniff of it, I knew that it was Nez à Nez.
In the case of FIGUES ET GARCONS, the house sweetish orientalish base has been embellished with a quite perceptible fig note, so those who like the base and also like fig, may find much to like here. I don't know why I do not find their base appealing. To my nose, it just seems kind of gunky and moving toward the stale oriental category. But that's okay. As they say, every pot has a lid, and mine is not this!
I should perhaps add that this composition does not seem at all masculine to me. If anything, it's unisex, but to me it seems more like a designer level oriental perfume for women.
In the case of FIGUES ET GARCONS, the house sweetish orientalish base has been embellished with a quite perceptible fig note, so those who like the base and also like fig, may find much to like here. I don't know why I do not find their base appealing. To my nose, it just seems kind of gunky and moving toward the stale oriental category. But that's okay. As they say, every pot has a lid, and mine is not this!
I should perhaps add that this composition does not seem at all masculine to me. If anything, it's unisex, but to me it seems more like a designer level oriental perfume for women.
