01/15/2022
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
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A White Floral Led Symphony...
Quintessence 21 opens with an airy, white floral driven/citrus accord primarily derived of life-like jasmine, and mandarin and bergamot orange before gradually transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the airy white floral jasmine remains in full-force, joined by yellow floral ylang-ylang as the now focal floral pair, with slightly creamy iris and light rose support completing the multi-colored floral bouquet and a touch of underlying smooth sandalwood additional support. During the late dry-down the perfume stays relatively linear with the primarily jasmine led floral accord remaining, joining the now slightly more assertive smooth sandalwood also remaining through the relatively close to the skin subdued finish. Projection is above average and longevity average at 7-8 hours on skin.
I am still playing a bit of catch-up with the house TRNP, trying several offerings over the past few months and continue to be impressed. Just like any other house's offerings some of its perfumes are closer to my preferences than others, but I don' t recall smelling any that I would not consider successful in what they were trying to convey to the wearer so far. Today's random TRNP choice is Quintessence 21. I believe there have been a couple previous iterations of this perfume, but as I have not sniffed them and they are no longer available I can't speak to any potential differences. What I *can* speak to is the current iteration, and knew immediately that I loved it when initially applied on skin. The best way to describe the perfume is a more personal white and yellow floral driven concoction, with relatively sanitized jasmine playing the largest role, and ylang-ylang also quite prominent. The combination, when mixed with creamy iris and soft dewy rose support exudes luxury and dare I say despite the perfume being marketed as unisex, stereotypical femininity. The closest perfume I can think of to Quintessence 21 is the original Risque perfume by Roja Dove (now using the "pour femme" moniker), but this is an all-natural concoction that skips the liberal laundry white musks used in the Risque's base at the expense of some performance metrics. I am not sure if both perfumes are needed in the same collection, but it did not stop me from making the additional purchase regardless. The bottom line is the $180 per 50ml bottle Quintessence 21 by TRNP channels the best aspects of my favorite perfume by Roja Dove for a heck of a lot less money and none of the synthetics used, earning an "excellent" to "outstanding" 4 to 4.5 stars out of 5 rating and an easy recommendation, especially to those who enjoy luxurious "feminine" leaning floral perfumes.
I am still playing a bit of catch-up with the house TRNP, trying several offerings over the past few months and continue to be impressed. Just like any other house's offerings some of its perfumes are closer to my preferences than others, but I don' t recall smelling any that I would not consider successful in what they were trying to convey to the wearer so far. Today's random TRNP choice is Quintessence 21. I believe there have been a couple previous iterations of this perfume, but as I have not sniffed them and they are no longer available I can't speak to any potential differences. What I *can* speak to is the current iteration, and knew immediately that I loved it when initially applied on skin. The best way to describe the perfume is a more personal white and yellow floral driven concoction, with relatively sanitized jasmine playing the largest role, and ylang-ylang also quite prominent. The combination, when mixed with creamy iris and soft dewy rose support exudes luxury and dare I say despite the perfume being marketed as unisex, stereotypical femininity. The closest perfume I can think of to Quintessence 21 is the original Risque perfume by Roja Dove (now using the "pour femme" moniker), but this is an all-natural concoction that skips the liberal laundry white musks used in the Risque's base at the expense of some performance metrics. I am not sure if both perfumes are needed in the same collection, but it did not stop me from making the additional purchase regardless. The bottom line is the $180 per 50ml bottle Quintessence 21 by TRNP channels the best aspects of my favorite perfume by Roja Dove for a heck of a lot less money and none of the synthetics used, earning an "excellent" to "outstanding" 4 to 4.5 stars out of 5 rating and an easy recommendation, especially to those who enjoy luxurious "feminine" leaning floral perfumes.
