Cuirs Nomades

Eau de Memo Memo Paris 2017

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8.0 / 10 290 Ratings

A popular perfume by Memo Paris for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is leathery-citrusy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Leathery

Citrus

Fresh

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Leather

Lemon

Green tea

Bergamot

Orris concrete

Jasmine absolute

Moss

White musk

Perfumer

Aliénor Massenet

Ratings

Scent

8.0290 Ratings

Longevity

7.4246 Ratings

Sillage

6.8247 Ratings

Bottle

8.1241 Ratings

Value for money

6.6114 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 29.03.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Cuirs Nomades" collection.

Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/23/2019

9
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Yatagan
81 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 67

Skin water

Colognes are my great passion, fragrances with a postmodern leather note I rather like less. This is where both come together. I appreciate very much the so called leather scents of old tradition, which were originally supposed to cover with ambergris, animal notes (Zibet, Bibergeil, musk) and spicy woody notes of traditional leather processing (in this style: Knize Ten, Hermès Bel Ami, Chanel Cuir de Russie, Roja Fetish pour Homme etc.).), but I don't appreciate the newer synthetic leather notes, which remind me of Verloursleder (known especially for the reasonably successful Tuscan Leather and its offshoots) and which have been flooding the fragrance market for some years now.
This characteristic leather note also appears more frequently in Memo, but is varied ambitiously, so that many fragrances show original characteristics.

I find Eau de Memo particularly exciting and almost outstanding, because this is a Cologne that shows all the characteristics of a classic Cologne water in its top note, but then very quickly presents an initially subtle leather note that later becomes more and more present. This is a very original combination (Kölnisch Wässer, which contain a dark, heavy component I once called "Schwarze Colognes": see under my collections) and find it particularly innovative.
The inclined tester expects a light, citrus-fresh, neroli bergamot scent with herbaceous components from a Cologne. When a dark, warm note is added, this creates exciting contrasts that can enliven the tradition of the Kölnisch Wässer. The leather and saffron are very good for this.

In addition to the lemon bergamot note at the beginning and the leather accord in the heart and base, the characteristic lime green, slightly powdery note of green tea and subtle floral and spicy accents are easily recognisable in this fragrance. The price, however, is high and turns a purchase into a small investment. That's why I thank Zauber600 so much for increasing my stocks by a few milliliters

08/31/2020

5
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

FvSpee
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FvSpee

Top Review 44

Colonial Goods VII: Office Still Life with Soft Tangerine Skin

It opens with the image of a soft citric, oscillating between grapefruit and orange, only to settle on mandarin peel. It is the thick, moist, not very odour-intensive tangerine peel that can be easily detached from the fruit flesh. The furry white inner skin adheres to them, the flesh is unharmed.

Now the background of the picture is slowly becoming visible. An office landscape, sparingly and tastefully furnished, made of selected, solid, high-quality and stably screwed materials: glass, wood and shiny plastic. Somewhere there might be a bowl of berries on the table, for guests to nibble on (sweets would be too unhealthy), somewhere a modern glass vase with sparsely decorated cut flowers (flower pots are avoided as too petit bourgeois). The office is paper-free (no piles of files) and excellently maintained (no dust).

After about fifteen minutes, when the eye has become accustomed to the picture, the decisive detail comes to the fore: an accessory made of rich, thick and above all soft leather (light), one that you would like to stroke over, feel its grain pattern, dense, cool, firm. Whether it contains the richly clacking mechanism of a Filofax or the latest i-gadget, it is impossible to tell.

The mandarin further underpins the event. We were sure that it is one, but now we are hesitating; a red grapefruit, or rather a tart pomelo, also with thick skin and a lot of wet white inner fur, is also a possibility.

After an hour: unification and calming, no more new pictures, getting used to the soft leather, the implied floral, the mandarin for the mandarin who is in this office. Residual freshness. Life can go on concentrated and animated.

After about two or three hours (unimpressed by any washing in between) another surprise and reversal: what remains now is not a typical base note, not a late wine, but an almost classic orange, muted and slightly woody-creamy, but now even slightly fleshy; a winking goodbye fun, as if Eau de Memo was simply a classic, hundred-year-old Eau de Portugal.

Eau de Memo by Memo Paris is clearly conceived and functions as a cologne: a simple, beautiful work of art in between for pleasing, cultivated refreshment, no fragrance for evening wear. However, it is called Eau de Parfum and costs 205 euros per 100 ml, which is a good deal. This corresponds to the situation at "Gunpowder Cologne EdP" for 180 Euro by Urban Scents.

Eau de Memo rewards, however, with a (compared to a cologne) remarkable durability (if the skin-near final phase is included), with uncompromising solidity and goodness and, yet, with an inconspicuous kind of exclusivity, even nobility.

Because this fragrance marks an exceptional case, the unreservedly successful, ultra-modern reinterpretation of a classic fragrance line, here the Eau de Cologne (according to my perception in orange, the lemon and bergamot from the fragrance declaration, I think rather a joke). The citric notes are muted, but not simply hidden behind veils of synthetic or musky, but artfully "reduced" (in the sense in which the word is used in cooking) around their acidic, pungent and superficially fruity parts.

Famous both for her fine nose and her persistent unwillingness to create subtle scent descriptions and interactions, Ms. von Spee is already enthusiastic about eau de memo (which she simply likes to connote as "fresh laundry") at eight meters. The fragrance is one of the handful that she calls the remarkable exclamation "Buy it! (though of course always with a slight undertone of "and not the nonsense you usually buy")
I will perhaps deal with the "Memo Paris" house some other time, but for the time being, the flacons are beautiful and the issuance policy appears worryingly inflationary.

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Also in this commentary I would like to add fragrances that would fit into the series, but which are not (again) commented by me, because they were commented by me before the start of the Cologne series.

Colonial goods VIIa and VIIb (fougère and chypre, both from Alpa)

Under "Colonialwaren I" I remarked to "Russische EdC" by Lehmann that it is between a Fougère and a Chypre. This gives reason to add here the two angular and not very simple, but nevertheless beautiful, at least original colognes called (quite simply) Fougère and Chypre of Alpa. Chypre also likes the retro label and Fougère the special shape (hand grenade-spray can cross) of the 200 ml bottle
Fougère was a habit of mine, as a refreshment splash after sport, last week I actually used up the bottles!

05/10/2021

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Connie
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Connie

Helpful Review 10

When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly..

Eau de Memo starts with a very present leather note which dominates the first 20-30 minutes me personally too much. The fragrance reminds me very much of how a bright new suede jacket smells the first few weeks before the got a bit of air. This first phase is already extremely leathery but somehow also extremely delicious ... Patience pays off ... After 30 minutes you experience a beautiful and super unique transformation, which I have experienced so rarely...

In the dry down, the leather note is still present but the withdraws nobly and makes way for an ultra luxurious blend of green tea and white musk. A very special fragrance that somehow makes totally addictive, although leather scents are usually not mine. The fragrance turns from dry down into one of the most beautiful green tea fragrances you can imagine and that is getting softer and warmer by the minute..

The fragrance is intangible noble dazzled and smells literally of luxury.... A fragrance that undergoes an incredible transformation through the various fragrance phases....

H+S is as with almost all Memo fragrances, with few exceptions, distinguished moderate luxurious.... Love it..

01/25/2024

9
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
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Avidea
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Avidea

Very helpful Review 11

Mrs. Zitrones and Mr. Leder's passionate dance

Half a year ago, I got to know this wonderful fragrance through a sharing. I was looking for a beautiful leather fragrance that wasn't too masculine.

When I first tested it, I was somehow disappointed. My first impression was of juicy, sun-soaked lemon, gently underlaid with tea and light flowers. The leather quietly joins in and grounds the bright lemons. A wonderful dialog begins between the light notes and the darker notes, which is always beautifully balanced and very harmonious.
The leather in this fragrance is not a light, tame suede. It is a little darker, you get the feeling that a little sexiness flashes through from time to time, but it never takes over or becomes too dark and dirty.

These contrasts and tensions between the clean-girl lemons and the femme fatale leather are a real joy. Invigorating, playful, neat and beautiful.

So why has it only just sparked between us?

At the beginning of the year, I had a huge appetite for fresh, citrusy fragrances and looked through all my small bottlings again and there it was again!
Sprayed it on and I thought: Wow this incredibly beautiful lemon that has absolutely no cleaner vibes, which usually bothers me with many citrusy scents. Then I noticed the leather much more intensely than when I first tested it when I was looking for a leather fragrance.

I also really like Wūlóng Chá Extrait de Parfum when it comes to lemon tea fragrances, but what I like so much about this one is that the leather creates a tension, the fragrance is not just well-behaved but has a little edge that makes it very special.

I think the fragrance is an absolute success, the bottle is a dream. On my skin, the fragrance lasts for 8 hours without any problems, on my clothes for over 24 hours. The sillage is very pleasant, not room-filling, not skin-deep. I was told that the fragrance is very pleasant at a normal conversation distance.

A very clear candidate for purchase at a fair price.

I see the fragrance on both men and women, with no gender bias. The fragrance is already man and woman in itself, leather and lemon.
I don't know whether the fragrance suits very young people, but I find it suitable from the age of 25 to the open end.
Due to its great balance, it suits me in every season. And it also works very well in the cold, I don't have any ashtray associations, as someone mentioned here.

Thank you for reading!

01/18/2021

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

Tradescantia
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Tradescantia

Helpful Review 7

Pleasantly fragrant freshness

This fragrance is truly wonderful.
It is fresh, but not strict. Citrusy, but not sour, that is, he is great balanced. The whole concept, including the leather note, is very successful.
And all this still in such a pretty bottle.
Well, it can be argued, but in my opinion, he does quite well on a shelf or on a secretary.
Eventually, I should get me a display cabinet, only I'm not yet come to it, because there are more important things in life and the apartment is already full of potted plants, small and large antiques and the really important furniture.
Well, back Eau de Memo.
I find this fresh fragrance also slightly floral and minimally powdery.
To that end, it's woodsy, like the fern I have growing in my den.
I love flowers and greenery.
The jasmine note is lovely, but not stuffy or even animalic.
I can't identify iris as such, but I suspect it's here to bring some delicacy and powderiness into play. The whole fragrance is finely composed, no note too much or too little. Yes, it is perceived by me like the music of a gifted and poised pianist, soulfully and almost unobservantly trying to improve his daily musical performance. Despite the perfection, nothing seems artificial or contrived.
This fragrance makes you relax and is beautiful on both female and male wearers.
The mossy green notes invite you to read something, make yourself comfortable or otherwise do something good for yourself.
The hustle and bustle of the gray everyday life remains times briefly outside.
Successful!
Yes, tea is also to be heard, even in a very high-quality manner.
I would not have known that it is mate tea, a specialty from South America, usually imported from Brazil and found, for example, in a Kusmi tea, in a green pretty tin. This particular tea also has something fresh added to it, so that the taste is a little softer, and that's how I perceive the scent - as fresh, soft, dark green, natural, clean, but not soapy.
Eau de Memo is something special in this division and a wonderful contemporary

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