Cuirs Nomades

Russian Leather Memo Paris 2016 Eau de Parfum

Russian Leather (Eau de Parfum) by Memo Paris

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7.8 / 10 221 Ratings

Russian Leather (Eau de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Memo Paris for women and men and was released in 2016. The scent is woody-green. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Green

Fougère

Spicy

Leathery

Fragrance Notes

Cedar leaf

Siberian stone pine needle

Clary sage

Cypress absolute

Fougère notes

Mint

Provençal lavender

Rosemary

Coriander seed

Leather

Nutmeg

Patchouli

Tonka bean absolute

Basil

Gaiac wood

Perfumer

Sophie Labbé

Ratings

Scent

7.8221 Ratings

Longevity

7.7186 Ratings

Sillage

7.0187 Ratings

Bottle

8.4198 Ratings

Value for money

6.477 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 11.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

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

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/27/2024

PeteRalon007
48 Reviews

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PeteRalon007

5

RL vs. Alhambra Clon

Out of sheer curiosity, today is round 2 of the comparisons between my Memo perfumes and the clones from Maison Alhambra. On the outside they look pretty similar, both atomizers work. The cap of the clone is loose, which doesn't upset me at first, but doesn't excite me either.
At the spray head, both smell sparkling green with a slightly sweet undertone. Anticipation!

Let's go, I think, and I still have no idea what will follow. Pure asymmetry. Both start off green and sweet with all kinds of plants such as cedar, conifers and sweet sage, beautifully balanced and mild. Then the original takes a turn towards herbs and minimal leatheriness, while the clone mutates into a clown. First it becomes invisible and then it is reminiscent of an ageing Pennywise fiddling with his reproductive organs. Opamuff a la creamy oakmoss follows and I start to berate myself because my curiosity cost 25 euros.
The original remains linear in its herbaceousness, the leather is sometimes there, sometimes gone. Mild, restrained. Ideal in the garden in spring. The clone becomes very fougere at the end, which is no great feat if I can trust my neighbor. He is a perfumer.
Conclusion: the original is pleasant and versatile, but also unspectacular and far too expensive. The Clo(w)n won't be in my house, it will be given away. Let someone else have it!

I hope I have been helpful.

01/21/2024

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Dep
6 Reviews

Dep

1

Coniferous continental forest

Walk into a coniferous forest midsummer, in the mountain. Sit on a musky umid log, partly dried with the noon sun rays that timidly peek through the trees. Pick a pine branch, and pick its needles, bend them until its balsam cones out. Play with some fir sticks, draw into the earth happy animals figures.
Put your hands into the leather pouch to reach for a mint candy, discard it and put it into your mouth.
It's hot, so you brought some fresh drink with you, like aloe vera juice.
Some spills into your hands.

Now smell your hands.

Here you have this fragrance. Balms from the pine, firs, woody smells from the tree sticks, slightly earthy nuances from playing with the earth, soft musky wet wood from the log you were sitting. Leather comes from having your hands in your leather pouch and the sweetness from the candy earlier discarded.

A green leathery fragrance, not harsh or repellent, rather sweetened by the tonka beans.

Great for fall, winter and spring.

02/22/2020

10
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Valdar
15 Reviews

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Valdar

Top Review 8

Little Red Riding Hood in the Siberian Forest and the Missing Wolf

"And the moral of history':
Girl, soft from the path not!
Stay alone and do not stop;
Never trust a stranger! Never go to the bitter end Don't give yourself into other people's hands!
Your beauty attracts them,
And a wolf is every man! Remember one thing: At night
Many a wolf has woken up Don't cry a tear for her!br /> Wolves have sharp teeth!"

Well! I bought this perfume blindly, because of the descriptions and because I liked the design of the bottle so much that I thought, because I MUST like the fragrance as well.
Well, in a way he does, too, but while wearing it I always wait for the attack of the wolf that can be seen on the cover, but he seems to sleep all the time.

To put it less abstractly: The fragrance starts off quietly, darkly, green and somewhat leathery. The fragrance has no top note, it starts with its heart note, which is practically also the base note, with the small difference that after about an hour the leather becomes more dominant, while the fougère elements move into the background.
"Background" is generally a word which describes this fragrance as a whole very well. It is a woodsy/leathery background noise. Very linear, very quiet and restrained and without anything unusual.

The fragrance is versatile, fairly easy to wear and can be used at any time of the day or night and in any season.
And yes, it's sombre and yes, it's woodsy, but somehow I keep waiting for a note that will give it something special, some kind of outstandingly unusual component that will give the fragrance character. The attack of the unexpected.
In my opinion, a special fruit, a special spice or an extraordinary flower would have given this perfume that certain something...the attack of the wolf.
So Russian Leather remains an easy to wear, pleasant, but also somewhat boring perfume, which for me comes across as a more refined and delicate version of Drakkar Noir.