Mujo

I had the opportunity to experience Satori at Perfumlounge in Amsterdam. Although the ingredients are not so inviting for me, the fragrance is beautiful. I mean myself, it is one of the most beautiful fragrances I own. Satori is not an intrusive fragrance, but very light yet lingering. Officially, the fragrance is called Satori (Kyara). Kyara is an eagle wood. Satori (Kyara) includes five flavors: spicy, bitter, sweet, sour and salty. Together, a beautiful well-structured blend. The result is perfection and so much more than the ingredients suggest.

Baie Rose is my number 1 and my most worn fragrance of the house of Le Labo. A very nice rose scent that is not very sweet, but not sour either. Baie Rose is also my favorite among my rose fragrances. I therefore find it incomprehensible that the average rating is "only" 7.5. It is a real underdog. The fragrance is classified as feminine, but is absolutely unisex. I strongly sense the rose and additionally the pepper as well as the musk and cedar base. What is less noticeable to me is the clove. The fragrance has a lighter sillage and a longevity of about 8 hours. And what's also great is that Baie Rose is suitable for any season.

First of all thank you Roberto for sending me a sample of Oeillères. Of course curious as I am I had to seek out more info and I learned that the perfume Oeillères was part of an Art Project by Roberto.

Also had to look up what the word Oeillères actually means. As I found out oeillères are blinders worn by horses.

Now of to the fragrance. The first spray of Oeillères is a very herbal blast. I cannot really determine what it is exactly, But it's fresh and warm at the same time and very natural and animalic. Also very different from anything I smelled before, but at the same time Oeillères definitely has the Marc-Antoine Corticchiato signature. The first time I sprayed Oeillères the opening was too overwhelming, but after testing several time I must say I especially like the opening.

After the first blast Oeillères slowly transforms into a warm and easier to wear fragrance. Nothing sharp, but very balanced and refined. Oeillères smells green like fresh herbs and with my nose glued to my wrist I can definitely smell the fresh chamomile. (I might be focussed on it, because I used to pick wild chamomile when I was a kid. My mother boiled it into a brew for my older sister so she could rinse her white hair.) The chamomile is nicely blended with other herbal notes creating a lovely fragrance, although unisex I feel it's leaning more towards masculine. Oeillères also has a slight barbershop smell to it, at least the middle part does.

In the drydown the scent mellows into a warm scent and eases the animalic qualities (but is still slightly present) and it just smells nice, warm and inviting. This stage is definitely unisex. Projection is close to the skin. Very unique fragrance.

Just one statement was not enough, so one more comment.

Normally I am not a big lover of oud scents, all versions tested so far were unfortunately too much animal (stable to be exact) or plaster, or acetone etc. But here I have to make an exception. Jardin Nocturne is a super beautiful creation with especially beautiful oud (exactly good, soft, smoky, woody) and jasmine. All ingredients are very high quality and very well mixed. Jardin Nocturne is a little straightforward, but not boring. rather minimalistic. Durability is very good (+12 hours), sillage is very close to the skin. For me it is the best oud scent I have ever smelled. Only disadvantage: very expensive

Pierre de Lune opens with a nice combo of violets and iris. I adore the initial opening, fresh slightly sweetened violets with an almost fizzy feel to it.

The first ingredient that emerges after the violet/ iris combo is the mimosa and I think it's accompanied with the synthetic ingredient belambre. It turns sweeter in this stage, the mimosa is very pretty. From now on it slowly moves to the middle stage which to my nose is very fresh (almost aquatic, but not quit so). It's more like freshly wash cotton sheets I used to smell when I was little - no dryers, but outside in the sun. Very fresh and clean. This stage is growing on me. I never had a fragrance that was reminiscent of laundry, but there it is and I'm actually growing fond of it. This stage lasts for quite while.

In the base it slowly loses this laundry type of scent and I can smell a slightly powdery mimosa with a woody vibe. Sillage is minimal and longevity about 3 to 4 hours.