Sfonativeboy

This fragrance wears close to the skin.
it's a unique subtle scent ...
Rich and complex..
that lingers and fades and then appears
bringing a smile on my face ..
like a forgotten memory...of someone or someplace

Because a perfume speaks to the heart,
not to the mind.

Homais, in "Madame Bovary", says "Perfume is to stupefy the senses and to bring on ecstasies".

this scent does that.... Quietly & Privately

This fragrance is soooo out of my price league...
245.00 for 40ml
but one can dream a little if you can find a sample vial.

Oranges and Carnations hit my nose first
followed by a clever mix of floral (Jasmine) and Birch wood notes...
A wonderful rich leather scent as a base.

Soft and deep, mysterious and sophisticated.

Incense and cinnamon ..clove
these are the primary notes
that are dancing and playing
around on my skin ..playing peek a boo
with my nose.
one pops up then another ...
its a nice warm Unisex scent...
for foggy days in San Francisco!

Black Violet Tom Ford

Nothing is ordinary about this heady scent
Everything is naturally extraordinary.
Extraordinary or even extravagant,
manufactured for a hedonistic lifestyle of sustainable beauty and eccentric elegance.

How wonderful!

Black Violet is
Overt hedonistic sexiness ....
TOM FORD at his apex of cool
designing for GUCCI! back in the 90's

A Humid Hothouse of Florals exuding strong scent of SEX!
Beautiful Men lost in boredom of a lush ORCHID filled room
or is it Sensual Torpor...wearing GUCCI Black Shirts...and little to nothing else....

Extravagant Rubelli textiles.....VENETIAN opulence.....
a purple laser cut velvet floral dress
languid and luxe...
Charlotte Rampling as imagined by HELMUT NEWTON at the NEGRESCO Hotel in Nice
MAD and BAD and Dangerous to know...

this fragrance promises danger....loudly
its not a Shrinking Violet at all... more like a poisonous flower

saturated scent which arouses strong sensations
in its pure essence, it dominates the space


after seducing you ....it retreats into the shadows of of those luxurious velvets.
..sweet fruity notes linger ... as they deliver us to reality

we....luxuriate in spreading confiture de myrtilles sauvages, wild berry jam
over our warm Blinis
realizing that the BELUGA caviar has long been finished....
ahhhhh how decadent ....

I love how....
Iris, Lime, Patchouli, Rose, Ylang Ylang, Musk, Violet, Ginger, Cardamom, and Civet
can smell... so Unisex!
I have started to venture into IRIS based fragrances... yes, I do think Backwards..
Florals in WINTER?
but this fragrance is Unusual enough
that on a Cloudy Foggy Day.......
Can you guess? I live in San Francisco!
a Crisp Slightly Off-kilter Fragrance
makes sense.

Rich, incense-y, and very, very mysterious.
An androgynous distinctive and distinguished scent.
A very magical potion that can cast
a love spell.. perhaps ..
Much the way the Creoles liked to do in the French Quarter of New Orleans.....
reminds me of Bourbon French Parfums VOODOO LOVE...
a deep, earthy fragrance.
A re-creation of the special potion Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau gave to her favored clients so they could gain the object of their affections.

Rum and exotic spices mingle with dark, smoky woods and leather...
you can almost hear the drums beating off in the distance...in Congo Square in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana,
just north of the French Quarter.

Voodoo warning
Is calling
Down in Limbo
Moonlight lush life
Bears strange fruit
Down in Limbo
Creole tattoo
Idole by Lubin
I think I'll buy you