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Harmony of the senses: Iris hides in the jungle
The great thing about L´Atelier is its exclusivity. Gicvenchy stands for something special anyway. But with the studio scents you can be sure that you won't smell them at every corner. In Berlin you can find the creations at Lafayette and KaDeWe - and of course at the Givenchy boutiques.
I especially like Iris because of her sensual and bewitching and aphrodisiac effect. So I tried the harmony once...
The pretty Madel (perhaps in her mid-20s) from the Givenchy department sprays the scent into the air and waggles the Givenchy cardboard through the Vapo spray dust - gaaaery elegant. I always do it differently: 10 cm distance and up on the wrist. Why am I mentioning this? I'll come back to that later.
Top note:
Wow, what kind of harsh iris is that? He caresses my nose so high he's stuck in my brain. One perceives flowery notes that have a tart wearer. Ylang and Neroli are slowed down by the warm and woody Immortelle in their floweriness. The head note is so beautiful that I would have to give it 15 points...
Heart note:
The top note quickly becomes the heart note. Neroli flies away and slightly spicier nuances appear. Yes, it gets a bit more bitter, but this does not affect the fragrance in its harmonic line, since the top note of the strawflower (Immortelle) was not the pure sea of flowers anyway.
The heart note is very discreet and sensual. Like a small shy and vulnerable kitten. she lies down on her skin.
Unfortunately, really sooo a pity: The smell becomes more and more discreet, so that you can only perceive it after about 3 hours very close. I can't explain what this is all about. Let him have the strong oud in the base...
Heart note: 8 points
Base note:
Well, the base. Where's the oud? The scent remains warm, woody and earthy, but fixes the lovely iris discreetly. The gujak wood should be responsible for that. But where the hell is Oud? I can live with that, if you don't fritter away oud, it's quite expensive after all. But I don't really notice the oud here - maybe a pinch of knife. This is not bad, the fragrance is not called Oud Harmonique, but Iris Harmonique. And anyone who knows Oud knows it can be quite a board. But perhaps a second pinch of oud would have given the fragrance in the base a bit more stability and longevity - it certainly wouldn't have hurt, because Iris Harmonique hardly offers any olfactory perception in the base. That's so too bad. One would therefore have to spray it every three hours if one wanted to have a corresponding Sillage.
After four hours, the fragrance can only be guessed at, just like a discreet, quickly absorbed cream. The skin smells pleasantly sweet, spicy, earthy. That means: With a trained nose you can still perceive the beautifully transformed iris.
Maybe you have to apply a little more of it (e.g. also on hair, shirt/blouse), but with a price of 200,00 € you have a hard time. Maybe it would be better to pre-treat the corresponding parts of the body (neck, décolleté, neck, wrists) with oil or cream beforehand...
7.5 points
Conclusion:
Because the top note is so overly great, he still gets a total of 10 points
Shelf life:
Unfortunately rather below average, but maybe it is (hopefully) due to the ph value of my skin, therefore - 7 points
Sillage:
well, I hardly notice any of them. I don't think my environment is either. This fits however to the restraint and the extremely discreet appearance of this harmony.
6 points
Flacon:
The bottle is excessively noble. The yarn on the lid of the L´Artelier series is intended to reveal that the L´Atelier perfumes were inspired by certain fashion collections.
10 points
who: all - ladies, gentlemen, young, older
whenever: always and eternally - spring, summer, autumn, winter
I have just bought the last bottle in the Galeries Lafayette - The fragrance is supposed to be adjusted... ;-(
PS:
What SabriNoir experienced three years ago can somehow not be. Anyway, I don't get it.
I especially like Iris because of her sensual and bewitching and aphrodisiac effect. So I tried the harmony once...
The pretty Madel (perhaps in her mid-20s) from the Givenchy department sprays the scent into the air and waggles the Givenchy cardboard through the Vapo spray dust - gaaaery elegant. I always do it differently: 10 cm distance and up on the wrist. Why am I mentioning this? I'll come back to that later.
Top note:
Wow, what kind of harsh iris is that? He caresses my nose so high he's stuck in my brain. One perceives flowery notes that have a tart wearer. Ylang and Neroli are slowed down by the warm and woody Immortelle in their floweriness. The head note is so beautiful that I would have to give it 15 points...
Heart note:
The top note quickly becomes the heart note. Neroli flies away and slightly spicier nuances appear. Yes, it gets a bit more bitter, but this does not affect the fragrance in its harmonic line, since the top note of the strawflower (Immortelle) was not the pure sea of flowers anyway.
The heart note is very discreet and sensual. Like a small shy and vulnerable kitten. she lies down on her skin.
Unfortunately, really sooo a pity: The smell becomes more and more discreet, so that you can only perceive it after about 3 hours very close. I can't explain what this is all about. Let him have the strong oud in the base...
Heart note: 8 points
Base note:
Well, the base. Where's the oud? The scent remains warm, woody and earthy, but fixes the lovely iris discreetly. The gujak wood should be responsible for that. But where the hell is Oud? I can live with that, if you don't fritter away oud, it's quite expensive after all. But I don't really notice the oud here - maybe a pinch of knife. This is not bad, the fragrance is not called Oud Harmonique, but Iris Harmonique. And anyone who knows Oud knows it can be quite a board. But perhaps a second pinch of oud would have given the fragrance in the base a bit more stability and longevity - it certainly wouldn't have hurt, because Iris Harmonique hardly offers any olfactory perception in the base. That's so too bad. One would therefore have to spray it every three hours if one wanted to have a corresponding Sillage.
After four hours, the fragrance can only be guessed at, just like a discreet, quickly absorbed cream. The skin smells pleasantly sweet, spicy, earthy. That means: With a trained nose you can still perceive the beautifully transformed iris.
Maybe you have to apply a little more of it (e.g. also on hair, shirt/blouse), but with a price of 200,00 € you have a hard time. Maybe it would be better to pre-treat the corresponding parts of the body (neck, décolleté, neck, wrists) with oil or cream beforehand...
7.5 points
Conclusion:
Because the top note is so overly great, he still gets a total of 10 points
Shelf life:
Unfortunately rather below average, but maybe it is (hopefully) due to the ph value of my skin, therefore - 7 points
Sillage:
well, I hardly notice any of them. I don't think my environment is either. This fits however to the restraint and the extremely discreet appearance of this harmony.
6 points
Flacon:
The bottle is excessively noble. The yarn on the lid of the L´Artelier series is intended to reveal that the L´Atelier perfumes were inspired by certain fashion collections.
10 points
who: all - ladies, gentlemen, young, older
whenever: always and eternally - spring, summer, autumn, winter
I have just bought the last bottle in the Galeries Lafayette - The fragrance is supposed to be adjusted... ;-(
PS:
What SabriNoir experienced three years ago can somehow not be. Anyway, I don't get it.
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Where is this trip going?
Hermes is great. Voyage always stood on the desk of my former office partner Reiner.
But with him (the scent, not Reiner) the spirits divide with me. Cause I don't really know what the scent is all about. This should also not be negative, but my nose does not know whether it should be citric or spicy or woody. Everything together feels a little holterdipolter disharmonious.
Top note:
It's citric fresh, no question. But not quite Bergamot citronic either. That seems to be the spice mixture that makes the lemon a little tarter. All in all but quite good.
7 points
Heart note:
Citrus remains. But then it looks a bit synthetic-sweet. Green notes I do not sniff Rather it reminds me of dry flowers that one drizzle with oil to use them as room fragrance. And sauna infusion CONCENTRATE!
All in all, these should be the flowers. Tea? Hm, I don't know. He'd be too perfumed for me.
So, the heart note is too dolle dryblumen and somewhat synthetic, not so dolle.
6 points
Base note:
no no no, oh, necessary... The journey continues downhill in the direction of Badreiniger. Something about Rossmann. Also, the journey is now scratching quite easily. A balanced and warm wood musk base I can not discover.
What you gotta hand it to him: He remains somehow citric until the end. Only it has a synthetic effect (from the heart note). That's probably why I don't want to lose the lemon from this scent. Because normally the natural citrus aromas evaporate at the latest in the heart note.
Citric fragrances usually undergo a metamorphosis on their way to the base note. Voyage d´Hermes obviously tries to stop this metamorphosis and uses something synthetic for it. That doesn't work out somehow...
5 points
Shelf life:
Normal (6 to 8 hours is enough). For a perfume (and a EdT) but not outstanding.
7 points
Sillage:
In the beginning yes, afterwards rather restrained and reserved. It's better that way too.
6 points
Flacon:
The effect of the flacon design (on me) is directly proportional to the effect of the fragrance (on me). What the rotation mechanism has to do with "Voyage" is not known. The quite unusual bottle is not ugly, but it doesn't really know where it wants to go...
5.5 points
All in all, a fragrance that every (man) can wear, but does not necessarily have to wear - at any time of year - at any activity. That's all there is to it. Something Hermes-typical special, however, is it with nichten.
But with him (the scent, not Reiner) the spirits divide with me. Cause I don't really know what the scent is all about. This should also not be negative, but my nose does not know whether it should be citric or spicy or woody. Everything together feels a little holterdipolter disharmonious.
Top note:
It's citric fresh, no question. But not quite Bergamot citronic either. That seems to be the spice mixture that makes the lemon a little tarter. All in all but quite good.
7 points
Heart note:
Citrus remains. But then it looks a bit synthetic-sweet. Green notes I do not sniff Rather it reminds me of dry flowers that one drizzle with oil to use them as room fragrance. And sauna infusion CONCENTRATE!
All in all, these should be the flowers. Tea? Hm, I don't know. He'd be too perfumed for me.
So, the heart note is too dolle dryblumen and somewhat synthetic, not so dolle.
6 points
Base note:
no no no, oh, necessary... The journey continues downhill in the direction of Badreiniger. Something about Rossmann. Also, the journey is now scratching quite easily. A balanced and warm wood musk base I can not discover.
What you gotta hand it to him: He remains somehow citric until the end. Only it has a synthetic effect (from the heart note). That's probably why I don't want to lose the lemon from this scent. Because normally the natural citrus aromas evaporate at the latest in the heart note.
Citric fragrances usually undergo a metamorphosis on their way to the base note. Voyage d´Hermes obviously tries to stop this metamorphosis and uses something synthetic for it. That doesn't work out somehow...
5 points
Shelf life:
Normal (6 to 8 hours is enough). For a perfume (and a EdT) but not outstanding.
7 points
Sillage:
In the beginning yes, afterwards rather restrained and reserved. It's better that way too.
6 points
Flacon:
The effect of the flacon design (on me) is directly proportional to the effect of the fragrance (on me). What the rotation mechanism has to do with "Voyage" is not known. The quite unusual bottle is not ugly, but it doesn't really know where it wants to go...
5.5 points
All in all, a fragrance that every (man) can wear, but does not necessarily have to wear - at any time of year - at any activity. That's all there is to it. Something Hermes-typical special, however, is it with nichten.
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Much better than its presentation would suggest
AZZARO isn't really mine. In my early youth I had to have a pour homme on the shelf forever, as a gift from my big brother, so to speak. The stuff was never all that was always much too spicy for me as a teenager.
Well, I just got a Wanted sample with my last order and it's now in my desk. I tried it once...
Oooops - it's okay, I didn't expect that now.
Top note:
Wow, fresh citrus through the bergamot. Ginger makes it all a little more intense with more punch. Respect!
8 points
Heart note:
It's beautiful too. The juniper (cade) makes the matter a little spicier and woody. You might know Cade from the L´Occitane long runner of the same name. The fresh citric top note now becomes a warm and spicy heart note, which becomes somehow sweeter as time goes on.
Where does this extreme sweetness come from? From the cardamom? I don't think so. I don't even notice cardamom here, regardless of the fact that it's not sweet. If you want to see cardamom, please try Zegna's Essence Madras cardamom. SO GEHT KARDAMOM and no other!
So this sweetie is too much, but she doesn't really bother me.
7 points
Base note:
The base remains warm and sweet gourmandig. The vanilla tonka bean does it. Gibt´s to not fault anything. The sweetness then gradually ebbs away and becomes gourmand.
7 points
Shelf life:
Yes, yes, 6 hours at least
7 points
Sillage:
I perceive them strongly, suspect my environment also.
8 points
Flacon:
OMG! He'd just be put in the drawer at the bottom. It also doesn't go well with the emotional and warm scent.
2 points
AZZARO Wanted is for men aged 45 and over who like to wear it in autumn/winter in the evening or in the office. Young blonde hippsters with rolled up jeans and sneakers will not wear this scent - I think.
I find the fragrance good (for the old-fashioned AZZARO), but still don't buy it.
Well, I just got a Wanted sample with my last order and it's now in my desk. I tried it once...
Oooops - it's okay, I didn't expect that now.
Top note:
Wow, fresh citrus through the bergamot. Ginger makes it all a little more intense with more punch. Respect!
8 points
Heart note:
It's beautiful too. The juniper (cade) makes the matter a little spicier and woody. You might know Cade from the L´Occitane long runner of the same name. The fresh citric top note now becomes a warm and spicy heart note, which becomes somehow sweeter as time goes on.
Where does this extreme sweetness come from? From the cardamom? I don't think so. I don't even notice cardamom here, regardless of the fact that it's not sweet. If you want to see cardamom, please try Zegna's Essence Madras cardamom. SO GEHT KARDAMOM and no other!
So this sweetie is too much, but she doesn't really bother me.
7 points
Base note:
The base remains warm and sweet gourmandig. The vanilla tonka bean does it. Gibt´s to not fault anything. The sweetness then gradually ebbs away and becomes gourmand.
7 points
Shelf life:
Yes, yes, 6 hours at least
7 points
Sillage:
I perceive them strongly, suspect my environment also.
8 points
Flacon:
OMG! He'd just be put in the drawer at the bottom. It also doesn't go well with the emotional and warm scent.
2 points
AZZARO Wanted is for men aged 45 and over who like to wear it in autumn/winter in the evening or in the office. Young blonde hippsters with rolled up jeans and sneakers will not wear this scent - I think.
I find the fragrance good (for the old-fashioned AZZARO), but still don't buy it.
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The Maserati among the Italians
Ermenegildo Zegna stands for merciless perfectionism in fashion. The men's collections stand for exorbitant cloths and elegance. Zegna is gentleman, Zegna is understatement, Zegna is special, Zegna is expensive. And that's good.
With the perfumes it is not different (apart from Zegna Uomo).
Zegna already secured the harvest of the Calabrian bergamot (which dominates the top note in every Zegna scent) of a particular slope for the next three years. Zegna is mercilessly special.
Acqua die Iris is one of three light eau de toilettes of this (Acqua) series and compared to the Essence series available at moderate (i.e. normal prices) prices.
Since the iris is also available in the Essence variation, I compare these two a little, but Acqua: is evaluated
Top note:
Like a Wrigley's Doublemint that you shove into your mouth and do the first three bites - just for the nose. A stroke of genius for me. Wonderfully intense - the iris is fully powdered and is beautifully refreshed by the Calabrian bergamot. Acqua di Iris always has a discreet powdery effect. If you want it a bit more powerful, dashing and sharper, you need Essence Florentine Iris for about 220,- EUR. In this case the top note is a V8.
The top note is addictive for both - 10 points.
Heart note:
Here at the Acqua the woods come to light. And it gets a little spicier around the nose. The spices that make the difference are not revealed, but I strongly recommend cardamom and a little rosemary mixed with sage. It remains purdrig with the Acqua. With the Essence it stays with the clear V8 announcement.
I catch myself always leading my wrist to my nose - I can't help it.
The heart note gradually fades away (or did I simply inhale it?) and a little too quickly for me (in Acqua). The V8 Florentine, on the other hand, roars fully through - 8.5 points (Acqua!).
Base note:
It's hard to believe. It stays with the powdery iris. The bergamot has long been blown away by the wind and has been replaced by the Labdanum honey. Now it's getting gourmandig and warmer (musk). The base comes across as noble and reserved. It is just there and forms a perfect symbiosis with the pH value of my skin. The clou is that the base is eternal. Even the next morning you can still see them clearly. The same applies of course to the V8 of Florentine, which also has a more pithy and sharp-edged base, i.e. less powdery, warm and soft.
I am thrilled - 10 points.
Shelf life:
eeeewig - 10 points
Sillage:
Very present. of course much more discreet with the Acqua than with the lusty V8-Florentine. The latter is a bit of a sillage scooter, Acqua is much more reticent - 9 points.
Flacon:
Yes, beautiful! A pretty little piece of Bauhaus in the bathroom. Extremely powerful with its cubic and minimalist form.
Sweet - 9 points.
The lid on Florentine-V8 is also magnetic and is virtually torn out of your hand when you sit on it. Of course, the merciless propulsion pulls at the axle and at the steering wheel and at the cover...
I love Italy and I love this perfume - under my TOP10.
Good thing Zegna isn't available in every Douglas. After all, tailor-made suits are not available in every department store and Maserati - well, you know...
With the perfumes it is not different (apart from Zegna Uomo).
Zegna already secured the harvest of the Calabrian bergamot (which dominates the top note in every Zegna scent) of a particular slope for the next three years. Zegna is mercilessly special.
Acqua die Iris is one of three light eau de toilettes of this (Acqua) series and compared to the Essence series available at moderate (i.e. normal prices) prices.
Since the iris is also available in the Essence variation, I compare these two a little, but Acqua: is evaluated
Top note:
Like a Wrigley's Doublemint that you shove into your mouth and do the first three bites - just for the nose. A stroke of genius for me. Wonderfully intense - the iris is fully powdered and is beautifully refreshed by the Calabrian bergamot. Acqua di Iris always has a discreet powdery effect. If you want it a bit more powerful, dashing and sharper, you need Essence Florentine Iris for about 220,- EUR. In this case the top note is a V8.
The top note is addictive for both - 10 points.
Heart note:
Here at the Acqua the woods come to light. And it gets a little spicier around the nose. The spices that make the difference are not revealed, but I strongly recommend cardamom and a little rosemary mixed with sage. It remains purdrig with the Acqua. With the Essence it stays with the clear V8 announcement.
I catch myself always leading my wrist to my nose - I can't help it.
The heart note gradually fades away (or did I simply inhale it?) and a little too quickly for me (in Acqua). The V8 Florentine, on the other hand, roars fully through - 8.5 points (Acqua!).
Base note:
It's hard to believe. It stays with the powdery iris. The bergamot has long been blown away by the wind and has been replaced by the Labdanum honey. Now it's getting gourmandig and warmer (musk). The base comes across as noble and reserved. It is just there and forms a perfect symbiosis with the pH value of my skin. The clou is that the base is eternal. Even the next morning you can still see them clearly. The same applies of course to the V8 of Florentine, which also has a more pithy and sharp-edged base, i.e. less powdery, warm and soft.
I am thrilled - 10 points.
Shelf life:
eeeewig - 10 points
Sillage:
Very present. of course much more discreet with the Acqua than with the lusty V8-Florentine. The latter is a bit of a sillage scooter, Acqua is much more reticent - 9 points.
Flacon:
Yes, beautiful! A pretty little piece of Bauhaus in the bathroom. Extremely powerful with its cubic and minimalist form.
Sweet - 9 points.
The lid on Florentine-V8 is also magnetic and is virtually torn out of your hand when you sit on it. Of course, the merciless propulsion pulls at the axle and at the steering wheel and at the cover...
I love Italy and I love this perfume - under my TOP10.
Good thing Zegna isn't available in every Douglas. After all, tailor-made suits are not available in every department store and Maserati - well, you know...
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Orange raspberry with pine needle
C&O is one of the beautiful perfumes of the Collection de Grasse by L' Occitane. He's getting way too bad here. TVC15's commentary, like many of his comments, is polemical and superficial. But his scent taste is - as he himself correctly states - irrelevant anyway.
C&O is a light and freshly fruity summer fragrance that can definitely be worn unisex.
Top note: 9 points
Deliciously fresh, as befits a good orange scent. The orange is slowed down a little by the raspberries in their acidity, which makes the scent more sweet. Shortly after being sprayed on, it appears a little bit synthetic, but this disappears immediately after drying. The top note is so wonderfully fresh that you literally have to smell it away from your wrist and then you end up at the...
Heart note: 9 points
The orange and raspberries remain in existence and become slightly spicier - with cedar and pine needles. Cardamom's not for my nose in the C&O. Neither musk nor vetiver. TVC15 is even right about that. I'd rather be reminded of rosemary.
Base note: 8 points
This is reached quickly, the scent unfortunately does not last excessively long. The base can only be perceived up close. The orange in the raspberry brew, spiked with pine needles, remains dominant until the end.
Shelf life:
Below average, but if you have a good olfactory organ, you will still notice it after 5 hours.
6.8 points
Silage:
Discreet in head and heart note. All L' Occitane perfumes have this restraint in common.
6.6 points
Flacon:
A beautiful discreet bottle for a discreet fragrance.
9 points
Conclusion:
This perfume will have its followers in friends of citrus-fresh scents. So he reminds me a little of Diors Higher and Cliniques Happy for Men. He's light on his feet and light on his feet. But its durability is not his sharpest sword because of the volatile and light ingredients. Heavy boys and mainstreamers a' la Bleu de Chanel, Acqua di Gio, Boss Bottled, Fahrenheit or Sauvage will certainly not get warm with C&O.
C&O is a light and freshly fruity summer fragrance that can definitely be worn unisex.
Top note: 9 points
Deliciously fresh, as befits a good orange scent. The orange is slowed down a little by the raspberries in their acidity, which makes the scent more sweet. Shortly after being sprayed on, it appears a little bit synthetic, but this disappears immediately after drying. The top note is so wonderfully fresh that you literally have to smell it away from your wrist and then you end up at the...
Heart note: 9 points
The orange and raspberries remain in existence and become slightly spicier - with cedar and pine needles. Cardamom's not for my nose in the C&O. Neither musk nor vetiver. TVC15 is even right about that. I'd rather be reminded of rosemary.
Base note: 8 points
This is reached quickly, the scent unfortunately does not last excessively long. The base can only be perceived up close. The orange in the raspberry brew, spiked with pine needles, remains dominant until the end.
Shelf life:
Below average, but if you have a good olfactory organ, you will still notice it after 5 hours.
6.8 points
Silage:
Discreet in head and heart note. All L' Occitane perfumes have this restraint in common.
6.6 points
Flacon:
A beautiful discreet bottle for a discreet fragrance.
9 points
Conclusion:
This perfume will have its followers in friends of citrus-fresh scents. So he reminds me a little of Diors Higher and Cliniques Happy for Men. He's light on his feet and light on his feet. But its durability is not his sharpest sword because of the volatile and light ingredients. Heavy boys and mainstreamers a' la Bleu de Chanel, Acqua di Gio, Boss Bottled, Fahrenheit or Sauvage will certainly not get warm with C&O.
