The finalists were announced in a ceremony in Los Angeles ahead of the awards in Portugal in June.
At the end of June 2024, Frédéric Malle is leaving the brand he founded in 2000.
In profile, Vaniglia is more related to vanilla bean than the processed, sugary vanilla common in modern perfumery, though it isn't necessarily photorealistic. Vaniglia seems somewhat abstract, an impressionistic portrait of its subject. Vaniglia is very balsamic, with leathery tones, animalic flickers, and a good dose of smoke. It's a fascinating, round aroma, a kind of vanillic old-school musk, at once fascinating and a little peculiar. I'm giving it a thumbs-up, but I'm not sure it's a complete perfume. It feels like a fascinating base in search of a top/mid.
Profumi del Forte Vetiver Moderno (2017) is a fantastic take on vetiver supervised by the italian top nose Arturetto Landi (Profumi di Polignano, Pantheon Roma, Laboratorio Olfattivo, Calé Fragrance d'Autore etc). This central vetiver is rooty, restrained and realistic, at all exotic but mostly fruity floral and mediterranean with hints of bergamot, aromatics and woodsy notes (a sort of brighter, more floral and spicier Lalique Encre Noir). This creation is pratically the second slightly lighter edition (2017) of the previous richer Torre of Tuscany Vetiver Moderno (2011) which repropose the same basic formula (of the former Torre of Tuscany) with several...
A refreshing bit of unexpected weirdness from the Dior exclusives, which usually tend to err on the side of crowd pleasing more than artistry or uniqueness. I smell a lot of clove, the dusty old-fashioned kind reminiscent of Caron, paired up with frankincense. But this is reigned over by a seaside smell that reminds me of walking along the tidepools of the Oregon coast, very salty and a more than a little bit funky and fishy. It's the smell of the ocean, but rocky and cold as opposed to "beachy". So yeah... salty ocean, dusty clove, and frankincense. I can't imagine that the fashion girls sniffing Dior's fruity floral exclusives will like this...
It wouldn’t do to simply call François an orange blossom chypre. It’s the patchouli that rules here, with a woody-earthy complexity that rivals TRNP’s ouds. Deep, dark, and sexy.
Bonne Chauffe is gorgeous. A peppery, fruited cognac with slight malted barley underpinnings. There is also a wonderful oak woodiness that builds a foundation for the more etherial notes. Plum and davana give this the beautiful fruited note and benzoin brings it's resinous vanilla like smoothness that helps blend the pungent pepper into the fruited, woody, cereal notes. I also get a hint of patchouli as well. This is just a beautiful fragrance...full bodied and satisfying, but not over the top in projection. Bonne Chauffe could be overpowering if it projected more, so this is a plus in my book as it projects perfectly on my skin. Definitely one to at...
A true "vintage" leather, Peau d'Espagne is a scent so old-fashioned that now, a century later, it has come around to qualify as something approaching "weirdo niche." Peau d'Espagne is one of the most classic, old-fashioned scents in the Santa Maria Novella lineuop. It's a smoky, iodine-heavy leather with a soapy tone. The collision of that birch tar, the acutely medicinal facets, and that floral soapiness will undoubtedly strike many as challenging. It's rugged stuff, but you may find beauty in its uncompromised purity (as I do).
Nice spring/summer vetiver scent that doesn't have the best longevity or sillage but gets the job done IMO. Citrus start with a sour green mid. Dries into a mostly vetiver juice to my nose. I would not pay full price... but if you find a GREAT deal go for it. Enjoy!
This is very comforting and motherly for a stay at home mum who hugs and kisses her children in the morning as they leave the house for the school bus and before she spends her day caring for her proud home and preparing a heart warming meal for the family she loves more than life! And the first thing her family smell as the walk in the front door is the caring, warming and inviting scent of... Very Valentino! Classy, chic and demurely seductive! This is very beautiful. It's natural without being boring, a floral without being overpowering. It's so soft! It just smells very refined and "silky" and there's been a lot of thought put into it. No note really...
Hello and thank you for reading this. I’m not so great at pulling apart a perfume into constituent parts. I really would like to wear Patricia De Nicolai’s L’Eau Chic all summer- but it’s virtually undetectable (understandable for an Eau). Is there something else you might recommend with a similar DNA? I’m truly unable to say what’s making this so smart and chic!
Is there any worthy substitute/dupe for this incomparable Maurice Roucel masterpiece (Gucci Envy)? As close as possible, preferably, but all suggestions welcome. Thank you in advance!
Hello Guys.. was hoping to get a little advice on finding something similar to or even better getting my hands on bottle of Tiffany For Men. Recently found a couple carded samples I picked up years ago and have been testing it out and am really enjoying it. As I stated many times I'm fairly new to fragrances so not really able to detect what specifically I like about it but I like it enough to be interested in finding a bottle of it even though I know it won't be cheap. I studied the Fragrantica page and what it says are most "similar" to it is Chanel Pour Monsieur and Creed BDP both which I own and personally don't find similar at all. Being an amateur I...
There are many great discussion threads dedicated to a single house, but I noticed we don't have one dedicated to Heeley. Heeley is one of my all time favorite brands and, though I think it has many fans on Basenotes, the brand does not get the attention I think it deserves from the wider fragrance community. So, I'm dedicating this thread to the discussion (positive and negative!) of Heeley Parfums and its founder and perfumer, James Heeley. https://www.jamesheeley.com/c/5-large/eau-de-parfum.jpg As a designer influenced by nature it was quite logical that James Heeley should be fascinated by the world of scent. It was in France, through his design...
What are some quality amber fougere feminine/unisex fragrances with lots of citrus fruits, white florals, and a vanilla, white musk, amber, cedar base? Perhaps some natural smelling Neroli as well Thanks
Visited Italy in September. Isle of Capri and Sienna. Got me some Acqua di Parma Arancia and loved the Bergamatto di Calabria. Bought the Arancia. But we saw the shop of Carthusia on Capri and stopped in. Sprayed a couple on, one was green tea. But oh, those lemons on Capri were so huge. So, Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche is nice but not very bright or long lived on me. Very subdued. I am looking to buy a Carthusia scent which is bright, like the AdP Arancia, but lemony. Long lasting will be a plus. Something to evoke my memory of the Isle of Capri. Any suggestions from the house of Carthusia? Or get the Bergamatto di Calabria? Or...
Was CK One drying down into a citrusy-greener-woody, more of a masculine scent ? Was Cool Water more richer, more natural-aromatic in smell? I know that there were other good frags back in the 90's like Polo Sport, Nautica classic, Tommy, L'Eau d'Issey, CK Escape, Curve, Happy for men, Hugo, Elements Aqua, etc. but I think CK One , Cool Water and Eternity were the main affordable designer players back then.
While investigating rain accords, I read that part of the smell of rain is made up of various chemicals given off by plants and adsorbed by the earth, some of which might act to resist insects and pathogens, others that might act as signaling molecules to alter growth or germination during dry periods - but very few people talk about what those chemicals actually ARE or what they smell like in isolation. Sam Macer settled on a selection of terpenes for his rain accord to add "naturalness", but I couldn't figure out how he chose them (now I'm thinking he just guessed at some he thought would smell good). I didn't have much luck researching that, but I did...
Just want to vent about this awful redesign and perhaps someone with some control over it reads this forum. What was once a neatly organized and veritable tome of information, basically THE essential online reference book for natural materials is now a frustrating mess. Allegedly it is "cleaner" because it is "web 2.0", but in reality there is a ton more clutter, scrolling , and wasted clicking to access what was only yesterday readily accessible. What shame. Here are the problems: Everything takes up too much space and is way too big: Every single product page is now 4x larger. The "purchase" section has ballooned in size. Pages have gigantic images and...
After noticing YSL Opium PH being widely on sale again, I've also spotted a new looking version of Lauder for Men for sale in a few places - Notino being one. Is this another that never actually went away? Anyone tried the latest version?
