Patchouli Magique

Do you remember the movie "Chocolate" with the young and beautiful Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp? The old shop, more like an esoteric shop, in my opinion, could smell like the Magic of Patchouli. Or here's another: the narratologist Aletheia, the refined, brilliant but lonely owner of the Genie from the movie "Three Thousand Years of Desire". Simply because the whole movie is imbued with this vibe: a kaleidoscope of historical love stories through the centuries, united by beautiful Constantinople. But most of all (and how predictable!) the embodiment of this perfume for me remains the seductive and cynical vampire Lestat from Anne Rice's "Chronicles". And in both of his hypostases: Tom Cruise, adjusting his time-eaten lace cuffs, during on his way to another Interview, or the rock star Lestat from Queen of the Damned, with his enchanting voice and fishnet shirt. It's all about them: the alluring but constantly elusive beauty of dark chocolate, liqueur notes in the blood of another victim, the paradoxical sexuality of patchouli from marble hands which almost fourth hundred years old - to bury your nose in it and inhale it until the end of time! Velvet frock coats from the Renaissance, leather pants from the 2000s, and a constant thirst. For power, recognition, love... blood? And everyone will find something for themselves.

One of the very best patchouli fragrances ever. I bought mine around 2000-2003 when cosmeticsbag.com was still around and it sold a bunch of Russian fragrances for a short time. No, I wouldn't have remembered where I got it all this time; my bottle has a Russian label so I pasted the anglicized name of the perfume and the website onto the back of the bottle. Patchouli Magique is absolutely a modern post-1980 patchouli scent. Not a circa 1968 hippie perfume. Flash Oils Patchouli was definitely not the inspiration of this one. Lots of sandalwood and incense here, but you're in a refined library or museum here, definitely not in a head shop. The juice in my bottle has held up very well over the years. And they're still selling them as cheap as they were in 2000. I'd be buying another one if I found one offered by a US or European seller.

blind buy, very reasonanly priced. luckilly, i do like it a lot. it smells natural and soft. i am not an expert when it comes to patchouli, i used to dislike it and avoid it for years. turns out i only dislike it in combination with sweet fruits, in other cases iusually find it quite interesting, and especially suitable for autumn. i smell patchouli mostly here, not much else. i do like it quite a lot, except a short moments for about 3-4 hours into wearing, when it gives a slightly unpleasant medicinal note. luckilly, it goes away. i do think it is for patchouli lovers.

Oh my goodness... This is one hell of a gorgeous patchouli in the sea of modern artificial patchouli perfumes today. Even if someone doesn't like patchouli, like myself, I will not hesitate to recommend this one to try. It's a soft, sweet, dusty and, wait for it...chocolatey patchouli with hint of vanilla in the dry down, smells sooo good and natural it's almost like aromatherapy. This is a comfort fragrance for me, warm and cosy. When I have it on it feels like I buried my face in soft Russian sable fur coat from the wardrobe of my grandmother. Mmmm... C'est magique.

Finally It's here on fragrantica!!! I'm screeching with joy! This is one of my favourite perfumes. It is so nice and rich smelling, you could never guess how little it costs. It is very similar to Juozas Statkevičius pefume (at least for me) Smells a little bit old fashioned (but isn't it a plus?) and the opening is quite loud, but once it settles it becomes mostly comforting and warm. I hope they will never discontinue it!