WF/2020

You'll start your day with a warm dominant Saffron-Ambrette opening paired with rose and patchouli on a woody musky fresh background. Rose and Patch will be the main players troughout the scent's lifetime. After 1h you'll sense some fruity notes with a leathery impression coming up. You'll find warm and musky aspects in the mids. On the dry down the florals will take the back seat (floral notes extend the sense of rose into the later stages) while woods with green aspects (the roses stems if you will) on a soapy musk will take the front stage. On the very first sample WF/2020 was a tad too heavy for me. The Rose-Patch-Double-Punch reminded me too much of the weighty scents i had to endure during english class when I was small. Yet while fall temperatures are setting in, this scent starts to grow on me and it does wear well with a jumper. It actually isn't that heavy old-schoolish Rose to begin with. Selig cut off the flourishes and the punchy effect scents of this category tend to have in favor of a realistic experience. While keeping a modern approach with Notes evocative of saffron, suede, green woody notes and restrained red fruity notes. Is it workplace appropriate? I'm undecided myself. As a guy i feel rose is a bit of an experiment when it comes to the office especially when it tends to have sillage before moving closer to the skin somewhere around the third hour. But in casual settings (read home office) this wears well IMHO. It feels comfy and is a great start in the morning. And when the rain starts to fall and the soil and pavements get wet, WF/2020 comes alive and is a true experience I wouldn't want anybody interested to miss out on.

I got a surprise sample of (I think) this perfume, because it was also written “ultimate patchouli”, so I got a bit confused. I had never heard about this brand before, so I had to spend some time trying to understand the brand concept and scent name. I was not excited about it, but of course I wanted to try it. The opening was amazing!!! Amazing, amazing, amazing! Truly good. I got rich lady vibes, that goes to air conditioned shopping malls, with a personal driver, and sits in fancy restaurants ordering wine by the year: “oh yes, 98 was a great year for wines from this region...”. This scent is extremely elegant, but in a capitalistic decadent way. The smell of money and power. The kind of smell of someone that lives above all struggles of life, and has already made so much money, they just want to enjoy what capitalism can offer at its best. The dry down is softer, and the perfume gets quieter, intellectual and more introspective, as if this rich person doesn’t want to force their presence anymore, but they are firmly there, asserting their position of power in a smart and strategic way. The longer it stays on my skin, the sweeter it gets. But I don’t find this a sweet perfume at all, my skin just tends to make everything smell sweet at some point. I really loved this scent. It’s aspirational and I feel like it gives me strength. It’s not for everyday, but I can use it as an armour. It’s the scent of someone who made it. Someone who doesn’t care about being agreeable and doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone anymore.

Although im a rose fan, i never really like any rose patch combination, until i have tried this one. The rose here is quite sweet but its blended rightly with bergamot before patchouli comes in. Once it settles down you will get some floral notes. All of this happens on a soft creamy base which i guess is from musk and suede. Unisex but leans toward feminine side. Immediate love and at the price point this one comes in, its definitely gonna be a FB purchase for me.

I love this, it's like a calmer, quiet version of Elle by YSL and Very Irresistable EDP. Low sillage, moderate strength. But it doesn't need to announce its presence. It's too elegant for that. It waits for you to notice.

Such a pretty sweet scent. Its more of a sweet floral. The saffron and suede i think add that sweetness and creaminess to the rose & peony with the musk that gives it a clean & fresh aspect. Very beautiful.