Silver Iris

Silver Iris has an opening with a soft fruity note of sweet orange and currants, gooseberries that immediately join the atalcado powdery iris marriage and violet leaves. This trio will form the union that causes all the fundamental essence of Silver Iris. Drying, it is added a "sweet" amber gives a denser, youthful look, something more feminine, a touch of patchouli and soft musk is also added to blend and extend the atalcada wake and sweet end (for my taste a sweet little old compared to the dusty since subtracts some prominence). This fragrance in many aspects of their development reminded me a lot Dior Homme, because although Silver Iris is fruitier and sweeter than Dior, yes it transmits that atalcado touch lipstick or makeup that has Dior Homme. medium-high quality, good length and moderate projection. Sometimes imitations of other successful fragrances tend to be somewhat unfortunate (most). I remember many: 1996 Byredo imitating Goutal Ambre Fetish, Chez Bond imitating Green Irish Tweed, to give some examples. But there are times you can improve, add or expand work already done with such an interesting or greater result than imitated, as in the case of Silver Iris compared to Dior Homme current and reformulated. So, either this work Atelier. Rating: 7

People are critical of Silver Iris because of the LVEB type fruitchouli sweetness it seems to resemble, but don't give up on it yet! Yes, I agree that Silver isn't the colour for it, it's not metallic or austere or cold or anything. I would imagine the colour of the scent would more closely resemble the berry-purple hue of the cap. It's a berry-iris. In fact, the iris here competes with a very serious opponent: the blackcurrant. A sugared, tart, sparkling, vivacious note, that follows the progression of the iris all into the drydown and even somewhat outlasts it. Maybe the blackcurrant + patch + ethylmaltol give it that LVEB vibe, but this is much less a syrupy mess and much more discerning. The iris itself is a bit rooty at inception, but then gloriously fat and lipsticky later. The blackcurrant may be prancing around, but the iris makes the composition worthwhile. The waxiness fades into the powdery background as time goes on, but the iris is still formidable. The base is quite musky to me. I agree that it leans on the feminine because of the sweet fruit. It may be an iteration on the sweet fruitchouli trend, but it has a lot more to offer than the vast majority of those. Longevity is really quite good.

I only discovered the Atelier brand shortly before they began to sell off their inventory. I purchased Silver Iris due to a new-found love for "lipsticky" fragrances. This one does not disappoint. However, I've noticed something in the times I've worn this fragrance. The first time I wore this, I was working from home during Covid quarantine. I sprayed the fragrance on me and the cotton t-shirt I was wearing. The fragrance stayed with me all day. Later in the evening when I wrapped up in a blanket, the fragrance was still there and just as nice as it was earlier in the day. Then I wore it to work - in the office - on a moderately cool day. I wore a sweater and I just knew I'd be able to smell the fragrance all day long. Well, that was incorrect. The fragrance did not last long on me that day at all!!! I realized that I'd neglected to go through my normal moisturizing routine when I got dressed. It's amazing how one thing can change the entire experience with a fragrance. I'll update when I wear it to work "with" my skin properly moisturized.

Estée Lauder destroys every company they buy up and cheapens the perfumes. I have a very good trustworthy spy who tells me EL buys up these companies and reformulates the perfumes with cheaper ingredients and weakens it and ruins everything they touch. Which is why I refuse to buy anything they have reformulated. I’d rather search for vintage versions and pay more. EL destroys every company they buy up. Fragrances are weakened and ingredients replaced with much cheaper alternatives . I wish everyone would boycott this evil company. Nothing they make is any good. Not their perfumes and definitely not their crap makeup and skin care. Then again I lost all respect for all perfumers who sell out to E.L. KNOWING they will butcher their creations. They just don’t care, all these ppl see are dollar signs. Greedy ppl who don’t care about their customers. Which is why I will never re purchase this one either. PS. This is just my opinion. You don’t have to agree. But those who know the truth...know I’m right.

I guess not many people are familiar with all the variations of natural orris: the absolute, the concrete, the variations based on its origin. The smell from the vial and the opening of this - that sugary, fruity blast, is 100% tuscan orris. Personally, I find it to be a gorgeous smell, and this scent does *the best* job of capturing this particular natural orris aspect. The "fruity violets", "sugar berries", "cotton candy" - those are all facets of this particular orris absolute. I believe the intent of this scent was to be a study on the iris raw material and flesh it out into a perfume (the raw material is a bit too thin/sweet/unidimensional to be fully satisfying worn by itself). Silver Iris adds some more body, fullness and dryness, but is still quintessentially iris/orris. To say that this is not like real iris is akin to saying that MPG Route du Vetiver doesn't smell like vetiver (because you know vetiver from say, Mugler Cologne), or to say that Sarrasins doesn't smell like jasmine.