Balmain de Balmain

Have you ever gone poking around in your wardrobe looking for something "different" and found something wonderful that you'd forgotten you had? This what happened to me this morning. Cold weather reignited my love of spices, leathers and gourmand sweets and I've been indulging myself lavishly over the last few weeks. But this morning's sudden drop in temps to below zero coupled with bright, blinding sunshine on a few inches accumulation of fine, dry snow and suddenly I found my nose positively itching for something clear, fresh, biting and green but not sour. What to do? Enter Balmain de Balmain. I've had a bottle & a back-up seemingly forever and was gifted another bottle recently but had ignored it in favor of my thicker/richer cold weather favorites. Mistake! BdB is simply perfect today - a hint of springtime's sparkling clarity on a very cold day. Balmain de Balmain is a friendly chypre with a comfortable warmth that's absent in most other chypres I own & have sniffed. I'll compare this fragrance to a party, one hosted by the very down-to-earth and amiable Mr. Patchouli, who really knows the art of inviting guests who complement one another. There's just enough powdery sweetness from lovely Miss Rose and charming Miss Violet to temper the bite of Mr. Galbanum, Mr. Oakmoss and Mr. Vetiver, who can be rather cold and formal gentlemen when not in mixed company. Miss Jasmine and Miss Iris are wallflowers - we're glad they were invited but they're not really adding much to the conversation. But this is one grand and lively party! The main players move about and keep the conversation stimulating and going for hours and hours. I don't remember noticing Balmain de Balmain's warmth or sweetness when I've worn it in warm & hot weather - those temps seemed to bring out more of a green chill and I found it refreshing. But I'm telling you, cold temps bring out an almost cozy sensation that's hitting all the right buttons today. Here's to rediscovering the neglected beauties in our wardrobes!

Light black pepper bondage and a bracing bite of galbanum open up Balmain de Balmain as if Grace Jones all dressed in angular purple came just a short of grabbing you by the dumplings with steely eyes and a flash of a grin. This, ladies and gentlemen and everyone else on the spectrum, the culmination of the green chypre as it meets its match: the duo of violet and cassis. Just a tad bitter, somewhat sour, grassy, wildflowers, stems, leaves and all, this has a vibrance and lilt that hovers over its edges and hedges. Violets are underlined by iris in the heart, and the floral quality isn't heady but rather glimmering. Glow little glow worm, glimmer glimmer, along those leaves and tendrils while your shield bug companions much on berries. Balmain de Balmain is vivacious but not necessarily feminine in its heart: it could be sensible pumps or handsome loafers with a striking color. It is simultaneously old-fashioned and modern, treading between reverie and being very much right in the moment. As it continues to dry down, it is reminiscent of the fabled Givenchy Insensé, albeit more violet-hued and with a backdrop of a dry glade surrounded by sun-warmed trees. The body of Balmain de Balmain speaks my language, but it speaks in a cadence that has me lost within its words. It's impeccable. Manly men, you would love it, don't be afraid of taking a dip in the fragrance lady pond.

پس از اینکه 2 شیشه از این عطر را مصرف کردم تازه متوجه شدم این عطر یک عطر زنانه است. البته برای نخستین بار آقای فروشنده آنرا بعنوان یک عطر مردانه بمن معرفی کرد و بوی آن آنچنان مرا تحت تاثیر قرار دادکه بلافاصله آنرا خریدم. بر روی شیشه هیچگونه علامتی مبنی بر زنانه بودن این عطر وجود ندارد. یکروز به یک فروشگاه معتبر عطر رفتم و این عطر را سفارش دادم و در کمال تعجب فروشنده بمن گفت که این عطر زنانه می باشد. بنظر من کاملا میتوان از آن بعنوان یک عطر یونیسکس نام برد. یادم می آید پسرم را زمانیکه 5 ساله بود برای معالجه دندانهایش نزد یک خانم دندانپزشک میبردم. پس از دو سه باری که به مطب رفتیم آن خانم بمن گفت ببخشید میتوانم بپرسم از چه عطری استفاده میکنید؟ هر موقع که به مطب من می آئید بوی خوب آن مرا سرمست میکند البته خیلی برایم دشوار بود که این سوال را بپرسم ولی بالاخره امروز آنرا مطرح کردم. یک عطر معرکه که از 10 به آن نمره 10 میدهم

This is one of my very favorite perfumes and is one of my two "Get on with it!" scents. When the errand list is long or I just don't want to go to work, I can always rely on it. Somewhere I read that it "opens with a crack of the whip of black pepper".Yes indeed and I always rely on galbanum to work its energizing magic. My other necessary scent in the magical duo of invigorating frags is vintage Aliage. I have lots of favorites in various categories, but today I needed a big push and so I knew it was one of these two. And as a woman I really like mixing it up with unisex to masculine scents one day and then feminine ones the next. Keeps the co-workers confused - my own personalized benefits package.

I loved this perfume from start to end. Instant adoration for me, but I simply can't get enough of Balmain perfumes. Thanks once again to the gorgeous Diamonds! This opens with a dry, crisp lemon blast which comes from the bergamot and the bitterness of the galbarnum . It then settles into a heavenly heart of flowers, which then dries down to a sweet woodsy mossy patchouli. This perfume runs along the same lines as Diorella and Cristalle Chanel and even has a shade or two of Chanel 19. Balmain de Balmain is a sharp, cool, green, bone dry fragrance, which is utterly ravishing, stunningly classy, beautifully crafted, has great longevity and good silage. A classic masterpiece!