La Selection Parfum Sacre

i got a decant of this from surrender to chance. they had 2 options, but i'm not sure which one i bought! they had the extrait and a more modern version, which now isn't on the site so i can't confirm, but i think it's this one? it's more rose heavy than the original seems to be from the description, so i hope i'm safe writing this here. i smell rose and subtle cinnamon with musks and soft resins. it's been fairly linear for awhile. this is very pretty and opulent and wraps you in it's warmth. it's voluptuous and a beautiful scent. i think i may need more than just my sample <3

The difference between the original Parfum Sacre and Parfum Sacre (2013)is, to me, this: this new version is much more "wearable" and pretty, for my taste. I found the original version much more pepper and incense than I could endure. In this newer version I get a lot more plush Rose, a nice sprinkling of pepper and delicious creamy Myrrh. On my skin both sillage and longevity are excellent. I find the new heavy, rectangular bottle very elegant. Parfum Sacre (2013) is certainly worthy to wear its' wonderful and fitting name.

Spicy & woody roses, like firewood covered with cinnamon-dried petals then set ablaze. What you smell is the smoke that wafts around, then it tapers down to resinous and still smoky woods. As intense as that description sounds, it's surprisingly not abrasively difficult to wear. Perfect for cool/cold weather, I'd wear this indoors in the winter. Lasts 8+ hrs (per the sample in the crook of my elbow), and projects quite strongly for the first 2 hrs.

I'm currently working through my sample collection, especially those that I didn't love, like Parfum Sacré which I got with a purchase and wouldn't have picked out on my own. This is one of those scents that have to dry down for a while to show their good side. The opening sometimes made me feel queasy while sampling, it's very sour and dry and has a dirty animalic quality to it that is just unpleasant to my nose... and my stomach. I have no idea which notes do this, as there are neither any animalics listed, nor 'problematic' spices like cumin or coriander. After the dirty notes have vanished, a powdery floriental with lots of spices unfolds. I think the notes list of the original version is closer to the actual scent than the one from this 2013 version, but I'm sure I'm reviewing the current one as I got my sample in a store last year. It's easy to single out cloves in this, but there are also intense cinnamon, black pepper, a barely sweet vanilla, myrrh and a classic floral bouquet. It's a very warm scent and smells a little dated, I was surprised to read that the original version was only issued in 1991 and not earlier. I think I would like this more if it was sweeter and had a creamier texture, it's a little too dry and powdery on my skin. But in the end, that's an issue of personal taste. I would only recommend this if you're used to the pungent openings some older style fragrances can have, but if you do, you can find an elegant, feminine spice fragrance in this.

I loved my first bottle of Parfum Sacré; the floral notes (which I always thought smelled like violet, rather than the rose listed), against an amazing base of spice (predominantly cloves), incense, wood and vanilla. Shortly after finishing my bottle, I replaced it (from the same La Collection edition), and was very disappointed to find definite changes: most notably there was very prominent modern musk in the base notes, which I really didn't like. Also, the fragrance had become very clingy and extremely long lasting - and not in a good way. I found that taking a shower when I'd been wearing Parfum Sacré that day brought out a disgusting dirty stale smell, which was still very much in evidence the following day, and proved very difficult to get rid of. Though my first bottle had been a strong and powerful fragrance, it definitely wasn't like that. I miss the Parfum Sacré of my original bottle, but I definitely won't be buying the latest edition without trying it first. Caron has changed beyond recognition in the last few years; I hope Parfum Sacré is now more like my original bottle (and also that the new editions of their other classics have not been drastically altered).

I adore the original vintage masterpiece Parfum Sacre while I greatly dislike the 'Intense' edition. This newer edition is the eau de toilette form of the eau de parfum; as such much softer, delicate but potent. This is a beautiful floral Oriental spicy with myrrh, frankincense and exotic spices from the East. This is totally unisex on it's own but this edition is feminine when compared to the more masculine 'Intense' and orignal parfum. A mature gentleman or lady can spray this cologne on a chilly winter evening and warm up with a blend of cinnamon, rose, and musk. Parfum Sacre is a Christmas night fragrance. Like Caron's Nuit de Noel, this perfume has the same sort of religious spiritual air, with a touch of the Near East Israeli Jerusalem vibe. This is a beautiful aromatic incense based perfume, smelling of floral incense and suggestive of either Jewish or Muslim incense. This can't really be compared to other fragrances but shares some things in common with Middle Eastern indie designer perfumes (i.e. Al Rehab) and has a spicier kick than something like Aramis Calligraphy Rose or Jovan Secret Amber. If you're into spices in your fragrance, this is such a spice bomb. Opens with spices from the get-go. This is a spiced up cinnamon and black pepper. Not gourmand. Dry, not sweet, dark cinnamon and quite assertive in it's aroma. The scent lingers for a while before softening into rose. The single floral note gives this scent the feel of a rose based incense from Turkey. This is a smoky rose, a rose that you smell in a church or mosque. The scent of the rose here is mysterious and complex. I don't get any other floral notes. The original had jasmine in it but here the rose is allowed to bloom and warm up with incense. This is a beautiful absolutely beautiful rose perfume, though a much more mystic rose than your typical sweet powdery or garden rose. The dry notes appear to be resins and incense. The myrrh and frankincense recall the Three Wise Men gifts to baby Jesus as I was able to get from Nuit de Noel. The myrrh in this one however is mixed up with leather and musk. The musk is soft and feels like a glove. Quite a wearable musk and warm, wintery, like putting on a winter coat and with the incense all around, it has a kind of Russian winter vibe. Smells of ushankas (Russian fur cap) and big coats, gloves, and leather boots which are worn to walk through snow. This is a warm wintery Christmas perfume and can even be worn with (as in layered with) Nuit de Noel. The notes match up. This is a fine fragrance mist and though not a dense sillage, it has a soapy and very lovely soft quality that is so lovely and so easy to wear - even to bed. So much love for Sacred Perfume! Merry Christmas

here we have this parfum from the La Sélection Series, Homages to for instance 'Parfum Sacrée' and 'Piu Bellodgia'. what immediately strikes is the duo Black Pepper and Rose. (I had the [already more modern] Edp Intense.) wherein they kept this inimitable Duet of Irresistibility, which it is for me. then the perfume acquieres depth upon depth (just as with 'My Ylang' and 'Piu Bellodgia'). it has that Parisian chiqueness and when I go out (shopping for groceries for instance) you have the 'haute Madame' feeling. its Ingredients have been compressed from Rose, Mimosa, Orange Blossom, Jasmine and Vanilla for the original Parfum Sacré to the kept sublime Rose. rounded and spiked with the spices & resins Myrrh, Cinnamon and Pepper which together neither do make a wallflower of this perfume. it even has reminiscences to Gale Hayman's Beverly Hills (1990). the Myrrh further gives it longevity and while preferring civet or civetone, it just does the job. I belong to that half of humanity who can not detect 'white musk'. (it shall make the Ingredients float and lend buoyancy.) at least that is no omittance here. this is a 'Grande Dame' and Caron one of the venerable 'Maisons de Parfum'.

Parfum Sacre was one of my favourites for many years, the peppered rose and incense combined to make zen in a bottle for me. Unfortunately most of the grand classics in Caron have been pretty badly reformulated, and the current Parfum Sacre in the rectangular bottle smells very far from the original vision. I assume some myrrh is still there since it smells very much like face powder, but I cannot discern the rose or pepper anymore. It is also extremely weak, much more so than most reformulations. Pretty good longevity, but the drydown, again, is far from the original and smells like a vanilla musk. It's actually quite a nice vanilla musk, but it's not Parfum Sacre. Caron disappoints yet again. Some time ago they were awarded with the recognition of Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant in France (along with Guerlain and Molinard), anyone smelling Caron's perfumes these days would surely consider stripping them of that title.

Opening smells like soft leather with cinnamon, but I believe I am really sniffing some musk and spices. After the initial opening it turns to powder, leather and violets on me. The rose or pepper notes are hidden, but I suspect they are just well blended into the fragrance. Four hours into this scent and I smell like dusty violets. It is nice, pleasant and safe, but I do not think I will replace my 2 ml sample. This is my second wearing. The sillage is soft to moderate. The longevity is just okay at six hours or so then it is a skin scent. It did last longer, but close to skin and there 10 hours and still going strong.

On me this smells like peppery civet. There's an overwhelmingly animalic smell that makes it a scrubber on me. I've never smelled the original, so I can't compare, but on its own, this doesn't smell anything like the list of notes would suggest it should. I get urine, pepper and the tiniest hint of myrrh. This went on for about 2 hours and I couldn't take the smell any more so I scrubbed. I should try to find some of the original because it seems to be well loved.

This is the pure spicy scent of Christmas-- picture a warm, burning log fire-- with roses strewn around the room! Deep and creamy with great longevity. Perfect for a dark, cold winter night, basking in the glow of candles and this rich, classy scent for the holidays.

The cinnamon vibe in the fragrance reminds me of Coca-Cola, and also Coco by Chanel, but It has a so deep and intense animal note like a civet. It makes me nauseous and suffocating.

Peppery, crimson rose. The new version is still good, perhaps a little lighter and thinner compared to the vintage version. A rose lover's must-try.

I went on line to buy some of this, and Caron seems to have disappeared with "out of stock" all over. Where is it? What is going on?

Lovely. I wish it was alittle more balsamic like coco by chanel but still lovely. Cinnamon,rose,smoky,musky,myrhh