Castelbajac

I love this perfum, I wear it for sevral years, its me :) i discoverd it sinds the beginning, i walked into a store and needed something else, so i took two samples of perfume, broght it home, and tested them, i went back and started my adiction on this scrent, its a shame they took it out of production :( but lucky i have still stock from it so i wont run out, i finaly changed my perfume when they did discontinu it,, even i have some bottles left, i alwys grab back on it.. the sweet almont it starts with that,, strong and sweet, than it goes smoother, lily-of-the-valley i smell them try the day time, together with the patchouli and vanille combined with the cedar, the musk i wont trace back. for me its soft but last all day on me, elegant, and very sensual, love it

I purchased this on the advice of a perfumer at a Seattle perfumery. It is almond, almond, almond, a bit of vanilla and musk and then almond, and more almond. If you like almond scents, which can be rather hard to find as a dominant noted parfum, try Castelbajac. You may love it. The bottle looks like a grenade and has this funky cool silver metal cord that you pull to make the spray device turn either on or off. Very different than anything I have ever tried. If you like this, try GF Donna by Giovanni Ferre. They are interestingly similar (despite not having all the same notes), ...minus the coconut and floral of GF which is a bit more complex and longer lasting.

It smells like almond liqueur. I love the scent of almond liqueur. I'd even open up a bottle of Frangelico just to smell it. I am not into wearing sweet scents, but I liked the development of this one on my skin, the kind of development I had not expected at all. Update 2020: still searching for a new almond liqueur-scented perfume. I was using my Rapid leather cream when this marzipan note reached my olfactory and I felt an overwhelming desire to get my hands on an amaretto hinted perfume. A mix with smoke or wood would add complexity to it. It would be perfect!

The Red bottle, and nothing but. Marzipan, mildly sweet marzipan with a hint of orange zest. So tender, innocent, refreshing, beautiful! It reminds me of the marzipan my father and I had in Toledo while on vacation there in 1999. It is the best Marzipan in the world. I can't find this fragrance anywhere. the clear pink glass bottle doesn't smell the same...

I just want to explain to all those who love this scent that the new 2017 Castelbajac Beautiful Day is actually the same scent as the 2001 Castelbajac (well, as same as it can be 17 years later). The perfumer is also the same - the great Maurice Roucel. So if looking for this little beauty, see if you can get a bottle of the new Beautiful Day!