Sienne l ́Hiver

Sienne l'Hiver is truly a masterpiece: original, well blended and long lasting. Together with Bois d'ombrie Bertrand made a pair of twins for Eau d'Italie. Those twins that don't look (smell) alike but you can tell from miles away they are so. They definitely share dna. My only concern regarding Sienne l'hiver is its wearability. I haven't been able to think of any occasion to use it without feeling I'd be bothering others. It is too one of a kind in a bizarre way... like a work of art only enjoyable by specialists. I feel tempted to describe it (the olive smell, the herbal vibe, the extreme coldness...) but I have been going through my small sample for 2 years now and still find it awkward. Amazing but detached, aloof, unreachable. It's definitely a fragrance I'd love to have for a perfume fair to show the world the wonders of fragrance, what these masters like Bertrand can create... but as a personal scent 100ml would stay unsprayed for decades. I love it but wouldn't wear it.

I have legitimately tried three of hs fragrances wanting to like each one because of all the hype surrounding him as an artist... but once more I'm slightly disappointed. This particular fragrance captures the grey moodiness of autumn unquestionably and successfully so, however it seems entirely inappropriate for anything outside of a novelty candle or sent for a home or apartment. It has that "typical" niche quality about it that makes it wearable only by those that are aiming to be unique, however it lacks the smell of a well-crafted fragrance worthy of a master perfumer's signature. Bitter, grey, somewhat depressing. 3/5 I'll stick to Nicolai, thank you.

Sadly discontinued, one of the first fragrances that really lured me into the world of niche. Ormonde Jayne Evernia reminds me of Sienne l'Hiver a bit, but Evernia is significantly warmer. Sienne is the coldest fragrance I have ever smelt, it is the body temperature of an anemic vampire in a stone coffin deep down in the damp and dark forgotten crypt of the Duomo di Siena. It's sinister, unforgiving and truly gothic. No warmth, no future and no hope. I love it so much but it's like the Cures' Pornography album, you must be in the right mood to listen to it otherwise it will become unbearable and dangerous for a simple human being.

Sienne l'Hiver (Siena in Winter). This one is definitely unique. I get loads of fern in this composition, which reminds me of my grandparents' garden. Indeed, this one is quite woody with a refreshing tone of violet leaf and some hay to give it a countryside feel to it, it is quite green. For me it is quite linear, which is great. The longevity is average, about six hours with moderate to soft projection. It is one of the better Eau D'Italie fragrances that fits the season of Spring perfectly, which makes me me think why is it called Siena in Winter? In any case, I do recommend trying it out, it is a delight to wear it.

Despite its winter description, I get some lovely fresh flowers at the opening, almost rose-like. But it soon does settle into chilly, smoky, olive tree with salt air, even a hint of dill pickle, and still some lingering florals. I can definitely get behind the imagery of a charismatic old European city on a winter evening (or maybe a cool autumn evening). Has some similarity to the feel of Passage d’Enfer, with the cool stone and lilies and incense. Beautiful!

Sienne l'hiver is like a morning walk in the countryside in a winter day, you can feel the humidity fill your lungs. It's a melancholic end introspective perfume. It opens with fern and violet leaf and after a while iris. I don't detect the smell of olive. Longevity and sillage are good. It's a very particular and unusual scent but if you don't like cold, green and earthy perfume Sienne l'Hiver is not for you because there's no sweetness in it

If you've ever tried a saperavi wine that is almost exactly what this smells like. Savoury, cool, fresh, ever so slightly funky. I get quite a bit of iris, and an almost grassy sent. I haven't been to Siena, but one year I spent Christmas just outside of Florence. Smelling this I can imagine myself back there breathing in the cold morning air in the fields.

Liquid Winter. No joke. This may be a turnoff for many, as it is a very somber, almost depressing scent. It's grey, Winter nostalgia. I'm from the northeast, so imagine a cold day after the snow has gotten a bit dirty on the pavement and the smell of the cold nothing is in the air. That's this one. Not one I care for but one that I undeniably recognize.

Literally the most depressing scent I've ever smelled. I don't care for most of his fragrances, but he's captured Winter as a concept piece extraordinarily well. This is the color grey, bottled. If you're from the northeastern US, you'll appreciate this one.

Winter is my favorite time of year. I love snow, overall calmness and peace a winter brings, I love holidays. I like wearing coats and robust jackets and boots. However, all this cold and freeze has its dark side, and it's exactly what Sienne l'Hiver captured for me. It's like, if a winter fog could have a smell, it would smell like this. Sienne l'Hiver is a green, herbal perfume, with a lot of different grassy and aromatic notes. The notes in this scent, however, are hard to dissect for me. The only two notes I can put my finger on are orris and geranium, both in the heart of the fragrance and both earthy and dusty in a way. The rest is a sea of greenness in the opening and the woodiness in the base. People here mostly feel a fern note and it doesn't help me a little bit, since I have no clue what fern smells like. Also, hay note could be spotted by someone, just like violet leaf, I cannot say they are not here, but all I feel is a complex conglomerate of grasses, herbs and leaves. Both longevity and sillage are moderate, with the scent being closer to the skin as the time passes and more woods appear. All that being said, I think I'd prefer this scent if it was a candle, or another home fragrance type. That doesn't say that it cannot be worn, it can, in a variety of ways, seasons and occasions. Still, if it was an ambiental smell, it would fit the story better. I'll give my best to explain this. On a man it is green, sharp and aromatic. However, if the point was to capture the essence of winter air, it was done very successfully - even if it doesn't sound that way being that green and winter don't really sound complementary. Now, you cannot really feel an atmosphere of winter from a man (or woman, it doesn't matter). The perfume worn by a person is what I said, green, sharp and herbal and, even if different from other similar perfumes, it is still, in a way, ordinary. The cloud of perfume is a whole other story. You see, it would get 10/10 from me if it was meant to be a concept, a smell, or a candle. In this case, I feel like wearing it makes a disservice to its quality perception. 7.75/10

More a scent of time and space, this evocative creation by Bertrand Duchaufour is his reminiscing about wintry days in the city of Siena, Italy. Combining notes of violet leaf, geranium, black olive, white truffle, smoke, woods, coal roasted chestnuts, autumn leaves, french straw, iris root, and white musk, he creates this serene and contemplative scent which is mysterious, contemplative and serene. This is a perfume that wont dazzle a lot of people or put them in swoon filled ecstasies but will take them to more reflective, sentimental moments in their life. Perfect for wintry days while you sit and enjoy your espresso and look into the snow falling on the street or your yard. Moderate in sillage, long lasting, well blended and most importantly, utterly unique!

Sienne l'Hiver opens with geranium leaf, violet petals, and fern, but I can only describe what my nose smells: Dry olives in powder. Ever since I smelled the drugstore body mist Olive and Aloe from Healing Gardens, I realized how much I love the smell of olives, although I hate the taste! The olive note is obvious, but not overpowering because it is softened by the powder (or the blend that smells like powder to my nose). I would like to say Sienne l'Hiver is a well-balanced fragrance, but that awesome olive note simply drowns in all that powder. I suspect Eau d’Italie tries too hard to be like Serge Lutens because their frags, the ones I have tried, all have that same powdery drydown. Overall, Sienne l'Hiver is unique, and definitely worth sampling.

Sienne l'Hiver is a very kitchen-garden smell for me. Dill, geranium, all the herbs blended together. Very grassy green dry non-sweet scent. Totally can see how a man can wear it. Women? Not every, as absolute lack of sweetness will repell the majority of females. Those strongest left might immensely enjoy this version of winter - a winter when violets and irises are in flower and predominant color outside is green, not white. Winter looks and feels radically different where I live, so I can use Italian winter scent during my spring or early summer - when after a long frigid winter you so look forward to blue skies, fresh leaves and first flowers.

An original scent but not a full bottle for me at this time. I agree with the reviewers who call this herbal and green. Not something I would have pictured as l'hiver, unless one is wistful for spring in the middle of winter and breathes in this scent to catch a glimpse of the future or a memory of the past. Longevity is good, more than six hours for me but it started and remained close to the body. I prefer the fuller Tauer's Reverie Au Jardin if I were to get a bottle of green. This is lovely but more watered down and more of a sibling to Calvin Klein's Truth.

I wonder if Duchaufour read The Song of Ice and Fire . I kept thinking what that blue flower "winter rose" would smell like. Thanks to Duchaufore, the Winter Rose now have a scent, although it's not a rose. The soft almond-plastic+rice-powder floral lying on the deathly-cold bed of dry moss and rotten leaves, this is what Lyanna smelt when Raeghar crown her with the laurel of blue winter rose.

whoever described it as floral green must have missed something out..i smell wood, and a lot of it too. wood, incense and geranium. quite a peculiar smell. very square, very clear and confident. i see a person wearing it as ambitious but a little shallow. i think that the scent is lacking deepness and character. on the other hand it's quite easy to wear, might be perfect for the office:-)

I am no ta blond (Kterhark) :-) but I love it. No bleach on me. Its a fresh and uplifting pefrume. Spring Summer-very light. Its very close to skin On me it is a light woody green

scent : 9/10 sillage : 7/10 longevity : 7/10 70% day / 30% night fragrance nice green,violet and woody scent Reminds me of grey flannel

Floral, green, too feminine for me, but pleasant.

The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel 1565

This is a bit of an odd one in that my experience was not what I expected. I was a little let down when I smelled this in my sample vial at first. I think I thought it would be more "wintery" in my New England way of thinking about winter - cold, wet, icy, maybe some pine. My first impression was a sort of muddy kind of slightly spiced dark floral with a distinct vintage turn. I don't think this fragrance is for me, but reading the blurb here about what feelings this scent is supposed to evoke and what that hallmarks of a Siena winter are, I understand it more. I do get a wet sort of decaying leaves on cobblestone accord. The hay note is surprisingly strong and it's where most of the sweetness in this fragrance comes from. The fern, hay, and violet leaf are the leaders here and they are an interesting take on a green scent. I like this aspect of this perfume, but there's something a little stanky on a deep level here that just sort of spoils it for me. It doesn't smell like truffle. I guess it could be something with the labdanum and guaiac, though it doesn't really smell like those things either. One of those instances where the sum is greater than the whole, perhaps, though it's a whole I'm not particularly fond of. There are some interesting things going on with this scent when you take the time to read about the inspiration and think about the fragrance intellectually. I think it doesn't have great curb appeal, but it's got solid bones in a wood stain that I absolutely hate. I appreciate the time I spent with this perfume, though, and it just underscores that even scents you don't like can have something to teach you. 5/10.

Oh god, yes, Kterhark - bleach! This is what I'm getting as well. I applied it on my wrist while I was at work and after I applied a client came in, so I had to speak with him not sniff my wrist. We spoke and I got whiffs of what I can only describe as - oh my god this smells so disturbing and bad. I have tried almost all Eau D'Italie line and it's somehow very god, but this one is such a no no for me. It's not green, it's incensy, woody, bitter and very wrong on my skin.

Smells like canned black olives and goldfish crackers on my skin. This is the first I’ve ever had a perfume smell like cheese. It’s not a horrible scent but I have zero desire to smell like a generic appetizer board. Who knows, maybe it would be nice for a warm winter day (50sF) but it’s oddly yummy yet off putting in warm summer weather (90sF). Unisex leaning masculine.

Microwaved truffles infused with coal tar.

خیلی دور؛خیلی نزدیک عاشق طبیعت مناطق کوهستانی و شکوه زندگی مردمان اون مناطقم و هر چیزی که نشانه هایی از اون فضا و محیط در خودش داشته باشه؛بشدت منو تحت تأثیر قرار میده و به وجد میاره و اگر اون اتفاق خجسته از طریق خاطرات بویایی رخ بده؛این وجد و سُرور صد چندان خواهد شد. از گذار پاییز و زمستانی در این مناطق؛خاطرات بکر و بی همتایی در حافظه ی بویاییم نقش بسته که آمیخته ای از نوستالژی،اشتیاق و شکوهه. دود برخاسته از سوختن چوب ها و سوخت های ویژه ای که برای گرم کردن برخی اماکن استفاده میشن،جنگلی که بوی خشک چوبها و برگهاش مسحور کنندست و عطر سرکش و جادویی علوفه های خشک شده که از انبار های کاه گلی به مشام میرسه؛جادوی پخش شده در هوای یک دهکده ی کوهستانیه که در یک روز سرد پاییزی و بویژه زمستانی یه سمفونی فراموش نشدنی رو به اجرا در میارن. Sienne l ́Hiver عطر زمستانی شهری دور تر از اینجاست که انگار خاطرات بویایی زمستانه ی مشترک زیادی با هم داریم!فضایی که خیلی دور؛اما بسیار نزدیکه و لمسی از یک روز زمستانی رو به زیبایی بدست میده. Sienne l ́Hiver با سبزی تازه و پر از لطافتی باز میشه که در بستری از رایحه ی برگ ها و گیاهان خشک با حس چرکین خفیفی در جریانه.دقایقی پس از این شروع ویژه؛حس کثیف از بین میره و زنبق پودری با حالتی درخشان وارد کار میشه که بر لطافت و تازگی تأکید داره. عطر سبز بنفشه در کنار زنبق پودری در فضایی گیاهی و خشک و غبار آلود تا مدتها به مشام خواهد رسید و نسیم سردی که از قلب یه جنگل خزون زده میاد و در کوچه هایی خاکی و نم زده می پیچه رو تداعی می کنه. به مرور بنفشه تازه و لطیف و حاشیه ی پودری از فضا دور میشن و خزه ی سبز،تند و کمی آبدار با حالتی گوشه دار به فضای خشک و خاکی گیاهی اضافه میشه تا عطر به سمت نمایشی از چهره ی تاریک و خشن زمستان حرکت کنه.فضایی از انبار های علوفه ی خشک و سبزی یخ بسته ای که با قدرت به مشام میرسه قلب Sienne l ́Hiver هست. با ضعیف شدن حالت گیاهی خشک؛عطر تمی صمغی و کمی دودی به خودش می گیره که با ورود به بیس آشنای دوشافو-او د ایتالی و در فضایی نم زده و دوی یک روز زمستانی در دهکده ای کوهستانی به پایان میرسه. Sienne l ́Hiver عطری خاص؛از فضایی خاصه که رایحه ای طبیعی داره و در عین ارائه ی حسی از خشونت و سیاهی زمستان؛همه چیز اون در اوج ظرافت و درخشندگی قرار داره.عطر با کنتراست بین تازگی و خشکیدگی حاصل از بنفشه و زنبق که در مقابل چوب ها و گیاهان خشکیده قرار دارن شروع میشه و پس از نمایش قلبی خشک و گوشه دار باز هم به کنتراست بین طراوت و سر سختی میرسه؛اما اینبار از زاویه ای که برای علاقمندان کارهای دوشافو در خانه ی او د ایتالی آشناست:تقابل طراوت سبز و آبدار با فضای صمغی-خاکی و دود گرفته! Sienne l ́Hiver عطر پیوند خاطراتی مشترک از حال و هوایی زمستانیه؛فرقی نداره از چه نقطه ای و متعلق به کدوم مختصات جغرافیایی.هر چقدر هم دور که باشه؛یه حس مشترک رو زنده میکنه که موجب نزدیکی همه میشه:طراوت و نشاط زندگیِ جاری در سایه های خشک و عبوس زمستانی! موندگاری حدود 9 ساعته با نشر کاملا متوسط و کیفیتی سطح بالا! کامنت:م.ع (سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل

I bought this out of curiosity... And I found it in Winners, I so rarely see any niche perfume in there I just handed out my credit card and bought it on the spot! But I must admit I was disappointed ! The bottle is cilindrical not square, looking like the second pic on fragrantica. I sprayed it once and inhaled deeply hoping for a mysterious and natural smell... Nothing like that. It was strong, pungent, bitter green. No femininy whatsoever . Such a disappointment ! My daughter said,,, it smells like old books! Yes, she was right.... There is an old book smell in this scent that I usually associate with mouldy buildings ....I didn't spray more, one spray was enough for me.... I let it develop.... It lasted a long time, luckily without a lot of silage since I didn't like it at all.... The scent did turn quite a bit, becoming a little warmer in the end. Still , the beginning killed it for me. It was , in my opinion, lacking any " joie de vivre ", or joy of life. It was gloomy, cold, somewhat serious and somewhat sad.... It reminded me of Mitsouko but without the peach... Another one I couldn't wear. I conclusion... It is a very well crafted scent..,unisex, but leaning more towards masculine. It is also quite complex and not easy to understand, this is a mature perfume. I could see it " feeding " on of my rare depressive moments .... Which isn't something I want to accoplish... But I could work well for someone who doesn't smell like to smell like fruits and flowers and all things sweet... Except some special l moments, I usually prefer sunny and happy scents, more wholesome and simple and soft. Off for swap it went, after a single spray, and to my great surprise got a number of inquiries.... I guess we are all different and my perception of a scent could be entirely different than yours. Lesson noticed, for the hundredth time .... Try before you buy!

I feel as though I've smelled the opening of Eau d'Italie SIENNE L'HIVER many times before. Something about the slightly sweet, violet-scented finely powdered cedar? Yes, the opening moments of this composition smell very familiar indeed. It's cedar, not iso-E-super, so I'm happy to be in the presence of this scent, no matter how many times I've smelled it before. (Creed LOVE IN BLACK, anyone?) Somehow I managed yet again to select for testing a creation by Bertrand Duchaufour. I am actually starting to wonder whether I might be a Duchaufour magnet. My hand seems naturally to reach for the Duchaufour hiding in any cache of samples! Fortunately, I like his work, so with rare exceptions, I have been happy with the new discoveries I have hit upon. SIENNE L'HIVER joins the winners, in my book. After a few minutes, this creation begins to reveal its distinctness--this is not a clone or a knock-off or even an unintentional copy of anything else because the drydown is very different from the opening. Once the cedar and violet have faded, then more of a ferny quality emerges, making me begin to see what one reviewer has referred to as "medieval" and "melancholy". Actually, looking over the reviews here at Fragrantica, it appears that we are all talking about different perfumes! I love the opening, however redundant it may seem, but I also like the drydown, which is more of a savory grayish green than a sweet purplish cedar scent. It's as though the perfume has started out its day full of vim and verve and then winds down for a nap. Or perhaps a better comparison would be the short days which we are now experiencing in Boston, with the sun setting by 4pm. Brightness cedes to twilight over the course of a short period of time. For some this may be a source of seasonal affective disorder. For others, it could represent a felicitous extension of the night.

So this is what Siena smells like, eh? Because it smells a LOT like the wonderfully nostalgic scent of Sunday dinner in a NY Italian-American home! This is a bowl of olives you get your hand slapped away from because you’re ruining your appetite, and a hug from your favorite aunt — her ferny fragrance, jingling gold jewelry and all. In fact, this is your favorite aunt covertly passing you a little dish with those olives you have been eating too many of. She never liked her sister-in-law (your mother) anyway. Eat the olives, she says, but be quiet about it, okay? The genius of Bertrand Duchafour is that no one would ever set out to smell like a dish of olives nestled in a fern gully, and yet here I am, compulsively smelling my wrist. I get why this feels “cold” and winterish to many, but this feels cozy to me — being wrapped in a blanket on a cold day, maybe. As this dries down I definitely get that musty, stones-after-a-cold-rain scent that reminds me of old churches. The sweetness of hay emerges, and maybe too the freshly turned earth in the graveyard just beyond the church. I can see why some people liken this to Coven, but the latter is spicier and boozier to me. This leans greener, fresher. This is expansive, cool, open air. Coven is the utterly still air of a crypt. This feels a bit too masculine for me to pull off, but I’m putting this on the short list for full bottle consideration anyway. The opening is truly special. This is an experience.

Sienne L'Hiver by Eau D'Italie is a fragrance with very little warmth or colour. Created by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour to capture the ancient town of Siena in Winter, this scent smells of ice, earthy iris, snow-dusted greenery and bitter resins. The opening top notes were akin to a blizzard; a flurry of iris, metallic violet and moist fern. Although strange, I found this fragrance somewhat appealing on the skin, and as the fragrance settled I came to expect a powdery iris drydown with a hint of sweet labdanum and dusty hay. Sienne L'Hiver instead surprises with a salty, cured seafood aroma which is not altogether unpleasant but makes you re-think your choice in choosing to wear it. I enjoy the uniqueness of Sienne L'Hiver and its herbal take on fern, iris, hay and resins. I admittedly find it a little masculine on my skin as I am used to soft, powdery irises as opposed to cold, dry representations. Sienne L'Hiver also brings to mind cold cement, as I see shades of grey when I smell this fragrance. The sillage is moderate but not overly strong, and the lasting power is fairly decent despite the EDT concentration. Sienne L'Hiver is my first foray into the house of Eau D'Italie. I like their creative, artistic approach to perfumery and I look forward to sampling more from this niche brand.

I love the original Eau'Italie, with the clay and clover notes. All the others are nice and interesting but not bottle worthy for me. After reading most of the reviews, I got my sample. First I got what someone said about it smelling like a green branch broken off a tree, and I do allso get that green sappy smell, like in Dyptique Philosykos. Then I thought of someone saying it smelled like, "Grey Flanel", yes I get that, but a fresher Grey Flanel. The negative comments about it smelling like bitter vegetables, yeah, I get that, not very pleasant, maybe more like week old vegies in the trash, bitter, and sour. It is a bit aromatic in a fairly pleasant way; I get the French hay, the green fern, and a touch of carrot like Iris. I agree that it's more interesting than wearable. I like fragrance as art, and I like natural, earthy, realistic fragrances like Dyptique makes; But they can be made to be very wearable, but this is not for the most part. I applied more of my sample today, and it made me think about ELdO bodily excretions fragrance which I never tried, but I thought it may smell something like this; It kind of smells like sour BO, very creative. :( Rating: 6/10 God bless. John 3:16

Sienne L'Hiver by Eau d'Italie - One is initially treated to a rush of herbal greenness. The peppery verdancy of geranium leaf intermingles with the mowed grass, tinged with cucumber, of violet leaf. A faint sweetness from rushes and fern drift in the background. Transitioning to the heart, an animalic castoreum, with its mesmerizing salty, oily, sweaty, smoky and nutty aspects, bathes the greens in an exotic, abraded-leather aura. Iris root parades it woody floralcy, while white truffle imparts its strangely elegant, sulphuric nuances. And, frankincense flaunts its balsamic and faintly mineral, mystical aromatics. Segueing to the base, an intriguing wave of petrichor gives the illusion of raindrops spashing on cobblestones, while hay casts its sweetly warm and pungent character. Guaic wood infuses its rosy and faintly smoky woodiness. And, labdanum presents its resinous nuances of ambergris and incense, as well as tar and leather. A wondrous drydown ensues. A truly masculine scent, this well-blended and high-quality composition has radiating projection and very good longevity, about 10 hours.

You'll have a hard time bonding with this fragrance if you're not blonde. Because if you are, you're familiar with the two hour process it takes to keep it that way. This smells just like the bleach creme that goes on your head every few months. This is probably why I'm drawn to it- I associate the smell with pampering. L'hiver is a frosted pane of glass looking out on a fat lady's high note. It's both off putting and alluring at the same time, and I keep going back for more to see if I can better wrap my head around it. I really thought there was iris here, and suspect it's the fern that brings the opening chill. I highly recommend trying, because scent wears differently on everyone and you never know. For me it's not a color I"ll keep, but I"m glad we crossed paths.

There's a gorgeous peppery quality to this, lurking amongst the woody notes. I never see this as herbal or aromatic on me at all, it's a very woodsy perfume on my skin. But, just hanging in the background is a smell I can only describe as wet dog. The other smells that are going on are all really nice and interesting - very autumnal, smoky and mysterious - but this wet dog scent keeps popping up every so often. It drives me crazy because if it wasn't for whatever that note it, I would jump to buy a full bottle of this. It's a very interesting and original scent, so I'm going to give it a few more tries in the hope the wet dog thing was just a one off. Fingers crossed!

It opens beautiful and green, at about half an hour mark greens start drying into hay, but some weird hints starts developing, something not belong in that hay... And at 1 hour mark I know what it is... cold smoked fish! It sure great with beer, but do I want to smell like this, even if I'm going to bar to drink some beer? No, definitely no! By about 4th 5th hour somebody finally finishes that fish, and it turns into rather pleasant scent of gaiac wood and hay with a bit of olibanum, but at this stage it is strictly skin scent, and in 2 more hours it's gone completely. As much as I love hay scented perfumes, this one is definitely not for me.

ELMIFRA, how funny, I think it's cold, distant and serene, but I agree it's strikingly beautiful. Like the foggy streets of a medieval city at dawn. It actually feels like chilly air. Would I be saying this if it had a different name? Probably not, but this name (Siena in winter) conjures up such a powerful visual to me, and the scent composes the perfect background music to it. It's a perfect match. I can't say it smells of this or that, because it doesn't. This is one of those etheral scents that have an atmosphere rather than a scent made up of distinct, recognizable components. And a very interesting and rarely experienced one at that.

I tried it from the shelves of a shop. I didn't know Sienne l'Iver is by Douchafour, one of my favourite noses. I was astonished by its originality. New, interesting notes giving a precise idea of winter snowy days in Italy. Now that I have read it has an olive note I can detect it. Honestly it's disturbing the idea of wearing olives .... but still the parfume is a masterpiece. Douchafour is always able to seduce me with olfactive landscapes. A great smell painter, this man.

This is the first scent that taught me that perfume is truly and art form. It took me on an olfactory journey so atmospheric, that I actually felt I was in that street in Sienna on that cold, winter's day, surrounded by the smells of hay, truffles, damp flagstones, ferns and violets.I would call this a serene, contemplative scent - not one to wear on a date, for sure!I would gladly wear this for a day studying in the library or at home engrossed in a novel.

It is very hard for me to break this fragrance down into notes. It does an admirable job of conveying its inspiration-- at first I get the impression cold earth. As it dries down I pick up a little bit of 'barbershop' (the fern?) and powder (iris or violet leaf?). Again, these cold notes leave an impression of winter. Some winter fragrances try to convey warmth in a spiced ambery lushness, this perfume instead mimics the feeling its name invokes.

I was expecting a lot from this frag after reading its review in one of many perfume blogs. My impression was that it should be herbal and windy yet a bit smokey. Indeed, it is herbal in the start, in a very bitter way - smells like slightly withered geranium leaves. Then it develops into... carrot juice! Sweetly-bittery in a way that only carrot juice can be. I still can't decide whether I like it or not.

Not my cup of tea. I do not find anything feminine here, it is too herbal and bitter, headache giving fragrance. The papyrus note is not beautiful as in Midnight Oud by JHG, I can hardly detect it. Really interesting fragrance, unusual enough to be given a try,but I will never buy this and I think I will not like it on a man too.

It doesn't remind me of winter at all. It is dusty, slightly synthetic. When I think about winter, pine trees, apples, ginger come to mind, not this. I can distinguish geranium, woody smell, maybe some dry herbs (almost like parsley) - it sounds weird, but this is what it reminds me of... I wish I could like it more...

This is why I love perfume! What a work of art. I didn ́t think it was possible to smell like black olive brine and enjoy it :) All the listed notes are there, transporting you to a specific place - a place I will definitely be revisiting. This is not a people pleaser - this is a perfume you wear for yourself.

A little masterpiece! Very warm, comfortable, sweet, a little smokey, but it has the smoothy, greasy but sweet note of black olive which makes this parfume so interesting and really particular. Another must try!