Soul Of My Soul

Oh, my. This is very nice. I am really enjoying it. The opening is a rush of bergamot, incense and fresh/green rose. Aromatic and super uplifting. Airy, sparkly and wonderful. But it quickly turns deeper and richer with soft suede and orris, beautifully combined, taking over. Then sandalwood, vanilla and musk emerge and give the whole composition this sensual tone. With that incense still lingering around it all, and muted bergamot and rose in the background. It's just beautiful. Soft, smooth, creamy and dreamy. And everything is just so nicely put together, nothing sticks out, all notes nicely blended into each other. Not even powder bothers me ( I usually don't like powder ). And it is kind of powdery. It plays so well with everything else, I guess it doesn't even manage to offend my nose. The rose disappears somewhere along the way... The drydown is woods. Creamy sandalwood, then sharp woods, musk, touch of vanilla and tonka. I wish the middle part of the ride lasted forever... It's so beautiful! It has a pretty good sillage, and superb longevity on me. It lasted all day. Leftovers on my shirt today are strong and sharp masculine scent. It didn't smell anything like that on my skin ( or my shirt ) yesterday. Oh. This is not a rose scent. I was kind of expecting just that given the previous offerings from the line. But nope. Once again not your usual ELDO ( this seems to be the case with all fragrances in this collection. ) Just... beautiful and sensual.Dreamy keeps popping into my mind when thinking about it. ELDO fans who love their playful and experimental side will probably be disappointed by this one. But I am not. It's pretty, and it's easily wearable, and I don't mind it one bit. I was sniffing myself all day yesterday like a weirdo. Couldn't get enough of it.

“I don't have much to say. I think I have learned very little in all these years: [.....] I've learned that certain smells stick in your memory, and when you smell them again it's as if all those years had never passed." This splendid phrase by Federico Fellini is really connected with this fragrance: I don't know what in my unconscious it reminds me of Iris, but, in any version it moves me. Here we have a rose going hand in hand with the Iris, and this union gives life to an ethereal, intimate, clean creation with sacred traits given by incense. A union celebrated by its name: "soul of my soul" , one of those bonds so strong and so important to exist that they are very precious and a great fortune if they meet in life. It's my genre, I really like it. Obviously in my wishlist. “The Lovers” painted by Magritte, not as it may seem a simple representation of love, but the celebration of the memory of the artist's mother and her dramatic end, an indelible memory attached to Magritte's soul and which will characterize all his art .

I'm so glad I gave this scent a chance and wore it instead of judging it on its opening! The pink pepper and the initial alcohol odor that hit you right after I sprayed it made me do a double-take. I still liked the rose and musk notes enough that I put it on my skin and in less than five minutes it developed into a creamy floral suede with some spice. In spite of the incense note, the spice is non-aggressive and slightly feminine in my opinion, and not as smokey and heavy as the spice in the other ELDO perfumes I've tried. It has good longevity, but because the spice is less intense it doesn't have the same beast-mode power as the darker spices. Personally, I don't mind sacrificing longevity because the overpowering spice has been one of my critiques of their perfumes that I did not enjoy. While it lasts, I like the scent more and more the longer I wear it. Overall, I would consider getting a full bottle. It's not at the top of my wishlist but is definitely on there! 8/10

I find this much less powdery than many others seem to. On me, it dries down to mostly musk and tonka, with the well-blended floral notes offering a sense of warmth and sweetness, and the sandalwood and suede giving it some depth and a very slight edge. Benzoin is one of my favourite notes, and while here it’s very subtle, I think it adds just a hint of ancient, polished wood. This is a fairly quiet fragrance, and also somewhat linear, but one where the ingredients are so pleasing that it rewards any who come within radius. I find Soul of my Soul absolutely irresistible, and end up sniffing my wrists throughout the day. This is probably a tiny bit heavy in summer but I like wearing it anyway - it comes off as subtly sexy, a little bit sultry, and brings to mind a sun-soaked escape somewhere in the North African desert. I could imagine Kristen Scott Thomas in The English Patient wearing this.

Soul of my Soul is a wonderful scent. Though powdery, it carries substantial olfactory weight without being overbearing. It draws you in, rather than dominating the air around you. The other notes linger enticingly behind a veil of musky, powdery tones. Every time I wear it I and can't stop smelling my wrists or clothes throughout the day. I seem to catch new, revealing glimpses of this composition every time. Of all the Etat Libre scents, this is *one of* my favorites. The notes most noticeable to me (other than the musk and orris) are incense, suede, tonka bean, elegant dry vanilla, and benzoin. The brighter notes, like bergamot, are there, too, but they meld gracefully with the other notes in this unique scent's enticing drydown. Very good longevity. Strong projection--again without being heavy or aggressive. Overall rating: 9.5/10 (I'm enchanted!)