Jacquard

As a lucky first reviewer I’ll try my best to describe Jacquard based on a splash sample vial. Not looking at the notes, Jacquard started of as a flora scent that smelled instantly powdery. It somehow reminded me of washrooms of luxury 5 star hotels; those with gold-framed mirrors, antique paintings where everyone that walked in wear black high-heels that knock against the shiny marble floor. Right after I dabbed on the liquid I could no longer smell the bergamot and the flower was coming out strong and unsweetened. A dry iris more so than a buttery iris I would say. About 5 minutes into wearing some spicy notes became more and more prominent and right away Jacquard was a warm iris scent. It's not green or wet nor soapy. After half an hour Jacquard became such a skin scent that I have to put my nose close to my arm to smell it. Surprisingly I recognized ylang-ylang’s signature banana smell atop from the iris, which gave this fragrance some deliciousness. From then on the scent didn’t change much. The musk was always muted in the background until after two, three hours and together with the ylang-ylang it smelled pretty amazing. On me I didn’t smell vetiver, sandalwood (or any woodiness tbh), resin or jasmine. Maybe a little bit of violet? A beautiful dry iris scent that matches up its bottle design: soft, powdery, and slightly exotic. *Update* the official note pyramid on Etro's website is: Top: Bergamot, Angelica, Black Pepper Middle: Iris, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang Bottom: Musk, Violet which explained why I never smelled the imaginary vetiver or woodiness.

I was thinking to buy Etro Heliotrope and stop by to (again) teste it on my skin but the dry down became “old went wrong” scent, so i went again to test it to Etro boutique in Vienne and seller recommended me to try Jacquard and i fell in love with it right the way. Beautiful scent white flowers, leather, some spices but yet remains powdery. Very differrent from my others scents. Anyway I purchased 10 ml beautiful bottle (for to see better and not to make again too fast later regretted purchase) and i am happy so far with it and thinking to buy whole bottle

One of the most complicated scents I’ve tried from Etro. I get a watery, green aquatic vibe from Jacquard. But I’m also picking up the creaminess of the Iris note and a makeup powder feeling. Initially I was thinking I disliked it, but the more I wore it, the more agreeable Jacquard became. I can’t pull out the individual notes, but I do not doubt the list of ingredients. I’m a fan of Angelica, and that note is what makes this a challenge, as it pulled the scent into an herbal direction. This is not an easy wear though, still very lovely as Jacquard sits squarely in the niche bucket. I will need to experience this again, preferable with a spray and not a dabber vial.

This is a strange fragrance. You will love it or hate it there is no middle way. I buy it because it's describe like powdery fragrance, but it isn't powdery at all. Impossibile to distingue each one ingredient, I smell only babies woody pastels smell. But I like it it's a different original pleasant perfume, but I recommend to try it before purchase!

On my skin, Jacquard opens with a strong spicy bomb of pepper and resin. It's dry, oriental, smoky, and a bit citrusy. It softens and becomes more feminine in the middle, where the pungent notes go down and the flowers shine through a fine curtain of powder. This is my favourite part. It becomes a bit more soapy as the time goes by, while the aromatic woody notes take the stage in the last part. This is a mature, complex and quite unisex scent, with a strong performance. Not a safe blind buy, but definitely worth of consideration from people who love woody notes with spices and a touch of powdery flowers. I don't know why I keep telling the SA that I don't like spicy and woody notes and they keep gifting me these type of samples, but here we go again, this is not for me.

This was a risky purchase for me because I normally stay away from powdery fragrances, but the price was great and I decided to take a chance. Good idea. The opening is citrusy, not too strong, but still evident. In a few minutes it becomes powdery, for me it's a strong, dry powder, clean and tolerable. Not my favorite stage. It lasts about half an hour and then it transitions to pure goodness. The drydown lasts a couple of hours on my skin, with very modest silage, but it's simply gorgeous. It's all about soft, creamy woods, a bit of pepper, and pleasant amber notes (even though it doesn't have amber note in the description). The drydown of Jacquard reminds me of the drydown of L'Ambra des Merveilles, another favorite of mine. This last stage of Jacquard is soft and sensual, pleasant, comforting, and calming. I've been wearing it for a few days straight, which is surprising as I'm ordinarily very unfaithful to a single fragrance. Oh, well, I guess I can play with monogamy for a little longer. And last, but not the least, I love the bottle. Not that it should make a big difference, but it's a welcomed bonus.

I think this is my favorite one out of 3 that I've tried, but it's just because I like iris, violet, woody perfumes. It almost reminds of Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d'iris, but it's far less sweet and more spicy. So the signature here is black pepper; Of course there is iris too, but I've almost never seen such a combination of iris. I find something fiery and hot and simultaneously something calm and peaceful in Jacquard. so it's contradictive. It also has a very dry nature; it reminds me of a walk on a desert in a sunny day. As I mentioned in another review, I admire Etro's effort to capture the oriental scents, but I wouldn't consider having a bottle of them, even this one as my favorite.

I should know better then to blind buy, but I did. Love the bottle but the scent is a definite, (not even inclined to try it in another season) NO. Way too much of a sharp dusty herbal and then there's a strange oily powder note I'm not digging. I bought from FragranceX so I'm thinking it was the correct juice but what I smelled was not pleasant powder in the least. That bottle is a stunner....😍😍😍 but looks can be deceiving.

The opening reminds me of those violet mints to refresh your breath they sell in Italian tobacco shops. As time passes by and the various notes develop it becomes more and more powdery, and the violet is still there, milder but detectable. A nice elegant fragrance for the evening.

The opening appears very dry, almost bitter for bergamot and pepper. But as the hours go by, the fragrance settles on powdery and dusty tones to settle on almost exotic hints for the mix of vetiver and sandalwood. A good perfume, a captivating bottle.