Dans Tes Bras

This is one of the hardest fragrances to "understand" in the Frederic Malle line. After spending a considerable amount of time with it, days in fact, I'm still not quite sure how or what to say. So, I guess I'll start with my notes on what I smell during each stage of the perfume, but this is likely going to be on my list of reviews I am least satisfied with. The opening of the perfume is very attention grabbing. Picture heavily aldehydic citruses in your nose's mind, and then remove the "sparkling" quality and the effervescent quality of them that can make your nose tingle in a fun and pleasant way, and that's what the opening of Dans Tes Bras is like. Trying to dissect the opening is tough, but it certainly smells like the brightest and sharpest of evergreen resin, powdery bergamot - which has the brightness of citrus but also the oily quality of zest whilst being incredibly dry, and then there is the violet note. This isn't sun shining on dewy freshly bloomed violets, the sun is inside the violet and radiating the violet outwards. The opening is blindingly bright, but in a very warm and hair-raisingly sensual way. Dans Tes Bras quietens significantly as it dries down. I'm not sure how much cashmeran, heliotrope, and musk materials Maurice Roucel put in Dans, but I will say that it has to be a massive amount. Usually these materials are the "glue" that holds more prominent material notes together, such as woods, incenses, and florals. In Dans it's the reverse: the dry down is all about cashmeran, heliotrope, and musks that have spicy and milky sandalwood shaved over the top and flecked with notes of earthy and sweet patchouli. In contrast to the opening, this conjures feelings of comfort, softness, and cleanliness, like a clean down comforter still smelling of fabric softener draped around your bare skin.... I think.... This is a tough one, folks, but Malle's description of the perfume helps connect it all together. In Your Arms is supposed to reflect the feelings of a sensually physical embrace, and Roucel nails it. The opening, as I said, is hair-raising, like the electrical tingle weaving through your skin and putting a knot in the pit of your stomach when skin meets skin with someone you are head-over-heels for. Once that feeling of electricity subsides, the skin-on-skin contact becomes an embrace that feels of energetic comfort and contentedness rather than raw sensuality; you want to hold, and be held, tighter and tighter. Many have tried and nearly all, if not all, have failed to describe what love feels like. We're told by parents and guardians and older confidantes when we are young that it's a feeling "you'll know when you feel it," and that's about all you'll get for a description because it is nigh on impossible to accurately explain. I think that's why I am struggling to tell you what I think of Dans Tes Bras. If I were a legendary philosopher and scholar, or poet laureate, maybe my attempt would be much more eloquent. Maurice Roucel seems to clearly understand it through his nose and the abilities of his blending hand. And I have to say, from my experiences evocated by Dans Tes Bras, Roucel deserves the legend or laureate title. This is a beautiful and stunning piece of work.

After reading the latest article about Dans Tes Bras posted on Fragrantica and seeing the tumult of reactions it received, I felt compelled to remind myself of it. It is the most abstract, misunderstood, and perhaps demanding perfume from the house. It feels like a blank canvas on which the individual can draw his/her interpretation of the scent. For the most part, opinions are divisive on whether "In Your Arms" evokes a warm or rather a cold embrace. I stand with the latter. If this perfume intends to evoke the feeling of being hugged, it is a sad hug. I can draw a parallel to another aloof woody-floral perfume composed by Roucel, as poetic as Dans Tes Bras, and I'm speaking, of course, about Iris Silver Mist. They share quite a few elements: the cold air, the cloves, and the woody-incense-infused base. The first time I smelled it, I pictured this: taking a stroll through a pine forest in early Autumn during a foggy and chilly early morning, wearing a cashmere sweater that has been recently washed and ironed, still smelling of violet and heliotrope fabric softener. That's precisely what Dans Tes Bras evoked in me - a somehow sad/melancholic walk through a forest. The only warmth came from the sweater dressing you. I also get the sandalwood and the incense in the dry-down, the latter only amplifying the austerity. That being said, I absolutely love this perfume and see it as a true work of art. It is such a conceptual smell that will smell different to each person. If I force myself, I can see other angles of it, but the overall feeling of aloofness never goes away. The opening is the weirdest part as it greets you with a prominent pine accord, a mineral and flint-like smell, and something that I'd address as salty mushrooms in the sense that it feels somehow "meaty." Later, I get the violet and the heliotrope, but the way these floral accords feel is like smelling them through a glass. Or imagine the flowers made of crystals, shuttering once you clasp them in your hands. Yes, I get this ever-present flint-like, mineral, and crystalline quality with the fragrance that comes from the cashmeran. The latter is the major player in the composition, while everything else is either pasted on top or is a direct facet. I believe that the pine accord is also imparted by this molecule, together with the flint-like smell, the mineral quality, and the saltiness. The clove is used to accentuate the cold sensation, and the incense in the base perpetuates the feeling of detachment. The white musk and the sandalwood help to push everything up and add some fluff and creaminess, but overall, the perfume doesn't stray into the warm territory for me. I find this piece a genuine work of an expert from the man who gave us so many worth remembering compositions over the decades. And then Lauder forced Uncut Gem upon him, poor Maurice. I want to remember him for works like Musc Ravageur, Iris Silver Mist, and this "Cold Embrace" in Dans Tes Bras. IG:@memory.of.scents

My favorite fragrance so far in my fragrance journey. Very simple, yet very effective. Starts out very powdery (my guess is the violet). There's also a green touch, makes it feel slightly aromatic (probably the pine tree note). There is only one transition on my skin, the opening lasts for a few hours before transitioning into the base: musky, musky, musky. Musk is one of my favorite notes, might be my favorite. I don't understand how such an amazing masterpiece is criminally underrated and under appreciated throughout the frag com. Youtubers in the frag com seriously need to try this. I'll stock up on many bottles if no one else wants them lol. The cashmere is very present throughout the life of the fragrance. People have raved about Musk Raveguer for years, but I wonder where the love for Dans Tes Bras has been. For being a 2008 release, this is very modern, also very sexy. Very alluring. I don't say this a lot about fragrances, but Dans Tes Bras is intimacy in a bottle. Save it for special occasions where you're alone with your significant other. Where it whenever, but it feels like you're cuddling up with your significant other, in bed, just appreciating one another. Wear it when you're with your special someone, they'll probably love it. A perfect couples' scent: it is very unisex, and you both can spray each other and enjoy the way you smell. Off my skin, projection is moderate to moderate/heavy the first 3-4 hours; it's airy but very present to those who can smell it. Each time I've worn it, it has lasted at least 12+ hours. After the first 3-4 hours, it is a skin scent, but a very long lasting and sexy one. If you don't like the opening, wait for the dry down. It's worth waiting for. The dry down is to die for, and you might get lucky if your lover smells it. If you don't like it, then more for me and the others who love it. I rarely say this, but the retail price is justifiable. If there were no other way to get a hold of this, buy it at full retail. It may cost an arm and a leg, but you can grow that arm and leg back with Dans Tes Bras. Of course, sample it first, as it is a Frederic Malle: niche and expensive. I want to try Musc Ravegeur, Dries Van Noten, Portrait of a Lady, Carnal Flower, and some others in the Malle house, but Maurice Roucel did his thing. This fragrance is a lifer. Update 11/12/21: I must confess I read all the new reviews about Dans Tes Bras and Under My Skin to see what other people think about those two. Both are my favorite fragrances of all time (albeit I only began a nonstop fragrance journey almost 2 years ago). I guess it depends on the emotions you want to look for: Dans Tes Bras is comfort, security, and intimacy; Under My Skin is dark, mysterious, lustful, and animalistic.

I don't recall ever reaching for the adjective "tangy" when describing a fragrance, but there is a first for everything. Dans Tes Bras opens up tangy, meaning there's a bit sour, a bit sweet, a bit salty. So, imagine if you will, an alternate dimension where violet had become a flavor that reached critical mass, and there was a Tang beverage powder, flavored violet (I used to eat Tang power raw as a kid, I was weird then as I am now). Dans Tes Bras is what this violet Tang would smell like, especially in its first hour. But wait, what is this? Pine needles in my powder, hmm, I am not aghast at all. Quite contrary, this is quite tasty. There is a fragrance material called Koavone, in the ionone family produced by IFF, for which I am familiar. It's diffusive, woody, simultaneously violet and pine-needle. It seems that Maurice Roucel might have used it here, but that's up for debate. However, what is irrefutable is that Cashmeran makes a dashing, smashing appearance, partnering with heliotropin fluffiness and rendering the violet in the heart more so like a Choward's violet candy after it is slowly dissolved in one's mouth. The real question is: do I really like all of this? You bet your sweet bippy I do. It's hazy, gauzy, nearly psychedelic, which is why it may be polarizing to some who seek out the rational and straightforward in fragrance. Malle himself has stated this is the most underappreciated in his oeuvre, and I am inclined to agree. Musc Ravageur may be David Bowie's Aladdin Sane, but Dans Tes Bras is Bowie's Low. Cashmeran smells to me like a blurring of the lines between natural and synthetic smells. It seems woody, but so abstract that the brain, well, my brain at least, has a difficult time discerning where the wood association really has its origins. It feels woolly and vague, yet ever so present and enveloping. It fuses into a formula rather than rests upon it. That's why a deft hand is needed so that it doesn't dampen all else. Roucel made the ambient Cashmeran truly beautiful here, carrying all elements to a musky cocoon in the dry down, violet powder whispers and woodland daydreams lingering for hours.

Dans Tes Bras - In Your Arms Maurice Roucel just loves musk and musk loves him. Maurice has “only” two perfumes for Frederic Malle and I would say that both are masterpieces. Musc Ravageur and Dans Tes Bras. Totally two different approaches to musk. Sweet gourmand musk (MR) and salty creamy musk (DTB). Dans Tes Bras has more musk than Musc Ravageur, that's something which Maurice said. And indeed, musk is there for the life of the perfume. Cashmeran is there and gives that "smooth", refreshing, powdery note. Violet gives saltiness, but it is so well synchronized with musk, sandalwood and cashmeran that the saltiness is not sharp and aggressive but creamy. For me, the biggest factor in this perfume is sandalwood. I smelled a bunch of sandalwoods but I only found this one in Frederic Malle (Example of the same/similar sandalwood: Une Fleur De Cassie). Not only that sandalwood gives that creamy/woody note but it is also the only note that stays in the nose after a few seconds and then when you move your nose away you can feel it on your tongue as well. Really amazing perfume. Pure quality in a bottle. Along with Une Fleur De Cassie, Iris Poudre and Musc Ravegur, I would say that this is one of the "most artistic" perfumes from the house. I’m not saying these four perfumes are that hard to wear (I wear them all), but definitely the idea while creating was to satisfy and make the wearer happy, not to give you a compliment (Although somehow Musc Ravageur is hyped (well deserved), I think that it was initially made as a masterpiece work for a brave audience or fragrance enthusiasts rather than to be hyped). It lasts 10-12+ hours, but the drydown can last a few more hours depending on the temperature and weather. It stays on the clothes until washing (for a couple of days), solid for this type of fragrance. My rating would be 10+. Even my wife who isn’t that crazy about FM sometimes goes for DTB and says it’s wonderful and refreshing. DTB will be with you for the whole day, close to your skin. It wont bother the people around you. But no doubt, DTB will be felt by the person who is *in your arms*. :)

One for the mad scientists. Dans Tes Bras is likely the single most experimental release from Frederic Malle, eclipsing all others in terms of sheer weirdness - it's got that same energy (though not smell) as Lutens' Gris Clair - the overtly and unashamedly synthetic purple floral musk. Here, an enormous slug of a synthetic molecule (cashmeran) creates an incredible, multidimensional accord of vinegar, salty; sweaty skin, woollen jumpers, forests, concrete, metal and flowers. If the Barbican could be distilled into a fragrance it would be damn close to Dans Tes Bras. However, the scent (dominated by cashmeran as it is) is also almost frighteningly linear, maintaining this balance of paradoxical smells in a staunch, brick-like way through its 7 hour lifetime - never committing to one association and never changing meaningfully on me. As the brand suggests, Dans Tes Bras is both intimate and inviting - it smells actually quite good - and can at one moment conjure the image of a shuddering clavicle complete with a salty drop of sweat. But any association it has with the sensual is, I think, overshadowed by this overtly synthetic smell - it smells less like a lover and closer to some kind of consolation-programmed robot. It smells like a creature born in a lab to cater to human whims - it puts up very little resistance and quickly melds into its wearer's aura. I just can't get away from the sense of some kind of sci-fi creation whenever I smell this - I love it for how different and strange it is, and yet its linearity lets it down slightly I think, as after many hours the fascination can give way to impatience. I strongly recommend everyone try it at least once.

Imagine your self born out of a violet. This is how this perfume starts on me. It capture me from the very beginning. I stumble down from the violet and land in the soft moss just near a big mushrom. I think I am some sort of littlest fairy and all the wonderful fragrances around me are so big, beutiful and absolutly amazing. I am taking a flight in the enchanted forrest and it is so utterly well done that I almost cry. There is threes, violets, mushroms, moss and behind some bushes I am sure there is a fox (or a big, bad wolf?) sleeping. Flying through the forrest I discover that another little fairy had flew before me, I think it is the Maurice Roucel-fairy that has spilled out small, delicate drops of Tocade all over the forrest. I have never experienced such a beutiful, magical opening as with this fragrance. It is like being transformed to a fantasy fairytale with bright colours and a lot of magic. The first halfhour of this perfume is perfection in a bottle. I do think that it develops differently on different people. Unfortunatly the drydown dosen ́t live up to the opening. The drydown is a soft, discrete and nice skinscent. A bit powdery, a bit musky and a bit salt, really nice but not so special. For me, with this fragrance is is all about the opening. On a scale from 0-5 I give the opening 10! :) The rest is probably a steady 4, but it is like a real dip compared to the opening. A must try just to experience the opening! Even tough I am sure that it all depends on nose and skinchemistry how it develops.

I almost cried the first time I felt this scent. Not in the very first moment, though, but half an hour after I had sprayed it on my wrist, it took me by surprise. I was at a street corner in Frankfurt, just sitting there and at first I was trying to remember what was on this wrist, because, "Dans Tes Bras", what is this anyway? It was an accidental spraying, I didn't have any info and I'm still not sure I get the title, and the smell looked just a bit weird, insignificant, maybe a little extravagant experiment in the field of synthetic perfumery. But then I just felt the violet and the fresh dirt, a memory of some apothecary, of some hair product, some melancholic sweetness, I don't know but it just spoke to me. I'm always sensitive to violets, now I understand how heliotrope can be in fact very close to the feeling they emit. Dans Tes Bras is like a transparent, fragile flower, levitating above the ground, and yet bearing traces of earth on its petals. There's this dramatic tension between the "natural"/familiar, and the totally synthetic, that makes you wander what it is actually, almost creating a cognitive dissonance of overlapping polarities. I did my research on Cashmeran scents after that and I can say there are some I enjoy and some not, so even though it is claimed to be the main player here, the composition is more than that. Strange, new and unexpected common facets between the different elements are discovered here. A strange beauty that shakes me every time.

Yes this is an acquired taste, but once you have acquired it, it is really hard to let go. I absolutely love this one. LOVE it. The first few minutes are absolute magic - without doubt, if I spray this in front of anyone, the opening always gets me compliments and a 'what is that' kind of reaction. It is really quite hard to describe but the heliotrope and violets sparkle on the skin. As the scent warms up it becomes soft and skin-like, and wears like cashmere. There is not a huge projection but is unusual enough to get noticed by anyone close enough. There is a slight powder, but not the sweet, overly done lipstick clean kind - this is violets tempered by earth, and I love the addition of pine. I love powder but get bored by most powdery scents. It is so hard to describe as the notes are choreographed into such a beautiful dance, and it is absolute magic. I do not find it heavy but I do notice it and find it hugely comforting - I love the feeing of wearing it and have been through a full 100ml bottle already. To me this is a hugely underrated scent from the Frederic Malle line. It is so beautiful. One thing to note - this one does seem very reliant on body chemistry. I know others who have tried it and they don't get the same sparkly opening at all, and it seems to fall quite flat. I would urge everyone to try it at least twice before dismissing it.

This is totally underrated, guys. Maurice Roucel is the king of unexpected scents. Even though Musc Ravageur is a bit aggressive to my taste, Dans Tes Bras smells exactly like a gentle warm hug! None of the notes seems already exist in nature but something in it is lifelike. It is an olfactive expression of putting on a fluffy, lightweight sweater. I was initially intrigued by an ingredient called Cashmeran when reading an article about it on Fragrantica. Also, Frederic Malle in a podcast depicted this perfume as the intimacy between him and his wife. What is this magic compound anyway? For me, it resembles a scene where I hug my feline friend basking in the sunshine, the clean and puffy "scent" from the cat's fur. Roucel appears to have a down-to-earth character in an interview, in which he introduced his name as "nobody" because noses were often not recognized behind the perfume. However, In my opinion, his work for FM is like a bold signature. Musc Ravageur is the release of a wild creative mind. On the other hand, Dans Tes Bras is like humble love. The delicacy is extremely romantic. Now Dans Tes Bras is my third favorite from FM line (After Carnal Flower and L'eau d'Hiver). Not only because of the uniqueness, but more of the opulent connection in other sensory perception. This type of perfume to perfumery is like Picasso to painting.

UPDATE: i bought myself a travel size and have worn the perfume properly several times. The base notes stay with me for days. My family could smell it on me 2 days later. Great performance! I went to the Frederic Malle store with my eyes on Carnal Flower. The SA recommended this perfume so I came back with both CF and Dans Tes Bras on my wrists. While Carnal Flower (albeit being a beautiful perfume) went away after the first couple of hours, this one stayed with me overnight. Initially the violet was quite strong so it was a very airy floral scent. The next morning I could still smell this on my wrists and it had turned into a warm, powdery sweetness. While this perfume is more intimate and doesn’t project much, it stays with you and takes you on a journey. It is a sophisticated fragrance, yet it is sensual, and somehow gives off a sad-to-be-happy vibe (while they’re nowhere near alike it reminds me of Vol de Nuit in that sense). I am definitely saving up for a full bottle. *Edit: Got my FB ;) Edit2: If you have seen the movie Dead Ringers by Cronenberg...while Musc Ravageur reminds me of the cockier twin brother Elliot, Dan Tes Bras reminds me of the softer, more introverted twin Beverly. Just a thought.

Dans tes Bras is a fragrance that wants to enhance the main ingredient of every perfume: our skin which, enriched by olfactory notes, does nothing but project sensations, emotions, which become ours. I find this creation really beautiful, if I have to be honest, more during evolution than in the opening: in fact, initially we feel slightly salty notes that enrich the cashmeran, then preparing us for what is an olfactory masterpiece in my opinion: violet, incense, sandalwood, which give a sense of comfort and warmth and accompany this note giving it a completely different vibe from the one perceived at the beginning. Beautiful, comfortable like a hug, which should never be missing at any time. “The Hug”, painted by Ron Hicks. "There is a place in the world where the heart beats strong, where you are breathless, no matter how much emotion you feel, where time stands still and you are no longer of age; that place is in your arms in which the heart does not age, while the mind never stops dreaming... From there I will not be able to escape because the fantasy of enchantment He feels our heat and no... i will never allow that I can give up on whom of love can make me fly. Alda Merini - In your arms

Definitly another true masterpiece from Maurice Roucel. One of my favorites scents ever and the most enigmatic, elusive to me.... I must admit that I hardly understand this perfume, it's still quite a mistery to me and I think that's why I'm addicted to it... It would reminds me of a blurred picture of a violet in the fog, not a sharp image, and a glimpse of a nude body , the bare salty skin in the neck... but in a more abstract and spiritual way than musc ravageur wich I would say is more on the physical side (however not animalic to me). Here the violet is more an evocation of the flower, greeny and woody, not the strong girly and candylike you have Insolence from for exemple. A violet surrounded by the very soft, musky, woody haze of the cashmeran . It's a tactile softeness not in the sense of sweet. I can also perceive a discreet hint of jasmine in the drydown. Also I agree with the "mushroom" note that adds an uncanny ,thrilling effect. What would every great perfume be without strange, animalic and disturbing notes? (civette, castoreum, musks, hyraceum, etc.) I 'm more and more addicted to it and I guess it'll replace soon Helmut Lang EDC as my signature scent...

Not sure what exactly it is that makes this scent quite powerful or chemical. Ultra clean and slightly wet and iron like. I love all the notes in this. And I do love the smell now that I let it take its course , in fact the middle and the drydown is what's beautiful about this scent to me. It needs time to open up. To develop on your skin. The first ten minutes I would call harsh , cleaning solution like , chemicals floating in the air , a spoon of liquid iron in front of my nose to cure my anemia , ,,,but wait and it develops into something very good ,airy and fresh , clean and beautiful. Yes like hugging a person after a shower , or wait ,did they have a shower or did they just roll in the sheets ? Salty skin ? A little sweat , some soap ? Well all in all it's really what the name says , in your arms ! And it's fresh but sexy , musky and quite a work of art ! Unfortunately I only have a sample. Once I am finished with it I may have to order a bottle , or at least a 10 ml travel. April 2018 This perfume is now my signature and I have a big bottle and a travel set , phantastisch!!!!

The opening 60 seconds of Dans Tes Bras has to be the most thrilling olfactory experience of my life. My mind stands still to appreciate the richness of what just happened. After that, I begin to ponder the implications of the name Dans Tes Bras or 'In Your Arms' in relation to the skin scent of a lover vs the pervasive mushroom odour which puzzles my nose. What manner of skin disease does my lover have? Ach, putting that conundrum out of my mind for a moment I am again arrested & thrilled by a sweet, dirty violet. It wasn't until my third testing that the saltiness begins to manifest to my nose and I start to understand the skin scent, although that exciting organic vegetal earthiness with the gorgeous sweet undertones is still very apparent. The drydown in comparison is disappointing, being a simple (in comparison) musky, woody trace upon the skin. I find it eminently wearable, although it is more of a lonesome scent than that of a lover's touch. The conversation between human nature and the fertile dark earth underfoot. And a mushroom or two.

Dans Tes Bras is really growing on me since the first time I've tried it. It is a very comforting scent, stays quite close to the skin, nothing loud or harsh here. It is a perfume of great contrast. On one side you have the floral notes, mainly violets, and heliotrope, soft, delicate. On the other hand, you have the woodsy notes, sharp and clear. A big dose of musk encloses the composition and makes it perfect. When Frederic Malle and Maurice Roucel were working on Dans Tes Bras, the plan was to make a perfume that wraps around you like a scarf made of cashmere. The cashmere accord is masterfully done here by combining the woody notes with the musk. Overall the composition comes off as floral, woodsy, powdery, a bit creamy, and slightly sweet. Very sensual and soothing. Longevity is very good but the projection is quite contained, which is exactly what the perfumer had in mind, and what you want from a fragrance like this. One of the most beautiful and possibly the most sensual from the line.

I love this musky, cool, smooth, soapy violets which make this a clean fragrance. I have been wearing this one for a long time now and have already finished 2 bottles. My partner and I both like the fragrance and the fact that this is unisex, so we use it together. There is a fresh blend of florals and woods making one feel comforting as well as refreshing. Lifts up the mood immediately and brings back the seaside memories. Truly a unisex fragrance that may be worn easily by men and women as well. To me, it feels a romantic, fresh, cool, inviting and a comforting fragrance. A perfect blend of notes and accords such as you can hardly smell notes distinctively. The opening is somewhat harsh, clean, and chemical-based with some iron feeling but as soon as it develops on your skin, in around 10-15 minutes, there is a very fresh, airy, and clean fragrance that is incredibly beautiful. Highly versatile! Could easily be someone’s signature. Magical! Blissful! Subtle warm!

How does something that smells so synthetic blend so naturally with my skin? Strange but not edgy. Sexy but it's not at all trying to seduce you. Not for the basic, the macho, the girly, or the devil's advocate. Don't count on the jasmine to femme it up, the votes don't lie. I liked Dans Tes Bras from first sniff, and with regular use have fallen in love with it. It's not the strongest scent I own, but I get whiffs of it for hours and hours. EDIT: I finally know what this reminds me of! Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka. There's nothing gourmand or chocolatey, but the violet smells like the violet pastilles by a little Italian candy company named Leon. All the other notes seem like chemicals Wonka could have invented as well. There's a corner of the chocolate room, away from the chocolate waterfall, where his candy pines and violets smell like this. It has that pensive, internal vibe of a romantic who has become a hermit in his factory.

I can't really say it smells "good" or pretty. I can only describe it as oddly alluring and addictive in an almost morbidly curious kind of way. I think Malle describes it as warm skin with a touch of sunscreen. I find it a stretch to think of it as a floral. To me it smells of some sort if lotion, maybe lanolin, slightly tangy,and unwashed hair or scalp which can be both alluring and repulsive simultaneously. Like when you hug someone with thick hair and you can smell lingering shampoo fragrance and that sebaceous oil smell. I find the effect to be what I believe was intended: the smell of skin in an intimate experience such as a hug. Not freshly showered clean but not dirty either. I actually like it. I say that because I'm compelled to keep sniffing my wrist in a way that doesn't happen with other perfumes. Not sure I would buy it but I'd want to keep a small sample around just for the experience once in a while.

When I opened the envelope with a number of perfume samples in it, this beautiful scent wafted out. It smelled like heaven or angel wings. I smelled all the perfumes and I didn't find that beautiful smell in any of them. Well, turns out when you smell Dans Tes Bras right up close out of the sprayer, it is super tangy/sour + pungent musk + violet powder. But after you put it on, that heavenly soft floral smell hangs in the air like a cloud of contentment. A co-worker commented that they could smell it in the room. So it does carry. I just bought a bottle of BR540, thinking that was going to be my signature. I bought a bigger decant of Bal d'Afrique because I loved it. I have Grand Soir and Feminite du Bois - all the best of the best. And what do I keep reaching for? Dans Tes Bras. There is just something about it that is pure beauty and really the feeling it imparts of peace and contentment. Love, love, love it!