Outrageous!

A warm, orchard apple opens this perfume, the sort you'd make cloudy apple juice from. Then as it dries down cinnamon and aldehydes (ever so slightly cheesy) are revealed, then finally the trademark EDP musky base. Bizarre, complex and wonderful. Update after two years of owning: This is a very strange, stark combination of aldehydes and spice, with fruit, but not in an old-school way. The fruit is like weird, plastic, abstract fruit, or maybe some apple slices in a condom, and eventually dries down to a musk with wafts of apple pâtisserie. It's a series of notes found in orientals of days gone by, but presented in such a skewed manner as to be unrecognisable as such. Pure genius, although I can understand why it lurks in the background behind other Malle scents. This one isn't loud, it isn't a show-stopper, it's more of an intellectual, academic study of old-school perfumery through the most aloof niche lens. Another update: I come back to this every few months or so. This time, it does smell the same, but my experience of it is so different. The combination of neroli plus very skanky cinnamon plus aldehydes, and the apple which is pretty sour, not fresh, is almost giving me mouldy laundry, hot metal and bad breath, but it's not that it's bad, it's just so so bizarre. This is all sat atop a thick, unctuous grey musk, like many other Malle perfumes. Here it doesn't bother me, I don't like its presence in, for example, Cologne Indélébile, I find it oppressive. Oh yes, there's also so much ambroxan I almost can't smell it, but it's belting out like crazy.. Many people have questioned the name Outrageous!, but for me it's very fitting. Nothing smells remotely like this, and nothing else should. It should remain unique, almost too crazy to wear, but not quite.

As a relatively new perfume junkie, i went to bloomingdales with a purpose. Summer is here and it’s getting really really hot. That’s when i realized about 90% of my perfumes are gourmands (best used in winter/fall). Then i met Outrageous, i’ve smelt it in winter & didn’t care for it, until i met this beautiful creation again this week. This perfume is made for high heat summers. It’s different than the average freshie/musk so i didn’t feel it was boring at all. The apple is so fresh yet crisp, definitely a unisex frag. I can also smell the neroli as well which i love. I tested it on my skin and clothes, longevity and silage might be an issue but i need to further test this frag. It seemed to last longer on my skin than clothes. I don’t get the hate this perfume has got! Please test in really warm weather. EDIT- Performance is insanely bad i feel robbed. Mixing it with my BR540 Extrait at night & Another 13 in the morning..

Ambroxan, tangerine and apple. Zesty, creamy, minimal, unisex. The green apple is really interesting - it’s a bit aged, cut several days ago and left on the counter to spoil, provides a bit of funk to an otherwise squeaky clean composition. I love it. UPDATE: I really enjoy this scent and have worn it several times now. Without fail, my husband always tells me that it reminds him of books in a library. I think it’s likely the mineral notes of ambroxan combined with the aged apple he’s picking up on, book binding adhesive and thumbed-through pages. How neat that we both enjoy this scent but have wildly different interpretations of it. I smell it as breezy, sexy, a sunset beach walk wearing a slip dress and a sipping champagne . He smells something quiet, cozy, familiar - a day spent curled up in a cushy armchair reading. It’s a bit magic, this one.

My respects to Sophia Grojsman. Your craftsmanship, talent and creativity can be sensed in this beauty. Many of the reviews are right in describing Outrageous as a fresh, crispy, fresh perfume. But it is all quite versatile, You can wear it during, springtime, day and night in the summertime, and early fall. The first time I use it, was when I bought a 10 ml bottle. After I while I wanted a full bottle, but many fragrances have lately reached 'outrageous' prices. I looked for it on eBay, and there it was, my precious was waiting for me at a reasonable price. The dislike of one person is the treasure of another. It is classy, playful at the same time, and versatile. When smelling it, let the aroma stay in your nostrils and appreciate the structure. It is when you will notice its complexity and realize why it is among F. Malle's creations.

Simply stunning: bright, fresh, zingy in a subtle way. The apple note is very, very prominent and crisp - which I love. After a few minutes you can also smell the musk. It dries down to a powdery scent. Outrageous! is nothing groundbreaking, nor is it particularly "outrageous" (lol), but it is nostalgic. Like it taps into some tucked-away memory and pulls you right into it. I can't pinpoint what exactly I'm remembering but it reminds me of elementary school. Fifth grade. Maybe the smell of a teacher's Yankee candle wafting out of their classroom and into the hallway? Would I wear this? Not sure. But if I smelled this on the street I think I would be caught off guard. One whiff and suddenly I’m ten years old again, walking past cork boards with bright scalloped borders, the only sound my sneakers against the tiled floor.