Gaiac Mystique

I sampled a few from the Atelier line while in NYC earlier this month and I was very pleased, despite it being a major departure from Givenchy's more mainstream fragrances. There were several I liked, but Gaiac Mystique is probably the one I would have chosen if I could have had my pick. It was one of the more memorable scents while I was on a mission to try out as many niche perfumes as I could before returning to Brazil. On me sillage was very discreet, but it was a very intriguing scent. The woody and smoky notes give an effect of dustiness, in a good way - as in a darker take on a powdery perfume, but with too much constraint to read as gothic. Perhaps it could evoke the feel of old books in a library, but made to smell a bit more upscale and skin friendly. I could also tell there was a hint of something warmer and a bit creamy in the background, which I'm guessing was the tonka.

I received this beautifully crafted fragrance today and I must say that I am so happy with it. I bought a sample on ebay and decided to fork the extra expense on a full bottle. This gragrance is modern and classy at the same time. Powdery and intoxicating with a discreet sillage. I have reeived already a lot of compliments about this one. It is very sensual from the start to the dry down. I absolutely love it! A 10 out of 10 for me.

Wonderful! Full of mystique. Lovely smoky wood, incense, and a lovely sweet and creamy tonka. Very feminine and elegant. Demure. I love it. It's very unique.

Love it !!!!fantastic a litel bit smoky.great

Classy, powdery, soft and sweet and discreet. A whispering swish of some luxury fabric in a classy warm neutral colour - mushroom velvet? beige silk? cream cashmere? - and a whiff of true luxury. Not sugary or gourmand, but yes, fairly strongly feminine-leaning, and very very gentle. The gaiac is initially gorgeous but is the first to die away, and yes, perhaps, underneath all that it's pretty conventional iris-tonka coddling, though with a beautifully feathery, powdery kind of texture. Feels like flopping into a giant fluffy cotton-wool cloud. The incense, too, is light and elusive, with no startlingly shrieky or acrid edges. Sillage is very limited even at first (radiates no more than a foot or two for an hour or so, then shrinks to skin only) and longevity isn't spectacular, though it hangs on 5-6h on skin. So far, so ... not my thing. My taste is for big, dark, excessive, weird, unisex-to masculine niche scents that last and last. And yet I really really like this. Gaiac is always my dream wood, of course, so that helps, yet overall it's the balance and control in this one that are really doing the seductive work. Horribly overpriced at full retail, but if you love gaiac and find a good discount, this might well put you very seriously at your ease. One to relax with and to trust.