Les Absolus d'Orient Patchouli Ardent

Another huge success for this line in the sense that it's Wasser delivering an exquisite fragrance, truly. However, I'm not going to give it a glowing appraisal for a couple of reasons. The main one being that I was expecting patchouli ardent to show us some exciting and dominant take on patchouli, perhaps a little naive of me to think that Guerlain would all of a sudden stray from keeping things friendly and aesthetically, just so. I kinda did though. So I'd say I actually like this one better than one I own from this line, the oud, which to me is fairly uneventful (never bland), but plugs into the whole comforting aspect of why I like a nice, minimal musk fragrance for example, it's unobtrusive and I'm unlikely to get fatigued by it. Patchouli ardent does definitely have an earthy patchouli lean to it in the start of the fragrance but it seems like it's such an amalgam of some of the others in this line, a thread running from the musc and amber right through encens and bois. So really patchouli ardent is a musky, rose fragrance with a kind of heady, airy, incense trail, darkened by a shade of patchouli, mainly manifesting when you first spray it. Like I said it's glorious, lovely, lasts forever & all that stuff but there's just no pleasing some people (me sometimes) and I'd hoped for more patchouli, and something I could gush over and need in my collection. I wanted a hyped up, muscular, Givenchy Gentlemen or Zino Davidoff re-imagined and elevated to the level of this collection not just from a quality standpoint (because frankly it hits that high water mark) but from a creativity point of view too. If you call it patchouli I want to bludgeoned with patchouli in some sense, and this didn't do it. Is it good? Yes it might even be great! Would I buy it? probably not. I will investigate this further because I shouldn't keep writing reviews based on spraying it on my wrist once, and I will concede that you can only get to know a fragrance properly through wearing (multiple times if possible) but also sometimes you have to respect that when someone has tried a lot of perfumes their intuition is pretty good and they can extrapolate out the full experience (not always accurately) but most of the time a fragrances destiny is sealed from that first few hours of trying on skin.

Patchouli Ardent is not what you would think it is. Honestly I don't smell much patchouli at all. I find this to be a woody rose scent, emphasis on the rose. With lots of woods and incense and darkness. I'll try to describe the progression as best as I can. Thank God the fig is green, airy, and even fruity. It's not dense and coconutty at all-- I hate that kind. It's so green in fact that I detect a hint of pear skin around the edges. Very light and green. Soon the incense starts to thread through, and a rose emerges that is waxed smooth, so soft, with fruity flints of pink pepper added and hints of the cedar that remains throughout the wear. The rose shows only one aspect at a time, first it's a smooth woody rose with a hint of fruit and incense, then it warms up and becomes more woody with cedar chips, then it gets a hint spicy earthy, and only then do I feel like the patchouli shows up. It's still soft though and adds a bit of earthy greenery to the roses. Even further along the rose becomes more spiced with black pepper, even though supposedly it's a top note. With the black pepper hint of patchouli spicy rose you are at the base, which is extremely woody with the remaining cedar, sandalwood, and a hint of leather and incense. I love woody perfumes and this really hits the spot. The woods never smell like iso e super or artificial dryer sheet at all, just heaps of cedar, incense, sandalwood, and some earthy green patchouli to round it all out. Under the rose that changes shape through the long wear of Patchlouli Ardent. This wears close but lasts forever. It's currently reasonable priced on the grey market at about $100 less than retail...if you like dark, sultry, sexy woody fragrances I think this would work on anyone, it's not particularly feminine even though the rose is the star of the show. I highly recommend this! Now why did Guerlain call it Patchouli Ardent, and leave the sandalwood out of the pyramid?

Patchouli Ardent Guerlain Patchouli Ardent Guerlain is a 2020 creation under House Guerlian's Les Absolus d'Orient Collection which now features 9 creations. The oriental fragrance composition opens with a blend of pink and black pepper and fig. The heart is dominated by patchouli, Turkish rose, and cedar, while the base is made of leather and musk. Top notes: pink pepper, black pepper, fig Middle notes: patchouli, Turkish rose, cedarwood Base notes: leather, musk I have on hand a batch 2022/05 bottle. This is a rather linear fragrance with the Les Absolus d'Orient Dna. Those of you who have owned other Les Absolus d'Orient creations will know this Dna which exists in the few bottles under the collection I have. It's projectivity and silage is pretty awesome. Enclosed spaces will feel the power of it. Open area everyone will get to smell this. It's opens with a green juicy fig and peppers, very nice and not so sweet but you also get a very heavy and intense rose and a heavier musk, the earthy patchouli surprisingly isn't the main star and it isnt heavy but instead you get the woody cedar leathery supporting the rose with the patchouli acting as a smaller brother to the rose. The drydown of woody leather and heavy also musk doesn't outperforms the woody rose patchouli and blends in well. It's a stunning masterpiece under the collection but on a first wear it won't replace my favorite Encens Mythique. This should retails for 260USD at Guerlain's website. It comes in a nice blue box and a lovely guerlain styled dark blue bottle and a gold cap with dark blue gold centered striped ribbon. A collection to add if you fancy the composition and like heavy intense woody rose patchouli scents.

A really nice woody rose. Hints from the same line of Oud Esential and Bois Mysterieux, but only hints. It's a dark hardwood rather than oud, and there's just an undercurrent of cuminy/spice/body funk early on, presumably from the leather and musk. A juicy fig note briefly, then a bright rose for a long time on my skin. That tails off as the patchouli creeps in more, but really it's a wood note that partners the rose with patchouli in the background. It finishes on me after many hours as a very pleasant wood base with a touch of leather. Seamless transition through these three distinct stages of fig/rose; rose/wood; wood/leather, with patch floating around throughout. This suits me fine. Btw, to me, Declaration d'un Soir (spicy rose) is a fizzier, funkier/spicier, livelier rose in a generally lighter, more vibrant fragrance overall. Love the rose&BO/cumin in that one, here in Patchouli Ardent (woody rose), I get a lower-level but much more persistent smooth wood with the body-effect only briefly in the top. Both great rose frags, but significantly different to my nose.

..... stunning fragrance... but only if you can handle it for more than 20/30 minutes. If you can get past the first 30 minutes before trying to scrub it off,.. you’ve done great,, now just give it another 20/30 minutes for it to calm down and you’ll soon be on your way to a very pleasant wearing experience. . It’s not listed ,.. but I pick up a very well balanced ambroxin note that keeps this playful, Not juvenile playful. , more Grown Man playful. Not for the mild , meek, and tamed crowd. If you’re not a confident individual, this fragrance will be wearing you. If you're the type of person that believes you can do anything you set your mind to & do it well, then this could be blind buy safe. If you question yourself and the reality that surrounds you, I would recommend testing first. If you have an unwavering sense of adventure than this is definitely for you,.. what are you waiting for?