Carmine

Carmine is an intoxicating scent. Red as blood...and like blood this scent needs to pulse and move. No, this is no office scent. Don't wear Carmine in an airconditioned room. Carmine blossoms in the night. Dimmed lights, music, warm rooms filled with dancing people...that's when it shows off all the magic, all the notes fly off, exotic flowers bloom and Carmine starts to live and pulse. Yes, it's my go-to Tangodancing perfume. :) I don't need to mention that I got many compliments then, even from strangers. Overall it smells fruity-sweet, this is something I usually would run away from. And that's where this natural compostion makes a huge difference. You can't compare Carmine to any other average chemical Mix. It's pure magic. It's another world. From the notes I get Davana and Champaka as the dominating rulers, I think it's the hyrax (which doesn't show here in the notes?) that lends to the sweetness in a very well dosed way. I smelled hyrax in other scents before, when it turned more to be "poopy" but not here! Anyway, I highly recommend it, go dancing with Carmine!

I have worn Matriarch Carmine a few different times now, being in possession of an adorable little bottle of this perfume (very traveler friendly...). Initially I was reminded of some of the more intense Serge Lutens creations, and I was not sure that I liked it. Now I recognize that it takes a bit of time to reorient one's olfactory palate to this gorgeous scent! I decided to bring along my natural perfumes for my big adventure in New Zealand, where beauty is in on display at every turn. Happily, with Carmine enveloping my being, the sense that I have somehow landed in paradise is further intensified!!! Carmine is a rich and dense floral chypre, but to my nose it is more floral than chypre. The central flower is champaca: very deep and dark but not at all dirty somehow. Tagetes (marigold) is also in serious abundance here. A great choice for those who love deep, dark golden/orange bouquets. Ultranatural, indeed!

I was certainly willing to sample perfumes from this house after being generously gifted with samples. Carmine is my second favorite of the many samples I received. It opens a bit strangely--a little green; a little floral. I detect some tobacco very briefly. But then it becomes more like what I expected from Coco Blanc--creamy chai that is a bit spicy, but not a cinnamon bomb or anything like that, mixed with woods. I'm not sure why the description says "animalistic floral scent," because there is nothing animalistic about it, not in the scent or the notes. When my sample runs out, I may be keen on buying a bottle.

Gorgeous! After several wearings, I still found it beautiful, so I bought a bottle. This is more green and less red than I was expecting from the name, but I am really enjoying it. The opening is a little hippie headshop / medicinal and somewhat all over the place as perfume critic says. Then I get lovely champaca, quietly wafting in as it begins to settle down. Another sniff gives me key lime pie with Bushmill's on the side, oddly enough, and those two dance for quite awhile. I also get an accord of marigold, and that makes me happy because it's rare in perfumes, and I love them. Carmine is sweet, and the velvety champaca comes out more with time. This perfume is close to absolute heaven for me. It is long lasting, and silage is moderate.

oooh I am forever appreciative of the fragrantian that sorted out a deal for me to get the Ultranatural discovery set of 13 of these amazing scents. Carmine - no idea about the name. Makes me think of the Sopranos ha ha. The fragrance is a melange of hot intimate sweaty red flowers. Its all embedded in green notes that keep it juicy, with a woody tobacco hue all over. I adore the multi-dimensional nature of Christi Meshells fragrance palette. This is a sophisticated nature range that lasts and last at low sillage level. Perfect for hugs and close encounters