Dinudisit

Dinudisit Tl;dr: a radiant, sparkling narcissus I tend to think of the perfumes I love as conjuring objects, natural or artificial. With an effective floral, I’m habitually after the vivid impression of a single flower, as with the prismatic rose of the masterful Jean Patou Joy. Dinudisit offers a different, equally arresting experience of flowers (in this case, narcissus). When I spray Dinudisit, I am less offered up a single narcissus or even a bouquet than granted access to a seaside landscape peopled by the nodding heads of narcissus. I can’t overstate how spacious and airy this fragrance is, not at all faint or vague but like the glass square of JSP’s beautiful bottle were a window opening onto such a perfumed landscape. I have to think specifically of a graveyard I once visited on California’s Mendocino Coast. Above the rugged shoreline a strip of coastal prairie is perched, too windswept for woody plants, but wonderful for growing many flowers. This graveyard was squeezed on this tiny strip of prairie between the coast highway and the cliffs, and some introduced narcissi had naturalized, growing haphazardly in clumps over the graves and even spreading beyond the fence. This is the prodigal of narcissus that is the star of Dinudisit. The scent opens with a splash of salty aldehydes. There is a real sense of motion, salt spray born of sparkling waves. Bergamot is a golden light shining on the haze of the spray. As for the rue: a certain friend of mine used to grow rue to stir into his coffee. He would drag it in a circle around the edge of his mug a few times before taking it out (rue is, after all, poisonous). This imparted a certain difficult to describe but unmistakable bright herbal flavor to the coffee. I can’t smell rue specifically but there is a definite brightness to the opening that rue might be involved in. Almost immediately, the mists part to reveal a field of narcissus, buffeted by winds that bring their fragrance to you. You’re not sticking my nose in a bouquet of narcissus, yet you can pick out many nuances of their scent: its brightness, its soft sweetness, it’s slight carnal funk. More than battling with the narcissus, the other notes help to flesh out the sketch. Oakmoss brings greenness; Jasmine creaminess; the beeswax, well, waxiness; the caramel and celery seed together bring a kind of sweaty sweetness that anyone who adores narcissus as I do must own up to loving. There’s not a strong progression with Dinudisit, but it isn’t boring. My wrists keep throwing up different aspects of these initial impressions for hours and hours... even surviving showers and changes of clothes. Love. Decidedly a favorite.

going through the JSP sample kit i bought last year (in fact, i bought it again!), and even now, looking at my review from june 2019 i agree almost entirely with what i wrote, even though i probably like this even more now... this week, i've been working from home, self-isolating etc, so i've dug out some scents i had not given enough time to. apoteker tepe early on in the week, and now it's the january scent project's time. it's a wonderful clean, crisp and multi-faceted scent. there is sooo much going on. the aldehydes are done RIGHT. and i mean RIGHT. usually, with aldehydes, they are either waxy, fatty, airy, wispy or totally chemically. these ones are done RIGHT. years ago, i bought about 8 or so different aldehydes from perfumer's apprentice, and they were all so different. totally artificial smelling, true, but in and of themselves, unworkable. at least to me. sorta like smelling belachan/trasi, yeah, it's a unique smell and yeah, it's a smell worth banking in your own scent repository, but could it possibly be used in perfumery? here, it is done amazingly well... the best parts of aldehydes meet and bond with the best parts of white floral and resins. i was thinking of getting a few of the 30 ml bottles as a pack (3 for $160), but, i find myself 4 through the catalogue with 4 left and i'm worried i'm gonna like/love even more. "i guess that's what you call a 'good problem'...", Partlow, C., (2006), Marlo Stanfield Organisation, Wire (The)...

I've just received the JSP sample set and I'm blown away by these perfumes. As a whole, the quality and uniqueness immediately puts me in mind of Strangelove (not to mention the style of one or two of them). I'm in love, it's a coup de foudre. This one, on card, made me recoil a bit, as I was getting a sort of fishy skank, but it just goes to show how different a scent can be on skin, as now I'm wearing it, it's incredible. It's a sort of rooty, herby, aquatic narcissus, unlike anything I've ever smelt before. The celery seeds note is strong, and the perfume as a whole is very powerful, but it manages to retain a sheer elegance and natural allure that is making me smile and chuckle to myself. This is going to be a problem, as if they're all this good on the wear I'll have to get a second job....

This right here is a perfect example of why it is worth getting a whole discovery set rather than sampling a choice scent or two from a perfumer or house that creates unique offerings. I would never in a million years have chosen this sample. Looking at the notes I could not envision anything pleasant. I don't know how he did it, but he turned that crazy grouping into a unique and enjoyable perfume. I cannot put it into words so I won't even try- and there are already some really great reviews below. I'm just here to encourage those who look at the notes and wince to go ahead and give this one a chance! Performance is strong. It only takes me 2 sprays to enjoy this all day. Eternal on fabric. 2nd favorite JSP behind Burvuvu.

Strangely captivating, I keep thinking I have Dinudisit figured out until I realize I must put this in a new category: aquatic gourmand. The opening is a fizzy group of flowers sitting on a bed of sweet tarts, then morphing into the aquatic gourmand stage. The gourmand notes make me think of a North African restaurant, and I’m dining al fresco, while taking in the warmth of the Mediterranean Sea. John Biebel accomplished the impossible, making an unlikely grouping of notes wearable. I love it. ps: John you are a weirdo, and I love what you are creating in your January Scents project. My husband is super picky and dislikes many perfumes I adore, but he is also smitten with Dinudisit.