Diamond Water

A unapologetic and unadulterated peppery punch of the trademark carnation/clove aiming straight for the jugular; literally explodes on skin. Clear cut and translucent; very aggressive yet controlled; both hard and soft, hot and cold. Always in liquid motion, moving fast. Blazing a trail of fire with softer, gentle white flowers following right behind on a woody and leathery base. An extraordinary scent in every way. Things like projection (moderate) or longevity (strong) do not even really matter (I guess those can be boosted by spraying vs dabbing). Sometimes I just sneak up to that little bottle in its super soft pouch just to steal a quick impression.

My favourite perfume of all time. This is the perfect carnation scent. The description above of woody-spicy does not do it justice. This is spicy in the way that carnations are peppery - no curry or cumin notes here. The result is crystal bright and pure and totally delicious. Unfortunately, a full bottle is not in my future, because the price is obscene.

what I get out of this extraordinary perfume at first is the unmistakable trail of clove-oil. it is not only in your face (and I used the tiniest dab) but also roomfilling. it isn't also a monodimensional scent, already not from the start. It is this sharp but in its tropicality also justified pique of such vegetative scented jewel: clove. it is in constant flux and I actually get images of that clove-oil but also slowly of flowers, these kind of peppery, heady flowers like tigerlily and tuberose. yet with the relentless opening upon opening of this spice, a carnation also comes unto the fore. I get reminiscence with Serge Lutens' Vitriol d'Oeillet and Tubéreuse Criminelle. because there is definitely a fattiness here, as rather in VdOE and an indolic quality as in TC. then after hours, when this perfume is somewhat easing out, my most prominent impression is that of a lily, yet the perfume doesn't exclude tuberose and carnation neither, as there are even roses palpable in the long, long drydown.

I think fifteen years ago I bought a 10mL Decant of this perfume at 'Surrender To Chance' for I think, $225. what I remember is a strong perfume of Carnation and now I see this 'Youth Dew' type of perfume ... I think Cloves come on strong and it now has a whole other Scent than what I remember. it is a Rollerball, really the best flacon. slowly the Carnation comes forward. I love this perfume with odd tricks. now (2 days later) I tested the vial again and it is certainly a Clove-prominent perfume (much more to my liking) but the vial has a sticker with 'Diamond Water'. what I now think happened is that I ordered Golconda (knowing myself). short: I am very happy with this perfume and it is a fully fletched Carnation perfume which lasts a long time.

waar moet ik beginnen? het is een gekke. woorden zijn moeilijk te combineren met wat ik voel voor deze. man wat een kleine maar man wat een sterke(denk aan de geur(je ruikt het liever niet)(het is er helaas wel)(geen ontkomen aan)). er gebeurd veel met deze scent. uitdagend geurtje met een behoorlijke profile. laat graag van zich horen(of ruiken). het irriteert de een maar ook de ander. kan een grappige zijn maar zodra je er zelf mee betrokken raakt en je snel aan de beurt. heeft een bepaalde band met een gigantische(hecht). over het algemeen een dodelijke reuk(stille killer).