Rouge Assassin

Esxence "The art of perfumery" exhibition in March 2013 was the first holiday I've ever taken purely for the sake of perfumes. Wandering among fragrance aficinados, noses and business owners was an amazing experience, not to mention that I also had the honor of meeting and talking with Elena and Zoran (the founders of Fragrantica) on location! The winning perfume of that heavily scented weekend for me is Jovoy's Rouge Assasin. It's no secret that Yours Truly is a sucker for iris. In my video blog I sometimes mention Dior Homme for its powdery, cosmetic, lipstick qualities. You know, it has the makeup bag effect. But Frederic Malle's Iris Poudre and Dior Homme are a far cry from Rouge Assasin, which refers to a woman's scarlet lips by both its name and smell. The opening is quite powerful considering this is a powdery fragrance. Other people will definitely know that you've just sprayed some good stuff on. This phase will pass in about ten minutes and settle into a qualified, very very well done lipstick perfume. The rest of it is linear as far as I know, because my nose sort of loses track of the suave Rouge Assasin before the it gets to the drydown. Anyway, this stuff is absolutely marvelous. It's hardly overpowering, it's very feminine and classy.. and the bottle cap is luxuriously heavy. Mmm. I could go on and on, but will simply end this lovestruck babble by claiming that the queen of lipsticks has been found. Thanks to Amélie Bourgeois for crafting this stunning perfume.

Rouge Assassin by Jovoy is the perfect vintage cosmetics scent! It makes me feel nostalgic for the lipsticks and face powders of the 1940’s. I can’t help but think of old Hollywood style glamour! Rouge Assassin definitely is more powdery than waxy. I think it’s really difficult to get the cosmetic scent mixture just right without it being too sweet or too rosey, but Jovoy had no doubt achieved that with Rouge Assassin. The ambrette compliments the iris exquisitely , it develops so smoothly on the skin. Rouge Assassin is sexy and comforting at the same time because it brings back memories, but still offers this irresistibly vintage feminine allure. I am so in love with lipstick and cosmetic type fragrances and once I heard that this was a similar type of fragrance to my beloved Moulin Rouge 1889 (totally a lipstick scent, has a waxy vibe to it!) I had to try Rouge Assassin. I am so glad I did because I absolutely love it! Rouge Assassin is definitely my new “holy grail” vintage face powder scent!

I blind bought this a year ago and, at the time, I was working in a high-pressured City environment. I liked RA, but it didn't fit the life/ workstyle I was living - not enough GRRRRRRR! - and I wore it only twice. Fast forward to December this year and, I unearthed it from the depths of my wardrobe as I was foraging for things to sell on eBay. Praise be that I had the presence of mind to try it again! My life's changed a great deal in 12 months: I'm now working from home and I find the demure, musky iris of Rouge Assassin perfect for my work and mind set. It's comforting and unobtrusive but with a backbone of steel. At first spritz, I catch myself thinking I'll have to overload on it because it won't last but it always finds a way. It's the most subtle longevity powerhouse in my collection. I'm surprised not more people have this in their collections. It was the ultimate sleeper hit for me; now I couldn't bear to be without it.

Rouge Assassin by Jovoy Paris created by Amelie Bourgeois evokes the burlesque atmosphere of 40s / 50s pigalle. That's right, the fragrance brings back to the dusty, sparkling boudoir of Crazy Horse rather than Moulin Rouge or Carrousel: the scent of the floral tributes of the admirers (often roses and why not elegant Iris) the environments imbued with the intoxicating and fabulous scent of scandalous and forbidden lipsticks creamy scarlet red, volatile powders with rice powder, the scent of musky mallow (ambrette seeds) of the corsets and the very tight and sensual guêpière, of the warm woody scents of the theatrical environments of yesteryear. This is the vintage / bohemian thought that strongly arouses in my nose this incredible and perturbed feminine fragrance from Maison Jovoy Paris. Paradoxically mild and unobtrusive sillage.

One day one of my coleagues weared a new perfume which smells great. It was a woody perfume with powdery accords with a lot of musk scent. Somedays later when I was browsing in a perfumeshop as usual to find some new fragrance, I smelled a same scent. It was Rouge Assassin. I got a 2 mil. sample to test it at home. I can say rhat the Iris as a middle note is dominant which meticulously mixed with musk and sandalwood. It was really an interesting scent. Both projection and longevity are moderate which has made it soft perfume. An all season fragrance for young girls!