Sopoudrage

I really like this powdery perfume with the notes of iris, rose and hedione. More for women, compatible with the open space. It smells like "make up", lipsticks, etc. Similar to "Lipstick fever" of "Juliette has a gun" (launch in 2020 so after this perfume). 7/10 for all the seasons You can try this brand with the discovery set. Description of the website: "Fabrice has Grasse in the blood. Son of a perfumer, grandson of an adored grandmother who was a jasmine picker, a grandfather who produced raw ingredients, he performs two activities at Firmenich: he is a creative perfumer and he also develops natural products. With this fragrance he sought to pay tribute to the Iris, a rich flower with a rare and complex flower signature. It takes six years to obtain the best Iris quality: three years of cultivation and three years of drying. Here it is linked to the Rose, a beauty among beauties, a symbolic flower. Two royal flowers, often evoked, but rarely loved for themselves. Powdery Rose softens Iris, brings out its cold beauty. The Rose ceases to be romantic, the Iris ceases to be haughty. Rose and Iris waltz in unison. A creation in chiaroscuro, contrasted and magnetic."

It's as if this was taken out of an 19-th century theatre dressing room. Pretty feminine, albeit quite unnoticeable unless you get really close to the skin. It's kind of sexy in a way. Makes me think of corsages and fishnets! I don't pick out rose or iris on their own, but this is a true "powdery" scent with woody undertones. A lingering trail of something vaguely citrus-y can also be felt.

You know that old lipstick smell? Well, that's about all you get... Very intimate, feminine and quiet.

A lot of musk and a nice dominant iris lipstick note on a dry woody base. Pleasant....of course for this price you can have cheaper and much better like Putain des Palaces from ELDO and a lot of other examples of a very classic type of composition .

oooh...This is rough. 70% ISO E SUPER (Not that it's a bad thing) in here with PEA in the opening, flitting between anosmic anonymity, and astringent sharpness akin to hairspray or a particularly potent bug killer. Truly not pleasant and I'm not apposed to this stuff at all, but in this particular combo, it's fairly god awful. Then when dried down it becomes better but it's essentially that 'barely there', skin minimalism which does have the dry, kinda appealing IES facets, perhaps cashmeran making it woodier and silkier? it also has a vague, paper and hint of curry note. reasonably enjoyable after the initial phase.