Skin on Skin

The Wow! Why so much hate? Are you folk crazy? I have never felt so compelled to write a review. I guess it is because I feel this incredible fragrance deserves to be truly respected. I don't even know where to begin describing the smell. I can't. You know the notes listed above and you will recognise many of them in this fragrance but there is magic going on with the composition. Ok. I have a confession. I have hairy wrists. Very hairy wrists. My partner hates my hairy wrists. And yet, and yet... His nose has been snuggling up and down my arm, searching out the atoms amongst my hairs, vacuuming up the pheromones. Earlier it was just me myself and I all alone with my Skin on Skin. I had the candles burning, soft music playing, a fat glass of fine wine and I could just not drag my nose away from my damn wrist! I think another reviewer said something along the lines of when you kiss the top of a cats head and there is that warmth and beautiful animalistic yet clean smell. I actually think it is more like a house-rabbit. Have you ever had the good fortune of meeting such a gentle creature? There is something more innocent about them than cats and something more untamed. Sniffing my scent-laden wrist is the closest thing I have ever come across to gently kissing the head of my beautiful rabbit! He is a very affectionate soul and loves to be nuzzled. He lis not afraid of my hairy arms and he will often lick them with his tiny warm tongue. Now that I have this perfume, my partner finally gives my wrists the love they yearn! I am completely blown away by the magic of Skin on Skin. At first, I thought it a ridiculous name but of course I completely understand it. Perhaps it should have been called Nose on Skin but that doesn't quite have the same ring to it. All you crazy fools who hate this frag... I am glad. I am glad! You are possibly the same people who do not understand the beauty of inner silence. The same folk who do not stop to look up to the sky and almost cry at the simple beauty of a solitary bird soaring on the thermals. A great fragrance deserves to be 'listened to' with the nose. This scent elicits reverence in me. It takes me to where other fragrances of a similar note family also take me, but also far beyond. Actually it takes me somewhere totally unexpected. It takes me to this present moment. Right here, right now. A place where I need or want for nothing. A place where everything is just perfect. Just as it should be. A place of pure love. A place where a warm nose with soft in-breaths and gentle out-breaths explores my lucky arm. The space between the tick and the tock of the clock, the pause between the in-breath and the out. This moment. This moment. This moment is all there ever is and I am in love.

The 125ml bottles are no longer being produced. Everyone who loves this fragrance will have to settle for purchasing the newer, bland, gray glass 100ml bottles in future. So why not scoop up a discounted 125ml bottle now before they all disappear or become ridiculously priced on auction sites? I fell in love at first sniff with Skin on Skin. While I do love sexy leather & suede fragrances, my nose detects not even a hint of human sexuality -- far from it; instead it's the clean, warm, friendly & comforting scent of a beloved cat's fur and it's simply irresistible. Yes, indeed. Soft suede and warm fur. When I wear this to work I find people stepping closer when they speak to me... I know they're aware of my fragrance even when they don't mention it. Skin on Skin is such a friendly, comforting fragrance that to suggest it has sexual over/undertones or intentions seems very wrong to me. Skin on Skin isn't intercourse or an invitation to it, it's a comforting, friendly hug and shame on anyone who suggests otherwise. Soft suede and slightly musky kitty fur and that's it. I sense no whiskey nor any of the florals shown in the pyramid above; don't purchase if these notes are what you're looking for. On the other hand, if soft suede and warm kitty fur appeal to you Skin on Skin is a "must have". My fragrance collection is "stupid large" and I expect I'll be gifting/selling much of it in the next couple of years but there are many fragrances that I simply cannot conceive of ever being without and Skin on Skin is one of them. Warm, musky, powdery warmth that's "my own skin only better" with that comforting "kitty fur" aspect makes this a "must have" for me. Grab a 125ml at various discount sites before they're gone forever.

The opening! New car smell in a bottle! A bouquet of purple flowers smothered by hot plastic and surrounded by an acetone cloud. Cyborg skin. My five year old gave me his unvarnished opinion (as usual): “Mommy! You smell like the swimming pool! BLECK!”. On clothing...those notes remain. Thankfully, this evolves on the skin. But...I’m not sure I love it. The more I wear it, the more I enjoy it. The problem is that the projection is rather low, so after the initial chemical blast it becomes difficult to form an opinion about what remains. The dry down is certainly the best part. I so wanted a lipstick and leather vibe from this perfume and the dry down comes close. Definitely a unique and interesting perfume. Edit—after wearing this for some time, I love it. I’ve learned many Bertrand Duchaufour creations require patience and contemplation. The best perfumes are often the ones I initially hate. It’s the mark of a truly great perfumer to create scents that are bold, totally unique and therefore polarizing. BD is not in the business of churning out crowd-pleasers. Yes, this fragrance is challenging at times and probably best in cool weather, but I adore the interplay of suede and iris. Love!

Skin On Skin is a beautiful fragrance that conjures images of a Victorian era Boudoir. What i get on the initial spray is a hefty dose of Whiskey & Suede that quickly folds into a Sharp Floral Iris along with a soft Rose, Lavender, Saffron, & Musk notes that gently support & add a well rounded nature to a Powdery Orris Root. Toward the dry down it morphs into this beautiful Suede-like Lipstick & Makeup Powder accord that somewhat smells mildly Vanillic on my Skin. Dont listen to the negative comments. It doesnt at all smell like Baby Dolls, Plastic Jelly Shoes, or a Shoe Store. Skin On Skin is an extremely sharp & powdery Iris fragrance that smells absolutely beautiful in the Winter Months. ...& while my description of Skin On Skin makes this fragrance sound Feminine, its totally unisex. Longevity is around 10 hours & Projection is Moderate for about 3 hours, But the Sillage trail is massive. My review is from my bottle that i bought in 2015.

As a child, I had a pair of teal, pink and purple suede birkenstocks. Skin on skin smells exactly like the box they came in! Like someone else said, it definitely smells like a mom-and-pop cobbler shop, the type with a bell hanging from the door (which I picture painted in dark green, with a brass clench handle that's been polished by years of regular customers coming in for the incredible craftsmanship of that specific shoemaker), the shop is poorly lit, filled to the brim with all sorts of products, the cracking hardwood floors having seen better days but the prices haven't changed since 1974. So anywho, shoe boxes... plastic things that emit that sort of vanillic hue... some anis étoilé somehow... *bref* Bertrand Duchaufour once again created something rather unique, for the more niche noses. On an sidenote: the Saudi nose seems to be utterly in love with this scent profile. Like instant marriage proposal level of lust.