Cuir Fetiche

Lovely, lovely! This is, as the post below says, a pleasant surprise. A soft, warm floral leather with subtle bright citric notes and cosy labdanum The patchouli is just right, no hint of moldy bread, unwashed hair or damp cellar! It's blended with a lightly salty tingling amber and the balance is great. The leathery aspect is soft, chewy, not coal-tar-esque or car seat leather as in Cuir de Russie (I adore Cuir de Russie but it's an entirely different perfume for a diferent ocassion).Sandalwood is softening the composition and lending a velvety touch to the drydown alongside a gourmand style vanilla (by which I mean proper vanilla pod with that slight woody-coffee smell. I don't get rose/ylang/iris separately but they're obviously adding to the mix in subtle ways - the florals and citruses give this a pretty feel, as does vanilla though I'd say it's quite unisex This is cuddly overall, and is not dissimilar to L'Artisan's Dzing! it's less animalic though, I get no hint of hamster cage or tiger poo (I've no idea what tiger poo smells like, but Dzing always reminds me of a fairly clean hamster cage). Cuir Fetiche does have a slightly animalic ambrette though - a salty skin-scent quality It's subtly seductive, a good skin scent and the nicest perfume I've sampled in a while. Sillage light, longevity good - it's still there after many hours but close-to-skin Later edit: Also reminds me of L'Air de Rien, but not as strong and definitely more refined in feel

White soft genuine gloves leather, gentle and clean, and i guess it was washed before exposed! elegant and bossy that belongs to Rayna Boyanov! and surprisingly at the same time it could belong to a 25 years old Harry Hart (a.k.a Galahad)! amazingly polished! i mean blended! the first spray shows the powerful of that bubbly soapy leather that gives the impression of a shady white-off white-paige elegant leather of a gentleman-lady gloves who comes out onto the runway from a brand new shiny white Rolls Royce Ghost with a black interior wearing a slim white suit for the man with a white fur, white top hat, & a fancy cane or over the knee tight Red dress, overhead mesh black scarf, a sun glasses, & high heeled shiny shoes walking towards his-her private jet. this scene is what the top note of this fragrance presents, the leather citrus clean soap note. As it calms down a bit, the ylang ylang starts to show up with the Jasmine, and few more spices which i guess the patchouli presents which hintly reminds me of "Je Suis Un Homme" by "ELDO" on this specific stage. This stage is quite interesting as it shows up the bubbly sparkling citrus fireworks leather effect! kind of wierd but i guess the firwork effect is presented as a slight burnt essence that i can hintly smell within this stage and from a far distance. this fragrance is never gender classified as it could belong to a bossy elegant lady or a handsome elegant gentleman. perfectly made.

Unbelievably beautiful. Stunning. Marvellous. Among the best cuir scents in my opinion. Firstly he slams with a rough strength directly on your face. Then, he realizes what he has done and feels compassion for your tears and your staring face: "What have I done?" you seem to wonder. He knows he has exaggerated, he repents and soon cuddles you in his embrace, surrounding you with flowers, a suede caress, a tender leather that soothes and dries your tears. Flowers surround the leather and I find them so beautiful and comforting. The lasting power is exceptional and sillage too; you surely need not to give you an extra dose of scent through the day. Also, through the day you will follow his developing from harsh, to rude, to embracing, to tender on a complicated but beautiful path. I love meandering through the various facets of this beautiful scent and I love his contradictory phases. In my opinion Cuir Fetiche would be more for a woman than a man but as everyone interprets a scent in a most personal way, I would suggest to try. Beautiful. A masterpiece.

Cuir Fetiche is the first leather perfume I ever smelled, probably around 2011. It really kicked off a HUGE love of mine. I know there are more "dangerous" leather scents out there, and I've heard grumblings that this one hardly lives up to it's moniker, or it's red leather corset (not pictured on the bottle on Fragantica). But that's okay with me, I really love it. This is perfect on a rainy chilly day. Today it started off very leathery, irisy, deep citrus and powdery, and it gradually settled into a soft spun sugar, almost like marshmallows toasting on a campfire (not at all unlike By the Fireplace). I kept getting wafts of it all day, wondering where that pretty smell was coming from, but then I realized it was me all along. Sprayed conservatively, this is A-okay for an office in my opinion. I used to think I loved Cuir de Lancome more but I after today I think it's just as good. This leans feminine but I think a man could wear this, too.

This is easily the most beautiful, refined leather fragrance I've ever come across. In just a few weeks it became an indisputable favourite, and I try (and own) a lot of scents. Powdery, sophisticated, slightly undercooled. Do not be misled by the name. Don't picture sultry, blatant and borderline-gaudy 1950s leather fetishism. This is not Betty Page in leather boots. Picture a low shiver passing a silk-clad spine, the air of luxurious confinement and tortured reserve that envelops Séverine Serizy clad in YSL. A secret to wear on your wrists. This is a modern scent with distinct vintage sensibilities, supremely beautiful and nonetheless extremely wearable. Fragrances that, while not too similar in composition, create a similar olfactory atmosphere would be Tom Ford's highly underrated Violet Blonde (discontinued) and, to a cashmere-clad extent, Papillon's Angelique.