Ballade Verte

So what? Am I the first to discover that gorgeous scent? Have'nt you smelled it yet? Go on , order a sample if you love uncommon oriental woody notes like me..the rose, the resines and the agarwood are playing for dominance here sometimes it s the roses and a little later the the resins..and in the absolutely brilliant drydown I cannot help but get my nose stuck to my arm..there comes the vanilla from Madagaskar and normally I m not a fan of vanille in perfumes...but here it gives a fine comforting creamyness to the oriental ginger/resin notes..it is a little sweet but NEVEr cloying only enough to complement and if you have a trained nose you ll get the violet in the opening as well..(I only got it the 3rd time I sniffed it..) I have a decant of it but will go for a full bottle soon...quite amazing scent and so far the best of this line to me..

It gives a lot of violet leaves on me, that is why I think it's very similar to Trussardi's Skin, a long lost treasure of mine. I can also detect strong rose, and it is not a sweet rose-it is a bitter rose, because of the oud, I suppose. Stays 4 hours on my skin. In the end it smells like Jacomo Silences on me-very Galbanum-y.

Forgot I had this. Didn't even add it to my "have it" list when I bought my 100ml bottle for $9.99 at TJMAXX a couple of years ago... a lapse no doubt due to my STUPID LARGE collection. Found it this morning while dusting, obviously something I don't often do!!! Sprayed liberally on my cotton robe, gasping in horror at the initial exposure. Oy! A truly overwhelming shower of something, um, floral? Hadn't showered yet so I went on my merry way with my cleaning up. About 30 minutes later while vacuuming I found myself wondering where the scent of a a dozen or more deep red, fresh cut roses was coming from. Lo and behold, it was my robe! Sniffing my sleeves I also picked up on a lovely thread of galbanum and violet weaving in and out of the heavy rose scent. It's hours & hours later but my robe still smells like the inside of a florist shop. Definitely a keeper. As for wearing it I don't think I can manage to get through that first awful 30 minutes if I spray Ballade Verte on my skin but I do plan on spritzing my clothes 1/2 hour before getting dressed. Maybe even on my pillowcase 1/2 hour before going to bed. I wouldn't ordinarily keep a fragrance that's so awful at initial spray but the truly ASTOUNDING transformation 30 minutes in is -dare I say it?- well worth it.

Just got it but first impressions with me are one of the best way I can tell about a fragrance. If I like it upon first spray then usually it will smell nice to me all the way through, usually. So far I am really liking this scent. I have had it on for about 3 hours now and it still smells really good. I am picking up a lot of the rose now, but it is not over-powering so I like it. I have not noticed all the other notes mentioned by other reviewers but it is blended quite well so perhaps I will notice them the more I become familiar with this perfume. Now I want to try all the others in this lineup!

Today is a bit of a cloudy late summer day, so I wanted to try it again. The opening notes are those of galbanum, definitely the most noticeable one, and a bit of a bitter rose maybe some ylang. I can't smell violet leaf or ginger in it. It stays on for a long time but it settles down into more woody and earthy notes. Am glad I got it, as it is a different scent to all others I have. It is a more mature scent and some compare it to Chanel's (No 19) due to galbanum in it. I can't wear any Chanel so can't comment on that... Am waiting to try it in the winter too.