Chyprissime

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! Which is a complete and utter shame because I’ll never buy a full bottle of it at the cost it is. I’m completely mystified as to how Mugler could put his name on such a beautiful modern chypre and then give it the longevity of a wink ( yes....a wink!). So, so disappointing and at this price, I’m in complete agreement with Andy the Frenchy & others when I say I’ve got to pass on it because I so desperately want a full bottle; a tanker full, so I can bathe in it but it just cannot be justifiable at the price. A masterful work of the perfumers art, certainly with Olivier Polge involved, yet the longevity, projection and sillage seem to have been dismissed as unimportant here obviously and I’m so disappointed. Every time I order from Mugler, this is the only sample I request. Whenever I’m in Harrods, I desperately try and beg more samples because I simply won’t pay the price for the bottle. Now, don’t get me wrong...... I’ve even gone to the lengths of going from London to Paris, just for the day so I can buy Dior Privèe Vetiver & Mitzah from the one store in the world that does still stock them but I just simply will not do this.... I won’t pay it! Oh, that patchouli...... and the oakmoss...... and that pear that creeps up on you. Beautiful! In order for me to get a days wear from this, I have to reapply at least three times & heavily too. I keep hoping that it will do a Molecule 01 on me and magically reappear...... but no....no, it doesn’t. Shame shame shame!!!

Anyone expecting a current-day perfume called a "chypre" to have the oakmoss hit of a classic chypre is doomed to disappointment. However if one ignores the "chypre" label and smells the perfume on its merits, there are many a good "new chypre" around. To my nose, Chyprissime falls in this category. The first day I wore it I got a compliment: "What is that wonderful perfume--spicy, patchouli--it's fabulous!" It has good longevity; put it on in the morning from a sample, with a little refresh in the store at 1pm when I went to buy it, and I could still smell it at bedtime. Something I noticed with this perfume and another Mugler Exception I tested, Oriental Express: upon sniffing or application they didn't seem that special but as they unfold, the notes develop and bloom beautifully. Very different from a lot of perfumes today that disappear somewhere in what should be the middle. I am really enjoying the dry sophistication of Chyprissime.

Honestly, the entire range of this collection "Les Exceptions" is truly fantastic and I wish I could just afford them all. In this day and age of market saturation (of pretty much everything) to be able to produce and launch a product that is THAT GOOD is simply fantastic. Love the gently hinted pear note and that sharp, tangy, hesperidic-chypre burst in the beginning until the floral heart note kicks in. N/B there is no single floral ingredient listed but it feels and smells that there is one! Omittance or art of abstract modern perfumery? You'll be the judge, but I think it is genuinely a very good new modern chypre. Love the various stages and the mossy, green patchouli dry down. A wet, fruity, slightly medicinal modern chypre of the very best. Verdict; 9/10! Super classy and dynamically different for a male. On my late spring/ summer WANT LIST!

This fragrance has been in my rotation all summer. I find it refreshing, elegant, versatile and very solid performance-wise. I reckon it smells very natural and is extremely well blended. I am not a fan of citrus - at all - but in this particular composition, it really brings freshness to the earthy and damp oakmoss/patchouli duet, which dominates the scene after the more citrusy opening, thus making the fragrance wearable even in hot weather. The pear balances the composition with its delicate sweetness, and smoothens all the sharp edges of the more pungent notes. Since the beginning of the summer, I’ve been reaching for it a few days a week for any non-special occasion imaginable and definitely find it signature worthy for chypre lovers looking for something casually elegant.

Wearing this today On paper smells amazing. On me, it is very watery, within 5 minutes you won't remember what you're wearing. I sooooo wanted to love this one... EDIT: Now that L'Oreal is getting its hands on Mugler many online sites have/had this for a very good discount. So I finally got it. I am not sorry. It does smell amazing and with a few extra sprays it lasts long enough. I am even tempted to get a second bottle. So yeah... VERY soft, not much projection or lasting power, but an amazing experience and skin scent