Narciso Rodriguez For Her L'Absolu

I have Narciso for her EDT, for her EDP, and for her l’absolu. I find EDT to stand its own, whereas the EDP and L’absolu feel similar. EDT my most loved of the three is an enthralling airy freshness interlaced with sweetness from the vanilla and flower and musk. It is outrageous how beautiful and sensual it is. If I had a signature probably this would be it. EDP and L’absolu, although attractive, I find are for the more mature, serious, and prim and proper. I feel this would suit my mother more. I would feel like I am trying too hard to fit the persona that these perfumes signal. At drydown these are less airy, quite powdery, unfortunately not as fresh as I would like, and even smell oily. The opening of both of these are quite intense and unpleasantly sharp and downright revolting - need to be very patient to enjoy this. And you need to enjoy powdery and demure to like these. EDP is more comforting powdery whereas L’absolu is in same vein with a little more syrupy texture. For powdery musk I would rather enjoy my Narciso poudree, which is also more approachable than these two. I am more into the EDT- it has a lot more presence. To my nose, EDT is not similar to either of the two. Edit: I am wearing NR L'absolu today. I am finding more nuance in it. More than powdery there is a raw floral oily syrupy texture - not sweet but somewhat carnal adult connotations without any explicit suggestion. Definitely not easy to like but Intriguing I must say! Edit 2: EDP is seriously growing on me. L'absolu seems a mixture of EDP and EDT. HAVE GROWN TO LOVE ALL THREE

It seems that I'm turning into a Narciso Rodriguez fan. After Narciso and For Her, L'Absolu is my next big like. Though I kind of expected it as it contains tuberose. L'Absolu is indeed very similar to both the aforementioned fragrances, and at the same time it feels different enough to justify owning it if you already own one or both of the above. The opening blast is tuberose and jasmine. Very creamy, the tuberose soon takes center stage as the queen usually does. The jasmine isn't very prominent, while the tuberose sings for a good 45 minutes on my skin. Heart and base is where the similarities start to show up; you get the signature musk that's highlighted in For Her, and the creamy amber of Narciso. This is where I feel that this couldn't be anything other than a member of the family. Narciso fragrances seem to have a certain elegance and understated sophistication that makes them so appealing to many, even if at first they seem kind of crude. They also bolster a very good longevity with a powerful sillage, which is something I wish would stand for most brands nowadays. They are similar to each other and at the same time different. I enjoy For Her for its osmanthous/orange blossom no fuss musk, Narciso for its creamy ambery gardenia, and now L'Absolu for its strong tuberose presence, that is followed by what I like from the others. It's worth a try even though I know many will find it redundant. But if you like tuberose this a very pleasant surprise from the mainstream department that will surely be everywhere come fall and Christmas season.

Ever heard "there's always that one person that will always have your heart (even when you cant call him/her yours)"? That is exactly how i feel about this perfume. Tried it once around few months ago. Loved it but i was crazy in YSL Cinema & Jour d'Hermes by then. However i often think about this scent (like having dinner with ur beautiful boyfriend but u think about another guy). I had holidays in Paris last month and a lady in Sephora spritzed this on me. Holy crap it feels like im in love again, but deeper and i want to have it forever! This is a tuberose bomb (I usually not a fan of it tho), the musk also heavy on my skin. Very sweet but not girl-next-door kind of sweet. The 'darkness' and creaminess blended well and turn it to an expensive and very ladylike scent. An alpha lady, classy, mysterious, seductive but hard-to-get, high maintenance, successful career woman who loves to attend high-level party and surrounded by gorgeous crowd, fierce but kind-hearted ladyboss. You name it. I love the reaction of people when i enter the room and catch them turn their head, deep inhale with face full of thoughts: who's entering the room? This smell is a killer! The sillage is crazy on my skin. Somehow makes me feel guilty if the scent is way too strong/overpowering, but then i tell myself : if loving you is wrong, i dont want to be right! Deal with that. From top to drydown i absolutely LOVE IT!

My initial impression on NR L'absolu For Her (as well as several other fragrances from this line, e.g. Fleur Musc) wasn't so great - namely I dismissed L'absolu it as a tuberose overkill. However, I decided to test-wear it for a while, suspecting that it might eventually grow on me - and, that's exactly what happened. After a weirdish opening, this quickly settles into a powerful musky tuberose with hints of patchouli and jasmine. It projects magnificently and stays on my skin for at least 6 hours. It is not overly similar to other scents from the NR line, because these mighty white florals are so dominant here. If anything, L'absolu reminds me of how the 1980s smelled like! I was just a girl at the time when women used to wear the original Dior Poison, Cacharel LouLou (created by Aurelien Guichard's father, Jean Guichard) and other tuberose bombs... Somehow, NR L'absolu has awakened my long-dormant olfactory memories of that era of incredibly perfumey perfumes. It's not the first time that Aurelien Guichard was inspired by his father's work. So, if you used to love the original Poison or LouLou, this fragrance should work for you.

I have just ordered my second 100 ml bottle which is a surprise for me since I've been downsizing for years and I'm really aiming for a minimalistic wardrobe by now. But what to do when you have found real love? When I first tried it out it didn't smell as I had expected at all, and I was slightly disappointed. It was a blind buy and I expected a sweet tuberose fragrance with a touch of patchouli but what I got wasn't as sweet and flowery as I had hoped for. Instead I found it rather dry, smokey and quite abstract. But the more I used it the more I fell in love with it and the components that I had been looking for started to show themselves in full strength. The patchouli is quite prominent in the opening and it takes a little while for it to settle but once it does you will have a sweet, musky and the most sensual fragrance ever. It does not smell like the fragrances I usually buy: 80's big ballsy florals and florientals that smells like flower bouquets. Narciso l'Absolu is different, I like to think that the composition is modernistic, like an abstract art piece that doesn't attempts to imitate nature at all. Perfect.