Angelique

ANGELIQUE by Papillon Perfumery Sweetness from osmanthus , nuttiness from orris butter , warmness from champaca and softness from mimosa . These things evoked me to sum up this fragrance to my collection. I've found this one as the only feminine fragrance from the whole papillon line. This is so clean and calm. I am very much aware of the performance of a fragrance but the gentleness makes me get this scent . It does not have the monstrous performance like others from this house . You have to reapply it or may be spray more to understand this scent . I usually take 4-5 sprays of it. It's very close to skin like scent and fades away from my clothes from average after 10-11 hours but you can get the fluffiness till the dry down. I think sometimes we need to stay mute from the world , need to leave all our melancholy behind , need to smell clean and these help us to purify our heart. I prefer this scent during my solitaries because it listens me. The trail which it leaves that whispers around me. In a word , a subtle creation of Liz Moore . ❤️ #olfactory #fragrance #perfume #parfum #perfumecollection #perfumes #fragrances #scentoftheday #fragrancelover #perfumelovers #perfumeaddict #fragrancecollection #eaudeparfum #luxury #perfumelover #sotd #scentoftheday #scents #parfume #homefragrance #perfumery #nicheperfume #fragranceaddict #nicheperfume #photography #perfumery #perfumelover #fragfam

translucent powder hiding a sheen of sweat. skin shining like honey in golden hour sunlight, stone fruits gutted by painted claws onto an ivory blouse. a pale flower flecked with blood beneath a vanity mirror signed with lipstick. from petticoats to pantyhose, chiffon to leather, claire's to la perla. violently girlish, violently! the innocent puff of dry orris root and mimosa is a front, protecting secrets: a dream of wet peachy sweetness, osmanthus pinned down by tobacco and incense; smoke rises from under white satin sheets. soft, delicate orris is the most prominent aspect of angelique, but the contrast of darkness lurking within completely transforms the orris from a white puffy cloud in the sky to an angel fallen from the heavens. resins and tobacco sit at the heart of angelique, but happily restrained in the shadows by a leather corset coated in flowers. the shy frankincense accord is warm with a slightly metallic tinge, holy and profane as it cozies up to a subtle scent of tobacco that makes itself at home here in the thistles of femininity. in the streets of san francisco with angelique on my neck i am told "you smell like blood and peaches," and all i can do is smile. songs for angelique: crush the flowers by the wake, drunk at nightswim by charles, 10 james orr street by strawberry switchblade, by tomorrow by black tambourine.

Love love love this. It does happen to contain a lot of my favourite notes, but they wouldn't work together without the beautiful blending by maybe my favourite perfumer, Liz Moores. Completely unique amongst everything I've tried too. Longevity is decent on my skin, but among the weaker Papillon creations in that regard - for example, I would use 2-3 sprays of this vs 1-2 sprays of Bengale Rouge. But it's also probably one of more "office-friendly" of my favourites, as someone whose tastes skew towards more opulent perfumes. It's a "spring" perfume to me, but it can fit all year round, quite versatile. Also, the name may be impacting my judgement I would say this is the most overtly feminine papillon perfume I've tried.

Angélique is such an other-worldy creamy orris butter. There is something in it that smells like the faint bit of smoke in the air when you singe a piece of paper. The perfume is slightly sweet. I smell just a bit of mimosa, but if I did not see the notes I would never guess that there was any mimosa here. I think the most obvious floral is osmanthus, which gives it a bit of clean-ness, but overall I don't really smell much in the way of florals. I just smell buttered iris, woods, smoke, and something like caramel. Very rich and resinous. I love it! This is as marvelous as Anubis, they share something in common, but Angélique is softer, more chic. Update: 3 years later and I now stock this in my web-shop aveparfum.com

This is another fragrance that I'm just dying to get a full bottle of. Absolutely breath-taking iris fragrance that is very floral but I do think its unisex maybe leaning slightly more feminine. I get mainly iris but the osmanthus and champaca compliment it perfectly. If I was a very formal man this would be my signature fragrance and it wouldn't even be close. I think iris to me has always just been a super classy smelling note. I just wish this projected more but nothing overspraying can't fix! I thought I liked more buttery iris fragrances but after smelling this I think I just like any iris in general. The best iris fragrance ever and without a doubt a masterpiece 10/10