Equistrius

Unlike some reviewers below, my favourite part of Equistrius is actually the opening, where you get a sharp, grappa-ish ambrette that's the spitting image of Chanel No 18's (or, actually, Cri), and a hint of fresh violet/violet leaf, mixing with a proper boozy iris like those found in older versions of Dior Homme. The effect is both sparkly and tender, classic and quirky, and I really love it. The slightly 'alcoholic' notes paired with the iris are also a perfect bridge to a bitter, volatile dark chocolate note that develops soon after - this stage is gorgeous too, but, again, the ambrette-iris-cacao accord is relatively short-lived. Instead, as the perfume dries down, the chocolate sweetens as if dusted with rice flour and icing sugar, becoming more like powdered drinking chocolate, and then everything slowly melts into lipstick/powder-compact cosmetic tones, and gets maybe a tad too vintage for me. Even then I can still smell the traces of ambrette and milk-chocolate-powder intermittently as part of the sillage, and it's all so pretty and moreish that I'm happy to respray. Sillage average, longevity a little on the low side.

Equistrius was one of the first niche samples that I tested that I considered actually wearable. A full bottle followed and I enjoy it immensely every time I wear it. It helps to like iris to like this perfume. Iris, both powdery and orris root, is the lead singer. I really like the sense of a capella in this perfume. The scent voices are clear and in sweet harmony with each other. I can actually smell the cocoa and the leather. Both seem related - like twin sisters - adding their individual, but similar harmonies. Violet sweetened rice adds a somewhat starchy support and barely perceivable density. Sandalwood brings forth a creamy iris. Amber wraps the entire gift in balmy smoothness. A touch of vetiver keeps the whole composition from being too sweet, but remains distant itself. Altogether, Equistrius is an excellent smooth ode to the Iris. It is easy to wear and provides wrist-sniffing goodness. Easy to love...and I do. Edit: Longevity 6+ hours. Sillage mild to body scent after 3+ hours.

I've built a strong relationship with perfume house "Parfum d'Empire" I think, as this is already fourth of their creations in my full bottle purchase wishlist. I did not expect much from "Equistrius", I wanted to try this because of the perfume house, but did not expect to fall in love as I usually do not go for iris dominated perfume. As for iris here - it's lovely, I've finally found a perfume with iris which I love, I can't get enough of it. Iris here is not too powdery and not too "metallic" as it usually turns to my skin. I get loads of chocolate with iris and it turns out to be perfect. It's like being wrapped in a soft blanket with someone special while doing something very kinky. Sounds weird I know. This is a comfort scent, but at the same time this is very, very sexy. And also elegant. Worth a try. Not worth a blind buy though, this is not crowd pleasing.

I am happy to have got a full bottle 100 ml of it. Even if it has been quite expencive. BEFORE I tested it with my sample I was sure I don't like iris odour. I used to find it extremely powdery and suffocating and causing headache. Before I tried Equistrius in a sample. This Iris is so far from powder (on me, indepepndently on note of rice powder in it) and so light and elegant! So beautiful and calm! Note of chocolate is warm and deep. Iris and chocolate supplement each other ideally. I also feel gentlest musky smell. The perfume is just perfect. And it changed my attitude to iris at all. It seems that now I am interested in any iris perfume I can approach :-)

This is so soft and warm and long lasting. I've had it on my arm for seven hours and I can still smell it's beautiful aroma wafting up. The amber and sandalwood are so creamy and soft. However, I didn't enjoy the top notes. They're much too sweet and syrupy with an odd hay or dry wheat note. I dismissed it as a dislike and moved on to other violet samples I was testing. After half an hour, I noticed it had settled into a gorgeous violet and iris scent, resting on a creamy base. If you can wait out the loud beginning, you're in for a treat! Cosy, enveloping but gentle, not powdery. A touch of suede, touch of chocolate. A skin scent in a very sensual way.

It's a very lovely iris-violet combo, not cold or earthy as some another iris and violet scents are. I really don't detect any chocolate here but I think it gives the depth and the warmth to this perfume, hand in hand with amber. It's more a woody powdery scent, in contrast with baby powdery perfumes (however I like them, too), I find this much more refined and interesting. Longevity is average on my skin. The only negative point is sillage - I have to sniff very close to my skin to detect it, but the scent itself is so beautiful that I can't help loving it. The bottle is pretty, too with its easy elegance. Recommended.

This is interesting. I almost get an animalic note. I think its the big dose of iris, , chocolate, suede and ambrette. My skin is not at all keen on ambrette so its rather sabotaged this fragrance for me in the opening. Thankfully after half an hour it smells way better. It seems to brighten up with iris, violet and cocao powder. Yes, there is some powderiness but not that much. I dont like to mention the old lady smell but there is a bit of that here. It doesnt bother me anyway. A very classy and well blended fragrance. Moderate sillage and longevity.

A glorious violet leather scent with a faint rice powder note. Is it a ground breaking perfume? No, but it's damn lovely. It's a cozy scent. One you would wear on a rainy day, curled up with a book, hot beverage (or some wine) and a book. Perfect for the month of October, which is starting today. It just makes me smile. It's not a monster sillage perfume but through out the day, I get whiff of it. Many compliments from the few who comes close to me (which is not a lot). A full bottle worthy in my opinion.

Lovely soft sexy feminine warm interesting a bit sweet iris-violet...so in love with this smell, it is not something you smell every corner, neither something that gives you a headache even if unique...it is perfection, I want to smell it all the time!!! amkes me feel in heaven...

I just love this scent it’s really delicious without been gourmand , at first was like meh’ but the dry down it’s gorgeous and now I can enjoy it right from the start ... it must be tested on the skin though , silage it’s moderate and longevity could be improved but it’s not bad

I thought I didn't really like violets, until today, when I tried Equistrius. It is truly a very pretty scent. I can definitely smell suede, violets and a hint of chocolate. It gives an incredible impression of smoothness, softness, comfort.

Violets, suede, and milk rice with chocolate. It may not be the most ingenious artistic concept (the smell of a horse's breath), but who cares? It’s highly wearable.

A younger sister of my fav Daim Blond. A truly beautiful scent. If you love leathery iris, and dark chocolate...you will love this one.

This is a lovely longlasting perfume. I detect chypre and musk but I can't smell any chocolate in it. I will definitely buy it.

Herbal spicy green, rose and violet! Pure loveliness on a bed of sandalwood. Sadly, a quickly fading vision.

Soft Iris meets creamy chocolate and smooth suede. Simply gorgeous. Love it.

I was never an iris fan but recently I've been craving iris fragrances suitable for fall wear.I remembered having a tiny sample of Equistrius two years ago and liking it so when I came across a good deal,didn't hesitate to buy it It goes through dramatic changes as it develops on my skin.when first sprayed it's a bitter iris-leather-cacao combo,unisex even a bit leaning towards being masculine,dry and powdery in a darkish,dusty way After a while I get something buttery which sounds like amberette and rice trying to smooth it out and it enters a rounder,not powdery anymore phase which doesn't last more than a few minutes My favorite part begins after at least half an hour when it settles down to a creamy blend of almost all the listed notes:iris,violet,face powder,milky sandalwood,a smooth leather note(not suede type of leather to my nose) and some yummyness(but not too sweet) due to a touch of chocolate and rice.now I find it more feminine and oh so elegant.it's a sensual classy,expensive-smelling yet comforting scent.a high quality one which is easy to notice that isn't intended for masses.I asked for my family and friend's idea and most of them didn't like the initial phase but they all enjoyed it's smooth drydown. I believe it's drydown is a get together of feminine things in the classiest way possible:face powder and body lotion and chocolate,a leather makeup bag with a scent of face powder and lipsticks lingering on it,a soft,warm and clean skin pampered by a lotion before being powdered.my mind unconsciously relates these scents with feminity and luxury but at the same time I believe that the right man can pull it off beautifully I'm going to edit and add about it's longevity and projection but my first few wears indicate that it's long-lasting but stays close to skin Not a passionate love for me yet but I like it a lot Edit: it has a little in common with Oscar de la renta Oriental Lace,a favorite of mine.I can't wait to layer them to intensify Equistrius's faint chocolate note and be wrapped by a powder-cream-chocolate heaven with woody-leathery naunces شروع عطر،کمی تیره و تلخ و خاکی،پودری طوره،ترکیب پودر کاکائو و زنبق و چرم اما اگه بهش نیم ساعت زمان بدید تبدیل به رایحه ای لطیف و شیک و متمایل ب زنانگی میشه،ترکیبی از رایحه پودر صورت و لوسیون بدن و کمی هم شکلات،یه کیف آرایش چرمی که بوی وسایل آرایش روش مونده و پوست گرم و لطیف و تمیز تازه لوسیون و پودر زده شده

When I first tried Equistrius, I expected a leather scent, perhaps with some grassiness or hay thanks to its name. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by the violet-chocolate accord that dominates the opening. There is a leather accord in the base all right, but it is not the main event. The opening is the best part, however - it becomes a bit of a mish-mash as the ambery base develops. Equistrius opens with a powdery violet-chocolate accord. The violet is sweet, like Parma violets but softer, while the chocolate is like cocoa powder, soft and dry. They marry quite nicely. There is a slight green undertone to the violet, but the opening remains dry. The iris follows, a logical progression from the violet (and my favourite note of all). I enjoy an iris-chocolate accord, and this is a pretty good example (while it lasts). Wonderfully powdery and only slightly sweet, the opening is deeply satisfying. As it develops, a cardboard effect becomes evident in the background, perhaps thanks to the combination of the rice note and the woody base notes. It remains dry and powdery with some violet lingering. The chocolate remains, powdery and increasingly bitter as it progresses. The amber-leather base emerges, but the overall effect is a bit discordant and confused. The powdery notes clash with the slightly animalic amber-leather accord instead of achieving the smoothness I expected, and the woody notes come off slightly harsh. It fades to a powdery, musky skin scent, leathery with some bitter cocoa-like chocolate remaining until final fade. Sillage and longevity are moderate. It reads as a transeasonal, unisex scent. I love a violet-leather accord at the best of times, and I've found chocolate-tinged iris to be compelling in the past; however there is too much going on here, and it feels slightly forced as a result. I still like Equistrius to an extent, and some will love it, but it is ultimately not for me. An ambitious olfactory artwork that doesn't quite hit the mark. 3/5.

WOW! Equistrius is like nothing I've tried in my whole life and it's truely a work of art.I ordered a perfume from shaghayegh perfume site and they sent me ten free niche samples so I have to be thankful to them since I'd never think of trying it I've promised myself to control my addiction to perfume buying and buy just one perfume per month and there are lots of them in my wishlist but I'm hooked so I'm moving it to toppest parts of my wishlist I always wished I loved an iris/violet dominant scent but I couldn't.they were usually too sharp and cold to my nose.my only favorite iris dominant scents are Marc Jacobs decadence and lancome la vie intense so I think I need a bunch of gourmand notes to ground iris.there's dark chocolate and rice here that add a delicious and very unique vibe to scent without making it sweet.I love sweet scents but I'd also love to have some non sweet favorites and this is a powdery scent with non-sweet gourmand and woody naunces Suede and ambrette add a warm,soft,voluptuous and luxurious quality and there's vetiver which adds slightest hint of earthyness which I find very appealing Equistrius is very elegant,ladylike,formal but also comfortable.it's well balanced so powderyness doesn't suffocate and turn too dry It's not loud and it's sillage is moderate at it's best but it's lasting power seems to be very good.I've dabbed small amount of it almost 9 hours ago and can still easily feel it It's wearable year round but I prefer it for mild to cool weather

I just got this today 🥰. I had wanted this for a long time after it was suggested to me as a cousin to Guerlain's Iris Ganache. I dont't think that is the case. At least I can't tell. It is a beautiful fragrance in its own right nonetheless. I just sprayed it and I had to write the review despite not knowing yet how it is going to dry down 😁. The opening is beautiful and as a violet lover (I didn't even know what iris smell like but I hear it is a prominent note here) you cannot not like it. It reminds me a lot of the opening of Jean Patou 1000, but less sharp. The bottle was cold as ice and on first spray the skin was slightly red. Maybe it is just an initial reaction. Can't wait to try the ricey note and cocoa on dry down. Will update later. It is definitely a grown up and sophisticated scent. I like it that it stays close to skin as it makes for a good office fragrance.