Aomassai 10

This fragrance has the most beautiful opening I have ever smelled! Love at first sniff. Oh my god this gorgeous! The first minutes of this fragrance is dominated by sweet caramel and hazelnut. So incredibly delicious. As gourmand as it gets. Words can't express how lovely this fragrance smells. I could shower in this! The caramel disappears rather quickly on my skin unfortunately, and it turns in to a dry and dusty smell of old books. I still love it, even though I prefer the opening over the dry down. This bottle is a gem of delicious delight. My precious! Just a warning, the hay note in this fragrance is very noticeable and might be a bit off putting to some. Update: As I have gotten to know this fragrance better I feel the need to update my review. This fragrance transforms several times throughout it's duration. It starts out very sweet and rich, then it gets incredibly bitter, this is when the note of hay is prominent. After 30 minutes it turns into a subtle, warm and smoky scent. The hay note disappears, so does the hazelnut, but the caramel lingers. At this final stage this fragrance performs as a grown up gourmand. It doesn't really project, but has a moderate sillage and when layered a couple of times on the skin will last through a entire workday.

I have to admit that I have beaten around the bush (I hope thats what you say in english) about writing a review on this perfume. Why? Because it ́s so bad? No, because it ́s so good! Not far away from where I live there is a sandy seabay, wrenched pines grows there and the bay is a popular place for both sunbathing and picnics. When I put on this fragrance it is like being transported to an perfect imaginary image of that place. I can see myself strolling trough the pineforrest, smelling the campfire my husband have make and my kids are roasting mashmallows over the flames. It is a sunny, crisp day in the autumn and the sea is calm, but very close. The air of sea and autumn makes the fragrance clear, hightuned and delicatly thin even tough the fragrance have so many heavy, warm and spicy notes. I havn ́t a clue how Pierre Guillaume pull this off, but he sure do! In a way it is like smelling on a soapbubble, without making it burst! A must try for everyone! Longlasting, elegant and both happy, tender and mysterious in the same fragrance. A masterpiece. I guess I must have a big bottle of this someday, even tough it is a very expansive perfume it ́s sure worth the money. Until then I have to order a new sample, because this was my last drops of it!

130) the only one in the crowd Ca fait plaisir de sentir un parfum patissier qui ne se vautre pas (trop) dans le sucre. Noisettes caramélisées et vanillées, de l'encens, du vétiver et des épices pour apporter un équilibre et améliorer la composition. Je trouve que l'aspect cuisson intense apporte beaucoup au genre patissier(gourmand), le rendant portable et moins écoeurant. Il y a une comparaison à faire avec Jeux de Peau de SL, un toast avec confiture, Black de CdG, céréales fumées et réglisse...oui en fait comme souvent en cuisine tout est dans la cuisson! Longue tenue et faible sillage It's nice to smell a pastry perfume that does not wallow (too much) in sugar. Caramelized hazelnuts and vanilla, incense vétiver and spices to bring balance and improve the composition. I think intense baking aspect brings a lot to patissier (greedy) gender, making it bearable and less disgusting. There is a comparison to make with Jeux de Peau SL, toast with jam, Black by CdG, smoky cereal and licorice... yes in fact as often in the cooking it's all about baking! The best one in the PG line. Good longevity butweak sillage.

The opening with notes of liquorice and not quite caramel, more like some sweet pie is very clear. I don't understand any references to pee or sweaty people in woods, it must be the influence of the respective skins. On me the wood and hazelnut notes are very week. There are some faint reminiscence of vetyver, but that's all on the woody side. I agree with a former review that the head is much stronger than the rest. So I feel like adding another and another spray every couple of minutes. However the rest is very nice too because of the orange peel or orange preserve note. So the sweetness of the start turns to a slightly citrusy, very light bitternes. All very warm and well balanced, this is a perfume which requires a certain concentration to fully appreciate. Unisex. Compared with SL Fille aux aiguilles, I find Aomassai lighter and warmer, less solemn, less dark.

It's a gorgously well blended, rich and sofisticated gourmand creation! It's like a nutty, spicy cream-liqour scent ( but much more then that!) The nutty milk-caramel creaminess with the woody, bourbon whisky booziness in the opening is a gourmand catharsis! After this beautiful beggining, the orange peel and the licorice starts to play with the softly smoky spices. At this phase the role player on my skin is the spicy-nutty orange accord on a very light silky creamy background. And this type of creaminess is the final drydown on my skin. Ahw for me it's a dreamlike winter/christmas liqour scent!!! It won over Angel's share by Kilian ( my other fav boozy winter scent) But the bit of that delicate milky type of creaminess what mellows the whole composition makes me truly adore this one much more♡