Myrrhiad

s/o to my friend leesa for introducing me to this. i got a decant of this exactly 5 months ago, it was still warm weather. before looking up the notes, j thought it had chocolate, vanilla, myrrh, licorice and something bitter rooty green. it was great, but i didn't necessarily think of it too much. fast forward months later and i'm wearing in again and shit's addictive. first of all, for some reason it resembles the scent and texture of cola to me, which made me think that it must have tonka and chocolate, which then made me think wow, at last a tonka that's not powdery or nutty, but it doesn't have tonka and i'm surprised. definitely picking up on the resinous and vanilla hints but i cannot necessarily say that it's myrrh. but the dry down is just addictive af. there's a roughness that just compliments the subtle gourmand notes and adds some dimension to this, is it fizzy? idk, but it very much resembles cola to me. there's an herbal aspect in the dry down that just blends extremely well with everything else. also, i doubted multiple times if there's lavender in there somewhere. it's so lovely. not only that i can't stop sniffing myself, i've been approached numerous times over the past few days, being asked what i'm wearing, i'm not used to it since i'm not a big sprayer, but it felt nice! edit: when i wear this, i start craving ice cream and chocolate. i also feel like cutting off my skin and eating it.

The Liquorice/Tea is quite hidden, just a subdued bite at the top. Just enough to help give the scent a bit of dimension. Otherwise this is Tonka (not vanilla) and Myrrh. Not super powerful and there are plenty of better performing Vanilla's out there (Vanilla Incensee from Atelier Cologne for example is similar and better in every respect) but like a lot of my Hutieme Art and Pierre Guillaume purchases there is just something in the blend/mix that just works... its like every creation of his I can just pick out every note and get the journey he is trying to convey... I'm glad I bought the bottle even though I may use my other Vanillas more often... best bought as a discount rather than full price. Edit: Just Occurred to me - this is a better version of 4160 Tuesdays Sexiest Scent in the World (IMHO).

#1612 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Got this as a decant from scentsplit.com. Similar vibe to Penhaligon "Legacy of Petra" (among my all-time favorites), and Van Cleef & Arpels "Encens Precieux." If it had tomato leaf you'd take it for Memo Paris "Italian Leather." This is a great myrrh and tea scent with a nice licorice note, just a touch of leather. Very classy, proves that simpler is better. Makes a stronger impression with a few notes than a kitchen sink scent with 20. Carpool, elevator and tight spaces safe if you don't overspray. Moderate performance. Silage lasts 2-3, 5 on the skin. If you're not a fan of myrrh and incense fragrances, move along. If you are and don't mind licorice, this could be your jam. I sometimes am put off by dominant licorice, but this is not that. Good Luck and Good Hunting!

Starlight_Angel chose her words well, I found myself nodding through her whole review. Warm, sweet and round but edgy in a way. This is the first leather scent I've ever found pleasant on my skin by the way. Leather often turns burnt and shameful (even in cute scents like Shalimar Parfum Initial) and just becomes unwearable, pure rat poison on me. But here..? No, it's just that amazing "skin x 10" scent that leather should be. Works amazing with the heavy myrrh and soft vanilla. Edit: I just entered the room wearing this with my cup of morning tea, vanilla chai. It took about 10 seconds until my boyfriend said "Oh wow, that tea smells amazing". I realized I smell just like my tea but a million times better. Haha.

OMG these reviews are sometimes so frustrating because everything is so negative and I’m surprised anyone buys anything???!!!! Anyway this is a spicy vanilla that is a spiced vanilla in MHO. I really like this in the fall wearing a nice sweater on a cool morning. Very comforting scent for sure. I’ve had this in my collection for a few years and since I’m a collector of fragrances it was alway stored properly. As for longevity not quite a long lasting scent on my skin. It also sits close to my skin right away. If you love a root beer vanilla this one is for you. I do recommend for the vanilla lover! 7/10

A vanilla bomb! To me this smells like a monster vanilla fragrance. On me no licorice or Myrrh. Is it unique No, there are cheaper fragrances out there that smell like this. Is it nice yes. I’m a vanilla lover ( the only time I hated or couldn’t take vanilla was during my pregnancy). Does it last about 2 hours on me, that’s kinda disappointing. Sillage not to bad. If you love vanilla it’s a good bet you’ll love this. If you are indifferent about vanilla take a pass on this there are plenty of good vanilla scents out there. Tom Ford Tabacco Vanille more mature than this.

Wow! Myrhh, licorice, vanilla and tea. The myrhh then tea and then licorice appear although it's well blended. There is no sickly sweet artificial vanilla as in the Valentino Myrhh Absolue. The vanilla is low key and natural smelling. This has a bright intensity. I love the tea in this. It's dry along side the licorice, leather and Myrhh. It's definitely unisex. A real herbalicious myrhh delight although myrhh is not really a big part of this scent. Well not on me anyway. Curious. Reasonable longevity but it retracts back to a weak sillage very quickly.

So much going on here! Vanilla and myrrh, tobacco and anise, suede and dark spicy tea. The gourmand smell shifts like sand on a dune where your footing never really is solid, but the view is lovely. There is a tiny sour note underneath on my skin. Not sure what it is, but I think it's the note that reminds everyone of a stale chemical. Fortunately, it disappears within about 5 min. and the rest of the day it is a vanilla/amber/myrrh dream! The dry down in gorgeous - I reapplied several times and liked it more and more the longer I wore it.

Whilst there is the teeniest amount of anise or licorice this is most detectable nose to skin. Connotations of suede and vanilla are there but as a descriptor are very misleading. It’s almost linear long life is basically a creamy tonka cream on myhrr. Gorgeous woody built with care as only Pierre Guillaume can do. For unisex use by people that don’t want to bowl people over in an office but for someone trying to attract someone next to them in the lift. Very seductive.

The story of myrrh is as old as that of perfume. Four thousand years ago the Egyptians were using it as one of the components of Kyphi, the sacred incense of their Kings. Warm and sensual, balmy and ambery Myrrhiad is an oriental perfume revealing all the facets of the ancient resin, enhanced by the leathery, animalic nuance of black tea absolute and interlaced with a cocktail of vanilla and licorice.

This is a lovely uncomplicated fragrance that vanilla lovers like myself would enjoy. I wish Myrr was more pronounced as it tends to evaporate a minute after landing on my skin and you’re left with vanilla. I must say with very high quality vanilla but not worth a fb price for a linear one-note fragrance. I enjoyed it nevertheless and will definitely test it in winter.

Testing my sample; the reviews below are correct, very much coca cola meets root bear infused with a powdery vanilla. Gets warmer and spicier as it settles on my skin, I can detect the tea note much stronger on my skin. Great autumn and winter scent, strong out of the bottle but projects well above arms' length. Definitely worth sampling.

SailorV said it best. Delicious licorice with a medicinal accord. It's a tad bitter in the opening but give it 15 minutes and then the magic happens. It's just a gorgeous heavy winter vanilla and resinous fragrance. She's a keeper!

This perfume mainly evokes caramel and incense, which may sound like a weird association but is actually very pleasant. It is quite sweet and reminds me of Un Bois Vanille. I find it quite linear, and very long lasting.

It's the crisp, candy coating on the exterior of a fennel seed or one of those petite, pastel anise candies you get gratis after-dinner. Total-utter-perfection!! Coat me in this shit!

Opens with an odd incense accord of spiced resin and something like firey ginger beer...seriously! That fades quickly mind you and hints of the tea and liquorice are there, I had to re apply to be sure as I didn't get anything to begin with. The main element which sweetens up the whole composition (too much so perhaps?) is Vanilla which takes any rough edge off that the myrrh might of possessed in the drydown. I think this effect leaves you with a vague, ambery, approximation of resin...I mean it smells like myrrh but more focused on the antiseptic quality with non of the sweet sharpness. I've tried several 'cold' myrrh fragrances recently which have real metallic and tea notes which are complementary this however is very warm and cosy for me. I'm not mad at it but it's not the best thing I've smelled from this house. To be fair this is a house I was expecting big things from and perhaps something more unusual. That vanilla sits close but lasts...and although pleasant enough, not one for real Myrrh lovers IMO. Update: Actually the drydown is pretty nice and longlasting, I found it much better when it settled down a soft amber/vanilla which is slightly dry and dusty.

This is the beginning of my review as I am still in a process of discovering the scent, even though I am using it for several days, now. The opening starts with amazing blast of myrrh and personally it transports me in all our Christmas Eve dinners when before the actual dinner my grandmother/mother have been and nowadays I am blessing the house with incense. That is an aroma of a tradition which someone can hardly forget. There is something extraordinarily special for me in this fragrance. Next stage on my skin from this perfume appears to be the leather both together with the vanilla. Vanilla on its own gives it that pleasant sweetness. I do not detect the tea, yet. However, some kind of smokiness also is presented which I guess should come from the idea of a burnt black tea leaves. Now, the licorice is a total misery for me here, but I suppose I need to wait for awhile, until it presents its 'face' in the whole picture. Overall that is a beautiful fragrance and that's all for now from me. I will come back again, if I get more impressions of it.

Very gentle, rather low-key myrrh, almost drowned out by all the bossy licorice! It's perfectly pleasant all round - definitely sweet, but not cloying, with projection restrained enough not to make it overpowering. I'm not a fan of syrup scents but found this one more than bearable. But it frustrates me because I keep expecting *more* from it - more spice or sugar or leather or smoke - and they just don't show up. There's an odd but not unpleasant tang of throat-lozenges at one point (?angelica?). It only gets sweeter and milder as things go on, and the sillage collapses inwards pretty quickly, though overall longevity is not bad - still just detectable on wrist after about 6h. Overall reaction from me is a friendly shrug. Sure, it's OK - it's fine in fact - but it's just a teeny tiny bit dull. Can't think I would rush to wear it again, and can't think of any scenarios where this, rather than anything else, would be the perfect choice. Definitely not an intricate spicy Oriental dream, more of a pleasant but forgettable semi-gourmand interlude.

The first thing I smell is germolene. This must be a phenolic aspect of the myrrh. There is some aspect within myrrh that let's you know through scent memory that it is antiseptic. That is definitely there but only alongside the vanilla which dominates. The vanilla is kept in line by the tea and licorice which are soft and mild. They blend well and keep the sweet vanilla from becoming too warm on the skin. The germolene fades into a clean, distant background aspect, like a ward sister from the 1950's in a starched uniform stood somewhere in the back of the mind. After this I just get tea and a Viennese whirl biscuit.

Lovely vanilla scent. I say this because to my nose it is mostly vanilla and licorice. Myrhh is strong at the beginning but then takes a back seat. Same for black tea absolute. There is no leather (not just my opinion-I checked the PG website). In a way it's like a variation to Long Courrier (vanilla+ambroxan), but much more enjoyable. Sweetness is kept under control. Projection and longevity are both good enough.