Papyrus de Ciane 24

I've tried a few scents from this house, and up until now I've come to believe that Guilame's whole reason to be was to fragrant poodle behinds with his white floral stinkers. But what a delicious treat this is!!! This is a yummy, woody green that holds onto it's bark. I'm not the biggest fan of Chanel N19, but there are phases to 19 that I detect here, and blessedly, it's the one phase that i liked. This is one fragrance that deserves best in show. Nice sillage, well done, keeps your nose interested throughout. I really like it! Edit: this is my next planned purchase. The more I wear it the more I love it. One of the best dry green scents I've ever come across.

Extremely classy, gentle and restrained green, magically just spicy and acrid enough to be really interesting, without tipping into bitter-galbanum overload. Strong and beautifully done gust of crushed fresh grass underfoot on the open, though with an unexpected warmth and sweet roundedness underneath, which soon peeks through discreetly. A very, very finely-balanced tightrope walk between the (to me unmanageable) school of 'super spiky bitter greens' like Chevalier Vert or Corsica Furiosa, and the 'soft pillowy clean green' of Elizabeth W Leaves or other more mainstream vegetal stuff. Great fluffy heaps of oakmoss everywhere, too, yet it never gets brutal or gasoline-like or really acrid. Genuinely evokes a walk through damp, fresh greenery - but it's all light and sunshiney enough to never turn dank or rank. Not my usual habitat but lovely for a short stroll. Sadly that's all you'll get - as usual with many of the more subtle and original PG scents, its performance is weak-to-evanescent, with the full effect only really present for about the first hour and the rest (while growing even greener and more idyllic) only hanging on for 3-4h tops. But it's definitely unisex and some may find this subtle presence a positive plus. Another case of annoying ambivalence, then. I am not even a great galbanum fan - it can turn me off a fragrance altogether, and nauseates me in excess - but the beauty of this made me understand for the first time how some people might truly love it. Admirable skill there. But oh, that spindly performance - at a pretty ambitious price. Won't seek it out, much less pay for it, but I do pay it my respects for completely changing my concept of what galbanum can be in the right hands.

At first sniff I am initially alarmed. The first thing that comes to mind is an EDP version of 4711 and Jean Nate. Then it comes on like chypre-greenery awash with lavender surrounded by a soft woody element. I believe the incense and white musk have saved this from becoming the very plain scent akin to a very refined triple-milled French soap or a floral-based Roger & Gallet soap I've smelled before. Found notes on LuckyScent.com: "Bergamot, galbanum, neroli, broom, solar notes, lavender,mugwort, clove, incense, cistus labdanum, hedione, vetiver,Mousse de Saxe,Silvanone, white musk." As it dries down, if I let my imagination run away with me I detect bugkill, "Raid"-like smell.I quickly think of something more pleasant and come away with another vetiver-laden fragrance I have and cannot place the name but it is pleasant. I may find myself layering with another scent. I think of this as a more masculine than feminine scent but on the right person with the right chemistry it can work. All said I do like it but agree with SilverFire. This is not how I would like to smell on the regular.

A different cut above the typical woody scents. A mix of meditteranean citrus/woods. Longevity is 4-5 hours on my skin. Profile: Male Age 25 Skin Type: oily/dry combination. Overall Smell: 6/10

142) Printer perfume blah, it's pretty as a beautiful office plant a bit dried by air conditioning. A bit flowery but also a bit printer paper. Very well made but uninteresting or wallflower. Mwais, c'est joli comme une belle plante de bureau un peu assèchée par l'air conditionnée. Un peu fleuri mais aussi un peu papier d'imprimante. Très bien composée mais inintéressant ou bien passe-partout.