Adjatay

I'm surprised this hasn't had more attention here. It is beautiful and yes, narcotic. At first application it is a very lush, decadent floral: buttery tuberose and ylang-ylang. It's quickly joined by a concerning undercurrent that alternates between ashtray and rubber, but by a half hour that settles down. Jasmine and tuberose, vying for dominance, waft over an abstract oiled leather-type note. The effect is mysterious and increasingly heady. The florals, somewhat sheer at times, remain more prominent than leather, but after an hour the leather becomes more well defined, sometimes subtly smoky and sometimes slightly rubbery (not to a fault). There is a soft musk here, as well. With a deep inhale, there is unbelievably lush jasmine. Heliotrope and tonka don't play much of a role until 4-5 hours, when they sweeten the scent and add a very gentle powderiness. By 7 or 8 hours, the creamy, sweet, indolic florals are very well balanced by mildly smoky leather. It continues to develop in subtle ways, but the central concept remains the same. Overall: Very silky and indeed narcotic. Surprisingly harmonious, without a strong contrast between floral and leather, they complement each other. I love that this continues to evolve and has so much dimension, different facets peeking out at different times, even under the guise of a simple tuberose/jasmine and leather. It's beautiful and elegant, but not pretty, exactly. A bit dangerous, almost femme fatale. Seductive. Intoxicating. I do think this leans a bit feminine (especially in the earlier stages), but easily worn by men. Sillage is decent, but polite. Longevity around 10 hours. The florals evoke warmer weather, but there is a good amount of warmth especially in drydown - I might wear this on summer nights or special occasions year round.

I'm surprised that this has so few reviews here, or elsewhere for that matter. I have a thing for both tuberose and well done leather fragrances, so when I happened across a nicely priced decant of ADJATAY I snapped it up - though my recent tests of newer, niche tuberoses had left me with low expectations. I understand Truth or Dare sold well but there are other things that can be done with tuberose. This is an excellent example of one. It's odd that there's no leather or even suede note listed here, especially with the subtitle 'Cuir Narcotique', but no matter. This is a gorgeous, sexy, narcotic thing. Sillage is moderate, longevity is good. It has floral notes but nothing that should interrupt any ordinary gentleman from remaining male while under the influence. In fact, I think I'd like this on a man. There are a few very good breakdowns below my review as to how the scent travels through it's life, so I only have one tip; this is for those of you who may consider buying it. I went to the TDC website, where start to finish the prices are a bit better than anywhere in the United States (with very quick and ime efficient Colissimo delivery included)..and being frugal (translate cheap) I ended up saving a very nice bit more by purchasing an aluminum refill canister. My fresh as a daisy 1973 cans of Rive Gauche taught me how wonderful (albeit ugly) aluminum is for keeping perfume so if the odds turn out to be correct and I really can't finish everything in my cabinet in less than another lifetime, the next owner of the remaining ADJATAY should find it still in good shape. :P

This is a beautiful, sophisticated, grown-up and extremely sensual and sexy scent. It does smell exactly like described in its 'inspiration/creation' story: a tuberose flower lost for few weeks at the bottom of a leather bag. When I first smelled it I had mixed feelings, it appeared to be a bit masculine, and I wasn't sure if it didn't remind me a bit too much about man's very posh aftershave. But the more I wore it, the more I loved it, and the best confirmation was my friend's reaction who said: you smell so good men will follow you on the street. Throughout the years, after smelling many scents, essential oils I've learned to recognise notes, but Adjatay is so well blended I simply cannot smell single notes. It's obvious it's got tuberose, but it's a reconstructed tuberose: not extremely creamy, not camphoric, not clogging - just the very best of tuberose. There is jasmine too. But again, it's the scent of thousand of little jasmine flowers in te air, not a flower smelled from up close. As to rest of the notes, they simply create this amazing leather effect. MrsR described it well! Adjatay is amazingly, exceptionally beautiful. It's one of my very favourite scents.

Oh wow is this one sexy! I got a sample of this in the September sampler pack from Lucky Scent, and honestly it wasn't even one of the ones I was the most excited to try based on the LS write up. Described as: "Inspired by the lasting impression that a single tuberose flower can leave in a well-worn black leather bag, Adjatay achieves the rare feat of being at once embraceable and straightforward, but also devastatingly seductive." I think just that short description fits this fully, although I would say a tuberose flower crushed in the pocket of a favorite leather jacket instead. I'm not sure why that makes a difference, but to me it does. It was instantly a familiar scent to me (I swear an adult from my childhood wore something like this) that I couldn't quite put my finger on. The leather note in this is genius and keeps it from being a straight forward floral, while the tuberose is all feminine allure. A gorgeous woman in a gauzy floral mini dress with a leather biker jacket on and a coy little smile playing on her lips.

Ohh my. I agree with toshiba in that it does start like industrial soap, and then it becomes animalistic. I am surprised animalistic is not listed among the notes on the page. It makes it super exciting for me, since this scent has managed to step into the place of the first proper white floral I can wear. It is sex wrapped in an elegant bouquet of flowers. Like a CEO in elegant suit, wearing glasses, sophisticated, reserved, strict, a hard worker and a maximalist, but wears red lipstick and will call her man at lunch hour to have her on the office table. Then she makes an appearance on the charity ball she helped organise, then she goes home and gets in a leather suit to play some more. Sorry for all the visuals, but this scent does paint me a picture. I love it. Started from liking, then it transformed itself to this deep woody love. Five star from me.