Eclix

This fragrance isn't sold in stores in my city (Moscow), even though the brand is well presented almost everywhere. Retailers consider it unpopular. I accidentally read about Eclix on Fragrantica and was intrigued. The notes both repel and entice me—iris and violet appealed, but citrus, sandalwood, almond, and musk were less so. Another feminine gourmand bomb from Terenzi—I might have thought, but the mixed reviews kept me from making a definitive judgment. Finally, I managed to find a sample of the fragrance and discovered it for myself. Instantly, glazed marzipans with a sour citrus flavor, drowning in a cloud of floral-woody powder. Every time I smelt this sample on the very first day, I started sneezing (now not). Funny, but not my thing—that was my first thought. But every time, morning and evening, I buried my nose in that sample again and again: I loved this strange, seemingly abnormal blend of citrus, gourmand, and powdery notes. I applied the scent at night, like pajama, and five days later, having used up the last drop, I knew I needed it. Fruity sweetness and tartness, combined with a fluffy (not stuffy!) violet cloud, softly framed by woody and vanilla-amber notes—this scent truly has something radical, like the lunar eclipse it's dedicated to, and at the same time, alluring and enchanting. I'm so glad I came across it and am enjoying a full bottle of stunning beauty. This is my first Terenzi fragrance—and I thought I'd never put anything like it on my shelf! How wonderful it is that artistic perfumery has the power to broaden our horizons and rediscover ourselves, like good books or encounters with interesting people. I wish you to experience Eclix and its charms! This is a magic potion...

I get that rubber-like smell also. But to me its one of those cases of something smelling all the more gorgeous because it's reminiscent of something ordinary, but not quite like it - more of a sublimated version of it than like it as such. There is actually an article on this phenomenon on this site. And it does indeed work for me: I have quite a few perfumes that bring to mind trivial and not even necessarily very pleasant smelling things on a 'higher olfactory plane' (if you like), and work a magic with me precisely because they do this. The very first thing I thought, instantly, the very first time I tried this in the store was "this smells of rubber party balloons". And every time I went in there for many times afterwards, I just couldn't keep away from this stuff - I just had to have another go on it to get that 'rubber party balloon' smell! And one day I took it to one of the ladies on duty squirted on a card, and said "I think this smells of rubber party ballons!" ... and she agreed! (And I don't think she was bluffing to 'humour' a customer, if I am at all able to discern such things.) And eventually one day, as had become inevitable I think, I broke and acquired it - which was a big thing really, as after all this one is more of a 'major purchase' than many. But I do not regret it at all - it is one of my prize perfume items - as it ought to be, as there are few I have tested quite so thoroughly prior to acquisition and been so patient about.

Another gorgeous powdery perfume creation. :) This is actually very similar to Teint de Neige (my signature and most favorite scent so far), especially in the drydown, but Eclix is definitely brighter and more citrusy (maybe that is why it reminds of Shalimar to some people), with a little bit of green element to it - maybe this makes Eclix a summery version of Teint de Neige for me, kind of, as it has lighter feel to it. The drydown is nice, powdery and woody, slightly creamy, vanillish, as we are used to in the baby powder type of perfumes (I shouldn't forget to mention it also reminds me of Powder Flowers by Montale :D). :) Longevity and sillage are quite good, I would say, it is an intense perfume. For me this is full bottle worthy. :) ...Oh, I forgot to mention that the citrus and almond aspect of it also reminds me of L'Instant Magic by Guerlain.

I’ve had this coming up a year and it’s almost time to break it out again - such a lusciously powdery scent. I wasn’t sure when I first got it but now after more discovery of other fragrances, it’s a love. Fragrances I have acquired or sampled and enjoyed along these lines are Angels Dust, Cuir Amethyst, Habanita (but a bunch more wood), Khôl de Bahrain, Times Square - all carry some of the notes but much of the “feel” of this scent....a whiteness, powdered nostalgia, violet shadows and icing sugar touched vanilla. Very luxurious and soothing. Great lasting power and sillage.

Starts out like a chypre, tangy sweet and slightly bitter, then slowly transforms into powdery almond, in an reassuring and masculine fashion; one of the most interesting transition I've ever encountered and each stage is amazing in its own way, especially when the two intertwines in the middle!