Accrodisiaque

Looking for a somewhat dirty, addictive yet 100% inoffensive leather scent? Accrodisiaque is all that and more. On me, the rose in the opening comes across very vegetal and moist, probably due to the addition of dill, fennel, citruses, teas, etc. but I don't perceive them as separate notes here. The scent is very round and well blended. The middle and drydown is where the magic happens. The profile gets gradually drier (pepper) and deeper (patchouli), until it arrives at a warm, animalic leather soft around the edges with cashmeran and amber, sharpened by woods, vetiver and musk. This deliciousness lasts for satisfyingly long hours. Personally, I like a bit more of a challenge in my leather scents. However, I appreciate this creation for the sexy green-rose-dirty-leather that not only dirty-leather-lovers can enjoy.

I bought this at a small perfume shop in Bordeaux. I was looking for a classic rose, and the guy helping me steered me to this. It was not at all what I was looking for, but I tried it. I bought something else (100 Bon Rose and Bergamot), but then walking back home in the rain I kept getting intriguing whiffs of this scent. It was dark and mysterious and not at all an innocent rose--it is really the opposite of what I think of a rose perfume. I kept smelling it on my wrist and fell for it. I then rushed back the next day to buy a bottle--I thought they would sell out. I wear it a lot in the winter. It is very moody!

I picked this up in France after trying it and continuing to smell my wrist. I don’t love it at first application, but give it a half hour or hour and it’s fantastic. It’s a dark, sexy, almost carnal rose and although I can’t readily identify the blueberry, I can tell it’s there and it gives it a jammy effect. This is not a Jo Malone type rose, this is dense, thick, rich and almost syrupy. It has a deep earthiness to it without smelling like soil. I am a lover of rose scents and this does not disappoint. I can see this in fall and winter and for a night out, but not for everyday.

It's like the scent of your most glamorous (slightly intimidating) aunt when you were a kid, and she's taking you out to that coffee shop your mum would never go into - the place that sells expensive lavender soaps and homewares for wealthy country wives. It's very floral, but it's a complex, aged, port-like floral, rose pot pourri with a quiet hint of leather and oud really far in the background. Sweet and a little heavy. Long lasting and mid sillage - doesn't fill a room but creates a really beautiful scent bubble around me.

Juicy, pitch dark, bitter, and sensual. Tangy blueberry wine with a film of ashes floating on top. A thorny black rose with leather-tipped petals. Black pepper. A cup of tea that has been steeping for days. Ancient crushed spices, oily green cypriol, and wood. Simultaneously mouthwatering and repellent--morbidly tart--I just can't get enough. Sometimes I think it's acrid and I need to wash it off, but then I can't stop smelling it. Lasts forever on my skin with decent projection. Poisonous but in a good way. Antivenom.