Okay so a total blind sniff for me, I made a video last night and the notes here seem to correspond with what I thought, and seeing Artemisia here I'm like 'of course' the herbal elements of this are obscured from the traditional by the presence of artemisia. Basically this is a lavender forward, fougere fragrance, complete with a warm coumarin development. It's very modern though and a brilliant twist on the genre. I mean me saying 'it's a lavender fougere' while true and immediately apparent, doesn't do this perfume justice. Bravo to the perfumer and the house, taking a classic genre and giving it more than just a little tweak. I really liked it. UPDATE: 02/10/21 This is a reminder to myself that I should really wear all perfumes before reviewing them, (I sprayed on my arm and strips a few times to do the above review) especially when they are delicately nuanced, as is the case here. Well I wore it today and the freshness of the opening is truly very nice, a kind of zing of lemon, and a brush of lavender sage, but sort of hazy. I was reminded of the 90’s (as is the case with a couple of other Crivelli’s) you feel the herbal nature of this perfume but don’t get the spice until (well I didn’t) until I walked outside of my house, into cooler autumnal air. I get that comparison to transparent, Ellena type work, and it’s praise indeed. I think it’s a very accomplished and enjoyable fragrance. I can totally take onboard each of the herbal elements listed in the notes but the blending is biased toward not one individually, which I guess is the best kind of perfume. I think absinthe fans could be mislead by the name (but love it anyway) because it’s not characteristically wormwoody. It’s great though, it’s dry and aerated like their osmanthus one or that tea like Feminite du Bois type one, I’m really enjoying it today, top marks for a top brand.
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5 years ago
Absinthe Boréale, from Maison Crivelli was released in 2019. The perfumer behind this creation is Nathalie Feisthauer. The notes are Absinthe, Artemisia, Eucalyptus, Fern, Juniper Berries, Lavender, Lemon, Mint, Musk, Resins.
Okay so a total blind sniff for me, I made a video last night and the notes here seem to correspond with what I thought, and seeing Artemisia here I'm like 'of course' the herbal elements of this are obscured from the traditional by the presence of artemisia. Basically this is a lavender forward, fougere fragrance, complete with a warm coumarin development. It's very modern though and a brilliant twist on the genre. I mean me saying 'it's a lavender fougere' while true and immediately apparent, doesn't do this perfume justice. Bravo to the perfumer and the house, taking a classic genre and giving it more than just a little tweak. I really liked it. UPDATE: 02/10/21 This is a reminder to myself that I should really wear all perfumes before reviewing them, (I sprayed on my arm and strips a few times to do the above review) especially when they are delicately nuanced, as is the case here. Well I wore it today and the freshness of the opening is truly very nice, a kind of zing of lemon, and a brush of lavender sage, but sort of hazy. I was reminded of the 90’s (as is the case with a couple of other Crivelli’s) you feel the herbal nature of this perfume but don’t get the spice until (well I didn’t) until I walked outside of my house, into cooler autumnal air. I get that comparison to transparent, Ellena type work, and it’s praise indeed. I think it’s a very accomplished and enjoyable fragrance. I can totally take onboard each of the herbal elements listed in the notes but the blending is biased toward not one individually, which I guess is the best kind of perfume. I think absinthe fans could be mislead by the name (but love it anyway) because it’s not characteristically wormwoody. It’s great though, it’s dry and aerated like their osmanthus one or that tea like Feminite du Bois type one, I’m really enjoying it today, top marks for a top brand.