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As previous reviews will display I love Les Indemodables and their small but steady output is a perfect little collection of fragrances, restoring my faith in the industry and new, niche or boutique brands, not just existing for the sake of it. This opens with a sweet, fruity, floral accord laden with a beautiful osmanthus and resplendent peach fuzz and blackcurrant, lactonic, vanilla curds and a slightly funky, musk of the mildly pissy variety. Very, very restrained and low in the mix though and it does go. This is required as per the naturally occurring funk indole/skatole etc... and the juxtaposition of adding civet to florals in the classical sense. For me all this creates a pedestal to elevate the beautiful, natural floral materials even higher. I like the opening and what's been done here in a perfumery sense but I'm not really my cup of tea, taste wise, I think my mood today is a big factor in that though, because there's elements I love about this. I think it could be a grower, I might end up, updating this and saying I adore it and must have a bottle, it's one of those perfumes.
Besides Oriental Velours, Cuir de Chine is one of the simplest scents from Les Indemodables. There is a leather note which is typical from Osmanthus and there is a fruity kind of aroma which is a little bit dirty and not so attractive. An utterly light tobacco is lurking in the background but it's not smoky. For those who are not so familiar with Osmanthus, main accords look really misleading - this is definitely not traditionally fruity nor even traditionally leathery (like Osmanthus never is). The scent is made of good quality ingredients like all from LI but I'm still disappointed with this and it's a way too simple and boring. I realize that I'm not the right target group, because either I miss a little power and complexity in fragrances made from such natural ingredients, or the scent has to be a solifore of one of my favorite notes. I think this is more masculine and it's really great for work where you can't smell much, because the scent is completely intimate. Longevity is moderate. Osmanthus alcoolat Chine Grand Cru 10%, Jasmin absolue Égypte fin de récolte Grand Cru 1%, Osmanthus absolue Chine 1%, Tabac blond absolue Turquie 0.2% Contient de l’essence de Sauge sclarée des Alpes* Thank you for reading, I hope you liked my review. I would appreciate if you follow my IG: @ninamariah_perfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗