Okay so....Set phasers to 'GUSH'!!! No....I hotly anticipated this release but couldn't find it on any Guerlain counters in the UK! I know Harrods had it exclusively for a while but this is Guerlain, and they usually roll it out everywhere after a short period. Still no!!! I noticed that it's now in Selfridges online but not in store....arrrrggghhh!!! My frustration was mounting, am I never going to be able to try this fragrance?? Then a perfume pal of mine from Poland (who is a sweetheart xx but also probably was sick of my moaning) sent me a sample in the post over the weekend and finally I got to sniff it. You might think that degree of anticipation can only lead to disappointment, but I'm pleased to say this stuff joins the family of brilliant releases in this line. Cuir Intense is a symphony of delicate touches and floral leather mastery, further cementing Wasser as one of the greatest perfumers alive today. I'm aware that it's a bit strange and redundant to say that this evokes Chanel's Cuir de Russie partly because Guerlain Vs Chanel is a bit like The Stones Vs the Beatles....I'll just have both thanks! Also because they don't smell anything alike but the high watermark of the Chanel always lingering and this come close to that kind of brilliance. So the facts are I don't have much to say about the breakdown of notes, because this thing is majestically smooth but there's definitely a soft iris/orris to the rounded, leather accord and Cuir Intense resembles musky touches that run through the entire line like Encens Mythique and Bois Mysterieux etc... This has a light, waxy but exotic touch of Jasmine/Ylang but it's by no means a hyper floral leather or fragrance for that matter, nor is it a complete, intense rawhide of a leather. Sadly (for my bank balance) it just adds to the long wnats list, along with the other two I mentioned. It's BRILLIANT!!!!
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6 years ago
Les Absolus d'Orient Cuir Intense, from Guerlain was released in 2019. The perfumer behind this creation is Thierry Wasser. It has the top notes of Osmanthus and Ylang-Ylang, middle notes of Leather and Musk, and base notes of Cedarwood, Sandalwood, and Tobacco.
Okay so....Set phasers to 'GUSH'!!! No....I hotly anticipated this release but couldn't find it on any Guerlain counters in the UK! I know Harrods had it exclusively for a while but this is Guerlain, and they usually roll it out everywhere after a short period. Still no!!! I noticed that it's now in Selfridges online but not in store....arrrrggghhh!!! My frustration was mounting, am I never going to be able to try this fragrance?? Then a perfume pal of mine from Poland (who is a sweetheart xx but also probably was sick of my moaning) sent me a sample in the post over the weekend and finally I got to sniff it. You might think that degree of anticipation can only lead to disappointment, but I'm pleased to say this stuff joins the family of brilliant releases in this line. Cuir Intense is a symphony of delicate touches and floral leather mastery, further cementing Wasser as one of the greatest perfumers alive today. I'm aware that it's a bit strange and redundant to say that this evokes Chanel's Cuir de Russie partly because Guerlain Vs Chanel is a bit like The Stones Vs the Beatles....I'll just have both thanks! Also because they don't smell anything alike but the high watermark of the Chanel always lingering and this come close to that kind of brilliance. So the facts are I don't have much to say about the breakdown of notes, because this thing is majestically smooth but there's definitely a soft iris/orris to the rounded, leather accord and Cuir Intense resembles musky touches that run through the entire line like Encens Mythique and Bois Mysterieux etc... This has a light, waxy but exotic touch of Jasmine/Ylang but it's by no means a hyper floral leather or fragrance for that matter, nor is it a complete, intense rawhide of a leather. Sadly (for my bank balance) it just adds to the long wnats list, along with the other two I mentioned. It's BRILLIANT!!!!