Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, from Celine was released in 2019. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. The notes are Heliotrope, Neroli, Orris Root, Petitgrain, Vanilla.
Starkly, sparkly, green opening of petitgrain is really invigorating, further cementing my deeply held beliefs about the quality of these perfumes. However, I get much more of a clean vetiver vibe after that, like that 'handcream' sort of thing I don't tend to enjoy but it's clearly a superb perfume. The surprise (or not, considering this whole line is orris & vanilla heavy) in the base then is a sort of gentle vanilla and orris thing. I say surprise because I was actually quite disappointed with the lack of substantive 'base' in this one. However, it's not a rich orris it's one of those tricky, bois d'argent type vibes, very modern and subtle and definitely more of the sweet almond effect of heliotrope coming through. So all in all you get the electric, cologne opening of petitgrain, into a clean, woody floral accord for a short time and then a comforting warm, yet quite aloof, powder base. I like the perfume, it's pretty elegant and has those development stages as described but it's just a little too shy and doesn't announce itself enough. I evoked Bois d'argent which has a very similar MO but delivers way less of a shy experience. I'm a perfume lover, even if I want something subtle, I want to know I'm wearing perfume and not find myself forgetting what it is that I'm wearing during the day. This isn't a 'forgettable' perfume because that is something different entirely, it's just missing the mark by very small almost impercepable, margins.
Starkly, sparkly, green opening of petitgrain is really invigorating, further cementing my deeply held beliefs about the quality of these perfumes. However, I get much more of a clean vetiver vibe after that, like that 'handcream' sort of thing I don't tend to enjoy but it's clearly a superb perfume. The surprise (or not, considering this whole line is orris & vanilla heavy) in the base then is a sort of gentle vanilla and orris thing. I say surprise because I was actually quite disappointed with the lack of substantive 'base' in this one. However, it's not a rich orris it's one of those tricky, bois d'argent type vibes, very modern and subtle and definitely more of the sweet almond effect of heliotrope coming through. So all in all you get the electric, cologne opening of petitgrain, into a clean, woody floral accord for a short time and then a comforting warm, yet quite aloof, powder base. I like the perfume, it's pretty elegant and has those development stages as described but it's just a little too shy and doesn't announce itself enough. I evoked Bois d'argent which has a very similar MO but delivers way less of a shy experience. I'm a perfume lover, even if I want something subtle, I want to know I'm wearing perfume and not find myself forgetting what it is that I'm wearing during the day. This isn't a 'forgettable' perfume because that is something different entirely, it's just missing the mark by very small almost impercepable, margins.