The entire Vie di Milano collection certainly has very interesting offerings. Having sampled all the 2020 releases and most of the 2022 ones, this has been full bottle worthy for me. This is a fabulous gourmand offering. Hazelnut and coffee are most prominent on me, florals are there but faint. To me this smells like a chocolate hazelnut pastry filling, but less sweet. Or like a delicious hazelnut latte. Performance is good for an EDP, 5 hrs or more on skin. Sillage is quite intimate which I think suits the scent profile. If you are a gourmand lover this is definitely worth trying !
Angeliki is an artful and expressive capture of emotion, inspired by the perfumer’s 104 year old grandmother who had a particular soft spot for classical chypre perfumes. This scent definitely lives up to that idea, but with its own unique twist. As expected, the scent is dominated by a dense, earthy yet creamy oakmoss. Alongside this you’ve got bursts of airy aldehydes alongside musky, soapy notes of hyacinth, lilac and an array of other florals. In the base there’s a subtle whisper of smooth animalics and tolu balsam, which is contrasted by the thick, sweet rindy nature of pomelo and apricot. There’s a lot going on in this scent, and it smells phenomenal, but I’ve found I keep reaching for other fragrances when I’m in the mood for a classical chypre. I can see why this scent is so adored, but I simply don’t wear it unfortunately.
Simple boring soulless powdery fake woods. Way overpriced and overhyped only by anyone making commission.
Diorissimo is the pinnacle when it comes to lily of the valley in my opinion. Hits refreshingly luscious and inviting, whilst feeling incredibly natural and pure. The scent is almost entirely comprised of this beautiful flower in all its glory. This scent captures every glorious essence of lily of the valley, from the soapy white floral aspect all the way down to the green vegetal stem of the flower. Green notes, bergamot and an array of other florals intensify and support the star of the show, but never show their face. I always considered Les Clochettes du Bonheur to be the best Lily of the valley scent I’d ever smelled, only now do I realise how heavily influenced it was by this masterful creation. I love it.
Dioressence is a beautifully smooth, sophisticated and clean take on a classical Chypre with outstanding quality and an overall incredible scent profile. It starts off very green with earthy patchouli and an array of green leaves and flowers, alongside a hefty dose of soapy aldehydes to brighten it up. From here the dense, rich florals begin to shine alongside a gentle spicy touch of cinnamon. The star of the show here is obviously the oakmoss, alongside patchouli and aldehydes. I find this shades a lot of similarities with the original Miss Dior but this seems to be much brighter and cleaner in a way. I would urge any lover of chypres to seek out this scent, particularly an older bottle where the oakmoss shines proudly. I adore my EDT and can only imagine what the parfum must smell like, a true masterpiece of a scent.
Aldehydic, Chanel opening with powdery, citric sparkle, giving way to an ice cold, austere mixture of sharp orange blossom and iris, and quite pronounced coriander. The quality is undeniable, but I can't imagine wearing it, it's almost sour somehow. I can imagine a very, very rich, very, very unhappy Dickens matriarch smelling like this. (10 minutes later) OK yes, now the magic is starting.... There's something warm coming through, but only slightly,. The musk smells wonderful, powdery, delicate but powerful, and the bergamot, iris and orris are floating and swirling on the fluffy, musky clouds. Wonderful. It take it all back, I can wear this, it's a masterstroke, how could I have doubted. No-one does it like Chanel.
I hate Santal 33 so much that I have a fear of accidentally putting anything even close to it on my skin. However similarly this opens to the aforementioned ghastly perfume, the resemblance is surface only and doesn't last long. This perfume is subtle, complex and elegant. It's strong, but changes and evolves over time, incorporating the smokey, incensey elements as the light floral touch subsides. Where Santal 33 is relentless, linear and nauseating, this is old school fine perfumery which knows how to combine tenacity with restraint. A sandlewood-forward perfume is probably never going to make it into my favourites list, but this is great all the same.
I'm a sucker for a unique scent, and this is a real banger. Abstract floral índole and pissy honey mix with aldehydic shimmer and dirty patchouli providing an otherworldly, crazy, whimsical affair. Something about the sci-fi audacity is remniscent of Uncle Serge's more whacko scents (Fils de Joie for example, due to the crepuscular honey-índole haze). Oh, and the incense is very Lutens-y, and provides a smoky base for the mostly high-pitched opening to settle onto. Does it smell like ink? I'd say it does as much as Encre Noir does, but from a totally different angle. Honestly, they both serve some sort of inky element, but if it weren't suggested by the name and copy, I'm not sure it would occur to me. But that's fine, I think they've done a stellar job with this perfume. It's by far my favourite Byredo and the only one of theirs I could be bothered to seek out. I'm not sure when/where/if I can wear this, but I'll definitely rock it for myself of an evening, and perhaps will apply delicately in advance of going out to let it dry down before I take the metro! Side note: this is the same sort of crotchy wee smell as in Sadonaso, but here it's a lot more bold, so for all those who complained that Sadonaso wasn't shocking enough, maybr this could sate your thirst. Another side note: I'm starting to suspect that the sillage smells like actual urine with a little dash of urinal cake juice. Still love it though.
Very embarrassing name, Bois d'Orage being much more appropriate, poetically linked to the inspiration (Angéliques Sous La Pluie) and not at all embarrassing and/or indicative of French cultural hubris (there's no word for hubris in French). The perfume is great, but is surprisingly fleeting considering how robust the opening is. Still, I love it, and if asked I say I'm wearing Bois d'Orage.
🤍 Sweeter, softer, cozier and not so soapy version of OG edp. 🤍 Very versatile and easy to wear, I have always a bottle with me. 🤍 Not so crispy, cold and light than L’Eau - there are no citruses here. 🤍 A longevity is very good and a performance is a lot better than in OG edp - I have never been a big fan of that. Somehow it fades away so quickly. 🤍 Original parfum is still my favorite, I used to mix a very old vintage and quite new one, but it’s more for the special occasions. 🤍 If you haven’t tried this one I can tell that this flanker is a delightful surprise. Thank you for reading and if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Surely a contender for worst perfume name ever!
Where is all the love for this perfume?! It's so wonderful, and unique. The only thing I've smelled that comes close to this is Adorem by Nez which, while I love that, pales in comparison to Kalahari. Not much more I can say other than try to get your nose on it if you like incensey, chocolaty, non-gourmand delights. It's also giving me coffee, of the really dark, dry variety.
Cool, Cool, Cool, Been avoiding buying fragrances then went mental on vintage stuff. This came up for grabs on a blind buy and I thought ...why not? I love the original, I really do and this has many of the same great qualities a kind of mature, toasted coconut undercurrent, with the usual powdery, peppery, woody moss and leather of this ilk of Men's biz. Usually Sport flankers have an injection of something brighter or fresher and it's definitely way less dressy, evening wear that the original could be, but it's far from 'fresh'. So yeah, peppery woods, powdery carnations and that mild rounding of toasted coconut. It's brilliant and very intact for it's age and the fact it's in a plastic bottle. I mean no reason it shouldn't keep well but there's a perception that plastic is somehow lesser than glass. I got it for a steal but I wouldn't pay some silly price on eBay or whatever, it's good and a piece of nostalgia, in truth though there are far more desirable vintages out there, but this is solid.
I've tried many Avon perfumes and they're all surprisingly wondeful. This one, not so much. I does indeed smell like J'adore, but a sort of bargain basement J'adore.
Positives: it smells good and a little goes a very long way Negatives: as young students might mix a party cocktail by chucking every known type of booze into a bucket so they can get totally obliterated, here we have every known popular powerful fixative mixed up, providing an utterly relentless, totally linear scent that honestly just wears me down after an hour. I can imagine wearing this at a festival where it's going to get messy, but my perfume will survive it all. But those days are behind me. Conclusion: great for young people who like to party, pretty unwearable in most other contexts I think. It's not a polite scent.
Absolutely glorious, life-changing opening swiftly dries down to a very lovely, but very familiar Tobacco-Vanille type base. Not bad at all, and if I didn't have Tobacco Vanille I might consider buying this, but the magic is in the opening and unfortunately it doesn't last very long.
What sounds like an interesting array of notes is totally obfuscated by heavy musk. On my skin a get loud, cloying musk and coconut, but I have to shove my nose into it to get the faintest suggestion of anything else. It's like aqua universalis painted over with musk so you can't smell it properly.
Well, for starters I love this brand and I’m just slightly disappointed that the perfume is not as creative as the packaging and briefs. It ALMOST is, that’s the frustrating thing, there’s kernels of good ideas in there, you can tell there’s an urge, an imperative inclination not to rehash or ultimately reproduce anything, certainly not intentionally or cynically and I can feel that and appreciate it. However, the execution just lacks ‘something’ I can’t put my finger on. As hard as it is to be original, when I saw the notes for this I half expected Aventus (lazy of me because pineapple) and I’m glad that wasn’t what it delivered, from memory though this is similar to Pacific rock moss, that hugely popular Aussie one (brand escapes me) Goldfield & Banks that’s it!! Anyway the citrus is bright and kinda like a cocktail and the pineapple note/accord is very present and very pleasant coupled with a good twist of lime, I love that the seabreeze is fresh, invigorating, not too salty but evocative of the sea in some modern perfumery sense. Ozonic sunshine beams out of this fragrance which I really liked and a clean, floral musk underneath, gentle but effectively driving the perfume along to an inevitably subtle conclusion. It’s quite potent and present at first showing off all them top notes and sparkle but ultimately shy’s away pretty quickly. I enjoyed it. Probably one of the more mainstream and commercial from this line but I still don’t feel them heading in a boring or clone house direction.
Powerful sillage and monolithic endurance are typical features of a Bisch perfume Venn diagram, others being creativity, distinctiveness, and originality. The sum of all of this usually results in novel scents that pair the function and wearability of a classic with the genius verve of an artist. Tubereuse Astrale reads along the lines of something Barrois would just-about turn down for being too garish - a racy space station tuberose - yet when positioned in the Crivelli stable, fits like a dove joint with their other barnstorming offerings. Its playful, loud, bubblegum florals are at one with the perfume's Ganymede-like aura and I love its raucous, brash attitude. It's the least femme tuberose I've ever tried and something I'll very much enjoy wearing. Follow me on Instagram: @TheScentiest
Doesn't smell natural at all, sort of cheap synthetic, general florals and hypersweet synthetic vanilla. Mercifully it's not too overpowering but the scent lacks any sort of depth or edge.
Woody amber fixatives which once you spray on, are impossible to remove FFS
It smells just like Muglers Angel Nova - just a little less sweet.
Horrid, clashing notes. Vomity bleurgh.
It's like a common or garden 90s masculin shower gel scent.
