Comments on: Perfume review: Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:47:26 +0000

I hope not, but I don’t know…everything else sure has been reformulated!

By: Blimunda

Blimunda — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:42:44 +0000

Thanks Robin. That makes sense, actually. It does seem to defy classification in many ways. I tried a sample two years ago and found it more earthy and ‘rooty’, now it seems powdery and soft! My nasal palate must have changed dramatically, as I don’t think they could have changed the formula!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:16:17 +0000

Good question. The one classification book I have doesn’t list it, and it isn’t on Fragrance.org. I would have guessed Michael Edwards would peg it as mossy woods or maybe dry woods, but that’s just a guess! And I do see that he classifies both Hiris and 28 La Pausa as “Soft Floral”. TDC Bois d’Iris he calls a “Mossy Woods”.

By: Blimunda

Blimunda — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:40:43 +0000

This is amazingly gorgeous! Would this classify as a Green fragrance? Or a Woody? I would say Green, but would appreciate NST peeps’ opinions…..

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:45:07 +0000

Oh, not a single one of the OJs? Oh well, there are whole lines I don’t get either. ISM is lovely at any rate

By: KRL

KRL — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:34:21 +0000

After several days of going through my Ormonde Jayne sampler, and not “getting” any of them – I was feeling disappointed and then somewhat delighted and relieved to get my SL sample from Perfumed Court in the mail this afternoon – somewhat delighted because I didn’t really think I’d like it as I’ve had no luck at all with Iris, and relieved to get out of the Ormonde mode. First spray was on my wrist, and was sprayed from a really close distance, and… icky! Smelled like white rum. Few hours later, I sprayed my entire arm from a little bit of a distance, and god help me, I think I like this very odd perfume.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:57:03 +0000

Yay! I love it when people get iris. Now you must try Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris, my latest favorite!

By: Jubba

Jubba — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:23:44 +0000

Even though it’s been eons since the last comment, I just needed to say that after sampling this I FINALLY GET IRIS! To me ISM fits somewhere on the spectrum between TDC’s Bois d’Iris & Prada’s Infusion. Whereas, from the former all I get is carrots being juiced (as all I have is a small vial of it), and from the latter the intended veil of the root, from ISM I get an amalgamation of the raw beginning of BdI with the slightly spicy crispness of Prada – in a more concentrated and longer lasting form than Infusion D’Iris. When I asked a coworker who loves the Prada what she smelled on my wrist she said “Prada – the green one.” I guess that’s a compliment to IdI. They share DNA despite being distant relatives…

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:59:08 +0000

LOL — one of my all time favorite scents, no less! Ah well, you’ve saved some $.

By: www.mybeautyblog.de

www.mybeautyblog.de — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:00:35 +0000

Honestly, this is one of the worst things I had on my skin. It did not develop or change or had anything to do with smell.
My friend sprayed it on me without any warning – she thought I would be rather unbiased about it since I like most of the SL.
This one is really bad… It’s scary.