Comments on: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Dirty Rose, Cyan ~ new fragrances

By: DSHPerfumes

DSHPerfumes — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:04 +0000

ps: Thank you to everyone who has commented on these scents! It makes any artist feel great when there are lots of comments

By: DSHPerfumes

DSHPerfumes — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:49:16 +0000

Hello, all on NST! Thank you Robin for posting about my new dirtyROSE and Cyan perfumes! And, since the collections are so extensive, I would be happy to answer any questions you might have about what to try first, etc. just email me at dsh@dshperfumes.com.

By: memechose

memechose — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:10 +0000

robin, i like dirty rose too, but on me its not dirty enough toog reen for me, give me nahema but for most people its one of her best scents. it started out created for men, but everyone loves and is buying it.. I had the pleasure of naming cyan, very beautiful, soft almost a japanese aesthetic. te vert is great for tea lovers.her color series if you like sweet go for the Quindonione Violet, amazing. .

By: memechose

memechose — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:18 +0000

I actually have tested every DSH perfume on 8 different skin types..
mahjoun, cimbaue and essenza dell ibisco are great for me milky skin. let me know your favorite other fumes and i can make recommendation. I curated flittersniffers!!! and she loved ALL my picks esp tamarind paprika.

Dawn has a huge line so i am happy to help.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:48:58 +0000

Oh, I like Mahjoun! But have not tried most of the others you mention, other than Cimabue which is wonderful.

By: flittersniffer

flittersniffer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:25:52 +0000

I have tested a lot of DSHs lately, with very mixed results. A number of them – possibly because of their high usage of naturals – have a strange opening that I have come to call the “DSH house skank note”. It isn’t based around civet, but it is dirty and muddy, a bit mouldy even. Sometimes it lifts in a bit and the fragrance blooms, sometimes it doesn’t. The ratio in my trials so far has been about 50/50. So the dirty rose scent above looks a prime contender to have DSH skank throughout and I shall avoid. The Cyan looks clean and interesting though.

My favourites (real, real loves) – and I have Memechose to thank for directing me towards two of them – are Cimabue, Tamarind Paprika and Jitterbug. Arome d’Egypte, Umber, Cafe Noir, Mahjoun and Blonde Suede (or some such) were ghastly beyond my worst imaginings. I am sure I even detected civet in Cafe Noir, which is not customary at any Starbucks I’ve been to.

But overall, I would say the gems are well worth getting down, dirty and partly disappointed for !

By: miss kitty v.

miss kitty v. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:59:43 +0000

Oh, I’m envious! I was hoping mine would show up today. Once you get a chance to try them, I’ll be curious what you think of them.

By: Rappleyea

Rappleyea — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:43:48 +0000

But do they drop the article, in your example the ‘les’ or is it always understood whether or not you would translate it as such?

By: boojum

boojum — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:00:14 +0000

I shudder to think how long it’s been since I studied French… but can confirm your summary. The one thought I had is that in French, as in English, you might say “garden of flowers” in some (probably most) contexts, and “garden of THE flowers” in others… so jardin de fleurs or jardin des fleurs, respectively.

By: Tama

Tama — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:42:46 +0000

Let me know what you think – I am tempted but I just got that massive Montale sample collection.
(mad because I am spending the evening with an allergic person and can’t immediately try something!!!)