Comments on: Ego Facto Piege a Filles, Sacre Coeur and Jamais le Dimanche ~ fragrance reviews

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:45 +0000

Absolute Scent: glad you are on the mend. I sort of like grape too! I’ve never smelled a SO scent, sad to say.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:58:20 +0000

MOB: you must be a MUSK killer then! HA!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:31 +0000

R.D.: thanks..they were trying to keep us slightly off balance I think…success in a few of them….

By: Absolute Scentualist

Absolute Scentualist — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:51 +0000

Good review, Kevin! I’ve now been able to narrow down my “must try” list to PPPD and Sacré Coeur. I do love grape, flamboyantly synthetic or warm and natural, so Sacré Coeur is really intriguing. I haven’t been sniffing samples for most of this week (the flu does not encourage me to sniff much of *anything* without feeling like I’m on a rollercoaster) but my nose and tummy are on the mend today and I discovered I do *not* like La Prarie’s Silver Rain. Yay. One more pricy frag I don’t need.

Speaking of lovely sandalwood, I just got a bottle of Sali Oguri’s Persephone, which has the most lovely sandalwood drydown. It’s gorgeous stuff, particularly for this time of year, with mostly pomegranate with some chocolate, flowers, and a dark and sexy sandalwood drydown. Apparently Sali used a very pricy Indian sandalwood oil and it shows in the frag. Very lovely if you want a more gourmand take on that note.

By: RusticDove

RusticDove — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:01:22 +0000

I’m SO late to the party, but wanted to say how much I always enjoy your reviews Kevin! These fragrances don’t sound like something that I would be interested in [whew - thankfully. The must try list is out of control - ha], but I will say they sure are interesting. At least the ‘usual suspects’ are largely absent from the notes and they were obviously going for something creative & different.

By: maggieoboyle

maggieoboyle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:30:21 +0000

I did buy the sample set and find this particular scent delightful. Heliotrope and almond predominate. The cumin and musk are hard to pick out–just sharp enough to keep the scent honest. Perhaps better on a woman than a man?

By: TT

TT — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:14 +0000

I’m shy to say, Kevin, that I’m a newbie and probably wouldn’t know real Mysore from synthetic as this point! It is, however, one of the most gorgeous sandalwoods that I have encountered and I am not generally a huge fan.

By: tmp00

tmp00 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:18:25 +0000

I tired a couple of these, one of which was Dimanche. Hated that one, was “meh”" on the Prends Garde a Trois. It was nice, just not a big deal…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:16:16 +0000

Dolly: for my tastes, it’s “mid-sweet”…not “too too”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:38 +0000

TT: how did you like the Lutens? Did you detect a drop of REAL mysore sandalwood as the company claims is there?