MariaLux is the new niche brand of Dutch designer Lilian Driessen and perfumer Alessandro Gaultieri of Nasomatto. They debut with three fragrances: Truly, Madly and Deeply.
Truly ~ “Truly – a declaration of love, an ode to everlasting, true love: Truly is feminine, quoting the eternal female full of purity: powdery and creamy shimmering with delicate floral hints – we suspect iris and Rose. Seductively accompanied by subtle white flowers that breathe hint of lucid freshness and a rare, enchanting sweetness. As tempting as extolled love.”
Madly (shown) ~ “Madly – a declaration of love that should be shouted from the rooftops: Madly stands for the flaming passion inherent in love. Nurtured from that passion and created with lifeblood, Madly proudly displays its warm, soulful side: A velvety warmth accompanied by bright resins. A Powdery woodiness surrounded by a creamy hint of flowers reminiscent of tuberose.”
Deeply ~ “Deeply is – a confession. A confession of love, a confession of passion. “But all lust yearns for eternity, a deep, deep eternity” Friedrich Nietzsche’s Zarathustra knew this – and love searches for nothing but the same. Deeply combines and fuses ambergris with cinnamon, an amour fou that shines bright with its blazing fire. Spicy with a tart sweetness, gourmand, skin-like, charming and flirtatious, fruity nuances, a hint of apple and slightly resinous, Deeply reflects all the facets of passion and is definitely able to entice.”
MariaLux Truly, Madly and Deeply can be found now at First in Fragrance in Germany, in 60 ml Eau de Parfum for €128.
(via first-in-fragrance, additional information via extrait.it)
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Am I getting mixed up about Madly or does it actually contain yet another blood accord? *cringes* I haven’t tried anything with that note in it after the horror of experiencing Secretions Magnifique.
Truly sounds pretty, especially since it contains two of my favorites–powdery and creamy.
I actually like the names.
There is an actual blood accord? ACK.
If there is any bood accord, I suppose it comes from the tuberose.
The italian press release stresses more the accent on the tuberose, it does not give the notes (nasomatto’s perfumer oblige) but the “olfactive impression”.
Which is described as velvety and carnal from tuberose and night-blooming flowers.
I hate the bottle but the “ofactive impression” is right up my alley!
I believe (but am not certain) that all of that wording is from First in Fragrance, and that the brand did not provide any information about notes. So I’d say no.
Love the names. The notes sound good. The copy should be required reading for anyone preparing to enter the Prix Eau Faux.
Definitely a primer for the Prix Eaux Faux.
Yep!
Love the part about “we suspect iris and rose” — you SUSPECT that there might be iris and rose in there? Didn’t you MAKE the darn thing?
You can SUSPECT all you want, but iris and rose are innocent until proven guilty…..;-)
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it is First in Fragrance which suspects the problem.
The wording is from First in Fragrance — hence the attribution at the bottom in parentheses.
Still florid, but it makes more sense — thank you!
That bottle is really cool and looks very tactile! In a way it kind of looks drug store-ish in a kitschy way.
I like it too!
Drug store kitschy is a perfect description for the bottle! It has a sort of naive retro look to it too, if that makes sense. I think the bottle is adorable.
Yes! Kind of Tweed-meets-Woodhue.
the “deeply” bottle is cool too, with the black!
It ( the bottle) favors INENDITE by Lubin and a few more. The body shouldn’t care what color the
Fingernails are inthe salesperson. Things are
Getting ridiculous. But, all the same, I haven’t tried the Atelier Parfums because of the way they look. Mandy Aftel’s bottles look generic too, ugly even
These sound interesting but the bottle is hideous. Not that that reeeeeally matters to me
I like that very tactile bottle!
All I could think of was that wonderful movie “Truly Madly Deeply” with Alan Rickman.
Tama, me, too! I loved that movie (in spite of Rickman’s moustache).
LOL! I was going to write that TMD was one of the worst films I’d ever seen – so mannered, so fake. I was friendly with Juliet Stevenson at the time and couldn’t bring myself to mention her (disgraceful) performance in it. I’ve loved Alan Rickman in everything except that film. I cannot believe the same director made TMD and the English Patient.
Their overdramatic over the top descriptions really put me off the whole set. I dont even want to sniff them anymore.
Ummmm wow, I wasn’t ready for that ad on that page…too much revealed in my taste! Wish there was a warning for those things..tired of seeing too much skin on the net..JMHO though..ugh;/. *frustrated*:p
Has anyone tried any of these? My choice would be the last offering, I like it LOUD!