Parfumerie Generale has launched L'Eau Guerrière:
Woody Fresh – Sensualised
Brutal, Modern, Devastating.
A vegetal-like piquant of Cinchona Bark, Sky Aldehyd, Olibanum, Aloe Wood, Musk…
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Parfumerie Generale L'Eau Guerriere, Puro Lino ~ new fragrances
Parfumerie Generale Cadjmere, Un Crime Exotique ~ fragrance reviews
I suppose November 2nd is a little early to start complaining about the cold, but hey, it’s cold! And I was lulled into complacency by our extra-long, signs-of-global-warming Indian summer. I just wasn’t ready for hats and gloves. I think I’ve mentioned before that I hate winter?
Now that winter has arrived despite my protests, as it usually does, I’ve pulled out two Parfumerie Generale fragrance releases from earlier in the year: Cadjmere and Un Crime Exotique. Both of them were “too much” when I first tried them in warmer weather; today, they get their second chance.
Cadjmere starts out sharp and green, with a short-lived hint of something that smells vaguely industrial and toxic mingling with a bit of orange-y citrus…
Three Fierce Green Chypres: Sisley Eau du Soir, Parfumerie Generale Corps et Ames, and Niki de Saint Phalle
When people talk about big, knock-‘em-out scents, they often mean white florals like Robert Piguet Fracas or Annick Goutal Passion or heady 1980s orientals like Yves Saint Laurent Opium and Chanel Coco. I’d like to add another category of perfume to this list: the fierce green chypre. I’m not talking about a moody green chypre like Jacomo Silences or a modulated green chypre like Estée Lauder Private Collection. I mean a no-apologies, cuts-like-a-knife, love-it-or-loathe-it green chypre. At the top of the list of fierce green chypres are Sisley Eau du Soir, Parfumerie Générale Corps et Ames, and Niki de Saint Phalle.
A fierce green chypre isn’t easy to wear. It’s a diva, and it will be bigger than you are if you give it an inch. Before you spray on a fierce green chypre, you’d better be ready to be fabulous. Make sure you have the energy for snappy comebacks, unleashed hilarity, or wanton passion — whatever the occasion calls for…
Parfumerie Generale Cadjmere ~ new fragrance
Parfumerie Generale will launch Cadjmere, a new fragrance, this coming September. The scent is described as “exotic woody powdery”:
A delicate and refined meeting of precious Rosewood, floral and spicy, with soft and warm Sandalwood…
Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique ~ new fragrance
Parfumerie Generale has launched a new fragrance in their Private Collection range, Un Crime Exotique:
Un Crime Exotique is a gingerbread perfume like no other you have ever experienced. Blended with Chinese Osmanthus, tea, cinnamon, mate absolute and star anise…
