![]() The florals include jasmine, carnation, jasmine sambac, orange blossom, champaca, frangipani, tuberose, ylang ylang and a touch of osmanthus! We’ve got green cognac absolute in here as well.Īnd coffee? It’s present and accounted for, as are myrrh, beeswax, African Stone, ambrette, tobacco, cocoa, sandalwood, Atlas cedarwood, tonka, Peru balsam. It seems that the spiciness comes from black pepper, nutmeg, and tamala, a relative of bay laurel. I’m gratified to learn that my nose was "on the job" when I wrote my impressions, before we talked. Time out: after all these years, Annette and I finally conversed-for hours ! It seems that Annette had a difficult time sourcing coffee blossom, and she started making Flor de Café two years ago, but never produced enough to put up on her website. I’m ensnared by a seductive little devil, this one-and getting spicier all the time: rooty, marvelous, dark, deep. As it dries down, I’m smelling something rich and tobacco-y, I’m amazed at how quickly it shifted shape. It’s over-the-top white flowers, coffee blossom, and anchoring resins. Īll is boozy, opulent florals running riot over my bicep. I’m cradling my arm right now, attempting to inhale and type at the same time. I honestly don’t know how much better it can get I heartily recommend a good sniff. We have a vintage Mysore sandalwood to make one weep, such a dusty/sweet patchouli and sumptuous florals. Despite the many fragrances I’ve smelled in which iris is paired with cocoa, or with orange blossom and sandalwood, this is unique. But if she intends "iris-like," we’ve experienced that as well: the violet-like, rooty odor of orris CO2 lends its lovely voice in Chocolat Irisé. If Annette means "Iridescent" then surely we feel that in the shimmery nature of her perfume. Double entendre is part of that equation. Once we stop reeling from the juicy, tangy opening of Chocolat Irisé, we’re eager to delve into the earthy pleasures which await us. Narcissus Poeticus dries down to a subtle, elegant floral, complex, stunning, and satisfyingly round. Admittedly, narcissus is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is dear and a good harvest is not easy to find. It is lush but never cloying, due in part to the delightfully stable-redolent character of narcissus. This composition is a celebration of the indolic, the white blossoms’ animalic nature underlying their floral beauty. It takes only a cursory glance to see an extravagant hand at work. Narcissus Poeticus may be the Latin classification, but in this specific case we have a lyrical, poetic perfume sans doute. All that is experienced is true, real, exquisite in its natural state… when you smell this, you wonder why so much artifice is utilized in so many perfumes. Its abundance of botanical goodness does the heart good it is easy to see why the Rose has been venerated, favored by the Blessed Virgin, the prophet Mohammed, praised in the Song of Songs. I want to bathe in it and wallow in its voluptuous sillage. It feels ancient and contemporary all at once, a seamless scented form of time travel. Heady, intoxicatingly spicy and enveloping, Avicenna is a marvel of rose and resin. I am a devoted adorer of the rose, and Avicenna is Rose Heaven, named after the legendary physician and scholar from 10th century Ispahan who is credited with the first distillation of rose oil. No matter what my beloved Gertrude Stein may have uttered so infamously, a rose is never simply just a rose is a rose is a rose. Schwebende Schönheit in Vollendung." 0815abc, ParfumoĪNNETTE NEUFFER: BOTANICALLY BEAUTIFUL (EXCERPTS) "Kopfverdreher, Herzensräuber, Friedensbringer. We’re enjoying our spoils so much and, distracted by our orgiastic gluttony, we don’t realise we’re being enveloped by mounds of sweet narcissi, smothered beneath their fragrant, heavy petals. I feel like I’ve fallen into a fantastical dream I’m having tea with giant fuzzy bees and pollen dusted butterflies, we’re feasting on nectar and funky, chewy beeswax fresh from the hive. A White Floral Gourmand - heady and indolic, creamy and narcotic narcissus with a gloriously pongy, and yes, chewy beeswax base - SWOON If I try hard enough I can pick out most of the wonderfully high quality ingredients, but I’m not so interested in dissecting this one - I just want to lounge around all day, reapplying Narcissus Orientalis every couple of hours for the amazing indoles in the opening and the gorgeous pongy little furry animal beeswax dry down. "I feel like I’ve fallen into a fantastical dream. Lots of reviews can be found here on Parfumo.īy Polyanthes on Fragrantica, thank you very much!!! REVIEWS Claus Brunner im Kulturmagazin Perlentaucher "Per Fumum: Ambar"
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