Category: Frederic Malle
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Synthetic Jungle for Frederic Malle (2021)
Synthetic Jungle has the benefit of soft spokenness, of confident and crisp laconicism, at times smelling as if it has invented a new shade of green through techniques of careful composition and arrangement.
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Fragments (July 2021): Frederic Malle, Chanel, L’Occitane, Robert Piguet, Heeley
Une Rose by Frederic Malle (2003) ★★★★★There is a moment in Une Rose where it is like a smudge – like rubbing an unctuous paste of rose between the thumb and forefinger. It is decadent and rich, a sumptuous stain of fatal red that swirls into vertiginous darkness. Une Rose…
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Carnal Flower for Frederic Malle: Fragrant Thoughts to Enter 2018
Since my last post in October I have had a fairly unadventurous time. I’ve worn much of the same fragrance. A bit of Jicky, lots of Vol de Nuit, a handful of summertime colognes … But, Carnal Flower is decidedly my new and most worn smell, and it’s delightful. I…
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On Rose: Six Roses to Know
Taste is not static! Would you believe that I once found rose fragrances unappealing? I can’t either. Rose is now one of my most highly worn notes, and I am captured by its ability of metamorphosis between compositions. Here are six rose fragrances (of the many other roses) that I frequent…
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Sceptical: Superstitious for Frederic Malle
Let’s look beyond the narrative Malle and Elbaz set out – I am incredulous, forever sceptical, and am not willing to accept it at first glance. My suspicion may be wrong (of course), but launching Superstitious seemed to be the next logical move for the Frederic Malle brand, injecting a…
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Le Parfum de Therese for Frederic Malle
My quest for the objective in no way undermines the subjective experience. I have always admired Le Parfum de Therese, capturing the fiercely strong style of Edmond Roudnitska and demonstrating it with the utmost amplification and clarity. Every other Roudnitska work in reference to Therese never quite captures the same…
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Inexcusable Ropion: Cologne Indélébile from Frederic Malle and Soul by Costume National
No perfumer is without their faults. Cologne Indélébile From Frederic Malle Original Score: 5/5 First Posted July 2, 2015 Maxim: Divorce functionality from critical scent analysis. Fragrance isn’t practical, and judging Cologne Indélébile on that merit was plainly spurious of me. That ought not to be a condition in judging…
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Noir Epices for Frederic Malle
Along with Musc Ravageur, Noir Epices structurally may be the greatest creation in the Malle line. It is well captured too: “a woody oriental, a near chypre”. Noir Epices is exactly that, marked with a baselessness and transparency unusual for an oriental but quite right for a chypre. Noir Epices…
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Rereviews: Musc Ravageur, Héritage, Cuir d’Ange, Dia Man, and Italian Cypress
“Perfume [reviews] should not remain static!” I expressed similar words in my first rereview for the perfume 31 Rue Cambon. A function of a good blogger, an excellent reviewer, and a seasoned thinker is to constantly revisit entities that they have discussed and have scored critically. Sense perception is a…
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On Vetiver: Vétiver Extraordinaire for Frederic Malle
Vétiver Extraordinaire manages to exist in vetiver purgatory, where the namesake note floats as just a vetiver. As a note it appears eagerly on the palette, omnipresent and stark with a general attention to its adornments. Present at the front and detracting into the mid and back of a composition,…
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