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Vangoobas – :
This is lovely, powdery and spicy and has a good dry down that never turns into a chemical soup. It is good for daytime and works well in hot weather.
3manur – :
As a 504 native, I’ve been fortunate to own several perfumes from this company. I recently received a bottle of Molinard Habanita, and remarked to my son “this smells like Kus Kus”. Lots and lots of powder. Not a whole lot else. Very clean and easy to wear. Especially in New Orleans heat. its worth a try in the summer months, and a small sample bottle is the way to go.
Kornelis – :
Well, I know it’s more than powder and spices, but darned if I know what that more is! Is N’Awlins a note? 😉
It’s hard to believe this fragrance is a composition from 1843. Not so much because it’s “modern”, it’s not really. Not so much so that it strikes me as having mass appeal in today’s fragrance market. That’s definitely not it. Some large company will never gobble it up, repackage it and sell it over a huge impersonal shiny department store counter.
It’s just not what I imagined appealing to 19th century ladies. Silly me.
This is my favorite, thus far, of Bourbon French Parfums. I can’t wait to smell the parfum. I don’t love it, it’s not full bottle worthy for me, but I will enjoy the experience of what I have. I’ll wear it in the evening at home. I’ll wear it if I’m around the house on Saturdays. I’ll even wear it curled with a book on Sundays. Mostly because I can’t figure out what it is I smell, and thus…what I smell LIKE, at least with not enough certainty go to parading around town 😀
Here’s what I THINK I smell in this, the beautifully blended cologne edition–
vanilla, powder, labdanum, powder, resins, powder, a little spice (cinnamon?). I want to say a sweetish amber as well. It smells a distant, warmer cousin of Citizen Queen.
I asked a friend. Her reply,
“I smell softness and your skin.” That actually might be a far better description of the notes. At least it’s one I can identify with certainty! 🙂
RoraUtterne – :
This is one beautiful perfume! I can definitely understand why they have been making this for so many years. It is a sweet powdery delight for the senses. Complex layers of notes. It starts out sweet and powdery then the spices start warming things up. Gradually deep resinous notes appear. Very romantic, like a vintage boudoir with lacy “underthings”. In a word: Gorgeous