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BlackLeo – :
1740 is the benchmark of the excellent HdP line.
An ode to vintage fragrances, it’s a leather supreme with an addictive and classy caramelized tobacco accord. Great quality, perfectly blended and impeccable all the way.
I have an affinity for leather scents and this one is right there with the greats (Cuir Cannage, Knize Ten, Gomma, Cuir de Russie, Bandit, Rien, to name a few)
*****
sergeylap – :
Recently decided to blind buy a 125ml bottle due to the fact that I was offered a great price on what the seller believed was the original formulation of this fragrance. I searched numerous sites to get an idea of what to expect before my package arrived. I was constantly told that there was nothing on the market that could compare to this, and I must say that everyone was correct. Upon arrival, I was very disappointed to realize that I had in fact been sold a bottle of the current reformulation, but the price I had paid had been more than fair for even this edition so I immediately opened the package and sprayed this on. (Most times I’ll sample on a card first but what can I say? I was excited). If I was absolutely forced to make a comparison to a better known fragrance, I would say that this takes the leather from vintage Halston z-14 and covers it in a strong dose of the maple syrup accord from MJ Legend/Bond No 9 New Haarlam. But that comparison does not do this masterpiece justice at all. In fact to simplify this outstanding fragrance into terms as basic as those is almost a crime in itself. This opens with a burst of fermented fruits and a note of immortelle that stays prominent in this fragrance until the whole scent itself fades. The fruits do take a backseat shortly after to a raw, earthy, GORGEOUS patchouli and a dry, old school leather. Throughout the life of the fragrance, I certainly get a boozy undertone which has a likeness to a high quality whiskey. I have heard talks of a “rosey spiciness” in this current formulation but I have yet to experience it for myself. The fragrance stays fairly linear for a while, until deep in the dry down when the leather begins to recede and the immortelle really takes over. I get great longevity from my bottle, but the projection does leave a little to be desired (although with a fragrance as strong and dark as this it may prove to be for the best). The overall scent it produces is warm and enveloping, but very deeply masculine. This fragrance is definitely not a “crowd pleaser” in the sense of Sauvage or Eros or the other generic mass appealing chemical messes of this generation, but I absolutely can see this fragrance having an aphrodisiac effect. It gives off an alpha male, protective vibe to me (and to my fiance, who always seems to lean a little closer in under my arm while walking with me on nights I wear this). At the same time, this fragrance clearly portrays its wearer as having a dark side that isn’t shown to the world. This fragrance will not please everyone, and in fact could offend some of the younger generation if worn too loudly, but it may just get you that little bit of extra attention you crave from the right person. Its ingredients scream quality, even in its reformulated edition, and it is quickly climbing into my top 5 fragrances in my collection.
Opening 9/10
Dry down 9/10
Longevity 10/10 12+hrs on skin, weeks on clothes
Projection 8/10 within arms length for 2 hrs then hangs close (a positive considering the weight of the scent)
Uniqueness 10/10
Overall 9.5/10
NOT a safe blind buy unless you are experienced and comfortable with classic powerhouse fragrances.
Corey_Tailor – :
Once i realized that there is a perfume named Marquis de Sade, i knew i had to have it, regardless of what it smells like.
I am European, and there is no censorship there like here in USA. As kids we got to watch sex on tv, porn in our parent’s magazines under the coffee table, buy cigarettes and alcohol when we were 7 years old-legally…At least back then, when i was a kid.Not sure how it is now.
I read Justine when i was 11, by the time i was 13 i had all Marquis de Sade books under my sleeve ( not to say i am somehow better for it, but you never know). Maybe this lack of censorship, the openness about sex and life in general was the reason why in Europe it was rare to see kids giving birth to kids, and i am happy we got to learn about stuff that matters early in life. My daughter came to USA when she was 8 months old, and by the ripe age of 12 she fully believed us that she was made of Legos and reanimated like Frankenstein.
This amazing perfume smells exactly how i’d imagine Marquis to smell like back then.I am not going to go into notes, because honestly, i can’t smell them separately at all.
This is not a perfume for prissy, pretty, pink girls. 1740 is dirty, stinky, embarrassing, potent, mind blowing blend of notes, probably the best stuff i have ever smelled in my life. One spray on my forearm, my husband is yelling nooo from 10 feet away, and my heart is screaming yessss. It’s utter joy,this 1740. I must never run out.
If you like to smell pretty and feminine, this is probably not for you, as a woman. My husband has a strong dislike for 1740 as a man. I m into oud, dirtier the better, but for that i often have to reach into my husbands collection.
With 1740, i don’t have to do that anymore (not to say this smells like oud at all, but it has similarities with that pungent barnyard oudy smell).
So to sum it all up, great stuff, survives at least 2 showers in 24 hours, and great when layered with Ambre 114. Gotta have big balls for this one!
viviy – :
Leather – amber – patchouli
Color impression: dark brown
Kinky and sinister play immortelle and patchouli in 1740. Edgy and heady it opens with strange smell of something resembling traditional salve. Repulses but at the same time makes you badly want to smell it again and again. Once settled, its complexity and density decreases and weird leathery amber with strong hint of something old and reserved in dark comes up. Very retro, very otherworldly and peculiar.
★★★★
smiferi – :
Histoires de Parfums are rightly interested in time travel through fragrance. However this might not take you to a time it says on the bottle as would often happen with Dr.Who when the settings on the Tardis went a bit wrong. In this case instead of being transported to a world of deranged sex commited against a general background fug of unwashed bodies and human excrement in the streets we are happily transported to….a barber’s shop in the UK in the 1960s. This is where I first experienced such strong MANLY smells. I would have my hair cut according to the wishes of my parents – generally a bowl cut. Styish. Men would sit around in a fug of Old Spice, Brut and older scents and the barber would spray out whatever cheap manly hair spray lurked in his dark bottles. Old men would have their hair singed with tapers; a practice that is now unknown. So the place would fill with the smell of burning hair to add to the other tough manly smells; one which was similar to the acrid blast of toasting ants under the sun’s rays with a magnifying glass. 1740 smells not so much of the foppish sex fiend of the 18th century but of all these barbershop things evoking a testosterne fueled hardnut getting ready at the barber’s for a Saturday on the football terraces and an evening of womanising and 10 pints of Watney’s Red Barrel. It might be called 1740 but I propose renaming it 1969. Oh, by the way, it’s rather fine.
proffet2 – :
Is it possible to fall in love from first sniff? Before Marquis de Sade, I wouldn’t have believed so. This is POTENT. Trashy, skanky… beautiful. Absolutely trash. In the best possible way. You will NOT be elegant.
Марисабель – :
My honest thoughts, don’t see what the rave is all about.
My gut reaction: This is like Guerlain – Heritage but smokier and less fresh.
Very – no, extremely, mature. Smells like a posh grandma type fragrance.
Opening is strong and 90 % SMOKE if anything. Leather and burned wood with little to no freshness to balance it out. You sense there’s flowers but barbeque smoke is drowning them.
This is really not wearable for me, at least not the opening. I might edit the review if it changes character.
I tested this in heat of summer so maybe I did it wrong lol.
Riscfk – :
First I have to say that 1740 is gorgeous scent. Like Patchouli Noir but they stay on my skin for 2-3 hours tops. Its realy sad what has happened to perfumery world. I tried Roja, Clive Christian, amouage, Frederic Malle, Nassomato, Serge Lutens, Sisley…… all my beloved perfums. Esspecially week are commercial designers perfums but nieche perfums huge disappointment. I was paying for diluted perfumes. I remember 20 years a go perfums had projection, silage and perfums tell their beautiful story in period of 10 to 24 hours some even after 48. Now pyramid is finished in 2 to 3 hours tops. i still would love to try perfums not regulated by IFRA cuz I wont spend a some peoples salary for deluted scents, feeling funny after reading trands story how rare and expensive their ingredients are and fairy tales story about the journey of scent, layers of mysterie for exclusive experience that last three hours and I am a fan perfums and I really love them.
hez046bedyWelty – :
I’m so glad a few others have mentioned the cumin smell. I only get it at the opening-for about five minutes. Thank God! I think the rest of the time it’s a very intriguing scent. I get the leather part-that reminds me of my aunt’s horse barn, and I love that smell.
Still, I was hoping to get much more of the labdanum and patchouli and I don’t smell any, so I will finish my sample but won’t buy a bottle.
Kostik2472 – :
Smells resinous, oily and leathery. It’s not a sweet scent. It’s mysterious and I kinda like it even though it’s a scent for “men.”
IMoskva – :
Yeah, really pharaoh is one really sad guy. He doesn’t have his own opinion about fragrances.
Well, my wife also doesn’t like this fragrance on me but I reeeeeally LOVE it.
And I WEAR it 🙂 to me, this is sexy fragrance, porno fragrance. I love the smell of leather. And smell of imortelle.
Longevity is great, about 8-10 hours with great projection for the first 2-3 hours.
@pharaoh, find a girlfriend so you can buy fragrances for you despite many girls don’t liking it. Live long and prosper 🙂
alissa109 – :
@ThePharaoh,
You are one sad fella, a very sad one…
vmd147InsuffBooni – :
This scent is assaulting. At first it’s amazing, rich balsamic leathery, but the drydown is pretty skank. I think it’s the immortelle and artemisia, an herbal / leathery / skanky (to me vintage aldehyde) drydown. Not sure what I was thinking – when I tried in store I really loved it. This happens sometimes, I smell 100 things in the shop and my nose gets so desensitized that only a smell like this is interesting. I guess that fact in itself has some Marquis de Sade-esque parallels to it 🙂
djuzzy – :
1740 was an experience I will always remember. However, it was not very pleasurable. I got a good deal on a travel size bottle so I decided to opt for it.
This fragrance starts off with a blast of patchouli, a note that I am not fond of honestly unless it is blended very well. In this case it is not. It is like an assault of the most dirtiest of smells. I don’t pick up much of any of the notes listed besides the obviously patchouli,cedar, birch & some leather.
I do not sense any vanilla which would have helped this fragrance a great deal to cut out all that woodiness & earthiness. That is the problem I have with 1740, it’s all dry with no sweetness. These are the type of frags I cannot stand nor wear. It is made of good materials, Long lasting at least 8 hours on me, projection is ok, not great but noticeable.
The Marquis de Sade is like drinking Chianti, full of life yet no charm. Thanks, but no thanks!
ildar201132 – :
You’re a tobacco leaf on a journey. Grown fresh in manured soil, then picked, hung in a stuffy barn, flue-cured, moistened, re-dried, conditioned, shredded, and blended with humectants, sweet resins, labdanum, vanilla, and birch tar. You’re stuffed in a pipe and lit for a yearly celebration, and as you smolder, parts of you billow their way through its stuffy wood interior and into the living and organic interior of a man. When he’s finished, your remains are left in the pipe to age for a whole year in those sweet and sticky oils, never to fully dry, until the man decides to celebrate again. 1740 by Histoires de Parfums.
олеган – :
lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove
I’ve got the 15 ml version, it’s so strong that it’s going to last me a lifetime. Super unique, super strong, super boozy.
lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove
slot88ss – :
The best leather scent to me so far. Unisex, too!
Наталья – :
Simply one of the great leather-ish type with a complex mix of ingredients that is great from start to complete dry down. Many Histoires des Parfums are very good to great.
galieva28elsx – :
This always makes me think of dirty “bad boy” carnal type leather. Kinda the fragrance equivalent of a one night stand. It’s almost as though there are 4 phases.
The first is sweet and short lived and I think of as being the flirty phase. The leather is apparent but not massively dominant.
The second phase (seduction) the leather becomes more dominant and it becomes more balsamic (and a bit boozy).
Phase 3 (passionate entanglement) is much more leather dominant and dirty.
Phase 4 is the sort of sharing a post coital smoke. Still leather (but a wee bit bitter) with some fuzzyness…guessing the resins and birch.
All in all I really like it…but perhaps not for the office.
kamisar666 – :
Dry wood, spices, leather? It wasn´t love in a first sniff. But it is love. Now, I don´t have it anymore and it makes me sad. I can still smell 1740 from yesterday, going strong and so beautiful.
Long lasting weekend scent for me. And so beautiful I want it back again in my wardrobe. Yes, love.
I recommend you to try before you buy.
maestro1991 – :
Disclaimer: Histoire de Parfums is my favourite house.
1740 is a tour de force made by this splendid house. It takes your senses through an olfactive journey beginning with an animalic spicy herbal, immortelle and citrus opening then onto a sweet leather heart followed finally towards a warm woody base.
1740 is in your face and takes no prisoners in this journey. Nevertheless, sophisticated and seductive.
Gérald Ghislain, we salute you!
bars034 – :
Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade is the latest addition to my collection. As soon as I sprayed it on my skin, I got a strong bergamot note with some green notes. 5 min after the initial blast, the body of the scent starts to show with a leather accord, dominated with heavy herbal notes, some spices and a powder nuance.
With this scent I imagine Dorian Grey in his late 40’s dressed with a fancy tuxedo and a velvet overcoat, walking around his garden, at the end of the day, enjoying the gifts of Nature, as he’s waiting for the arrival of his guests for the big dinner he arranged.
It’s a very mature and unique scent. Maybe a bit too mature for me. But, nevertheless, I really like what this scent represents and it’s quality is undeniable. It’s that kind of fragrance which I’ll learn to love through time.
nikkoss – :
A very interesting fragrance. Immortelle is the star on my skin for this scent. From the initial spray to final dry down, it is all about the Immortelle. Other notes make an appearance throughout the day, as if to try and sway the Immortelle, but like the Marquis de Sade, the Immortelle will not be taken too far off it’s course, which is a weedy, and a bit dirty, rummaging through the forest after a light rain.
1740 is a very complex fragrance and not your typical clean and fresh scent, which works for me. I do get the underlying darkness in this fragrance. A sense that it could entrap you at any time.
I see this is much more masculine than feminine, but I can see a strong woman pulling this one off.
1740 can be worn in trendy casual or a sports coat. I get very good projection and longevity on my skin.
Bottom line: If you like Immortelle, or earthy scents that are not clean and fresh, 1740 is worth a sample. But I would not blind buy a bottle.
anatoliy72 – :
I find this to be a unisex fragrance. It reminds me of my favourite Uncle. I used to love sitting beside him as he smoked his pipe. This fragrance is warm and comforting, yet it has an underlying darkness.
I definitely get a strong sense of leather, with immortelle and patchouli in the background. Soon enough, the spicy tobacco scent hits me and takes me back to my childhood. I stay there awhile until I sense rum? cognac? maybe even absinthe? Finally, the boozey, spicy, tobacco and leather gives way (although not completely) to the smell of the forest in autumn – woody and earthy, even a bit musty (in the best possible way).
This is a truly enchanting fragrance. Yes, it’s masculine – but in the way that a man gives into his softer, feminine side – making it a truly unisex scent. I think it suits an unabashedly feminine woman.
Funny – I don’t at all get the Marquis de Sade from this fragrance.
I love it layered with Amber 114. It brings out 1740s softer, more feminine attributes nicely.
durbek – :
This is a great scent for immortelle and patchouli lovers, primarily. Super complex, light though with gentle silage and great longevity, this is a rich lovely scent that reminded me, suprisingly, of Papillon’s Salome. Granted, I had worn Salome the day before and still had it stuck in my scent memory, but this is very much like it–even the dirty parts (again, patch phobes, beware…). Cumin and patch are often the life of the “skank party” and here is no exception except that for me, those two don’t go as dirty as they do for others, even with birch and leather facets.The incense and resins are definitely present along with warming amber and vanilla accords. Pretty much all the notes listed are ones I pick up, along with perhaps a faint whiff of something like rose or fruit.
Because I love heavy rich scents, and adore patch and coriander along with woods, this is a must! I highly recommend as a winter scent (though I wore it several times this week in 100+ weather, and it was great). I think why this is more “doable” during spring, summer is because it has a light and rich quality, rather than dense, chewey and heavy. Did I mention immortelle? For those of you who pick up pancakes and syrup, I suppose that’s there too, but for me, immortelle is the scent of outdoors and dried flowers, and MdS is rich in immortelle as well–fantastic. I really like–but try before you buy.
kn_vadim – :
this is intriguing from the get-go. it starts with smoky leather and labdanum along with something sticky and sweet, perhaps immortelle? that’s what it seems from other reviews, although my impression of immortelle was different before this. at any rate, once the smokiness dies down a bit (it smells like a strong scotch i once tasted), it becomes more beautiful. i get a glorious woody birch and something a little boozy sweet with a slight hint of pepperiness and tobacco. whatever it is, this is an absolutely gorgeous scent. i am testing it in summer but know it’s full beauty will bloom on crisp autumn days and dark winter nights. instant love!
replicae75881 – :
Reminds me of my Grandfather’s house when I was growing up in the 90s. I am not sure what note it is that gives me this sensation but I feel like it’s the combination that has achieved this reminiscent scent for me, likely the labdanum and patchouli but maybe the Immortelle is playing a role too.
I like this but it’s not for me. It is not particularly feminine but I feel like this would work really well for the right woman.
As always with Histoires the quality of the fragrance is worth mentioning. This house is not the one that suites me the best but the quality and how well everything is blended is absolutely undeniable in my opinion. Pass for me but recommended for a woman who tries and enjoys this.
azer-9000 – :
1740. Marquis De Sade.
This fragrance intrigued me from afar. A leather enthusiast, the dark marketing, the book binding chic of the Histoires line makes 1740 a hard one to resist. I decided against my initial inclination to blind buy a 4oz bottle because of the varying reviews, and being a woman, and the few womens reviews of actually wearing it. (Kafkaesque) On the eve of my birthday, I threw caution into the wind and bought a 15ml for $35. A much more respectable decision and small investment into an unknown world.
Great obsessions always start small.
Few reviews report this is much too quietly confident to be bestowed the name of Marquis. Oh its perfectly named. It creeps up upon you in an elegant, aristocratic, well heeled way. It catches your attention, and before you know it… its grip has you ruminating about it constantly.
At first spray hitting my chemistry reminded me of a few favorites I had liked such as the refined woody/cardamom Galaad by Lubin and O’Hira by Humbert-Lucas with his Labadinum amber driven masterpiece. The maple immortelle adds a sweetness to the composition with the cardamom imbuing smoothness and nary a sharp edge or blade. The leather is vintage Caron En Avion or Daim Blond Lutenesque supple.The amber labadinum gives a human warmth and spices add texture. The story stays pretty linear for a good while then the leathery birch tar base comes up in the end. Its covered with elemi and the sweet immortelle which is what drives this fragrance in my wearing. The patchouli fills out the scent, adds a earthy sexiness with the tobacco notes.
I think women with sophisticated tastes, vintage/patchouli compliant will not have a problem wearing this scent. Its mystique in a bottle. Its for the same woman that found Bandit perhaps a little too austere or Cuir de Russie a little overexposed and needed something more refined. A new favorite. let me know if someone has an older formulation. Its feminine counterpart is Piguets Visa.
JerryEQ – :
Unlike some other commenters, I don’t smell anything kinky here at all. I guess this was linked to de Sade because of the leather aspect but it’s a pretty tame leather: definitely brown, soft, chesterfield-in-a-library-with-a-pipe leather. It’s sweet, even slightly sickly sweet (that’s the pipe tobacco vibe) at first, a bit musty, then cleans up to nicely herbal in a very wholesome way.
Complex scent, both in development and at any given time in its life.
All in all, really, really well done. The late drydown is the best: a lovely soft suede thing – but it’s not love for me.
vadim80 – :
SMOKE then a sweet almost fruity note in the middle then dry, bitter smoke in the base, tough to smell any leather through the elemi and immortelle. In the final drydown it is complete amber base. Lovely, sweet, rich, creamy. Nothing sharp, bitter or smokey, but it takes a long time to get there. This is a skin scent throughout. I love this house and its concept but based on the sillage, not worth the price. I like each fragrance but would never buy a full bottle due to the inability to smell it unless my nose is rubbing against my skin.
rus 28 – :
Lovely. Leather, smoke, herbs crushed underneath oiled fingers. What’s really lovely about this is that it takes these traditionally hard, brash, masculine ingredients, and it mellows them out into something comforting, warm and inviting. Really feels like you’re in someone’s home and dinner is just about ready. It’s light and mild, not something I’d imagine someone really wearing in 1740, but it’s composed effortlessly. There is a long trail of powder and musk as it sits on the skin. Superb. Between a 7.5 and 8/10 for me.
yaluna – :
(to the guy below me) lol.. u’ve been having a wrong butter chicken my friend 😉 take it from me, an Indian
wxv544Diobtetty – :
I’m probably a weirdo, but this smells like butter chicken.
Butter chicken and old Indian ladies.
Miron_111 – :
A complex perfume with a mature heart like LIDGE by Guerlain. The drydown is almost similar. The wretched skanky opening from leather and musty coriander combo is not really acceptable but soon fades away and the leather shines with smokiness. After a while the fragrance turns into a silky sweet bitter combination of elemi, cedar and vanillic tones.
alexpopov78 – :
I smell leather and tobacco. Nothing else, really. It’s a simple perfume, though decadent. But it’s strong and a little choking. For strong, imposing personalities.
chuper – :
tonight i tested it at department store.it opens with smoky leather and alittle dirty.after20 min a sense of animalic notes was alittle obvious at background.its suitable for men above 30 or 35.formal and match with leather coat and shirt.
svetik000111 – :
95/10/9
یه عطر بینهایت قوی و مقتدر و کلاسیک که شخصا بازخورد خیلی مثبتی ازش گرفتم ولی یک ایراد بسیار بزرگی که داره ماندگاری بیش از حدش هست بطوری که وقتی لباستون رو میشورین بعد از خشک شدن وقتی در جای گرم یا در جلوی نور آفتاب قرار بگیرین بوش رو دوباره احساس میکنین
نمیشه گفت ایراد ولی خود من از این فرایند خسته میشم و بهترین رایحه ها رو هم در زمان طولانی نمیشه تحمل کرد
طراحی شده برای سن بالای 30 سال
طراحی شیشه ی فوق العاده
پخش :بیشتر از اونی که فکرش رو بکنین
خط بو : به مسافت 50 متر
دیگه چی از یک عطر اینچنینی برای وسط زمستان انتظار دارین
اگه با ماندکاری زیادش مشکلی نداشته باشین از بهترینهاست
رتبه ی کلی :7/5 از 10
lamovd91 – :
This actually makes me wanna spank Calvinis mom and pull her hair
Knight XI – :
Thus far, throughout my perfume exploration journey, I haven’t been able (yet) to correlate fancy perfume names to the perfumes themselves. 1740 has been no exception. This may have been simply due to my inexperienced olfactory system or perhaps my lack of imagination or both.
In short, I couldn’t care less. And that is for two (good I hope) reasons.
Firstly, because I find it impossible in my mind to associate sex (at least the way I perceive it) with France during the 17th-18th century, an era of dubious (if not nonexistent) hygienic practices.
And second, because 1740 is to my nose, regardless of its ornamental title, a stunning creation.
1740 is the perfume of the confident gentleman. It is an extremely well balanced & smooth combination of rich tobacco with spices, woods, leather and immortelle. Very balmy & warm from the first second of its opening, it envelops the wearer with an opulent aura of elegance and class. Fancy cigars, aged single malt whiskeys, upper class wooden studies, ancient books, heavy carpets, retro leather armchairs, glowing fireplaces, . . . aren’t but a few of the plethora of nostalgic images brought to mind.
There is nothing “sadistic” or “perversive” about this scent. Quite on the contrary. It is a dignified, tender, mind relaxing, comforting aroma of a true bohemian & romantic aristocrat (reminiscent of a long forgotten era of chivalry) that sees a poem in a woman’s heart.
If a fancy title is mandatory, I would go for “1619 Cyrano de Bergerac”.
9.5/10
all.sytes.net – :
فکر نمیکردم تجربه استفاده ازین عطر اینقدر پیچیده باشه واسه من.
یکبار به نظرم تلخ میاد فردا به نظرم شیرین.
یک روز اوپنینگ عطر به نظرم هارش میاد روز بعد ملایم
یک روز به نظرم میرسه عطر ۲۴ ساعت ماندگاری داره یک روز به نظرم میاد اصلا ماندگاری نداره…
تا بحال اینقدر گیج نبوده ام در مورد عطر
در خصوص بازخورد عطر هم خیلی خیلی زیاد عجیب بود واسم که از کسانی که اصلا انتظار نداشتم بازخوردهای قوی گرفته ام و از دوستانی که انتظار داشتم بازخورد مثبت بگیرم تقریبا هیچ بازخوردی نگرفتم.
با اینحال چیزی در این عطر هست که به من اعتماد به نفس عجیبی میده
متاسفانه این رو هم نتونستم بفهمم که اون چیز چی هست.
…
ضمنا به طرز عجیبی منو یاد یک افترشیو قدیمی به اسم اولد اسپیس میندازه
sidus – :
I am envious of the glorious experience others have described with this fragrance, but on my skin, it started and remained a bitter smoky leather scent. Bitter smoky leathers are a legitimate taste classification, but I tend to prefer sweet resins, so this is not hitting the high spots for me. Most from this house have seemed resolutely unisex to me, but this one skews masculine, to my nose.
harlam171 – :
Have to be blunt with this scent. For the first five minutes it smells like piss and cigarette smoke. Let it settle though and it is indescribably gorgeous
hama_baki – :
I actually didn’t know anything about Marquis de Sade until the recent release from Etat Libre..
I may have over-reacted but that particular reviewer constantly spoke like a low-class douchebag (the kind that’d “bang” chicks, give them a visit to Planned Parenthood, while high-fiving other “bros”…yes, I believe he’s somewhat misogynistic). It was not in the context you think of.
He later replied “It was a joke like your life dude” or something like that.
Bluenrynelo – :
@Calvini I had not read rprovenz’s post because of the fact that it seems to have been removed, but if that’s all he had said then unfortunately you might have degraded the word “misogynistic” due to the fact that, in the context of this fragrance, one designed with the Marquis de Sade in mind. Are you familiar with the author? If he actually said something that was worse than simply speaking of “spanking chicks” and “pulling their hair” I apologize. Otherwise, take the social “justice” elsewhere my dude.
That being said, I don’t particularly care for this fragrance, and disagree with the way it has been characterized below: it’s a powdery-herbal with some smokey leather underneath it. Patchouli, Immortelle and Labdanum are the main players in the herbal atmosphere and the birch seems to bring about the smokey quality underneath the leather. To me this feels old, and not like an old person, but a fragrance for sure from the 1700’s – old dusty leather, and herbs.
In summary: it smells like an old boring BBC movie that one falls asleep watching. Occasionally smells like dust in the drydown, or a humidifier.
5.5/10
UPDATE:
This to me has become quite the opposite of how I perceived it initially.
The immortelle and labdanum have formed a sweet syrup at the top – made creamy and a tad bitter by the patchouli.
The leather is still dusty, but cool elemi resin sits just below, making it smell quite different from most other leathers – what that and the typical HdP approach to fragrance.
The coriander and cardamom make for a nice vague sense of spiciness that’s distinguished from the sweet spiced syrup at the top.
Ultimately this has wound up smelling like a dapper gentleman from the 1800’s – perhaps a bit mysterious – certainly not perverse.
Amazing transformation.
8/10
YT: Jess AndWesH
zahoditecyprvash – :
I dont know what I can add to the comments below. I just got my bottle last night and I dont think I will ever be the same again. I will live with it a few days and then attempt an actual review!! I think I`m in love.
So, my update after a few day of living with the Marquis!
With an opening more like a Beetoven Symphony rather than a twee piece from a string quartet it`s cardamon sweet top notes quickly introduce woody, spicy tones. It soon becomes apparent that there`s a tremendously skillful structure and balance here, not least of all because Immortelle is clearly a difficult note to manage and I`m not sure if it can ever be controlled completely even by carefully positioning it
between Leather and labdanum as is the case with MDS 1740 but the least one could say is that this is a masterful attempt to do so.
Overall it must be said this fragrance is refined and warm with
real class and an absolutely huge frag with the effect of an incencse rather than freshness.
It`s nearly 5 days now that I`m wearing it and my partner doesnt even mention it,
I think she simply doesnt know what to say!
She`s either going to leave me or ravage the hell out of me on the weekend!
1740 is a big bitch but really beautiful at the same time like a cuddle from a slightly dangero