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wlad – :
The opening, to me, is quite disconcerting: both a heavy metal note and the memory of kindergarten glue dominate.
In about 10 minutes the carnation, which I think causes this, subsides more to the background. Then a luscious yet stingy ylang-violet-jasmin-amber opens up.
Carnation immedialetely reminded me of Amouage Jubilation for women (because of the ylang), so I sprayed this on my other arm for comparison.
If I had to choose, Jubilation (obviously to me) wins. It is lovely right from the start and much, much more refined, with a sillage and drydown which are as desirable as they are rare in perfume, so good.
But I can appreciate the raw vibe of Carnation. It is more brusque and pushy and I believe we do need those characteristics at times in perfume.
A happy and bold summer perfume, which may need a new category: Oriental Green.
Casper117 – :
A complete failure on me. It went on as a beautiful carnation but faded almost instantly to synthetic smoke and plastic. Horrible. Had to scrub it off and kill it with deodorant.
BoofNinfete – :
At first this scent on me was musk and something green, rotting, with a bitter note. You know, like flowers in a vase, if they were not cared for, if the water was not changed, so they began to rot. Loved this phase of the scent on me. Then (took about two hours to get from the first phase) green, bitter rotting left, and the musk stayed, and it got company of nice, kind flowers the sun was generous, but not harsh to. Jasmine? Maybe, but not jasmine alone. The flowers and the musk were so gentle, friendly, but not slack at all, even if I felt no speed in them. On the contrary, they were like… as if they were meditating. The second phase lasted for about 24 hours on me, and somewhere round its middle vanilla came and went, quickly, the kind of vanilla I like most, the one without sweetness to it. Gradually the flowers were getting fewer, and vanilla – not exactly growing louder, but, as there were fewer and fewer flowers, I felt like vanilla got stronger.
gagarin2811 – :
I did not like this at all when i smelled it in the bottle or when i first put it on!
It smelled sharp and i couldnt really place any of it.
Once the bergamot made its presence; the geranium became comfortable/ subtle
and then i got the violets and mild spicy ness
When the warm notes started emerging the amber musk and ylang ylang it became buttery and i was hooked
i didnt think i was going to like this but once i started to like it, i kinda started loving it.
its very unique and lovely
surprise!
snotlynob – :
Nice perfume with a lot of precious woods,but there are a lot of artificial musc as in Arabie Lutens that I feel so badly…
Carnation likes a lot humidity,so you can smell it better during a rain…
Longevity is impressive.some of my friends said me that it seems masculine perfume,but for me it’s unisex,rather feminine perfume.
Latedreva – :
A plethora of notes sing in the symphonic opening. This is beautifully blended; I started to become frustrated trying to distinguish individual notes until I let my intellect rest and simply enjoyed the whole composition. Carnation is not aimed at resembling the flower; it takes its name from the archaic French word for skin. This is a blushed complexion perfume in the grand style (it doesn’t feel old-fashioned, just masterfully crafted). Gently powdery with wickedly dirty jasmine and spices, it caresses with warmth and intimacy. A sexy boudoir scent to be sure.