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582152 – :
This smells like cloves, cloves and more cloves on me. Not sure why I’m getting that but I am.
iplahuta – :
The absolutely tiny mini I ordered on eBay just arrived in the mail and I’m trying it now. I get the patchouli right away! Of course, since it is a tiny mini with a label I’ve never seen before, I can’t be 100% sure it’s authentic.
EDIT: Since this mini is actually shaped exactly like a cross section of the bottle, I’m going with “yes” on the authenticity front. Trying it out today without any other frags on – I couldn’t wait yesterday so I just dabbed it on a wrist, but it deserves to be in the spotlight. I do still get the patchouli right away but it dries down into something very understated and sexy, nothing like any of the others in my collection.
EDMON – :
My nose is not nearly sophisticated enough to be the basis of the only review! Someone please join me. In the meantime, here goes: I have the exact vintage flacon of the extrait pictured above, which had never been opened. Top notes are gone. I’m left with a gorgeous floral leather musk. I can detect the rose, the jasmine and the ylang-ylang, but they are well-blended. Very lux, very sexy.
ETA: The flacon was apparently made to look like a cognac or brandy snifter when flipped. (It’s clear–the orange in the picture above comes from the contents.) I may be suggestible, but the juice in the bottle smells to me quite like cognac. On my skin, though, it’s all serious, old-school French perfume. The Société Française des Parfumeurs Paris classified Carnet de Bal a floral-aldehyde-chypre, FYI.