Description
British fashion designer Bella Freud presents her new fragrance Close To My Heart in September 2016. The fragrances are named after the slogans of her famous fashion collection of sweaters, which consists of a variety of references to the past, films and poetry. In 2014, she introduced the first three fragrances: Ginsberg is God, Je t’aime Jane and 1970, followed by Bella Freud in 2015.
Close To My Heart brings an oriental – floral, woody and musky composition. Tuberose absolute is at the core of the perfume, interwoven and refreshed with gentle neroli. May rose and jasmine deepen the sensual magnetism of the intense base notes which include patchouli, moss, sandalwood, black musk and oud. The perfume is developed by Azzi Glasser.
The fragrance is available as a 50 ml Eau de Parfum in a bright red bottle and box (£95.00).
yuriy202 – :
A big green floral on the mimosa linden side. Sharp and powdery.
Stavrinov – :
I’m a big fan of both Bella Freud’s fashion and perfumery lines. The candles are beautiful but I’d never bought a perfume generally because distribution in stores is so limited and I wasn’t willing to blind buy.
But… then I was drunk on ebay the other night and I put in a low-ball bid on a bottle of this stuff (there seem to be a few kicking around) and unexpectedly won. I bid because the advertised notes are all favourites – Tuberose, Jasmine and Sandalwood- all my jam.
I don’t know why but I was expecting Fracas vibes from this and at first spritz I knew couldn’t have been more wrong. My immediate reaction was – “this is exactly like Estee Lauder Private Collection”.
I think the fragrance pyramid is the wrong way around. The head notes for me aren’t the flowers but all the wood and smoke – heavy patchouli and sandalwood vibe with a bit of green in there too – very much a chypre.
But as it settles in, THEN the tuberose comes through. It’s not a very flowery tuberose though – when tempered by the sandalwood, oud and patchouli its almost masculine – but very warm and sensual. After 1/2 hours it smells nothing like Private Collection – much more dark and dangerous.
I love white flowers, but this isn’t your typical white flower perfume – it’s much earthier and dirtier in all the best ways.
Sillage is big and longevity is pretty good – about 4-5 before I want to reapply (nothing lasts long on me – my skin appears to be incredibly porous with scent).
Very interesting.