Description
The new collection by Lalique was named LALIQUE NOIR PREMIER. It encompasses 6 fragrances with timeless character, creating the bridge between past and presence. Their names are: Elegance Animale, Fleur Universelle, Fruits du Mouvement, Rose Royale, Sculpteur d`Epices and Terres Aromatiques. Next to the name, each fragrance features a year crucial for Lalique history.
Élégance Animale 1989 depicts passion of Rene Lalique towards nature and animals. His passionate displays of nature inspired his son, Marc Lalique and granddaughter Marie-Claude Lalique to design the famous work The Zeila panther in 1989. This fragrance is powerful and full of character, and blends harmoniously flowers and fruit with leather undertones. The composition opens with saffron, geranium and peach, the heart continues with rose, jasmine and gurjum balsam on a base of leather and sandalwood.
Elegance Animale was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Cecile Matton.
sawkaYa – :
A leathery champagne cocktail in silent night under the moon on a yacht getting ready for lounge classy party.
It’s an alcoholic cocktail served on a soft leather unbelievably alluring and captivating. It has that sweet champagne, with saffron flavor, roses, peaches, and above them all is the balsamic guaiac wood.
When it calms down it reminds me of another fragrance! It’s mostly the lighter version of “Immortal Beloved” by Ys-Uzac with that alcoholic cocktail vibes. Impressive.
kostan – :
This one is purely leather scent, I don’t sense anything else. Very strong and masculine.
I really don’t think it’s for women as well.
Quite linear, it doesn’t seem to change.
Nice scent for men, not suitable for me.
Lexus1992 – :
This is a beautiful composition suitable for mild cool weather. It’s mainly a safe and classy evening fragrance. This is not casual.
I close my eyes and I get a picture of a classy mature woman with her natural fur and her heavy golden set with rose cut diamonds. Yes, I smell my grandma. I like it very much but it’s not for me. Plus, this is not a new smell for me.
Moderate sillage and projection, long lasting. It settles down in 3 hours so it’s not a very loud scent.
For details read the reviews of 6opar & jhitt793. They complement each other.
anela – :
I sprayed this marvel while listening to Tears in the Rain from the Blade Runner soundtrack. And an image of animals’ tears of unuttered pain hit me really hard, i saw bears, tigers, foxes, horses…. Inner vision, sound and smell clicked perfectly (though the tears in the rain are contextually tears of joy)
Elegance Animale is more elegant than animalic, but there is a sense of melancholy that prevails. The rose-peach accord is a truthful nod to Rose Royale since in both it is of wonderful quality and balance. The leather note (i get mostly musk) complements the concept i conjured – how elegant and gracious animals are, and how people tending to dress themselves in animals won’t impersonate their elegance no matter how hard they try.
A graceful manifesto from Lalique that one could certainly fall in love with, even without my gibberish.
The problem i see with my take on this fragrance is that it’s too polished for it. It lacks a bit of animal rawness that would have made it one of my favourites. Quality of the materials smells top to me, but the sense of melancholy just does not seem enough to capture my love. Overall, in terms of scent it is a beautiful one.
****(*)
webinf13 – :
jhitt793 has summed it up in his excellent review. This is an outstanding fragrance, leaning towards feminine but definitely wearable for men.
eeddd – :
لا ينكر أحد أن دار لاليك تصدر عطورا جميلة بين الحين والآخر.
وما يميزها هو أن عطورها غير منفرة وذات شرائح اقتصادية متفاوتة بما يتيح لها الانتشار والقبول من شريحة كبيرة من المستخدمين، فضلا عن إصداراتها ذات العبوات الزجاجية الكريستالية ذات الأسعار التي أراها “مبالغا فيها”.
عطر الحيوانات الأنيقة هو من الفئة الأعلى من 200 يورو.
والعطر اصدار سنة 2014م.
العطر يرتكز على الجلود ولكنها جلود “أنيماليكية فرائية” كجلود القندس على النمط الأسباني -ومن أراد الرجوع لمعرفة أقسام وأنواع الجلود المستخدمة في العطور فليراجع تقريري عن عطر “Land Of Warriors”-
افتتاحية قوية زهرية فاكهية من الجيرانيوم والزعفران بالإضافة إلى الخوخ الذي أراه من أقوي النوتات الفاكهية الكلاسيكية بعيدا عن الجورماندية الزائدة للكشمش.
لذا فمن ينفرون أو تضايقهم النوتات الفاكهية العصرية فلن ينفروا من هذا العطر.
الغلبة في الافتتاحية هي للزعفران مع الجيرانيوم بشكل ذكرني بأحد أجمل عطور دار” Etat” وهو Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection ، فدور الخوخ الحار القوي دائما هو التمهيد بامتياز لدخول الأزهار فهو هنا لتعميق الافتتاحية وليس السيطرة عليها.
قلب العطر هو كثافة شديدة من الورود البلغارية الحمراء لتدعيم الجيرانيوم في الافتتاحية ولتقريب الصورة الذهنية من عطر Eau de Protection.
مع وجود لبلسم جورجون وهو راتينج دافئ لطيف يخرج من لحاء بعض الأشجار في الهند، رائحته حلوة ومعقدة، ذات لمحات خشبية صنوبرية تشبه الباتشولي أو الكافور.
بما يضيف للعطر شعورا بالحياة والبهجة.
أما القاعدة فستكون مع انطلاق نوتة الجلود الأنيمالكمية المحاطة بأخشاب الصندل الجورماندية الثقيلة
ستندهش أن العطر سيذكرك بثلاث من العطور وكأنها قد امتزجت معا: (Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection + Cuir Ottoman Parfum d`Empire + Oud Ispahan Christian Dior )
فالافتتاحية من الجيرانيوم مع دخول الورود البلغارية هي تماما لعطر ايتات
والجلود الفرائية المضاف لها الراتينج البلسمي هي نفسها الموجودة في عطر بارفام دو مبير جلود العثمانيين
والأنيمالكية المضافة للورود هي ذاتها الموجودة في عطر ديور عود أصفهان
العطر بحق جميل ولكن يجب أن تكون محبا أو لست نافرا من أي من العطور الثلاث التي ذكرتها لتعجب بعطر لاليك الحيوانات الأنيقة.
molohara – :
‘Élégance Animale’ opens with a refreshing juicy peach note, which is lightly decorated with bitter saffron and vegetal geranium. Here the mouthwatering stone fruit is lively and comforting upon initial application of the perfume, with saffron’s dry, arid and earthy tones counterbalancing the succulence. The heart of the composition unfurls with a jammy rose, alongside an indolic jasmine and resinous gurjum balsam note. A deep radiating rose is perceptible, reminding me of endless rows of burgundy colored florist’s roses lined up for purchase. Gurjum balsam’s sweet yet peppery scent marries well with the aforementioned rose while jasmine’s lightly floral essence dances in the background. ‘Élégance Animale’ concludes on an animalic base of leather and sandalwood. The suede-like leather note is superb, elegantly accompanying the rose and jasmine of the floral heart. It is one of the best leather-floral accords of recent memory.
As a unisex scent, ‘Élégance Animale’ leans somewhat feminine due to its hearty dose of rose included in the composition. The smokey leather base does however add a much needed masculine tone. In the end, I feel both men and women can enjoy use of this fragrance. Sillage, longevity and projection are all above average in this “eau de parfum” concentration. It is a robust fragrance not much unlike the over-the-top fashions of the 1980’s, the era for which it is inspired. The fruity-floral facets of the perfume would be exquisite in the heat of summer, while the animalic-leathery base seems to pierce the cold air of winter. For these reasons, I feel ‘Élégance Animale’ can be worn successfully year-round. I would note, however that the robustness of the composition is best suited for evening/nighttime wearings. Like a lithe panther crouched and ready to pounce on its prey, ‘Élégance Animale’ is a sensually rich fragrance, the scent of which is certain to seduce that important person in your life.
Read my complete review at my personal blog
Fragranceemergency.blogspot.com