Description
“New York, New York. This fiction-like city, overflowing with cinematic tales and famous refrains, powerful images and nagging tunes, is where Olfactive Studio chose to stop over.The perfect destination for calling up the nostalgia that perfume so keenly conjures. Past the Hudson in the heart of Manhattan, total immersion, New York-style, is a guarantee of unique sights and singular sensations. New York is one of the most photographed and photogenic cities in the world. An open-air film set, a stage for stories of all kinds. The olfactory story, as told by this fragrance house, coaxes out the magnetic city’s multiple personalities.
Flash Back in New York is the second fragrance, after Still Life in Rio, to choose a city andits architecture as a point of departure, which strike a pose, long enough for the fragrance to be created. The approach is a testimony of affection. To evoke the essence of New York, through a perfume no less, one must love it madly and have created many a memory there (to be precise). Perfumer Jérôme Epinette, working for the first time with Olfactive Studio, lives and works in the city. Photographer Vivienne Gucwa, whose image graces the bottle never fails to revea through her lens that certain New York je ne sais quoi, somewhere between the Brownstones and the buildings, the soul that belongs to New York alone. It is in the wake of a snowy avenue, bathed in a warm nocturnal light, an illuminated Chrysler Building just visible in the distance, where Flash Back in New York gets its bearings. Its composition pays perfect tribute to this city that stops for nothing, even the fiercest of blizzards. New York is like fire under ice, and demands a composition fitting its excessiveness, its astonishing possibilities. New York combines emotions and heightens them, with a taste for play and a sense of daring. Flash Back in New York is a fine likeness, penetrated with strong notes that give it a singular presence, one that lingers in the memory. A perfume of contrasts for a land that asserts its perpetual differences, to be experienced with neither precaution nor pretext. Dizzying.” – a note from the brand.
Flash Back In New York was launched in 2018. The nose behind this fragrance is Jerome Epinette.
free forex ea – :
Woody, smoky, with a nice dose o vetiver in the heart, slightly leathery. Perfectly blended by Mr. Epinette. Very comfortable performance, nice sillage, lasts long on my skin. All in all great scent!
IMO it is a more refined and less agressive (more wearable) take on “Santal 33” Le Labo which I love anyway and which has been currently very popular amongst NY fragrance afficionados. At least that is what I’ve read recently. So I believe the name of this creation is not an accident. 🙂
scooterman – :
Very similar to Vetiver Insolent Miller Harris. Unfortunately I find it cloying and there’s something unnatural smelling in it which turns me off.
jagdpante – :
It is commonly known that Le Labo Santal 33 is so popular in New York. That’s why the name of the new Olfactive Studio is not occasional. It’s a Santal 33 clone, I get the dill accord and some milky sandalwood. The difference is in dry down, where Flash Back shines with a sweet ISO e super/vetiver combination. Still it is very similar to Santal 33.
temka_dj – :
Interesting! A break from the usual brighter more effervescent feeling of the brand.
This one is inspired by a snowy image of New York and the feeling of being cozy. Ya know, when you feel the cold outside but appreciate the warmth!
The entire character and tone of this fragrance is kinda dusty, it’s like a fuzzy leather vetiver combo. There is a cloak of notes in this one that flits between warm and dry. Added to that? There’s papyrus in here which adds to the dusty feeling.
Different for them for sure! Most of the line explore brighter more citrusy and green notes so I like that it’s off the beaten track.
You have to like your denser, woodier, drier kinda fragrances to like this one. A bit of dust, a bit of warmth, a bit of smoke…it IS like a cozy night behind a window in the dead of winter.
For that…I applaud it. 🙂