Description
“A delicate trace unwinds
A fragile line goes forth
Towards the imminence of a chance meeting
Promised fusion.
An implacable frontier stands and signals
The impossible communion of beings.
A desire vibrant and imperial dreams of defying
this insurmountable border
The tension is extreme
Fanciful fusion?
Fusion constantly postponed
Which condemns the shortness of breath and the feverish glance
To remain before the temple door.
Something rises
Managing an ambivalent leap
Both towards and away from itself
A qualitative leap, a sense of intimate realisation
A magical duality which both allows and risks the blend
of heavenly unions
A sacred fusion” — press release of the brand. Fusion Sacrée Obscur was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Bertrand Duchaufour.
Makemoneystuff – :
this is a very similar to another Bertrand Duchaufour creation : Traversée du Bosphore. It is the same perfume with slightly less sweet touch.
Annelsosy – :
Bertrand Duchaufour is a genius of modern perfumery. I approached this quiet gem with caution given that it combines some very eclectic notes that may or may not work with each other – spicy elements with gourmand elements –
Rum, citron, celery, sweet orange, neroli, cardamom, lavender, davana, bergamot, white coffee, tuberose absolute, cloves, geranium, sweet william pear, liquorice, benzoin resinoid, opoponax resinoid, ambergris, cedar, sandalwood, vanilla, caramel and musk. But what a beauty the end product is. The juice is simply divine and radiates with ethereal and mystical beauty. The oyster shaped bottle is a piece of modern art in itself. Longevity is good and projection on the high moderate end. This is a gorgeous, sweet, and beautifully blended gourmand that deserves your attention if you are into the sweeter and mysterious perfumery confections.
radost1 – :
I enjoy to say that I love Duchaufour and his products.
I thought that I don’t like Caramel accordingly I don’t like this product but this cologne and it’s perfumer surprised me.
It is very boozy and so sexy scent that I smelled.
It’s scent is so rich ,nice and delicious.
I love boozy scents and Caramel in this cologne is in fringe and made this product very sexy.
8/10
Kos 78 – :
A delicious boozy unisex gourmand! If you have sweet tooth try this.
molox – :
A dream!!!! Fusion Sacree For Him is stupendously magnificent!! Boy oh boy!!! Marvellous – yes, yes, yes, it’s a masterpiece!!!! Wonderful!!!!!
yarik480 – :
Fantastic!! It is a perfume that invokes magic… an explosion of serenity,warmth,tenderness… a unique fusion! is very sweet and sugary, in the drydown is resinous and the set of notes, vibrating in harmony.. this fragrance has a unique wake,almost dreamy … I’m glad I bought it! Beautiful! ٠•●♥
Sillage: 8./10
Longevity: 8.5 / 10
Scent: 9./10
Overall: 9./10
perakisdon – :
Now i remember why did i love this one when i first sniffed it in that shop 2 years ago… because it was amazingly blended and it’s not that far from the one labelled with “for women”. Although i dislike caramel but in here it is presented amazingly with the help of the rum, coffee, the cloves, the tuberose, and the peaches & apricots. This is dreamy just a plank white drawing board with apricot and peaches prints all over and a cup of coffee with an Arabian spices sat aside. This is Joy… BEAUTIFULLY blended.
gfx420speagoessenda – :
One of the only few fragrances that is repulsive to me. All these notes arnt even blended that well and it all seems a bit chaotic. Caramel, coffee? I hardly get any and even booziness for that matter. This is just an extremely sweet celery gourmand.How it isn’t the most voted note is beyond me!! I’m shocked by all the praise this gets, if your looking for a nice gourmand I think there’s a TON of better options! Celery or not this still isn’t nice. I do encourage people to sample this still because obviously it tickles other peoples fancy just not mine. The only good thing, the bottle.
*100% NOT blind buy worthy!*
Руслан13 – :
Despite the plethora of notes in this, the fragrance smells well-blended and expensive. I’m not quite detecting all of the notes that are supposedly there. Primarily caramel, celery and bergamot (yes, a strange combination…albeit it strangely works) with the initial opening. Next, less vegetable/less sweet underpinning of incense, probably a combination of the Opoponax, cedar, and amber. Not sure that I would personally buy this, but I wouldn’t turn it away if it were given to me as a gift. Seems slightly more appropriate for a female, but a male could get away with wearing it due to the number of masculine notes mixing well with the feminine notes.
uza.kamila – :
Thats a hell of a lot of notes, so many that I kind of get the impression that the perfumer was using the kitchen sink approach. I guess most of those are playing a “supporting” role (to put it nicely..). This just smells like a whole bunch of caramel sweetness with some weird subtle clovey florals and an undeniably confounding celery brightness in the opening that I don’t understand. It doesnt smell bad per se, but the notes don’t really blend into something more than their respective parts. Its just a whole mess of sweetness…To be honest some of the reviews on here have me stumped, am I really smelling the same scent everyone else is? I don’t get anything boozy or deep. Just thin, cloying candy sweetness. I cannot deny that the Quality is there and it performs well, lasting (too) long on me…but..l. Definitely not a safe blind buy, as this is steep juice and most of the feedback I’ve received has been less than glowing. 4/10
Euro96 – :
This would have been possibly one of the best fragrances ever in any company but sadly for one anomaly – the celery.
It’s hideous and right up at the front of the scent. There’s no way hiding from it, at least for me; it opens as a large fat stick of fresh salad celery, coated with a thick dollop of finest liquid sugar.
It’s totally stomach turning, nose turning. No matter how much of a psychological spin I tried, I just couldn’t get away from the vision of a big toffee’d celery popsical.
Why oh why did she have to put celery of all things in there? Why not rhubarb even, or just stick with the pear?
It’s otherwise beautiful. All the sweet, rich stuff you would want in a modern day high-class unisex are here and more. Bunch of warm and classical orientals such as amber, roses and coffee, all in and it’s great.
I may actually do a personal request for her to simply release a version with the celery taken out. Anything but the celery!
I’m not sure to give this a rating even, how do you rate something that could have been top marks totally ruined by one single protruding element?
I have to get to working on that email request.
ol2010ia – :
Sweet warm feminine scent.
Great
9/10
3oIIaXD – :
~I Shouted Out From The Roof Tops And Proclaimed My Love To You. But Now All I Am Left With Is A Bitter Sweet Impression Of What You Once Meant To Me~
The first time I encountered this fragrance was in the beginning of Jan 2014. I finally received the sample I ordered in the mail. What happened next was a revelation I was not expecting a fragrance to cause within me.
This is the most supernatural metaphysical conjuring I have ever witnessed in a perfume. I was blown away by the resinous / incensey, boozy, sweet caramel concoction which was infusing upon my skin. This was a supernatural bliss which stunned me! It was as if it had a soul of it’s own piercing from deep inside of me making me week down to my knees. The feeling was too overwhelming but oh was I so willing to surrender to it.
It was not only a one time thing, but this fragrance kept revealing it’s incantation over and over every time I sampled it.
So came the time I finally decided to commit and buy a full bottle of it. My 120 Ml bottle arrived early Oct 2014. In awe of having it in my possession unsuspecting of the heresy I was going to encounter next.
Upon spraying it from the full bottle the first time I felt it smelled different, but did not quite mind it because my memories of what it used to be blinded me from seeing the truth.
I kept using it frequently but in the back of my head I knew something was different. And now I finally decided to succumb to reality and accept that this Gem to my opinion has been reformulated to a certain degree.
From the full bottle I no longer get that immense boozyness and caramel incense punch. I get a more bitter leathery type of accord and every now and then I do get some sweet caramel. However it is evident it is not the same. I also compared it to the sample I still had and the difference is clear.
Please note that I do NOT have actual prove (official statement from the perfumer) that it has been reformulated, however I strongly believe it has been. The best I can probably guess is that they decided to reformulate it because people have been complaining that it was too sweet and too gourmand. While for me that was the exact reason it captivated me the first place and now it has been taken away from me.
The masterpiece is gone and what I am left with is an OK dupe.
I am clueless about the big difference between the smell of the initial sample and the latest acquired bottle. If there are more individuals who may have also taken notice of this possible reformulation I am really looking forward to hear more about it.
bint86 – :
Holy celery Batman!
I’ve been moping around wanting to try this one forever, and tnx to my darling friend Oktopusy finally got a huge sample as a present.
Can you say disappointed? Can you say toxic celery blast?
Once the blasted celery deigned to leave, I was left with drunken caramel loveliness that’s to die for. Alas, I died quite enough thank you very much fighting that darn celery off for the first hour and a half. Thankfully off my wishlist.
PAVEL32167 – :
@BlueMoon YES! Thank you!! It was on the tip of my tongue and drivin me nuts that I couldn’t place what it reminded me of. Sweet corn is right, good job!
Salty sweet combo and winning at it, to be sure. First (sampling blind) I took it for a very upscale caramel scent, very realistic, salty-edged and actual crystalline sugar/vanilla blend. But there’s something warm, and almost buttered at the edges that’s difficult to place. I’d say it could be celery salt crunchiness mixed w/ warm, almost there coffee. Perhaps. Anyway it comes across smelling like mouthwatering hot corn blasted on the grill til the skins blister and the kernels are full of that juicy warm natural sweetness.
Fascinating! Great sillage from just a dab sample on my leg! Not sure I want to go down the rabbit hole with this house but this is tempting. Oddly, I have to click ‘love’. It’s too unique, rich, and fascinating not to.
[11.5.14]
FanatDK – :
SPLENDIDO! Rum carezzevole, fiori caldi, ambra e caffè…Liquoroso e femminile, languido e sexy, dolcemente complesso. Si sente la classe di Duchaufour, un maestro. Elegantissimo e sensuale. Dà dipendenza.
Voto 10 con lode.
Felicissima di averlo trovato finalmente anche a Genova ( da pochi giorni…)…
DarkneSSE – :
A breathtaking Masterpiece. Nothing more to say. I’m speechless.
5/5
EnpoqueKO – :
This scent is extremely boozy. Quite masculine, sweet, plenty of projection, and lasted a good 12 hours on my skin. After the 12 hour mark I was still getting the occasional waft. Its not too gourmand, probably because of all that rum, but its very smooth, delicious and great for winter
SICK-Boroda – :
After wearing this more it has become my favorite fragrance. Its so boozy and sweet! I get some smokiness too which I like. Longevity and projection are excellent. I cant wait for fall/winter to wear it more often. Im surprised a lot of people don’t have this, trust me guys sample this.
MASTERPIECE :]
Indeec – :
Sophisticated, graceful. Earlier citrus notes that after a few minutes blend to sweet notes of tuberose and rum. I love it.
Simply a masterpiece.
maximusss_25rus – :
after testing it some more i learned to like this one.. still i wonder why the put celery into this parfum, it almost ruins it 🙁
jeloblofs – :
Finally a perfume that makes me go WOW. I don’t care it’s for men, I want it and I will have it!
rets – :
why is this shit right here so overhyped ? it smells like celery mixed with rum. who whants to smell like that?? if you want a nice caramel scent go for a men. it beats the shit out of this one
kadulan – :
A masterpiece indeed for gourmand lovers. Very vanilla on me. I was hoping for more rum and licorice.
Scent 9/10
Longevity 8/10
Sillage 8/10
Vixr7 – :
SWEET CORN
Yes, that’s what I smell. I couldn’t put my finger on it – I was wracking my brain for at least an hour “where have I smelt this before?”.
Finally it hit me – this smells like sweet corn. Not raw Jersey corn, but maybe the type of corn smell in cornbread, or a baked corn dish. It’s not at all overly sweet. Subtle. It has grown on me over the day. I’m not in love – but I’m intrigued enough to keep using the rest of my sample.
beeki – :
MASTERPIECE!!!! WOW 1 OF THE BEST SCENT I NEVER SMELL!
kamal_kkk – :
Masterpiece. Just go easy on the trigger.
Лёха0489 – :
Fusion Sacree has both a male and female version. I prefer this one out of the two ( if I HAD to choose). it reminds of something I’ve already smelled before, but until I figure it out..this is my review:
I smell rum, a little lavender, a little amber, some resin, and…..Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz oh! sorry I fell asleep for a second. Now then, where was I? …Ok, so I get some citrus, some woodiness..yawn…..lots of of…yawn….vanilla…and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz ZZZZZzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
the end.
in other words: big deal. yet another generic smelling perfume in an expensive bottle…is this a new fad? because if it is, I’m going to jump off a bridge.
Diaz737373 – :
Ok, this one is getting on me. A true gem I have to say. At first I wasn’t blown away by this, but after a few testing and wearings this one gets better and better. It’s so good that this will be one of my favorite fall/winter scents. And I’m not talking about the amazing gourmand vibe from the caramel and the rum, the vanilla and amber sweetness, no, what I really love is the smokiness that kicks this scent into another level. I don’t know where this bonfire smoke comes from, but I guess it’s the amber in combination with the musk that is of superb quality. This smoke melts every note into a notes trip through the whole process from beginning to end. This one makes you hunger for chilly fall days and cold winter evenings.
Nickolas1992 – :
A Masterpiece!
Bottom-line:
Scent:10
Projection:8.5
Longevity:8.0
Sillage:8.5
Versatility:8.5
FINAL SCORE: 8.7
kostya85 – :
One word: masterpiece
maidanyuk – :
Before Fusion Sacree, there were none; after Fusion Sacree there will be no more. I hope I have everyone’s undivided attention…This stuff is so good it made me edit my other reviews. This aroma is competitive to all the gourmand greats such as Gourmand Coquin, Ambre Naugille, etc. So many notes to choose from where do I start.. A rummy opening aggregated with extreme caramel capsized by tons of harvest. There’s also a slight smokey ingredient that I have yet to figure out. To sum up everything, Rum and Caramel headlines the scent throughout making pit stops to each note. The Rum and Caramel then races back onto the track in search of the next set of notes to tangle with. IMMEDIATE WORDS: Comforting, Smooth, Sweet, Dandy, Delicate, Delicious, Week at the knees, Will You Marry Me. It would be disrespectful to call this sublime. The word to describe this haven’t been concocted.
“BLIND BUY WORTHY”
lawliet – :
Such An Amazing Scent !!
The Top Notes Surprise You With A Freshness A Zest Even, Only For You To Be Hit With A Dry Down Of Pure Caramel Sweetness …. This Juice Makes Me Wanna Eat My Own Arm !!
Longevity It Brilliant
Sillage Is Good
Price Is More Than Fair
8/10