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garchaia3 – :
This is heavy earthy scent that would not be appropriate to wear at work so I am always happy to rock this on the weekend when I can. This scent reminds me a lot of Clinique Aromatics Elixir and other powerhouse chypre scents of the 70’s and 80’s. Which are my favorites. This one is heavy on the oakmoss and patchouli with some heavy rose notes as well. And although it is a really heavy scent, I find it quite relaxing and calming. This is made by an italian design house (Genny) and is not found very often. I purchased this online for quite an affordable price (under $20 for a 3.4oz bottle, I believe) and I should probably snag a back up online before it becomes harder to obtain.
деллл – :
So much better on skin! Do not test on paper/tissue! LOL!
On skin, it’s still very earthy-oily-patchouli but in a nice, feminine way- with a touch of floral- but just a touch. I can see this as a nighttime perfume for a hippie gal. Of course, it’s also very unisex. And also great for layering. About 3 hours after my application, I put on one spray of vintage Miss Dior for bed, and Genny Noir really made the Miss D GREEN AND STRONG For about 1 hour and I loved it! I guess I’m not so much a fan of patchouli/earth as I am greens/galbanium/oakmoss. While I used to hate patchouli, I’ve grown to appreciate it, but this is TOO MUCH. If you love patchouli tho– this is so affordable to try! It’s not armpit sweaty, or medicinal. Just very very oily and earthy. Nothing like Angel-patchouli.
I also was able to do 3-4 sprays directly on my skin (which doesn’t hold perfume well) and enjoy this with above-average sillage/potency. But it was not cloying or rank. 😉
Inzage – :
Damn, I blind bought this 100ml for a deal (95% full, no cap from Fragrancenet for $16) because I love vintage smelling, dark earthy mossy green scents (think Bandit, Aliage, Aromatics Elixir, orig Miss Dior, Silences) but this is NASTY.
It has promise but a light tissue test has this GAG-worthy diesel fuel/rubber/rancid horror to it. It’s sour and actually makes me gag/dry heave. F**K.
I’m exactly like the other review. I haven’t given up and tossed/sold this, but I’m going to try a light skin application and see how that works. Maybe apply lightly (mist in air, walk thru) and layer with something else? Maybe this will make a better base for my other greens that need more “earth/depth”?
UGH! GAG! Stop sniffing this, Mary!
I think I’ll flush this tissue down the toilet. It can’t even be in my garbage can. Quite possibly the worst blind buy of my 400+ bottles…. lol.
Wait up…. as the GAG-NASTY stuff wears down in 30-60 minutes, I’m getting a dry bitter/green rose- which actually helps. This is still horrifying smelled up close (the tissue). However, the sillage off this is much nicer. (As the other review said)
I think it’s the ylang ylang that makes this so rank/rotten. Why do they put such a waxy sweet flower in chypres? Most of the time, it just doesn’t work. It’s the same gaggy/tummy-turning in Animale Animale- which I suspect is the ylang-ylang too. On the plus side, that tummy turning bit of Animale doesn’t appear when worn on skin. So there is hope for this Genny Noir.
It’s a lot like Animale now.
So I didn’t flush this… and I’m actually rather excited to try on skin now (my skin tends to suck up perfume, which is a good thing here). It’s mellowed to the point of almost disappearing, and while I can still “find” that rank-nasty part, it’s much more pleasing. Time will tell on this one! Overall it’s a very bitter, earthy-woody rose chypre.
Hot dog- the day-later drydown on a tissue is NICE! Only took about 18 hours. 😉 It reminds me of the mossy-earthy-old man of Charlie blue. Which… I don’t really mind.
RamzesUA – :
This is a love and a hate simultaneously. ‘Like’ is far too bland an emotion for it to inspire. Genny Noir is so so so strong (in a bad way) and sickeningly harsh that I have concluded I cannot wear it on my skin. I tried spraying in on a cottonball, planning to put it in my pocket, but it was still so rank after 15 minutes that I tossed it in the wastebasket.
Four or Five hours later I come back to the house and as I enter I detect elusive wafts of fragrance. Going down the hall, warm mysteriously familiar notes gently infuse the air. Enter the bedroom where a classic and sophisticated chypre envelops me. A little Aromatics Elixir, a little Aliage, a lot wonderful. Enter the bathroom and my eyes start to water, my head to pound-the smell from the wastebasket is still rank and harsh.
I don’t know if I have a defective bottle; it was purchased used but I don’t think it is vintage. I am definitely keeping this one for now, to take out and cautiously sniff when I next feel brave enough.