Description
Iridum by DSH Perfumes is an Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance, created as part of the New Kingdom collection. The fragrance echoes the union of Antony and Cleopatra, with cool Mediterranean Iris meeting the exotic spice and incense of Egypt, with modern “new world” woods.
Iridum is nearly all botanical in composition, but some stylistic liberties were taken in the form of new materials to render a gorgeous, woody/incense Orris fragrance that is chic, more modern than earthy, and unisex.
Iridum was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. The fragrance features Bulgarian rose, cardamom, cinnamon, cognac, olibanum, beeswax, calamus (sweet flag), guaiac wood, incense, myrrh, orris, saffron and tolu balsam.
beARLeo – :
This went wonky on me and I wound up getting what Q80 describes as “sawdust” though the words I was using to describe it was “cedar.” I think it’s caused by orris butter and myrrh. I’ve noticed in other compositions that too much orris butter can overwhelm a fragrance and myrrh is always tricky. A pity!
bytryd – :
The first strike is a Tabasco hits with a fresh dewy green grass cut by a rusty metal sickle.
After few minutes, it goes sawdust on balsamic haze. I believe it’s the combination of cognac and beeswax with hints of orris that creates that sawdust effect as it reminds me allot of “Chene” by Serge Lutense but softer and slightly sweeter.
Later i smell myrrh, slight incense, and a tiny bit of cinnamon.
Honestly, the first sniff wasn’t good, but now after few minutes, it went quite well! as it became interesting with that harsh sawdust.
Xeroxmkrki – :
Chemical green harshness of Prada no7 and caron VP. Wonderful, but probably limited in who digs this type of green toxic spill. ME
sergor – :
I received a sample of Iridum, a brand new perfume from DSH, along with an online order for a small bottle of L’Eau d’Iris. Come to think of it, I believe that DSH perfumes only come in a 1 ounce size. Well that’s the size of my three. It’s a nice size for enjoying the wares of this house, which boasts dozens of different perfumes and is always coming up with new limited editions, as Iridum is. No need to focus in on a signature scent, with this sort of embarras de richesses it’s better to explore the vast olfactory universe created by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, an excellent perfumer firmly grounded in nature!
Iridum initially reminded of Histoires des Parfums Blanc Violette. That must because of the ionones common to iris and violet. Anyway, as this creation dries down it becomes a completely different perfume, with a brownish dried-grass cast and some freshly sawed wood. It smells good. It’s not as oriental as one might suppose, given the note pyramid. Frankincense and saffron are definitely not salient to my nose, but it’s a fine woody iris composition nonetheless, and there is plenty of iris here to satisfy the true iris aficionado’s cravings.