Description
“A Collection inspired by the memories of the Maison Boucheron gem hunters.
Iris de Syracuse arose from the desire to enhance Iris, the blue gold of perfumery, and to form an Eau de Parfum in its image: noble and unique. Originating from the sunny and craggy landscapes of Italy, Iris is a precious nectar. Delicate and resistant, here it reveals its full potential in a vibrant and elegant Iris Floral.”
The nose behind this fragrance is Nathalie Lorson. Top notes are mandarin orange, pear and pepper; middle notes are iris, jasmine and heliotrope; base notes are patchouli, vanilla and white musk.
Available as a 125 ml EDP.
Iris de Syracuse was launched in 2017.
CraziStalker – :
this is absolutely gorgeous. elegant, and refined. very feminine . too feminine for the unisex category IMHO. just lovely. pity i cant afford the asking price.
if anyone has a bottle they dont want i would be only too happy to take it off their hands. for swap or whatever. PM me.
p.s. i live in australia.
tolstak – :
I’m speechless. You are a bottle of prestige Iris de Syracuse.
KI2007RILL – :
The best part of this superb iris scent is the opening. After 1 hour it settles very close to the skin so the projection is not great. It feels unisex and safe for all. Very smooth soft musky and powdery iris for warm weather, daytime. Longevity is nomoderate.
Dominant notes are iris, musk. Jasmine and vanilla are very mild. And there is also intensive heliotrope note.
витатая – :
This is a fragrance of bon vivant. A life, enjoying good things, – good food, good drinks, good clothes, good fragrances, good vacations in Italy… Iris de Syracuse is a good life bottled.
The fragrance starts as a smell of fresh carrots with sugar, but quite fast it turns into powdery elegant iris. Not too sweet, not too powdery, not carroty, rather musky, a little earthy, slightly sweet iris. I really enjoy wearing this sensual and soft fragrance. The staying power is very good, projection is medium.
ILDAR58 – :
The top notes are a luxurious full bloom iris, a bit buttery, with a bit of a metallic undertone, This isnt a warm young Iris, but a more mature one..it develops throughout, this is definitely a perfume built around the Iris..not sure I detect much pepper, but there is some..then the heliotrope appears quite early in the composition, softening the Iris, but it never turns into a powdery mess..then the scent softens, I smell the mandarin orange, and this is a pretty nice phase…I honestly don’t smell any patchouli,but I detect a bit of musks..I wouldn’t call the dry down generic, but it is warmer, more rounded., a bit floral, very very nice..Iris de Syracuse is a beautiful creation, niche quality , and price too..I wish they came in smaller bottles though..I don’t think this is very casual, I don’t see myself wearing this very often, but certainly a great addition to my collection…I was lucky to find it in a private sale, as this is far from affordable. Now the top notes might be a bit unisex, but overall this is more a feminine creation.
Tema.Cmirnov – :
Oh what a masterpiece !
Just enough musk to control the sometimes overpowdery association between iris and heliotrope. A majestic fine & floral iris, lasting and lasting again.
A must have for lovers of blue florals.
karta.svjazi – :
Top notes are really weird, maybe due to pepper. Later it starts to develop some sweeter and rounder notes, but still, it is not my cup of tea.
mil_war – :
Iris de Syracuse pays homage to Syracuse, in Sicily, not that located in New York. It was founded by the Greeks and considered the most important city in Greece. Its port brought power and wealth.
Inside the Boucheron La Collection represents the importance of the place, which was port of trade between the eastern and western parts of the Roman and Byzantine Empire. The stone hunters found, on their slopes, a velvety iris as bright as the Amethyst.
Iris de Syracuse’s fragrance was created by Nathalie Lorson and composed by the union of black pepper, mandarin and pear, at the top of the olfactory pyramid, making way for an iris absolute, which merges with notes of jasmine petals, almond blossom and heliotrope, in the heart, towards the base of patchouli and white musk, plus a touch of vanilla.
On the skin, Iris de Syracuse is the softest and most harmless among the six fragrances of the collection, unfortunately. As much as it brings the ingredient that has been called “the blue gold of perfumery”, it leaves something to be desired in other aspects, mainly projection/sillage. As for the iris, it is hard not to draw a comparison with that smell of makeup, which became so widespread through the Dior Homme line. But here, we have a powdery and smoother iris, with floral personality throughout its evolution. There is a sweeter moment, thanks to the heliotrope, but nothing that is memorable. Finally, the musk imparts lightness and a silky side to the fragrance, which is clearly a floral-musky creation.
According to the company, the olfactory competitions would be Iris Ukiyoe (Hermès) and Iris Ganache (Guerlain).
Iris de Syracuse retains the standard quality of the collection, but does not deliver what we pay for. It is unisex and sophisticated but fits better on the female skin. It is the ideal type of perfume for those people who can not stand to “attack others with their scent” and also do not like to feel their own perfume over time.
On my skin, it exuded for about two hours, and then the magic dissipated, like a slight sigh. The longevity is not so short, yet it is far from good. A friend’s advice: unlike Vanille de Zanzibar, who gains strength on the blotter, this one disappears in minutes. So, once in the store, remember to try it only on your skin.
cristalino7 – :
The opening is really beautiful. One of the best irises I ever tried. But every hour I love it les and les and I don’t like the drydown. It gets sweeter and sweeter and at the end it’s just paste without definition.
It leaves a taste of disillusion, disenchantment, disappointement…
Idiolievevons – :
Elegant,sweet,ambery iris. Very nice at the beginning when the iris note is beautifully prominent and a bit too sweet in the base. Generally very nice. 7/10
kazak1993 – :
My experience with Iris de Syracuse seems to reflect that of Littlegrassstraw. The opening is ever so lovely: a tenderly sweet woody iris, with a bit of starchy yet creamy, velvety texture. I don’t perceive any earthy, metallic, carroty aspects of the iris. Iris de Syracuse at this stage, embodies the olfactory equivalent of an elegant pastel purple velvet gown.
Unfortunately, once it starts to dry down after roughly 2 hours, its magic begins to wear off. A sweet ambery accord pervades the creamy iris, turning it into a candy iris with a tiny suggestion of lipstick, which reminds me of a less ambery dry down of Jacques Fath Bel Ambre. It’s still lovely, but in comparison to the graceful opening, it feels rather generic and déjà-vu.
The sillage is mostly close to the skin, and the longevity is around 8 hours.
I thoroughly enjoyed Iris de Syracuse, especially that its velvety sweet woody iris opening imparts a sophisticated yet approachable elegance. The transition to the candy ambery iris is also quite subtle, making it mostly linear, easy to appreciate and versatile as well.
However, because of the intense competition of many great iris fragrances, Iris de Syracuse, as lovely as it is, ultimately feels lack in personality and identity, a problem that impacts the whole range of Boucheron La Collection. Personally, I think there are other iris fragrances able to fulfilling a similar function as Iris de Syracuse, and with more personality and creativity as well. The high price and limited availability of Iris de Syracuse also don’t help.
All in all, if you love iris and would like to get hands on each and every one possible, or if you happen to be on a quest for slightly starchy and creamy sweet iris, Iris de Syracuse would be quite enjoyable to sample, even though I suspect that there are better and more affordable alternatives somewhere else.
Сергусик – :
This has a really lovely starchy but very smooth iris, possibly mixed with a whisper of jasmine and a musk that works on my nose which is a rare case. However the base seems to be a very sweet ambery accord that feels too generic and dominating to me and which on my skin totally overwhelms the iris. Making it another gourmand iris.
sasha2006198951 – :
Very silky, linear, and transparent iris scent. subtle and sophisticated.