Description
“Celestial veil. Delicately draping skin. Soft, powdered cocoon. Enchanting, surprising tender caress. Serenity.
For this new creation, Marie Salamagne uses Iris and Musk, her favorite raw materials. The mythological character Iris, messenger of the gods, inspires this very personal perfume. The bearer of good news, Iris was cherished by Hera, the wife of Zeus. She also personifies the rainbow, known poetically as “the scarf of Iris”. Iris Fauve drapes the skin like a soft and reassuring caress. It is an intensely sensual composition. The palette contains smooth as well as powdery elements, spices and at times a defined animalic presence. A refined fragrance, Iris Fauve is warm and enticing, offering comfort and elegance.” – a note from the brand.
Iris Fauve by Atelier des Ors is a fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Iris Fauve was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Marie Salamagne. Top notes are bergamot, cinnamon and iris; middle notes are patchouli, haitian vetiver and cypriol oil or nagarmotha; base notes are myrrh, musk, labdanum and liatris.
Bassareos – :
I don’t get much iris here, just a chewy cloud of tonka and an overload of Ambroxan. This one falls apart on the skin within half an hour, and I am left with the smell of ambered rubbing alcohol. It’s a blobby, synthetic mess. At this price, one would hope that more attention had been paid to raw materials and craftsmanship, but apparently not.
Q_ake – :
This is a lovely iris scent, clean and powdery with a warmth cotton sort of vibe. Really enjoyable and cosey, perfect bed scent. 8/10
coolman1991 – :
More amber than iris.
arzamas2000 – :
I was kindly given the opportunity by a dear blogger friend to test a few fragrances from Atelier des Ors (thank you!), and here are my experiences with Iris Fauve:
Iris Fauve can be translated into English as Tawny Iris, and it turns out that it’s mostly tawny but not much iris on my skin. Upon spraying Iris Fauve, there is a very brief glimpse of aromatic bergamot. The fragrance is then swiftly dominated by an imposing cloud of the dry, hay-like fuzzy spiciness of tonka bean and the syrupy caramel sweetness of amber, hence my association with the tawny colour.
As long as I make an effort to look through the opaque cloud of tonka and amber, yes, the iris and a few other listed notes are all there. The iris here is not the grey, rooty, haunting melancholy, nor is it the sensual, buttery tenderness that will melt one’s heart, but a woody, doughy and somehow malleable chameleon that binds the other notes altogether. The warm, sweet woody spiciness of cinnamon is sprinkled on top of this iris dough like a fancy cinnamon roll, while the smoky, slightly sour faux-oud smell of cypriol and vetiver stirs in the background to add an exotic touch.
However, as a whole, these interesting interactions are largely engulfed by the massive canopy of spicy, fougere-toned tonka and caramel amber, especially in its heavy-to-moderate sillage. And there isn’t any significant evolution during its 10-hour longevity. If I don’t pay much attention to the details, Iris Fauve wears mostly like a smoldering, sugary spicy amber-tonka-dominated oriental fougere that has a more pronounced tobacco facette in the dry down, and I wouldn’t particularly think of iris if I had not known the name. As a result, I would not recommend it as an iris fragrance in the conventional sense, but rather put it in the subcategory of sweet amber fragrances with an iris nuance such as Jacques Fath Bel Ambre and Juliette Has A Gun Calamity J, or link its tobacco dry down with tobacco-iris such as Diptyque Volutes.
uouchik – :
This is beautiful. A unisex Iris that far from an old lady powdery lipstick scent or a Parma violets nursing home, this has furry and crayon waxy aspects that are very comforting and compelling. The musk is clean, the nagarmotha a nice dark counterpoint. An iris with unusual warmth and friendliness, this is neither haughty, prim, melancholic, cold or aloof: rather it is warm and friendly and attractive and composed in great taste. This is a sensual fragrance to draw people to you as if you are a warm duvet on a cold day. You could literally wear this anywhere and it wouldn’t be inappropriate. Complex but not complicated, easy to appreciate but not simple, this is very special. Santa Baby, I’ve been so awfully good….