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marfa666 – :
This is one of the most amazing olfactive experience for me that I have ever smell. Excellent work, different form. wow!
zaher – :
This beautiful scent needs its iris to work hard. And hard the iris works.
At first it gives its earthy-vegetal (carrots) best, then it produces an amazing smoky (incense) effort, followed by an equally special leathery attempt, until it finally discloses its supreme flowery self.
A brilliant piece of work.
Overall mood is a bit gloomy, but highly wearable in an impeccable way. All housed in an accordingly weighty dim-lighted bottle with the most elegant of caps to complete one of the best presentations in recent memory.
A niche of the highest order.
*****
e_egor_r – :
Sometimes, if you use your nose you recognize a good smell before you even misuse it: not too much publicity, no super known testimonial, nothing that shines … Iris literally captures you for its proximity to something very similar to the skin .. it makes you think of the book by Sunskind. The attraction that Iris creates is absolutely dangerous, very similar to an obsession. An ancestral call.It does not matter if Iris is not in your notes and you love fruity acids fragrances, however it will not go unnoticed to your nose, even if you don’t decide to have it (but I’m not sure you will not want it). and millions of perfumes all more or less similar, being able to create something so different really becomes an impossible art. Congratulations cause you are created something that can stand out in this huge world of clones.
yrr805speagoessenda – :
I tried it from a deep stick sample. I’ll try to find a tester or a proper sample to feel it again.
Iris Nazarena is not the common pleasant floral iris you can find in many designer fragrances like Dior Homme line and in many niche houses like Carner Barcelona or Penhaligon’s. The iris note here feels “dark”, herbal, rooty, like in LM Parfums Radikal Iris (which I prefer among those two) and it has a smoky & dusty character, not my liking. Maybe it’s closer to the natural oil of iris, I don’t know, but I don’t like it. As time passes, the leather is too much IMO. Iris should play the main role here and not the supportive notes.
It stays very close to the skin and it seems it’s a low-moderate one as for the longevity. I’ll try to test it again properly but I’m not impressed. A discreet -almost- iris scent with limited performance.
Edit
I tested it again. All I get is a soft and smooth blend of suede like leather & iris. Too much leather. The iris is not the bright & dominant type that you know mainly from Dior Homme line. Not for me.
rustamshik07 – :
Scent of Serenity.
It’s subtle, subtle to the core. Not a statement, but a meditative scent.
The opening of iris is mostly ash-y or paper pulp-y, with slight medicinal hint. It doesn’t have that stuffy/suffocating feeling in many powdery notes, instead, it has the coolness almost like mountain breeze. Sometimes one can also sense a bitter fog underneath.
Then it quickly transitions to a unpleasant cooking oil smell, like in Iris Cendre. I suppose a lot of “natural” iris has to have that aspect, and some would call it “buttery”, but I honestly hate it. Someone should do their job, taking it off from Iris scent.
The following leather is extremely reserved of course. To match the delicate iris, the leather has discarded the usual heavy spicy/tar side, only a finest-sandpaper-like hint has left to fill the gap.
88alex88 – :
Vintage lipstick.
Exquisite, noble accord of iris & leather for a very reserved elegance. If you are a classy introvert, this is for you.
Sadly, it is a skin scent without strong silage, it leaves me craving for more & badly singing “Nothing compares to you” to discontinued Iris Pallida.
4/5
CaklyWapkar – :
Floral tobacco. Warm, dusty, woody, with a strong smoky incense present… I don’t actually get much iris, except maybe as a smooth coolness behind leather and spices. There’s a strange contradiction of dry and sweet, like a desert spice market, and behind it all is an inhuman, dessicated saltiness. Despite the floral softness of the rose there’s a sense of emotional distance. A desert landscape is the perfect image of Nazarena’s mood. As it dries down the sweet woodiness recedes and it becomes cooler and even drier as the iris finally shows up, along with vetiver; at this point it reminds me a lot of CdG’s angular and abstract 2. Restrained and distant.
savas1965 – :
این که آیریس نازارینا یه شاهکاره تقریبا مورد اجماع همه کسانی ست که حداقل یکبار این شاهکار هنری رو بوییدن! و خوب مثل خیلی عطرای دیگه حداقل من یکی مثل غالب هموطنان عطربازم اینو مدیون ایکاروس عزیز هستيم که دارودسته دلقک های میانمایه ای همچون “مارلی باز” و رفقاش تو عطرافشان به تبعیت از غریزه ی بدوی نخبه کشانه ایرانی شان چنان این استاد را نواختند که سیمرغ عرصه را برای مگس و عنقا خالی کند!(و اخیرا شنیدم این مردک میانمایه ی پوچ و حقیر شیزوفرنیک در جایی دیگر عنوان مارلی فاز رو برای خودش برگزیده و چه عنوان شایسته ای انصافا!! ما که از دور دستی بر آتش داریم می دانیم مارلی بذند میانمایگان کوته بین است که از عطر تنها پخش بمب و ماندگاری گوزساشو درک کردن و چه فازی بالاتر از اين برای یک میانمایه ی وطنی?!)
من سه بار این شاهکارو خریدم! یکبار بسته ای حاوی سه تا ده میل از پرفیوم شاپینگ،بار دوم صدمیلی برای دوستی از دست رفته و بارسوم اخیرا از فروشگاه شقايق یک که خوب راستش باز نکرده واسه فروش گذاشتمش چون برنامه هام برای زندگی سگی در این مملکت حسرت تغییر کرده.اولین بار وقتی برای زلزله کرمانشاه چندروزی به عنوان داوطلب به سرپل ذهاب رفتم،موقع بازگشت روز جمعه پاییزی بود که تو کرمونشای خلوت و معتدل گشت و گذار می کردم و حالم بس ناخوش بود اینو پوشیدم(من حداقل پونزده تا بیست پاف رو پوشیدن میدونم وگرنه بارها تو خونه با چهارپنج پاف زدن تست کرده بودم) و چه شگفتزده شدم! برخلاف تصور ما که اینو داری پخش و ماندگاری متوسط می دانیم متوجه شدم اگر در فصل مناسب یعنی پاییز و بهار و هر زمان که هوا معتدل است نه سرما و گرمای برنده،بپوشیم پخش و موندگاری شگرفی خواهد داشت که انگشت به دهان ات خواهد کرد چون دقیقا بعد ساعت ها گشت زنی در اون شهر وقتی دوستم اومد دنبالم و سوار ماشینش شدم اولین سوالش بوی عطر بود و خودمم در تمام مدت پیاده روی حس می کردم شعاعی مشخص از اطرافم را گل های زنبق فلسطینی گرفته
خوب شخصا سه تا کار این برند رو داشته ام و معتقدم مثل خیلی برندهای ديگه چارچوب و دی ان ای مشترکی تو کل کاراش هست یعنی یه حس اعتدالی متمايل به گرم با مرکزیت عود و اندکی وارم اسپایسی ها نظير میخک و دارچین تا اون حس نیمه چرمی تو حداقل اون سه کار دیدم.اما خود آيریس نازارینا محورش زنبقی لطيف و چرم ماننده که قطعا و بدور از اغراق در هیچ کار زنبقی دیگه ندیده ایم نظیرش را!
اولین اسپری بوی زنبقی متفاوت،لطیف و اندکی شیرین رو تو وجودت میپاشونه.اون حس شیرین و فلورال دقیقا مثل حس لمس برگ گل اما به باور من این بوی زنبق که ابتدا حسش میکنیم و چنین متمایز از زنبق تو کارای دیور هوم،ولنتینو اومو،اتیت لیبر د اورنج و..است مقداری از اون حس شیرین مانندش رو از جانیپر و انیس ستاره ای میگیره که سبب میشه چنددقیقه اول در کنار اون محوریت مخملین زنبق که تا آخر ادامه داره،حسی فلورال و نیمه شیرین داشته باشیم یا شایدم این واقعا مربوط به ماهیت زنبق لبنانی(فلسطینی)نازاریناست! به هرحال یکربع نشده چرم هم تو میدل نت ها مياد بالا و تلفیق بدیع چرم و زنبق اون شاهکاره آیریس نازاریناست که هممون مفتونش شدیم! یعنی به نظر من این ترکیب محوری مبنای هنری این عطر متفاوت شده که بعدش کمی هم اگاروود حس عودی به عطر میده و من یکی قشنگ میخک رو هم میتونم باتمام وجود حس کنم که اون بوی اسپایسی خنک و نافذ مثل نعناش که کمی وصفش دشواره مگه با کلمه دندانپزشکی یا عطر پیپر نیگریوم لورنزو ویلورسی، اما میخک و عود اگاروود چنان گذرا هستن که دشوار بشه تصور کرد کسی متوجه نقش آفرينی اونا شده باشه(بااینحال باز تاکید دارم این حس خاصی که زنبق در تمام عمر نیمساعته اوپنینگ عطر داره که اندکی شیرین و خنک مثل وقتایی که آدامس نعنایی او دهنته یا میخک بو کرده باشی که حس سر کننده ای داره، ناشی از همین نت های جانیپر و انیس ایتالیایی در تاپ نت ها و میخک و اگاروود و رز در میدل نت هستش! اگرچه این صرفا یه حدس و فرضيه تجربی ست) تا اینکه میرسیم به بیس نت ها و عود اینسنس میاد رو صحنه که حس دودی داره و متفاوت از اگاروود عمل میکنه .یه نکته مهم اینه که اگر با ذره بین این عطرو زیر نظر نگیری دشوار بشه حداقل تو یک ساعت ابتدایی که میرسیم به بیس نت ها متوجه تغییرات چندانی بشیم!! چون زنبق در ترکیب با چرم و بعد عود اینسنس تاحدودی،چنان فضا رو در تصرف خودش گرفته و چنان اکورد مخملین و لطیفی از زنبق و چرم آميخته بهم با حاشیه نوازی عود پدید آورده که بقیه نت ها اصلا به چشم نمیان! اما تردید ندارم اون نقش فرعی و نادیدنی نت های دیگه از جنس نسساری اند نات سافیسنس یا ضروري اما نه کافی! هستش که ما در بسيارى نظريه های علمی شنیده ایم! یعنی بودنشون ضرورت داره گرچه حس نمیشه اما نبودنشون مترادف با فروپاشی اون بنا و چارچوب است
نکته آخر اینکه خالق آيریس نازارینا چنتا کار دیگه ازش دارم که متقاعدم کرده به چشم استادی مسلم نگاش کنم(یادمون نره بهترین طراحان وقتی طرحشون بدن یه برند دیزاینری یا نیش نمای بازاری که دنبال جیب خودشه اونوقت نتیجه اش میتونه افتضاح باشه فلذا وقتی فلان طراح برای لی لابو و آزارو هردو طرح میده نباید به صرف طراح مشترک هردو کارو واجد احترام و بلایندبای بدونیم! امیدوارم بشه جایی به این بحث مهم و اساسی بپردازیم چون دیده ام افرادی که تنها به خالق و طراح نگاه می کنند در خرید!)از جمله کارایی که ازش داشتم یا دارم،ئو د مغوه زنانه هرمس که بعد یکربع میشه چیزی شبیه آرمانی پور هوم د ارومز دوست داشتنی(زمانی ازش بیزار بودم به بی انصافی!)،اورنج سانگوین اتلیه کولون که پرتقال خونی هستش فقط،و ذ افترنون اف ا فان(بعدازظهر یک فان)اتیت لیبر د اورنج که این آخري رو من واقعا شاهکاری در زمینه بوی ایمورتال میدونم
84ordenko – :
Sort of like someone wearing an iris perfume while wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette. It’s interesting but on a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give the sillage a 2. It’s barely there after 10 minutes. For that reason, its not worth the price tag. Fortunately I only purchased a 10 ml bottle.
Megrh543Bessinepome – :
Beautifully composed but most importantly, different from the other high-end niche stuff on the shelves. Never found anything else that smells like Aedes Iris.
NeleFlocheNig – :
much more leathery than I thought after sampling… a full wearing stood the scent revealed! A powerful Iris / Leather combo, slightly reminiscent of Gucci ph mark II, unisex and classy!
Tyler Durden – :
کارهای این برندمتأسفانه روی پوست من خوب جواب نمیدن ،تنهاچیزی که ازاین عطرفهمیدم یه بوی خیلی ملایم اززنبق باکیفیت درپس زمینه ای وانیلی خامه ای بودباپخش بوی کم وماندگاری متوسط،.پخش بووماندگاربرای من اهمیت نداره امادرکل بوشونپسندیدم وازنظرمن دردسته کارهای بلاتکلیف قرارمیگیره که نه به دردآقایون میخوره نه خانما! 4/10
Владилен – :
not full-bottle worthy; citrus, iris and smoke in the top then pure leather in middle then a very masculine cologne in the base
robotizir – :
Being an iris lover I wanted to try this perfume for ages and when I finally got a 2ml tester I somehow managed to spill almost everything on me… Luckily the reviews say that it is not a powerful fragrance and in my opinion indeed it is discreet and maybe it is better in this case to put on more of the juice than usual to really” get this” fume, Which is difficult
because there is something elusive about Iris Nazarena and the claimes as “mysterious, mystical and sensual” is actually not just some mumbo jumbo nonsense but an accurate description. The Iris Nazarena opens very carroty on me but not as carroty as say New Sibet. These carrots are freshly rinsed cold clean and being cut. But Iris Nazarena is not just about irises carrotyness it’s more of homage to the kind of marriages a beautiful iris can make with woods and leather. The woodiness has a projective aura that makes me believe that there is some ISO molecule involved; the woody notes has similar airy qualities as Poivre Samarcand and after a while a lovely refreshing soapy leather note appears and that note has some similarities to Bottega Venata Eau Legere. What gorgeous relations an iris can make! If you love your fragrances gentle and whispering and natural like as if your skin actually could smell this good and you are not annoyed when a fragrance does some mysterious dancing on your skin and most of all if you love iris you really need to try this fragrance. It got some resemblence to other fragrances but it is still unique. This is the first time me wearing Iris Nazarena I am in no position to tell you that this fragrance is worth spending money on a full bottle because we all know how provoking it is to get just a few hours of playtime with a incredible fume, but please try to get hold of an sample and apply generously. This is a unisex fragrance the opening act leans perhaps more masculine and it might read more sensual and alluring on a man but it has some calming and soothing qualities that everybody could enjoy. I think Iris Nazarena could be an excellent fragrance to wear in the spring and on colder summer days because it has pureness but also subtly inviting gradations to it but in a very elegant and exclusive manner, no fabric detergent cleanliness to be feared, just pure iris woody leather pleasures to be expected.
igorist – :
So I bought this on the spot and I often worry about such extravagant, impulse purchases because I usually regret them, if not entirely then in certainly in a minor way.
I must say Iris Nazarena has held up well, it’s two weeks later and I still love this fragrance.
The opening was a real eyeopener for me, a soft, creamy, powdery leather and not unfamiliar from many fragrances I would’ve perhaps dubbed ‘a bit feminine’ in the past.
It’s brilliant though. The Iris is obvious in the opening and throughout but what struck me was just how real and buttery the leather smell is in here. It’s not rough or aged this is brand new, modern, Italian, white leather. It’s also woody in the extreme from the getgo. I mean there’s an unmistakable quality sandalwood in this fragrance that perfectly compliments and accents the Iris and leather. I’d say there’s trace hints of spice and that comes over more in the deep satisfying drydown.
The one critisim of this scent could be that it’s not all that strong or long lasting. I would argue that it smells so good I can forgive it these minor issues and I put plenty on, so it easily lasts all day and sticks to clothing very effectively. It’s an intimate scent which doesn’t need to announce itself or project wildly so that didn’t bother me either.
Like I mentioned, It’s not totally unique or like nothing I’ve smelled before, I mean loads of iris scents spring to mind but few deliver the sandalwood and leather in such abundance and balance. It’s a bit like Dior Homme/Homme parfum, Zegna’s Florentine Iris, YSL’s Noble leather, Ann Gerard Cuir d’ Nacre and any quality sandalwood fragrance you’d care to insert here.
The point is Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena is a perfect storm of all of these, arriving on my radar at a perfect time and therefore getting fast tracked into my wardrobe.
I don’t know why this elegant scent spoke to me so much… but it did. This fragrance is an absolute winner.
Oh before I go!
Just briefly on the bottle design. I tutted and rolled my eyes at the SA who couldn’t wait to show me AdV and the fancy stopper mechanism but actually it was only upon getting it home and handling the bottle for myself that I actually think it’s a cool design.
reuvin – :
I am a bit torn. I love the smell of this perfume. A smokey, leathery iris of stunning beauty. A masterpiece. But it only whispers on my skin. I have to snif my wrist to smell it, touching the skin with the tip of my nose to be able to notice it. But wow, such beauty.
Am I prepared to pay such an exorbitant amount of money for a perfume that is so soft? I am not quite sure.
Edit: I had to buy it. I used my tester to the last little drop, even opening the little container to savour the last whisps of this lovely perfume. I rarely empty testers, but this fragrance is truly addictive. Take a deep breath, pay, and forget the price. It is worth it!
Noxcho95 – :
This excellent product is a powder-based phenomenon and its character resembles that of an opulent man whose high standard of living keeps you awestricken constantly.
I love it.
9/10
Headcrusher – :
Iris Nazarena: a bulb buried under a fractured concrete walkway of an abandoned gothic church.
Iris puts forth a fresh, sweet, floral candied shoot, finding passage in the crack of the concrete. But then, as soon as this tender green hits the dry, wooded, gloomy haze lingering hauntingly around the condemned priory, her tenderness begins to wither.
Crushed, like raspy, herbed juniper berries, the sweetness is strangled from her relenting unfurled bloom. A phenolic bitterness of birch tar creates a musty worn suede accord, which envelops the rising redolence of austere, mineralized earth and dehydrating roots.
Finally, yielding in slow asphyxiation, she lays in solitude on the cold, stone path, wedged and rooted in the ground. She leaves a sweet but melancholic stain of ink on her concrete grave.
lslavaa – :
I always hate being the one to go against the flow…
Wait, no that’s not quite true. But in this case, I do feel awkward. Why? Because I believe my nose must be broken. You see, everyone else smells something that I do not. I smell something extremely sweet, with barely a hint of iris, except in the opening. No leather, no incense, no spice…I seriously just rechecked the bottle to make certain I had the correct bottle!
I DO smell the Rose de Mai – which incidentally is rather lovely, but I was thinking this would be a collaborative note, rather than the dominant.
It is no doubt a very pretty scent. But for a lover of the cool breath of iris, this leaves my heart wanting more.
I am at this moment working on “washing” some Orris butter containing 15% irones in vodka, and I adore the scent of Iris – I truly had no concept of that when I owned this bottle.
uav901intitytek – :
I have now tried this twice on my skin and am very glad that I have been testing from a sample. I am one of the unfortunates on whom the fragrance turns to eau d’ashtray, straight away. On first spray I smell the cigarette smoke in the air, but once on my arm this does not even have the “appeal” of smoke. It reminds me of sitting in a pub, back in the days when people could smoke in public places, and there being an overflowing ashtray on the table, rank with cigarette stubs and ash. After spraying it, I left the bedroom and returned later to find a reincarnation of that pub. Stale cigarettes.
This Iris is a very linear perfume on me, with no softening of the note and no hint of flowers or of anything pleasant at all. No wood, no rose, no leather, spices, incense…
In its favour, the longevity is excellent and it is almost impossible to scrub off. It sticks very well to clothing and will rub off onto skin from there. Projection is also very good and I was aware of the one small spray on my arm the following morning, without looking for it.
It seems almost sacrilegious to dislike it so much. Body chemistry is a very strange thing. I would love to smell this on someone who can wear it well.
saf – :
Amo l’apertura disordinata, intrigante e terrena con anice, vetiver e chiodi di garofano.
Poi si evolve strano.
sulla mia pelle si bagna con ambretta aspra e una rosa umida,matura,che rimane presente e costante per lungo tempo.
Molto femminile old-style con un tocco di rossetto lucidalabbra a pennello, quasi a coprire l’iris.
Credo sia migliore da spruzzare a distanza sopratutto sui vestiti dove si asciuga meglio.
Buono.Di lunga durata,ma preferisco odorare la scia in lontananza..
Su una donna di giorno sopra i 40.
Morandi1024 – :
Very elegant and refined woody iris, though sometimes with a little too much smoke. The opening is absolutely gorgeous but the fragrance as a whole doesn’t last – at couldn’t detect it at all after just a few hours.
деточка – :
What a beauty. A charming sophisticated powdery iris without going too dry. The other notes are mixed in a harmonic embrace. Absolutely fantastic. All rounder. Unisex scent. Classy and refined. This is pure luxury and art which can be worn as a regular perfume without fuss. Loved it in the first testing.
poeduard – :
It’s a secret…elegant, sensual, very sophisticated scient. Something
like the sky in the night, sideral,
Unique and beautiful on my skin and very long lasting on clothes.kind of classic.
علاقه مند به دیور هوم ایننس(زنبق دوست)
میتونن یه تجربه عالی از زنبق شفاف رو با این عطر تجربه کنن
کار باکیفیت پخش و ماندگاری عالی
ابتدای این عطر تم زنبقی همیطور تا ادامه
که به سمت چرمی شدن پیش میره
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митя – :
This is dead on of an Iris scent with a powdery, lite woody, floral and sexy. This can be worn all year round day and/or night.
xxAlexxx – :
A very pure iris, rooty and dry but theres something about perfumes made by ralf schweiger which dont gel with my skin chemistry. I can appreciate the craft in this but This one smells like straight out petrol on me and by the time the dry down comes, ive got a nauseating headache which is pushed along by the lingering powder. I tried this on in cold weather and have figured its just not for me.
rtabhxbr – :
“Dry, powdery and soothing… freshly ironed white linen with slightly smoky incense.”
Iris Nazarena is a 2013 fragrance by Aedes de Venustas, an American niche perfume house in West Village, New York City by Robert Gerstner and Karl Bradl. I paid a visit to the quaint and classy store when I was in the city in December last year.
Iris root is known to be very rare in perfumes because of its very expensive processing. It’s a prized note that niche perfumers love to use, and real iris hardly comes by. Dior Homme is perhaps the most popular iris-based perfume in modern perfumery, a unisex fragrance where Olivier Polge cleverly combines iris with leather to create a scent that is easily recognisable and much loved by all wearers.
The iris in Iris Nazarena however, is very different from Dior Homme. Here, it smells like what I almost always associate the smell of iris with: cool, dry fabric, or white linen to be precise. On my skin, it smells exactly like that: freshly ironed white linen, like those I get in high-end hotel rooms. If I were to describe the scent in one word, it would be “DRY” with a capital D. It is one of the driest perfumes I’ve smelled, together with Andy Tauer’s L`Air du Desert Marocain.
The iris also smelled familiar to me when I first smell it in NYC. It took me a while to remember where I smelled it and I eventually remembered it: it’s the same thing I smelled in Chanel No. 19. It’s a very pronounced note throughout my use for today, although I also get hints of smoky incense (that strangely has a bluish “hue”, unlike the blackish or yellowish kind I normally associate with when it comes to incense”) and woody notes.
The leather note however, is something I can’t quite figure out yet. My skin chemistry usually brings out the leather note in almost all the perfumes I’ve worn before, but I can’t detect it here in Iris Nazarena. Maybe time will tell; most bloggers claim that there is indeed leather in there in the drydown.
I am not the biggest fan of iris but if anyone wants to know what iris smells like, this is the go-to fragrance for reference. I enjoy it very much but I’m pretty sure I will not purchase a full bottle of it: USD 245 is a very steep price. Still, I still vividly remember how it smelled the first time I stumbled upon it. A unique experience, indeed.
P.S. I am wearing it for the first time, and also the last time today. I got a sample from Jovoy courtesy to a friend who was in Paris but it slipped right through the cover, fell onto the floor and broke on impact. It’s a very sad day for me.
maximus73 – :
Under a beating heart with great intensity we find a hint of rose, lots of leather and a soft wood of oud which rounds this chord.
The durable and tenacious wrapper is a powerful note of very powdery iris with a smoky point by the touch of incense. Drying soft and sweet amber is added to all this combo makes the fragrance more turn here to the female side, all this forms the entire structure of this nice fragrance Aedes Venustas.
Iris Nazarena is not a fresh fragrance, it still does not feel heavy, it is rather a vaporous and dusty woodsy, which is quite away from the prototype of the typical fragrances of the Middle East that lead rose and Oud, since these are not the dominant notes.
Evolution is fairly subtle, almost linear. very good quality along with a good length and projection. The scent conveys a certain solemn and even relaxed air.
Rating: 6.5
missida – :
Tested it the other day and was underwhelmed. It is OK, good quality stuff and all, the composition is so-so, not bad, but…on my skin the note that some reviewer described as cigarette smoke/ash-like insence was so strong as if I had been wallowing in an ashtray before applying perfume. Reminded me of olden times (80s) when everyone was smoking and wearing perfume. All in all it was a rather unpleasant experience. Test before you buy!
annouraordild – :
Imo iris wood and leather are the main players here. One of my favorite Iris perfumes. If this perfume were described in architechtural terms it would be post modern. All clean lines and very minimalist. The first time I smelled this it reminded me of a high end rare book store. I like how this is clean without being “fresh”. It lasts all day on me. Love, Love, and more Love for Iris Nazarena.
demon 67 – :
با سلام
بوی زنبق اولین چیزی هست که شما بعد از اسپری عطر متوجه خواهید شد که بسیار با کیفیت هست و علاقه مندان به زنبق رو حسابی خوشحال می کنه
حالتی پودری ، کمی چوبی و مقدار اندکی شیرینی مثل وانیل زو احساس خواهید کرد
حدودا چند دقیقه بعد بوی چرم کم کم خودش رو به ترکیبات اولیه می رسونه . در این لحظه تلخی ملایمی رو متوجه خواهید شد به همراه روایح قبلی ولی کم کم رایحه چرم ذات تاریک خودش رو نشون میده و تاثیر شگرفی بر بوی زنبق خواهد گذاشت
در این لحظه هست که خود من واقعا کیف کردم از ترکیب چرم و نت های چوبی و زنبق . حسی شبیه دیور هوم پارفوم .
هم تلخی و هم شیرینی رو در این لجظه احساس خواهید کرد چون همانند اسب سوار ، این دو مکررا از هم سبقت میگیرند.
بوی عظر در این لحظه در اوج مردانگی خودش قرار داره و احساسی همچون کاراکتر دیور هوم اینتنس یا یا پرفیومش در شما به وجود میاره
در نت های عظر از دود نام برده شده ولی نه چرم و نه دود اون قدرها قوی نیستند که بشه عظر رو یه کار سنگین نام برد به هر حال خس و خال کمی تاریکی رو در قلب عطر قرار میدهو اون رو دو چندان دوست داشتنی تر میکنه
تد این لحظه آرزو کردم که کاش تا آخر هیچ فرقی نکن ولی طبق معمول برعکس از آب درامد
بعد از حدودا 10 دقیقه من کم کم در افق محو میشم چون یکی از روایح بد به نام رز میاد سراغم . دوستان چون بوی رز برای من حساسیت زاست که دست خودم هم نیست اینظوری میگم
کم کم افسار عطر در دست گل رز می افته و روایح چرمی و چوبی و حتی 80 درصد زنبق هم محو خواهند شد و چیزی که باقی میمونه بوی شیرین بیشتر شبیه کهربا به همراه گل رز و مقدار ناچیز زنبق خواهد بود .
بوی میخک در این عطر بسیار ضعیف و تقریبا غیر قابل حس کردنه ولی تلخی خاصی که داره رو قشنگ میشه فهمید که خیلی جالبه
در نهایت هم بوی رز هم کم کم محو خواهد شد و شما میتونید روایح شیرین قبلی به همراه مقدار جزعی حس چوبی رو حس کنید
کار بسیار خوبیه و من دوستش دارم درسته که رز و میخک داره ولی اصلا اذیت کننده نیست در این عطر و خوشحال میشم به عنوان یه عطر یونی ازش استفاده کنم
پخش بوش متوسط و ماندگاری مناسبی داره
Luskas – :
“There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her auditors, many of whom came from a distance to receive her instructions. On account of the self-possession and ease of manner which she had acquired in consequence of the cultivation of her mind, she not infrequently appeared in public in the presence of the magistrates. Neither did she feel abashed in going to an assembly of men. For all men on account of her extraordinary dignity and virtue admired her the more.”
Who would dare to claim that they ever truly understood the iris. She evokes so many questions. Why does she smell so dry and yet so fresh? And why is she so goddamn proud? Prouder even than the rose, this vain beauty? It was not until I had smelled Iris Nazarena for the first time that I slowly started to realise that there is far more to her than the glamorous upper class girl who wants to be from the 1920s (she wasn’t actually fashionable in the 1920s). That was when I started asking questions about her. That was when I started thinking that the ink that Hypatia used to write about the stars smelled of Iris Nazarena.
The first impression I got when I first discovered this scent was that of cucumber. And it would not go away for hours, and it would really irritate me, and perhaps it was this first impression that evoked all the questions. At first, I thought it was the juniper berry, deciding to turn my skin into a gin-soaked stage for a show in which the iris had no place.
Then I realised that the damp, earthy, slightly mouldy smell was her.
In my head she had always been nude, powdery, yet disguising her heart under a glittering flapper dress. When I smelled Iris Nazarena, she changed her dress into a grey silk gown. There is no glitter, but there is so much heart. Yet, it is not a warm heart, it is thoughtful though, and old. Oh, she makes me feel so old now, ancient even. Iris Nazarena is not a young scent.
She is sitting in a library that has been on this earth for centuries, inhaling the breath of old books that someone has been trying very hard to keep dry. But the slightly sweet dampness is creeping through the pages anyways, telling stories of the decay that is inevitably to come in many years’ time.
This dichotomy of dry, powdery notes and the damp, earthy smell of carrots that have just been pulled out of the soil after the rain, the ambiguity of a cool yet sensual note, is what Iris Nazarena smells like. It strikes me as peculiar when people describe the scent as being similar to that of dry soil. To me, it is both earthy and dry, but not at the same time. Iris Nazarena develops slowly, almost painfully so. It is not a linear scent, but the different stages of the iris change subtly over long hours, from soaked earth in the beginning to dried and grinded roots in the end.
When this last facet of her is slowly exhaled from my skin I hear the laughter of that girl in the flapper dress in the distance. It is the familiar, powdery laughter of someone I have not seen for a very long time, but who I always wished was my friend, yet who I always just admired from the distance. She looks as young and glamorous as she did so many years ago. But her eyes, her eyes are so old and grey. And there it is. Before she fades away, the slightest hint of warmth, as if she recognises me too, assuring me that she had always been my friend.
fedor-11989 – :
There is a handful of very old cloth shops in my hometown, which have not undergone a renovation since the ’70s. Upon initial spraying Iris Nazarena smells exactly like they do. Perhaps there was some very popular and widely used air freshener back then, or more likely something used in the proccessing of the fabrics, and thus the characteristic smell has pervaded their walls permanently. And for some strange reason, I was feeling rather uncomfortable being in such shops as a child, although I loved the seemingly endless variety of their merchandise. This “blast from the past” nostalgic quality slowly fades away after a couple of hours, and what is left, is something that an ice queen would leave lingering in her wake. Something like a distant titter in a dark winter night, that clutches your heart with icy fingers. I sense no welcome here, and this ashen grey industrial smell is so devoid of any warmth that it makes me shiver with conflicting feelings of pleasure and dread. Contradictive? Perhaps. But contradictions are not necessarily a flaw, cause while contradictive perfumes can be either good or bad, what they cannot be is indifferent. And this is already a merit, at least in terms of interest picking, and more than enough to make them stand out in our contemporary faceless perfume times. And Iris Nazarena has a face. A scary one perhaps, but still a face…
apelko – :
Stunning Iris, sadly, on me it