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Heedalested – :
This is the most interesting of the bunch so far. Still not a fan though. 🙁
It opens with a smoky/tar like tone and something dusty. It’s dark and rich smelling and like it’s been put through a bonfire. Interesting! It’s very rough in the opening and makes me want to cough when I smell it.
The vetiver is running the show when it’s wet, it dominates over all of the other notes, and this smells masculine.
Once the rich magnolia and vanilla start making an appearance this completely changes character. It smooths out a lot more and the harsh rough firey-ness calms down. The darkness from the vetiver is still there underneath but it’s much nicer now, although still not something I’d wear or spend $350 on!!!
This one stands out as being better quality than the others I’ve tried. I like it!
zizop10 – :
It started out smoky and had a weird mustiness to it that I did not enjoy (ambrette). This subsided with time, and I got far more vetiver from this than vanilla. It was like 90% vetiver and the rest was all the other notes. I really liked it! The woodiness was so real, like a freshly cut piece of wood. That’s what I noticed for most of the time I was wearing it. The strong vetiver translated into a slightly masculine scent on my skin, but I liked it that way. So while I was at first “disappointed” that this was not the rich, creamy perfume that Fire & Cream was, I was still impressed and would definitely consider purchasing. I found that it was a soft perfume, but it lasted at least 8 hours on me. Men should consider sampling.
sidste – :
This is in my top 10 favorite perfumes. While I’m not ready to do a proper review, just yet… I must say this is a hundred times better dabbed vs. sprayed. It loses a lot of the creaminess upon spraying.
skachayigrunatel – :
I love this unique, strange, impossibly beautiful fragrance, and I love the New Orleans of my memories, which will always be recalled within the sillage of this magical scent. This isn’t just fragrance, it’s a potion that influences you to see differently through your own eyes. This scent does things to places you go, and people around you. It’s powerful, puzzling, and intriguing. Balahoutis uses just the right amount of witchcraft and raw talent, to ensure stunning creations will be noticed, and not easily forgotten, if ever.
Upselasnani – :
It is very creamy, sweet due to the strong overload with ambrette and vanilla. does not turn sharp on my skin, very similar to me to the other Strange Invisible, i.e. Fire and Cream, although that one is a little smokier.
Крюшон – :
Strange Invisible Perfumes MAGAZINE STREET smells rather rough-hewn in the way that organic perfumes sometimes do. But this one is also somewhat greasy, sharp and unpleasant to my nose. I’m not really enjoying it at all, though I love ambrette in smoother presentations of that note. Here it’s dirty and musky and mixed up with patchouli. Needless to say, this perfume would not be an appropriate choice for those who have become smitten with the shampoo/conditioner fragrance movement.
I agree with Doc Elly, that this scent does effectively evoke the feeling of the somewhat seedy streets of New Orleans, so in that sense, I’d say that the perfumer has succeeded. But this is not a perfume which I would choose to wear. It’s more like one of those wild rides chez Le Grand Serge. In fact, come to think of it, this perfume might have been a Lutens launch! It is definitely unique, and I’m sure that some would like it, but it’s not for me.
Surround – :
i love this every thing about it i love that 8% of all procedes goes back 2 repair of aftermath of hurricane katrina in there muse n.o.l.a her self! the spoiled yet independant free spirited very american baby sister of beutiful well educated & sophisticated romantic yet proper paris france:) … . i also love that this product is all natural<3 & this is all aside from the lovely smell of this fragrance that is like riding the street car in new orleans in the sticky humidity of a southern summer after noon & the heavy boozy smell of gardenia is thick in the air! you then might hop of & stroll down magazine street & thru the old quarter & find you a place 2 sit outside & order a glass of ice tea& cool off & take in the smells that the warm summer air carry’s in as afternoon turns into twilight & you can hear the cicada’s signing & still enjoying the gardenia scented perfume in the louisianna air <3
Alekshasha – :
This is another SIP creation in which ambrette dominates. It’s there from the first whiff, along with a slight floral note that must be the magnolia listed in the notes (Is it Magnolia grandiflora? Where did she get the EO for that? Or is it Michaelia alba?) In any case, the combination of vetiver, “magnolia”, vanilla and ambrette does a good job of evoking the hot, humid, greasy, slightly raunchy odor of streets in the French Quarter of New Orleans, overlaid with whiffs of the occasional flower. As it dries down, the ambrette recedes into the background a bit, allowing the other notes to come to the fore. As the scent dries down, a sweet vanilla musk scent takes over, and it’s on that note that it fades away to oblivion. Sillage is moderate, and the scent lasts 2-3 hours but leaves traces of ambrette on clothing for longer. A nice variation on “botanical musk”, definitely worth sampling.
Maximal – :
Keep in mind this is a natural perfume with no synthetics, so it behaves differently than regular perfumes. Mag St. is sharp in the opening, but it does soften in the drydown. It is enjoyable and reminds me of my beloved hometown.