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Maftin – :
What narcissus?
sabziro – :
Mont de Narcisse opens with refreshing bergamot and transparent woody pepper, but soon turns darker with the addition of sweet tart, softly boozy and fleshly plums, and slightly smoky, phenolic birch.
These two opposite aspects are then quickly reconciled thanks to the appearance of the leather. Here, it’s slightly rubbery, exhibits a hay-like nuance and a subtle saffron hint as well, but at same time evokes a supple, velvety texture, much like suede. The plum and birch feel like natural complements to the suede. Not only do their olfactory profile overlap, the contrast between the lusciousness of plum and the austere, dry, phenolic aspect of birch enriches the whole suede/leather effect.
The fragrance turns slightly more resinous and more suave in the dry down, thanks to the immortelle rounding it off with its adorable honeyed warmth and smokiness. The sillage is rather close, while the longevity is around 8 hours.
Throughout its development, Mont de Narcisse reminds me of Hermès Cuir d’Ange and Givenchy Cuir Blanc. The former, because the suede note in both fragrances are quite similar, but the suede in Mont de Narcisse is not seen through an ethereal veil of heliotrope nor is it adorned by flickers of cumin like in Cuir d’Ange. Instead, it feels darker and more lavish. Meanwhile, my reminder of Cuir Blanc is mostly due to that both open with lightweight pepper and fresh bergamot, then focus on a suede note. But again, Mont de Narcisse appears richer in layers thanks to the supporting trio of plum, birch and immortelle, while Cuir Blanc chooses white musk to create a cleaner, more luminous effect.
However, as much as I enjoy the overall suede fragrance that is Mont de Narcisse, I can’t help but ask:
Where is the narcissus?
Sure, the narcissus might have played a role in summoning a hay-like aspect to the suede note, but it doesn’t appear as a clearly defined note any time during the entirety of its development on my skin, at least not in a way that I’m more familiar with, of the enticing juxtaposition of horse, barnyard, hay, green sap and white flowers. Instead, Mont de Narcisse is a suede fragrance through and through. A very lovely one for sure, but for a fragrance whose name literally translates to “hill/mountain of narcissus”, I feel a prominent suede fragrance is not what I signed up for.
As a result, I’d refrain from recommending Mont de Narcisse as a narcissus fragrance, but rather a slightly balsamic and suave modern fruity suede fragrance.
doublem09 – :
Good narcissus but with a leather/rubber/slightly burned tire note very strong, it last at least 15h on my skin