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Mariah_fromAC – :
The Liquorice/Tea is quite hidden, just a subdued bite at the top. Just enough to help give the scent a bit of dimension.
Otherwise this is Tonka (not vanilla) and Myrrh.
Not super powerful and there are plenty of better performing Vanilla’s out there (Vanilla Incensee from Atelier Cologne for example is similar and better in every respect) but like a lot of my Hutieme Art and Pierre Guillaume purchases there is just something in the blend/mix that just works… its like every creation of his I can just pick out every note and get the journey he is trying to convey…
I’m glad I bought the bottle even though I may use my other Vanillas more often… best bought as a discount rather than full price.
Edit:
Just Occurred to me – this is a better version of 4160 Tuesdays Sexiest Scent in the World (IMHO).
carpenter01 – :
I get licorice myrrh, slightly powdery, warm. It is almost exactly like a myrrh fragrance oil I purchased for mixing my own blends. It’s very nice, but faint. Still, a lovely licorice myrrh
krava – :
This is a lovely uncomplicated fragrance that vanilla lovers like myself would enjoy. I wish Myrr was more pronounced as it tends to evaporate a minute after landing on my skin and you’re left with vanilla. I must say with very high quality vanilla but not worth a fb price for a linear one-note fragrance. I enjoyed it nevertheless and will definitely test it in winter.
Domitillabub – :
A vanilla bomb! To me this smells like a monster vanilla fragrance. On me no licorice or Myrrh. Is it unique No, there are cheaper fragrances out there that smell like this. Is it nice yes. I’m a vanilla lover ( the only time I hated or couldn’t take vanilla was during my pregnancy). Does it last about 2 hours on me, that’s kinda disappointing. Sillage not to bad. If you love vanilla it’s a good bet you’ll love this. If you are indifferent about vanilla take a pass on this there are plenty of good vanilla scents out there. Tom Ford Tabacco Vanille more mature than this.
yae356bedyWelty – :
I am in a myrrhe phase and of course had to sample Myrrhiad.
It’s nice, but nothing extraordinary or a must have for me.
I get gentle myrrh mixed with sweet Licorice, it smells a bit like those soft black Licorice candies you buy in a bag, mixed with Myrrh and vanilla.
Better and I think cheaper than this is Valentina Myrrh Assoluto, that is a myrrh bomb!
zafar_bu – :
Very gentle, rather low-key myrrh, almost drowned out by all the bossy licorice! It’s perfectly pleasant all round – definitely sweet, but not cloying, with projection restrained enough not to make it overpowering. I’m not a fan of syrup scents but found this one more than bearable. But it frustrates me because I keep expecting *more* from it – more spice or sugar or leather or smoke – and they just don’t show up. There’s an odd but not unpleasant tang of throat-lozenges at one point (?angelica?). It only gets sweeter and milder as things go on, and the sillage collapses inwards pretty quickly, though overall longevity is not bad – still just detectable on wrist after about 6h.
Overall reaction from me is a friendly shrug. Sure, it’s OK – it’s fine in fact – but it’s just a teeny tiny bit dull. Can’t think I would rush to wear it again, and can’t think of any scenarios where this, rather than anything else, would be the perfect choice. Definitely not an intricate spicy Oriental dream, more of a pleasant but forgettable semi-gourmand interlude.
toort – :
very sweet vanilla so not for me , reminds me of dior Mitzah
pako862008 – :
Wow! Myrhh, licorice, vanilla and tea. The myrhh then tea and then licorice appear although it’s well blended. There is no sickly sweet artificial vanilla as in the Valentino Myrhh Absolue. The vanilla is low key and natural smelling.
This has a bright intensity. I love the tea in this. It’s dry along side the licorice, leather and Myrhh. It’s definitely unisex. A real herbalicious myrhh delight although myrhh is not really a big part of this scent. Well not on me anyway. Curious. Reasonable longevity but it retracts back to a weak sillage very quickly.
cjh214Negeltzex – :
This is the beginning of my review as I am still in a process of discovering the scent, even though I am using it for several days, now. The opening starts with amazing blast of myrrh and personally it transports me in all our Christmas Eve dinners when before the actual dinner my grandmother/mother have been and nowadays I am blessing the house with incense. That is an aroma of a tradition which someone can hardly forget. There is something extraordinarily special for me in this fragrance. Next stage on my skin from this perfume appears to be the leather both together with the vanilla. Vanilla on its own gives it that pleasant sweetness. I do not detect the tea, yet. However, some kind of smokiness also is presented which I guess should come from the idea of a burnt black tea leaves. Now, the licorice is a total misery for me here, but I suppose I need to wait for awhile, until it presents its ‘face’ in the whole picture. Overall that is a beautiful fragrance and that’s all for now from me. I will come back again, if I get more impressions of it.
golldaniil – :
Myrrh, smokey caramel burnt sugar black tea merest hint of licorice – a nice spicey winter smell reminiscent of childhood sweets. Not half as sharply biting and exciting as Liquo, rather more warm soft autumnal toe-warmer. Nice enough. On the want list, but low down.
Matsikk – :
I’ve been looking for the my ideal Myrrh perfume and I think this is it. It opens with a beautiful burst of root beer, settles into a long middle of myrhh/vanilla/anise and gets sweeter throughout til it ends up with a sugary vanilla. I don’t generally like strong vanilla or sweet fragrances but this one is well blended and the myrrh and anise keep it firmly in the resin camp.
The opening is similar to Myrrh Ardente but the similarity ends there. I don’t see any similarity to Dzing! or Black.
There are a number of similarities to other PG fragrances, especially Aomassai. Myrrhiad is like Aomassai with the toasted nut smell of Aomassai replaced by the root beer note of myrrh.
The changes throughout are very subtle. I don’t disagree with those who say it’s linear but it does have a lovely development arc.
It’s actually quite a simple fragrance but for me, just perfect.
hovlan – :
The story of myrrh is as old as that of perfume. Four thousand years ago the Egyptians were using it as one of the components of Kyphi, the sacred incense of their Kings.
Warm and sensual, balmy and ambery Myrrhiad is an oriental perfume revealing all the facets of the ancient resin, enhanced by the leathery, animalic nuance of black tea absolute and interlaced with a cocktail of vanilla and licorice.
cheh23 – :
First things first: there’s no leather in this.
Second: this is not a perfume to smell up close right after spraying. I find many good perfumes are like that. This one is too sweet and smoky that way. But if applied and left alone to reach your senses on its own, it’s a delicious, creamy, smoky vanilla dream.
As it settles into the skin, a faint resemblance to Un Bois Vanille makes me think of licorice. But I soon forget it when I smell the warmest vanilla, enriched by an enveloping, smoky myrrh, and a deep, dark tea note seamlessly breaching the gap between the two. Good projection, very good longevity and, like many Pierre Guillaume creations, linear, but strikingly beautiful in it’s simplicity. Alluring, mysterious, unisex.
sven23 – :
This perfume mainly evokes caramel and incense, which may sound like a weird association but is actually very pleasant. It is quite sweet and reminds me of Un Bois Vanille. I find it quite linear, and very long lasting.
cop540InsuffBooni – :
The sweetness of Myrrhiad makes me feel a little bit ill. This is just way too much vanilla for me, but if you really like both myrrh and vanilla, here’s something unique for you.
david_logua – :
So much going on here! Vanilla and myrrh, tobacco and anise, suede and dark spicy tea. The gourmand smell shifts like sand on a dune where your footing never really is solid, but the view is lovely. There is a tiny sour note underneath on my skin. Not sure what it is, but I think it’s the note that reminds everyone of a stale chemical. Fortunately, it disappears within about 5 min. and the rest of the day it is a vanilla/amber/myrrh dream! The dry down in gorgeous – I reapplied several times and liked it more and more the longer I wore it.
zzhhaannaa – :
This is rather alluring, sensual with it’s warm, sweet and balmy myrhh blended beautifully with vanilla and licorice.
Maybe a faint hint of tea in the dry down, but the leather is not present to my nose.
It’s rather linear on my skin with good longevity and moderate sillage.
ArximMen – :
This is lovely gourmand, vanilla based fragrance.
Starts like vanilla and licorice – smells like root bear, and ends up being vanilla and green tea fragrance. Well crafted, delicious, little liquid feeling vanilla, but long lasting and never too sweet and cloying. Nice!
visacha63 – :
Opens with an odd incense accord of spiced resin and something like firey ginger beer…seriously! That fades quickly mind you and hints of the tea and liquorice are there, I had to re apply to be sure as I didn’t get anything to begin with.
The main element which sweetens up the whole composition (too much so perhaps?) is Vanilla which takes any rough edge off that the myrrh might of possessed in the drydown. I think this effect leaves you with a vague, ambery, approximation of resin…I mean it smells like myrrh but more focused on the antiseptic quality with non of the sweet sharpness. I’ve tried several ‘cold’ myrrh fragrances recently which have real metallic and tea notes which are complementary this however is very warm and cosy for me.
I’m not mad at it but it’s not the best thing I’ve smelled from this house. To be fair this is a house I was expecting big things from and perhaps something more unusual.
That vanilla sits close but lasts…and although pleasant enough, not one for real Myrrh lovers IMO.
Update: Actually the drydown is pretty nice and longlasting, I found it much better when it settled down a soft amber/vanilla which is slightly dry and dusty.
vlc159Bessinepome – :
Something in this perfume smells too synthetic for my taste, and if it’s vanilla I seek, I can find it in countless other places.
Reminds people of Les Nereides Oppoponax? Other than the fact that they both contain resins, I don’t see how. They are not similar at all.
timik198420 – :
I must say, so far in my sampling experience with Huitième Art Parfums, I do not think this line goes well with my skin chemistry. I have tried a few of their perfumes, and found each one to be flat and barely detectable once applied.
Myrrhiad smells like I rubbed vanilla extract on my wrist, and that is all.
ahusernamet1 – :
I agree with previous reviews who are reminded of middle eastern travel spots.
On my skin however, this lovely scent never changes, starts and finish with a gourmand smell of warm sand, reminiscent of sunscreen and beignets.
When I wear this, I am in perpetual holidays…
WebNews2011 – :
Brings back some memories, incense at a Coptic church in Fustat, Old town Cairo…
toscha.denisow2010 – :
Draw a venn diagram of three intersecting circles. Label the circles as follows: Myrrhe Ardente by Annick Goutal, Black by Bvlgari, and Dzing! by L’Artisan Parfumeur. In the middle where they all intersect label it Myrrhiad. Go smell those three scents and tell me I’m wrong.
Reksnt – :
The first thing I smell is germolene. This must be a phenolic aspect of the myrrh. There is some aspect within myrrh that let’s you know through scent memory that it is antiseptic. That is definitely there but only alongside the vanilla which dominates. The vanilla is kept in line by the tea and licorice which are soft and mild. They blend well and keep the sweet vanilla from becoming too warm on the skin. The germolene fades into a clean, distant background aspect, like a ward sister from the 1950’s in a starched uniform stood somewhere in the back of the mind. After this I just get tea and a Viennese whirl biscuit.
witol – :
This one has a licorice vanilla opening associated with some myrrh in a soft/sweet combination. There’s a strange herbal vibe in the opening which makes me not love this fragrance, but after a couple minutes it starts to fade and things as expected starts to get better leaving a very good impression on my skin with that slight sweetness aura around me.
The fragrance does not chances much throughout time, we are left with this sweet aura for a good long time. Anyway, a good fragrance with a kind of expensive price tag.
houpsquathCah – :
smells like a combo of Cuir de Lancome and Armani Emporio Lei. This smells like suede and a sweet vanilla. or maybe it’s the myrhh that makes it a little sweet. It’s not a smoky scent, it’s not a leather, it’s not incense-y, and the licorice doesnt do anything good to this. It’s a pretty boring scent. What a bummer. I thought I’d really like this. Glad I only have a sample. I would advise doing the same thing, as this perfume is pretty expensive to buy blind. $135 for 50ml.
marinabyper – :
5 Minutes of soft sweetness,then goodbye.
£88 for 50ml,not good enough i’m afraid.
manei – :
mm…as i read your reviews it sounds pretty similar to Annick Goutal Myrrhe Ardente…unfortunately i can’t find this one in my country to compare them…have any of you compared this 2 fragrances? how they are similar and how they are diff?
I am really interested as my fav perfumes are incenses and myrrhs mostly
shag6939 – :
Starlight_Angel chose her words well, I found myself nodding through her whole review. Warm, sweet and round but edgy in a way.
This is the first leather scent I’ve ever found pleasant on my skin by the way. Leather often turns burnt and shameful (even in cute scents like Shalimar Parfum Initial) and just becomes unwearable, pure rat poison on me. But here..? No, it’s just that amazing “skin x 10” scent that leather should be. Works amazing with the heavy myrrh and soft vanilla.
Edit: I just entered the room wearing this with my cup of morning tea, vanilla chai. It took about 10 seconds until my boyfriend said “Oh wow, that tea smells amazing”. I realized I smell just like my tea but a million times better. Haha.
Cealryler – :
This is a very interesting, and quite unique scent, that I think is a love it or hate it perfume for sure.
I am in the *love it* camp as I find it sweetly enticing.
The fragrance opens with a huge burst of myrrh and liquorice. As it progresses the tea note becomes more pronounced.
I found that the scent got gradually sweeter as it dried down. It smelled almost caramelized towards the end. I waited patiently for the leather note, but alas it never arrived at the party.
Myrrhiad is a stunning ode to myrrh. It has a distinct Arabian vibe and it reminded me of marketplaces during my Eastern travels.
Personally sweet fragrances appeal to me, and this is exceptionally sweet. This is not one for anyone who isn’t a fan of syrupy style scents.
The sillage is fantastic, especially at the start. I find it very strong, so apply with a light hand. Longevity is good too…6+ hours on my skin.
This is another beautiful scent from Huitième Art Parfums, and I’m seriously considering buying a bottle. I think it will be perfect for the cold weather.