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Aerohopleneri – :
When you have a harm and booming market, generating profit and with enthusiastic consumers brands like Jul Et Mad emerge and succeed. I simply can not see a value proposition in this brand, there is no clear story to be told. It is neither bad nor excellent, it is average in the market and it seem to follow the market trends without creating an identity of its own.
Néa is part of a trilogy of creations launched in 2015 and inspired by lost civilizations, but I believe that the inspiration was more in creation than in execution. Its scent is inspired by the golden era of the Byzantine Empire, which one would expect at the least opulence to the maximum.
In practice, it is curious that the Byzantine Empire translates into a perfume that has a foot in the gourmand, a foot in the floral and a foot in the oriental woody. It’s a little bit of everything and at least it flows well thanks to the talent of the perfumer Luca Maffei. But it is as if he had been forced to hold on to the richness of the idea. For example, the opening has a caramelized, spicy and fruity aroma that refers to the ambre narghile, but when you think the idea will deepen the perfume for, softens and changes focus. It goes into a more floral rose bouquet in the modern Arabic style, but also without saturation, followed soon to a median base of woods and resins as well. It is as if the Byzantine Empire of Néa was high in Xanax. Nothing that excites, but not bad either.
Olya Serdyuk – :
Burnt caramel and dates. Very unusual, definitely not your typical sweet gourmand fragrance. It is somehow sweet and green at the same time, with a smoky background. There is something that puts me off in this perfume, a note that is too harsh and bitter for me; palmleaf, pomegranate maybe? I can’t figure it out. Hands down to this edgy, unconventional sweet fragrance (you can’t say that about many recent releases, can you? 🙂 and I really hope to start enjoying it more as time goes by.
kozel850 – :
Plummy caramel & tonka dates.
When i got a sample of this back in Jun 2016 i just didn’t bother to review it as my intention was to know why did this won “the art and olfactive award 2016”, honestly, i wasn’t impressed at all back then, but today! i absolutely have no idea what was i thinking back then! It has that slight gourmand that swings between caramel, dates, and plums while at the same time you get the feeling of fruitti rather than a gourmand blend! i am now around 10 minutes and i just can’t detect any other none gourmand notes like jasmines, artemisia, patchouli, and above them all, no black pepper nor roses! just sweet delicious sugary dates.
I don’t myself believe in gender fragrances, & this is absolutely delicate and fits both men and women, but need a try before buy, so do yourself a favor and invest in a sample of this if you are planning to purchase full bottle according to notes or reviews, cause i myself didn’t notice how good this juice is back then.
Edit (18th Aug 2017) The more i use the sample, the more this fragrance gets near “Across Sands” by Maison Martin Margiela, but softer and sweeter! Maybe the dates note that make both smell similar.
Incuchetync – :
I’m looking for this. If anyone has a bottle to sell or swap, please PM me.
Deroxkdmek – :
Seductive and extremely well-made!
This fragrance is devoted to Byzantine Church, built by Basil I between the years 876–80 and under the his personal supervision, in the south-eastern corner of the Great Palace complex. The Nea was to be Basil’s Hagia Sophia and played an important role in palace ceremonies. Its very name, “New Church”, – meant beginning of a new era.
Used as a gunpowder storage by the Ottomans, the building was destroyed in 1490 after being struck by lightning. In English usage, the church is usually referred to as The Nea.
The perfumer tried to recreate the very heart of the Imperial Palace, – with its rich, opulent colours/notes, gourmand and floriental at the same time, succulent and delicious notes of caramel with dried fruits are surrounded by artemisia and palm leaf, just like the palace was surrounded by majestic gardens. It is deep, splendid combination of all notes ,that makes you craving for it more and more. Soft and inviting, making you so welcomed and loved. Lasting power is great, you constantly feel all sorts of levels coming up and down around your head.
Want to thank our lovely Ioli19 for test-opportunity, much obliged!
Abadiumumpimi – :
Glorious scent, it’s fruity and sweet but not in a girly, candy way, my colleuge complimented me on this yesterday and said it reminded her of Dubai and the beautiful scents she had encountered there. I had to show her the bottle!
ganSS – :
This is a super strong oriental fragrance.
It’s quite sweet, but in a very grown up way. I can sense dates, vanilla, caramel, tonka bean and amber.
It seemed a bit overwhelming to me at first, but in a couple of hours, it settles down very nicely.
It’s very interesting smelling, spicy and sweet, quite complex, but not too confusing.
There’s even some herbal green note in it.
It has a good longevity and huge sillage.
A very interesting product of quality.
vselma – :
I just got this today and I am really enjoying it! It opens up a bit green (from the palm leaves?), with chewy, syrupy dried dates drizzled in caramel. The smell of green leaves gets lighter, just softly playing in the background as the caramel gets a bit stronger, like it’s hardening up over the dates with little hints of ripe plums and fresh roses peeking through. The palm leaves and the patch clash a bit in the very beginning upon first spray but quickly mellow and fade into the background.
I will say that I don’t find this similar to Note Vanille. I actually think it has more similarities to Mon Parfum Cristal and Flowerbomb though I find Flowerbomb to be a bit screechy but luckily Nea is much softer, and not as heavy.
kirill818181 – :
First Impressions:
This is seriously delicious and so well blended! Fantastic fragrance!
Very fruity but with deep to it, not the simple girly scent.
VINZAO – :
Scent – dates, plum, caramel & patchouli.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
siniy69 – :
Néa opens with a gourmand mix of dry plums and dates, with just a hint of pomengranate sweetness. To my nose, the combination is mostly like a fruity-caramel sirup, liquid and sparkling, rather than dense and sticky like some gourmands tend to be. In about half an hour, the perfume migrates slowly towards the floral side and a perfect rose appears, with its fuchsia petals glowing, ready to embrace the composition. At this moment Néa shows to me another facet and I coud swear that there is a cherry note hidden between the flowers. This note is not listed, so maybe the jasmine and rose notes, mixed with the fruits like to play with my senses.
The base of the perfume is very warm and well balanced and I can detect a musky, somehow dirty accord, but in a good way, blended with a chocolatey patchouli, laid to rest on an inviting vanilla bed.
Néa surprised me in a good way, it is a soft and luminous gormand, like a coral cashmere sweater, warm and inviting and in my opinion it can be worn by women of all ages, because it simply has the power to destress and bring a smile on someone’s face.
njc877speagoessenda – :
The colour of the juice reflects it’s scent.
I personally love this fragrance.
On opening there is a pink rose, it is sweet and edible with juicy pomegranate and sticky dates.
The caramel is humming during the life of the scent, but what makes it truly unique is the smell of sitting under a Palm tree, it smells ‘humid’ and slightly salty.
I cannot think of another scent to compare it to, as I’ve said the Palm leaf addition to a scent is truly new to me.
I have tried other Jul Et Mad fragrances, this is the only one to entice me.