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llex – :
I get a lot of spicy cardamon/corriander combo on a beautiful musky /farn/ vetiver background… classic, very elegant, but not outdated. (unexpectidly)pretty good casual fragrance!!!
mavr – :
The first thought I had while first sampling it was: Very familiar, I know this scent.
Second thought I had: Oh, it’s very, very close to Cartier’s Déclaration.
For me the similarity comes more from the coriander seeds (to my nose amongst the most dominant notes), paired with the woody cedar note, musk and vetiver.
Is it a redundant and overprized copy of a designer fragrance after all?
No, it is not. Will tell you why I think so.
I bought it because it was heavily discounted in a perfumes shop that closed its doors forever. I wasn’t too sure if I would need it, as I didn’t like Déclaration that much. Was okay, but nothing I planned to buy.
Three or four days after my first test (on paper) only one bottle was left in that shop, and my hunting instinct forced me to buy it. For 30€/100ml it wouldn’t be a big loss after all.
Well, the bottle stayed untouched in my collection for some months. From time to time I took a sniff off the bottle, but never worn it.
Never felt the mood for this scent and always had Déclaration in my mind, when I had to decide my SOTD.
But the day came and I gave it a full wear.
As it appeared on paper as weak as it’s cousin from the great house of jewellery, I took quite some sprays (I think about 8 to 10) and man, I was so wrong.
This scent is far away from being weak. I felt kind of awkward when I entered the tram 20min later, as I was surrounded by a thick cloud of woody, powdery spiciness that even was a bit too much for myself (and I wear 5+ sprays of Interlude Man.. In the summer!).
Not only that it was intense and projected very well, no, it lasted surpricingly long on my skin (longer than Interlude Man, which my skin eats up in about 5 hours).
This could have been bad, if the similarity to Cartier’s fragrance would have been too close. As said, I didn’t like Déclaration that much. Surpricingly I do like Millésimé, maybe will start to even love it some day.
There’s a tiny bit of freshness after application which I can’t tell where it comes from, as all the other notes are there from the start, too. Maybe the lemon or the tea or both?
It doesn’t matter, as it is soon completely covered by the coriander (seed not leaves), cedar, some powdery note I feel must be iris (even though not listed in any pyramid I’ve seen) and some faint cardamom and saffron with a rather warm musk joining in a bit later.
In the far drydown some earthy elements show up, that strangely contribute to the warmth of this scent.
And to me it is more versatile than I first thought. I could wear it with jeans and pullover (if I’d wear jeans), with a suit, to got to work, to go shopping or to go to a fancy bar to dring expensive ‘niche’ whiskeys. Casual meets sophistication. But this scent may bring some class even to a very informal dress.
It is a lovely blend, warmer, thicker, more balanced than Déclaration. If the intention really was to copy a (rather unknown) designer scent, I’m glad they did. Because the result is so much better than the ‘inspiration’.
But actually I’m not sure if it was ment as a copy. Does a perfumer know every perfume created by other noses? Can’t believe this.. They’d be too busy to sample other stuff to make perfumes on their own.
This perfume deserves to be there. And it deserves to stand alone and not being discussed just as a copy.
prince2011i – :
based on a sample.
this is an unknown brand to me, and wont be one ill persue.
just a small spray of this has made my mind up, opens with a big bit of musk civet skank, and a base of florals which dont gel for me.
the civet/musky dirty smell lingers, and its offputting, so this one is a no go.
not bad enough to be a scrubber, but close.
slerhoolece – :
EN. Real Italian stile from previous era. Something that seemed to be lost forever, fresh and bitter, just a good quality fragrance from Naples.
IT. Il vero stile italiano dell’epoca ormai passata. Qualcosa che sembrava fosse perso per sempre, fresco e amaro, un profumo di qualità da Napoli.
den0711 – :
A COPY of Cartier Declaration…
No more, no less.
I’m seeing that this house is dedicated to copy other fragrances but at higher prices!!!.
Daytona 10 = copy of Aventus, Panama 1924 = copy of Le Male…
INCREDIBLE !!!!
cessisgughict – :
it’s a very good parfume, quality and elegance in a beautifull fragance.
8/10
feiri – :
interesting aroma, very poor duration and low sillage
6/10
Megera33 – :
A good, spicy (mainly cardamom) and slightly boozy vetiver. Millesimè sits comfortably somewhere between Dyptique L’Autre, CDG White and Voyage D’Hermes. Maybe not the most original composition on the planet but it still smells damn good.
Rating: 7/10