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pid461elipseskism – :
This is a very spicy and sour green unisex scent suitable for mild weather, spring and cool summer days. It fells incomfortable for my nose. This creation is one of the strongest of Frapin. Long lasting with moderate sillage.
Dominant notes are a big spicy green combo of green grapefruit, galbanum, hay, basil, vetiver, a green/spicy combo with burns slightly my nose. I don’t know how smells ravensara and molk broom. Anyway, it has nice performance but it’s not for me.
GoodvinA13 – :
A lovely and elegant citrus spice gourmand chypre from Frapin. Paradis Perdu (Lost Paradise) starts off with a citrusy blast of Bergamot, Grapefruit, Citrus, and Mandarin. The middle reveals notes of green leafy notes, galbanum, elemi, tropical fruit accords. Finally it settles into a mossy powdery base comprised of cedar, vetiver, rosewood, labdanum, oakmoss and musk leaving behind a gentle trail of tropical fruits. There is a lot going on here with so many accords, yet the overall feeling remains light and balmy. It is like talking a walk in a fruit laden orchard on a nice sunny yet cool day. Beautifully blended with moderate projection, sillage and longevity. Easily unisex and retains that understated and refined Frapin signature. Enjoy!
kirill-981 – :
This fragrance is interesting but disappointing. I think for me there is just too much going on. I can smell the same order of notes as the general consensus reveals above.
I’ve worked out what note has ruined it for me. My old nemesis Elemis has as usual been amplified on my skin and overwhelmed the rest of the notes.
Such a shame.
Hetemusty – :
Absolutely fabulous!sexy,seducing. The combination of fruity juicy paradise fruits,patchouli with the dryness of aromatic woods and cedar with vetyver makes it a very unique and original perfume.The dry down is very similar to Comme des Garcons Series 6 Synthetic Tar. Can be wear day or night time. I can’t understand the bad reviews,I absolutely love it! l.Don’t be afraid, nothing weird or fruit salad as wrongly stated, worth blind buying.
shu1271 – :
بوی گیاهی خشک، خوشبو و جذاب
توصیه میکنم ترکیب این ادکلن باادکلن های زیر رو هم تست کنید
PARADIS PERDU BY FRAPIN + THE ORCHID MAN BY FRAPIN
PARADIS PERDU BY FRAPIN + ILE POURPRE BY LIQUIDES IMAGINAIRES
Artmiks – :
I am considering to buy this. Amazing sour green fragrance, ugly bottle:(
Upd: Bought it on ebay and guess what? It’s my signature frag for almost a year now. There is no one similar to this, boozy vetiver juice.
Raylenegf – :
شروعی عالی و با کیفیت بسیار شبیه به کورسیکای امپایر کمی نعنایی تر اما به زودی ناامیدتان می کند و پخش، رایحه و طراوت خود را از دست می دهد و تماما تبدیل به یک کار معمولی می شود.
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Scent & Qualiy: 7/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 3/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 6/10
Affordability: 4/10
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Overall: 5.2/10
mose – :
One of my faves of theirs that I have tried so far. Wish it lasted longer but the citrus fades. This goes on a blast of resin and citrus then dries down with the basil, vetiver and some dry woods. It’s a lovely, fresh, green, citrus summer frag with some bite/depth because the vetiver and musk are there making this far more than a summer citrus fragrance.
tapik57 – :
I love Vetiver, and this I guess is Frapin’s take on it even thou from the name on the bottle one would’t know it. Bergamot, Basil, Vitiver, Grapefruit, Citron… It’s A masterpiece….Only thing is at $200 for 100ml… I will continue to wear Guerlain’s Vetiver Extreme…as it is A deeper and more complex masculine fragrance in my opinion. Paradis Perdu is A good edition for the serious Vetiver collector.. but if you are just looking for A quality fragrance…then I think you can do better with your dollars….
Also it does not last very long on my skin..I would have to reapply quite often to keep up the intense level for the peak of this fragrance…Thats A big downfall considering the cost of this juice!
Masculinity 8/10
Versatility 5/10
Value 1/10
Projection 6/10
Fragrance Quality 10/10
Bottle Worthy / No
verka – :
Very woody. The opening is cedar chips with sap and a bit of herb (basil seems to fit) There is some bergamont crispness at the start but it is more of a background note on me.
As it progresses I get a floral note and sweet sweet hay. Like the honey-ish smell of a loft of freshly baled hay, not sugary sweet. The woody notes never leave though. I am absolutely in love with this part. It lasts a good while and is delicious.
In the drydown I get a good amount of patchouli and a definite musk. This is a nice earthy scent. The sweet hay lingers too and occasionally makes itself more prominent. It is pure autumn!
The longevity is solid. It’s almost hour 12 and I still get trace amounts of scent.
Teks8 – :
Horrifying scent it s simply imposiblle to keep it on my skin. Even the $50 price for 100 ml here doesn t woth any effort, it s a black spot on Frapin creation list. A true shame that such a beautiful scent name is wasted. Pas.
gymander – :
9/10
nastysha7578master – :
i’m sampling this right now as it’s one of the remaining frapin scents i have not yet sampled.
it’s brutal. it’s unripe and totally green. all i get is fetid vetiver and precious little else. it’s totally not in the character of the house; nothing boozy or lofty about this. in fact, it’s quite base and, to tell the truth, disappointing.
personally speaking, i have NO idea how anyone can like or enjoy this one. it doesn’t smell nice or pleasant. i mean, uber-sweet and floral scents, whilst not my favourite, smell nice and pleasant. this, unfortunately, is none of the positive adjective mentioned previously. it’s quite brutal and unripe.
ETA: this, in a way, reminds me of vetyverio (diptyque) in that it is both citrus-sweet and vevitery-bitter. diptyque handles it much better. muted vetiver that doesn’t overpower…
gerasimow77 – :
I was going thru samples and found this. This is a very different type of scent. For people that think Chergui has hay in it you need to def sample this. It’s the driest scent that I have ever smelled and one must sample this to understand the word dry in fragrances. It’s accompanied by vetiver,grapefruit and galbanum giving it an overall green effect. For some odd reason I like it but not enough to buy a FB. Longevity is around 7 hours with average sillage.
chernomor – :
To be fair, I feel I should update my review. From the start is a light “lumber” scent that stays awhile. Nothing unpleasant about it except for a slight (very slight) rotten grapefruit that eventually peeks out, as has already been mentioned by another reviewer. Overall, not much personality, although not offensive, either.
adysey – :
Tomatoes? Rotting grapefruit? Paradis Perdu reminds me of something else, not sure what. I believe it smells like one of the Atelier Colognes, possibly Pomelo Paradis? No, wait: Pomelo Paradis was like citrus candy, but this isn’t. But definitely reminds me of Atelier. Either way, not for me. Nothing special. I like Pomelo Paradis, but Paradis Perdu, not so much.
shved_37 – :
Wow – this one is weird! It opens with an incredible mustiness that reminds me of Salvador Dali Pour Homme, then transitions into a rotting grapefruit accord rather than a floral note like the Dali.
It’s like a roll in the hay – and not clean hay, either.
I’ll hand it to Frapin for coming up with something unusual, but I don’t want to smell like this.
Fortunately it doesn’t last long on me or my sample would have resulted in a long, long day.
oleg8 – :
i get the tomato some people mention.
If i cut open a tomato and separate the slimy juice with the seeds in a plate, that,s how this smells like to me.
A metallic, green, freshcut tomato juice scent in a good way.
Later on strengthened by the cut leaves from the tomato plant.
Wears lightly and inoffensive and smells natural.
In the drydown it got a little sweeter but very very subtle. It,s not a sweet scent.
It,s the first time i smell such kind of fragrance.
Not bad
otshelnic60 – :
So much going on… so many ingredients my nose is all over the place, but on the end of the day this is sweet-aromatic, green fragrance. To simplify even more, this smells, not exactly but very close, like a …. tomato leaf and grass.
Reminds me of Corsica Furiosa by Parfum d`Empire.
yalonyagolubkov – :
Paradis Perdu is much different than a classic Frapin fragrance. In fact, if I tried this from a blank bottle, I wouldn’t have even thought about Frapin.
This scent opens with a juicy grapefriut note along with some other, less potent citruses. This hesperidic opening leaves its place to a green heart of different herbs and grasses. All of that greenness is further empowered with a prominently present galbanum. On my skin it feels like PP has a bit of incense or some other smoky stuff in the background, but I haven’t spotted that note here on Fragrantica, so maybe it’s just me. Later in the evolution a rooty, earthy vetiver note becomes the main one, with all those leaves lurking in the background.
In a way, this fragrance can be described as Frapin’s take on vetiver. If I take that as a viable description, then this is the greenest, earthiest vetiver I’ve encountered until now. The note I like the most here, though, is galbanum, which managed not only to make all this more green, but also to save fragrance from being too salad-like.
Longevity of Paradis Perdu is excellent, especially considering its character – it lasted fair ten hours on my skin, though with a soft sillage – it may seem to you that you leave a mile of trail because of its sharpness, but that’s really not the case. PP is perceptible, but nothing more than that.
This is a unique perfume for me, a juice that lasts without flowers or woods or spices, a wearable and versatile plant and root cocktail. I feel like this one is more aimed towards men, but that’s just an opinion. Personally, I love it, especially with that smoky feel I get through the leaves and grass and galbanum and vetiver.
9.25/10
loverozza – :
Terrible. Smells like Vegetal salad
a-gurtovnik – :
Im always intrigued with the idea of trying any Frapin. I like the fact that they load you with at least 15 notes hence giving you a bang for your buck. At a quick glance, what comes to mind is Fougere Bengale(only at a quick glance). The top is fresh and spicy; heavy on the woods with enough pungency to make your nose crinkle. There’s also a pinch of something perfumey that adds a somewhat soapy touch. The citrus is tight lipped but it is noticeable. Overall, this is a good one. It’s as complex as it looks.
resuscitate – :
Opens with pepper which quickly fades to grapefruit vetiver. The grapefruit blends with the vetiver and hay but only for minutes because then the grapefruit is coming on strong. Very real, juicy, sweet, grapefruit! And only grapefruit. Hours later its still going strong but all Im getting is the sweet, juicy grapefruit. I expected more.
)Александр( – :
I can’t wait to sniff this (: 1270 is my favourite scent ever and I am a big fan from much of this houses line up. Hopefully another winner