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alexadm – :
Is it just me? Last week I kept on sniffing my surrondings in vain. I just could not find the source of the enigmatic patchouli I felt coming and going. When I tried the sample of this today it was instant! This is it! But no such note is listed….Ahh, the nose play tricks sometimes! But I file it as a Pacht anyway. Gives me the same feeling and a good patch is a good pacht.
вася4957 – :
Reminds Feminite du Bois, only by Shiseido.
WASEDSEREGA – :
WOW.. Apparently this fragrance was wayyy ahead of its time in the West!
On another website, the listed notes are:
[Top] Guatemalan cardamom
[Heart] Jinkoh wood, fig-tree, orris honey
[Base] Amber, Mexican black vanilla
As @Kterhark mentioned back in 2010, there is this “Jinkoh” wood, and if anyone is familiar with Japanese incense, Jinkoh actually stands for “sinking fragrance,” which is aloeswood/agarwood/oudh!!
If you also look at the description here, it states “kyara incense (olibanum)” as one of the notes, which is relatable yet completely incorrect & misunderstood/mistranslated.
First, “Kyara” is the highest grade of aloeswood in Japan, which is strictly from Vietnam and distinct from Jinkoh—I highly doubt that was the actual note.
Second, regardless Jinkoh or Kyara, they are oud incense, FAR from olibanum/frankincense, which also explains the musky odor some mentions…so there.
macmanus – :
Clearly a good quality fragrance, but the combination of iris and cardamom just doesn’t work for me, it smells kind of musty. Perhaps this would be interesting on a man.
MariyaS – :
Un iris retro’ molto sottile,caldo e orientale,piccante a lungo poi piu dolce e un po’… gnammmmy.
Piu’femminile.
Ci piace.
occabbeta – :
A very nice musky iris scent. It reminds me of Juliette Has A Gun Calamity J.
javorik76 – :
A warm, spicy, comforting iris. I would love to smell this on a man…
kola85 – :
This is nice, and spicier than the notes pyramid suggests. I actually thought it had almost a suede, honey and incense vibe which, combined with the iris, reminded me of a milder Anubis by Papillon. This inspired me to wear the Anubis after my shower. So yes, it is nice, but it just made me want something similar but stronger so I don’t love it. My husband (a pithy critic at times) concluded this was “inoffensive and not really you”. (Does this mean that I am offensive? – Sometimes, yes. Is it wrong for a fragrance to be inoffensive? – Often, no.)
I do tend to lean towards bolder scents but this is a good, sweet, spicy iris. I’ll just ramp mine up a bit and enjoy some time with the God of the underworld.
tschurka – :
After falling for Odori Iris and OJ’s Vanille d’Iris, I thought I had my need for smoky irises covered. But, no! This is another gorgeous variation on the theme.
It opens very animalic, almost like a leather or some kind of musk. This phase is not my favorite but it’s not awful. After about 90 minutes (in cool weather), the heart starts to open and this is a beautiful spicy sweet iris and incense accord that lasts for several hours before the iris starts to fade away leaving traces of sweet incense.
PG has a kind of house base, a sweet, dry plush thing that shows up most strongly in the dry down. I really enjoy it and here it’s accented with the cardamom and the coolness of the iris.
The evolution of this one doesn’t take that long to complete. Maybe six hours in cooler weather but traces of it linger on wrists until showering and on clothes for days.
This one is a true unisex scent to me. The opening maybe skews a bit masculine and the heart more feminine, it depends more on individual tastes as to who will enjoy it rather than gender norms.
Lovely and unique.
German A – :
PG14 seriously is one of the best iris interpretation in the perfumery. Iris root-like aroma together with very prominent frankincense makes such different aroma you probably cannot imagine. Deep, mysterious, kind of scent for meditation. It is a YIN and YANG in their purest form ever. Iris makes the bright, delicate aura while incense together with cardamom the dark side of composition. I have to admit that all elements are perfectly balanced, however recognizable to me. Thus it is perfect, no mess, no tonka, no girlish (sugary) or sporty (men type) freshness. Higher level of knowledge. I love it.
brazilimax – :
my most feminine scent. a very “clever iris” to quote luca turin and so it is. the spice and dry wood balance the honey to uplift the root and butter of the iris. tested it with heeley’s iris de nuit on the other arm, which on me is an insipid violet baby powder. iris oriental retains its interest through a hint of spice and root in the warm honeyed dry down and it is tenacious, hours later still there, still warm, spicy and radiant
hohol89 – :
This is a lovely interpretation of iris. Soft, a bit powdery, a balancing act between sweet and dry. You have these dry woods and spice with a creamy vanilla, yin and yang. I find the overall mood to be comforting and not laundry clean like other iris perfumes. I do wish it projected a little more, but it lasts a long time.
o.bender – :
Woody, spicy, sour iris.
Iris and cardamom stand out the most, but it almost feels like it’s iris and clove combination. It’s slightly powdery. Honey and vanilla is almost unnoticeable.
I love iris fragrances and this offering is like nothing else I smelled before. Very interesting, but too much cardamom for me.
sakartvelo1801 – :
Wow, gorgeous! I get Mitsouko with iris!
Vitalis641 – :
****Parfumerie Generale – Iris Taizo
When it starts, i get a woody incense note right away…
But then, iris and honey take the lead of the scent and bring it to a beautiful journey of comfort.
Very very interesting one. It’s worth at least a try…
pavlus91 – :
This is amazing and I almost fell in love. Dusty irises, smoky honey, and swirling vanillic incense. It makes me visualize a bonfire with the smoke rising up on a dusky purple horizon. Only problem: poor lasting power.
sez1988 – :
Wow, I blind sampled this – and for my nose the sum of these parts smells pretty much everything but what they are.
For me Iris Taizo is a dollop of quality italian peppermint-chocolate chip ice cream slowly melting on top of pleasant but rather synthetic feeling wood / resin base with soft and creamy vanilla accord. There’s a hint of very generic floral, that white musc enhanced air-freshener type – a bit more would be too much, anyway. I don’t get any honey – nor a hint of typical iris. Even the cardamom, one of my favorite notes and so awesome in PG Indochine is unrecognizable in this (I think that it is that nose-cooling “peppermint”-part, haha!).
Well, that did not sound like a praise, but I rather liked it. Not a huge favorite, but balanced, not too sweet and rather unusual. In it’s engineered beauty it even brought my mind some Thierry Mugler scents – maybe a freshened, slightly (but slightly) feminized and lightened up A*men – sans the sweet patchouli and distinct lavendar.
Dj Cristi – :
Two thoughts: 1) Even though I say that I don’t like gourmand fragrances, some of my favorite classics and contemporaries have at least some edible component, if only an aromatic fruity appeal or an herbal touch. Shalimar, Ambre Sultan, Mitsouko, Tocade, Baghari, Missoni, Azzaro Couture. 2) I know a brilliant ICU RN who captures the core of critical care nursing saying, “Gradients are life.” To understand hemodynamics, the basis of keeping most ICU patients alive, this bit of wisdom is crucial.
With these two thoughts in mind, Iris Oriental. Trivial as this might sound, Iris Oriental is like a floral porridge. An apple-smelling, chamomile-like iris note against a dense almost resinous grain scent is the gradient that allows for the striking life of this perfume. Just enough of an otherwise dull breakfast obligation becomes the breath between the fruity, floral and root-like tendencies of the iris that makes this quiet but intriguing concoction to soar.
Radmir4ik007 – :
To me Iris Taizo opens very woody insence like. A dry wood, maybe that is the cardamom note that Im smelling.
Then I smell the orris that is very powdery on my skin.
The dry down is sweetend by the honey and vanilla.
It turns into a warm powdery and soft woody iris with a sweet undertone. I like it but more for colder weather
Lis:) – :
PG is one interesting house… All of its fragrances have a common denominator, and regardless of the notes, they are a little bit alike.
Iris Taizo is one of the better ones. A very calm, spicy iris. At the beginning it has a masculine touch to it. It’s warm, cozy, and if it had a texture, it would be that of a ground cinnamon. The flower notes are very toned down, sooth, leathery. Despite the honey and vanilla, it does not feel like a very sweet fragrance.
The drydown is very quiet, creamy, sweet, feels like a lazy summer evening.
I have tried better attempts at iris (just to mention the Heeley’s masterpiece), but it’s definitely an ivery well composed fragrance with a remarkable longetivity.
selector – :
For me it’s very feminine. Definetely not feeling this as something masculine or even unisex. Well, it has some “male perfume” qualities at the beggining with burst of cardamon and a little boozy feeling, but after those few seconds it turns to a lovely, sweet, sexy and feminine scent.
I’m not so fund of iris notes, so I wasn’t expecting much from testing something called “Iris Taizo”, but the quality and the way the scent is so complex surprises me in a very, very good way. It’s very delightful to my nose, but I do feel a little bit too much of honey, which makes it a tiny, tiny bit too sweet for me to enjoy it completely.
Not something I would buy, but for those who’s skin does not disagree with iris this would be marvelous!
trulyalya – :
For me, “Iris Oriental”(formerly “Taizo”) is THE perfect Iris scent. ~ Yet another magnifiscent creation by Monsieur Pierre !
(Though, I must admit, I probably reach for his “Cuir d’Iris” a little more often. But then, I regard that as the perfect leather scent rather. So I reach for this one to get my “Iris” fix).
~ Just delicious !
pol1969 – :
Honestly I got this sample because it included Jinkoh wood, which I’ve never heard of so my interest was peaked.
After wearing it for a few hours I get what is wrong with it: it is not marketed correctly. This is not an oriental, but an oriental woody spicy. It is also not for men and women, but for men.
But what a lovely woody spicy for men it is! This is a sweet, delicate wood with a lovely drydown.
Now here is what I find interesting: I always read about Bal a Versaille, Shalimar, etc. and their references to ‘sexy smells’. ‘Dirty panties’, ‘freshly used sheets’, etc.
This scent, to me, is what ‘sexy scent’ should smell like (on a man). It’s refined suggestive pleasure in a bottle. If Marilyn sleeps with just a drop of Chanel, the Statue of David could dress with just a drop of Iris Taizo.
I”m goign to see what my BF smells like in this…
k.kasich – :
I adore the development of this fragrance. It is complex and as rebella says “lush”. I love this fragrance and it is what turned me onto the iris not and the PG line.
Herasaliame – :
Usually a big fan of PG perfumes, tough Iris Taizo isn´t really one of my most liked from the line. It´s for sure a different take on iris, but I´ve tried better ones, or at least better on me.
In my opionion irises got a stunningly, beautiful smell and this perfume has it, unfortunatly I think it´s mixed with a little to much of other notes, on my skin the cardamom get too dominant and even tough I usually like cardamom, I realise I don´t like it that much in this scent.
Well, the drydown is worth waiting for. The cardamom become lighter and only lingers in the background. The vanilla honey drydown is pure joy, creamy, golden, lush and just enough sweet.
Try it, but maybe not what you´re expecting.