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Maxximus13 – :
All the references to tomato stem and tomato plant make me think of Miller Harris’ Cassis en Feuille; does anyone know if they smell similar?
даниэль – :
Opens with the rosey-crisp scent of a freshly cut red bell pepper. Drydown is subtly lovely, albeit a bit sweet for my taste, dominated by creamy poppy-chocolate-vanilla-amber, though the spices keep it from being cloying. The sweetness might be better on me in cooler weather. I’m impressed by the way these disparate notes come together.
tgstalker – :
Red Chlli Pepper – check.
Vanilla – check (a little)
Fresh – check
Unique – check
Anything else – meh
Awesome scent – I ummed and ahhed about blind buying this one for so long.
Finally took the plunge – not disappointed – exactly what I expected and classic L’Artisan. I find all the negative reviews here hard to fathom. Don’t let people tell you it smells just like a garden or vegetables – whilst this may be the case it blends together to sit as a wearable perfume in its own right. I found when I suggested what it was or what the notes were people were then like – oh yeah – otherwise they thought it was just an awesome perfume!
I think most notes here are complimentary but to me it really does smell like Red Chillli and vanilla. Don’t get the Cacao. Amazing how well this captures a fresh cut Chilli Pepper at first.
Awesome buy – for male (casual) or female (professional or casual – infact I think it is very sexy on a woman). Was a conversation starter at work (as was Comptoir Sud Pacifique Souffle Des Indes) – not that it will necessarily get you noticed but once my colleagues sampled it they were amazed such creations existed.
Another one for the niche shelf for when I need a change of pace.
bratskbars – :
This fragrance is rather linear in a sense that I can only smell green peppers and no other notes. It smells like the inside of the pepper where all the seeds are. On the other hand it also smells humid and green (not at all bright green) and it reminds me of my fathers greenhouse where he grew tomatoes, purple grapes and cucumbers. It has a similar musty, stuffy green scent found in greenhouses.
I enjoy this scent but it’s so linear it would be boring to wear it an entire day. Therefore I am combining with other fragrances.
Zadig & Voltaires This is her on top of Piment Brulant creates a “wild blackberry in a mossy forest” scent.
ras15 – :
Piment Brulant lets me think I’m still a gardener. Haven’t worked the soil for several years but still avidly peruse the seed catalogs every winter and stroll through the garden centers each spring. In my mind I’m growing several varieties of tomatoes and peppers which end up in glorious salads and delicious grilled summer meals.
Piment Brulant is going outside to the garden early in the morning with a cup of coffee in hand and bending to pick the weeds that have popped up overnight. It’s crushing the leaves of pepper and tomato between my fingers and inhaling the aromas of spring, summer, salad and the gods and goddesses of plenty.
Don’t expect “perfume” or you’ll be disappointed, as many reviewers state they have been. Expect the fragrance of a sunny roadside market stall filled with the ripe goodness of a vegetable garden well-nurtured and Mother Nature’s promise of colorful, tasty and nutritious salads enjoyed outdoors with loving friends and family.
To my nose and to coworkers sniffing Piment Brulant on me, there’s absolutely no chocolate, no cinnamon, no clove…nothing shown in the pyramid above but peppers. Chile peppers, green bell peppers, ripe red bell peppers, and a background scent of tomato. More like a Demeter experience than a L’Artisan creation, but a lovely surprise nonetheless.
I love Piment Brulant and someday I will once again plant tomatoes and peppers.
pavelpavel – :
خوشمزه و چهار فصل …
یه عطر چهار فصل میخوام که شیرین و جذاب باشه و شیرینی اون اذیتم نکنه. شیک و رسمی با ماندگاری خوب. از زمانی که با “پیمِنت برولَنت” آشنا شدم؛ یکی از پیشنهادام همین کاره. مهم نیست که مشابه زیاده ازش، مهم کیفیت و کلاس کاره. اگه فکر میکنید که وانیل سوخته های گرم و مصنوعی مثل این عطرن؛ پیشنهاد میکنم همزمان تست کنید. اون عطرای گرونقیمتی که حسابی سر و صدا بپا کردن و خودشون رو فاخر میدونن هم وقتی در کنار این کار قرار می گیرن و با این عطر مقایسشون میکنم؛ حس میکنم تمام این مدت یه آبنبات چوبی بهم دادن و گفتن بهترین شیرینی حال حاضر همینه!
اما هیچ چیز جای کیفیت رو نمی گیره؛ همچنانکه یه محصول معطر زمانی لایق این میشه که بهش عنوان اثر هنری رو بدن که اصیل و با شخصیت باشه.
پیمِنت برولنت یه عطر شیک اما سرزندست. یه شروع شیرین و کمی خاکی داره که کمی هم خشکه اما خیلی زود شیرینی مطبوع لذیذ کاراملی-شکلاتی وارد این فضا میشن و در عین سادگی و درخشندگی، لایه هایی پودری و وانیلی به کار میدن. بر همین محور لذیذ کاراملی و شیرین، در طراوتی دلپسند اما معتدل عطر شخصیت خودش رو حفظ میکنه و حاشیه هایی اسپایسی و مرطوب وارد کار میشن که به مرور یه بوی فلفلی-خاکی شیک و با کیفیت خودشو بالا میکشه و بعد از اینکه یه اعلام حضور مقتدرانه میکنه؛ با فضای گورمند شکلاتی-وانیلی همراه میشه که تا پایان به موازات هم جلو میرن و کنتراست وانیلی-فلفلی بسیار دلچسبی رو بدست میدن.
پیمِنت برولِنت به واقع یه عطر فلفلی بامزه و گوشه داره که نه با مزه بودنش سرگیجه آور و دل زنندست و نه گوشه دار بودنش مهیب و خفه کننده. همه چیز در ملایمت و درخششِ با کلاس و لوکس جریان داره که در عین سادگی بسیار عمیق و با ابهته.
یه عطر ملایم دلبرانه که هر وقت سال میشه پوشیدش بغیر از گرمای ظهر تابستون. مثل سایر مزایایی که داره موندگاری خیلی خوبی داره و پخشش هم مناسبه. نه از اون عطراست که عربده بکشه و نه از اون کاراییه که بعد از چند دقیقه باید التماسشون کرد که یه رخ نشون بدن…
کامنت: م.ع
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marin_0 – :
There is an unmistakabley vegetal vibe to this scent which certainly makes it stand out amongst other perfumes, but that is the not the strangest aspect of this fragrance for the truly distinguishing feature in this is its use of chilli pepper. When I apply this, I have an immediate and physical reaction – I sweat! My brow beads and I have the same reaction as if I had just snapped open a frightfully hot pepper, the seeds wriggling and writhing under my nose looking to create mischief. This is always such an unexpected note in perfumery, and here it is blended with cocoa drawing to mind the mexican hot chocolate recipes of antiquity. There is a tomato leaf or other green-stem note that with the capsicim peppers creates the predominant vegetal vibe. This makes it appear very fresh, ideal for the springtime and bright brisk early summer days when the sun shines but the air is still crisp. My personal taste is not for gourmand or bright or sweet or vegetal scents so this is something I wear so infreuqently, but I can see how this perfume would exhalt someone whose friends describe them as a ray of sunshine, someone youthful and vibrant who uplifts those around them but who is too enigmatic to smell how anyone else around them might.
wxnpkhdu – :
Well, this one has me stumped. This was a free sample with purchase, one I requested specifically for its notes as I have a thing for chocolate scents. All I can say is that if I’d purchased a full bottle based on the notes, I’d be feeling pretty ripped off right about now, and pretty damn angry. I don’t get any chocolate or vanilla or amber or musk. There’s a weird, sharp note, like a crushed tomato plant stem. I get a bit of the chili pepper with a faint hint of a (very old) cinnamon stick and some dusty old cloves – ones that have escaped from the packet and have been sitting in the bottom of the spice rack forever – and that’s it. And after a couple of minutes, the scent is completely gone. I’ve re-applied three times, thinking maybe it was just weak and I needed to put on a bit more, but nope. I’d love to see what this is like on someone else, but on me, it’s just, well, nothing. I can’t even smell enough in this to make a call as to whether I like it or not – there’s just nothing there. Thinking it was maybe my skin chemistry, I asked my husband to try this one, and he could barely smell anything either, so maybe it is simply a bad sample. It’s a shame, because the notes in this all look so good. Definitely try before you buy. If I get the chance to try another sample and it’s different, I’ll update my review.
noobzz – :
Definitely feel the chilli pepper bell pepper, and nice amber and chocolate (I can’t smell cinnamon) and at first it’s uniqueness was attractive. I will not however be buying a bottle either as it does have that fresh veg bell pepper note that just doesn’t gel with every day wear, an interesting scent but again not something you want to smell like generally.
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jisappeaf – :
I definately get the chili pepper/ bell pepper vibe. I made the mistake of spraying twice and im tasting this! Tickles the nose too! I get a hint of cinammon but i dont get any of the cocoa. As some have mentioned it does have a green vegetal vibe and not really a rich spicy as is typical for orientals. Interesting concept but i dont really want to smell like ive been chopping veg so i will pass! Thanks planet x for the generous sample though x
5432222222 – :
Oh I love this! Just trying my first sniff of this now on my arm. The opening is capsicum, so fresh and sweet! Vanilla, chocolate, chilli and poppy combining to make this scent uplifting, fresh and romantic. Beautiful! Will add more when it settles. I think you have to love capsicum to love this.
Mezwe884JeomiWogkig – :
This is an odd fragrance. Spicy and vegetal at the beginning. Not too pleasant. Awful-smelling on paper. But it warms on my skin, and the drydown smells amazingly like Dzongkha’s drydown. Not identical, mind you. But FAR more than one would have predicted, given the listed notes, and the lack of similarly between them.
pexqhhpw – :
Piment Brûlant Review
Starts with a traffic light set of bell peppers – think green, then progressively getting sweeter through yellow then red. This lasts for the first 30 minutes as we start picking up slight amber and clove layered over a thicker poppy scent. I get no development into cacao or cinnamon, and the dry down of vanilla and chili pepper warmth kind of seems out of place, though far from unpleasant. This certainly is a different ‘chili’ take than Thierry Mugler created.
Over all, certainly a unique fragrance with solid longevity and average silage. I would say this wasn’t for the younger generation, as you need to have lots of confidence to wear this. I would also recommend this for cooler times in the year.
Scent: 6/10
Projection: 7/10
Longevity: 7/10
Gender: unisex
Season: Spring/Autumn
danil23-08 – :
It is spicey and it is sweet, but it’s lightspeed-fading and has no depth, so you can’t get to know it. It leaves no trace on my skin. A very disappointing frangrance.
Алистер – :
This is a Red Hot Chilli Pepper. The ‘Heat’ sensation is coming from the chilli seeds, I know this because In Sri Lanka, we are all chili dogs.
It just overshadows and clouds all other layers behind it.there are many sensual notes in the background but the chilli note doesn’t allow me to peek into the rest.
For me it is a perfume to make someone in my homeland laugh and make fun at me for paying a price to buy a red chilli.
But I do appreciate the sense and aesthete of the designer’s thinking.
pro100cykuh – :
Opens with a lushious, sharp, green texture which is fresh and definitely smells of poppy, a floral smell I’m actually familiar with. It’s not particularly pleasant or sweet but very naturally, sappy and slightly metallic I also detect a hint of resin in here perhaps galbanum seeing as it’s a lasting fresh, greenness. Throughout Piment Brulant there’s a strength from that pimento at the back, peppered heat in all its glory and a definite hint of that earthy, bitter-sweet Cocoa which works as perfectly in this perfume as it does in a chocolate & chili dessert.
As it dries down this becomes stronger and more and more what the fragrance is all about, really feels like it might burn your nose if you sniff it for too long. I think the desired effect is similar to others from this perfumer, a real challenge to the senses, coupled with something I actually enjoy wearing, like Timbuktu. I think Bertrand Duchaufour great and although this isn’t my favourite of his work I can’t help but appreciate the craft. I think if you like green openings coupled with very spicy drydowns but at the same time quite weak, translucent, skin scents….then I’d recommend this one. Not a big projector and with average lasting power Piment Brulent was an enjoyable fragrance for me.
djlumen – :
I love this perfume. It is green but not like a garden. It is fresh but not like calligna. It has a sweetness but not vanilla like everyone says . More like a touch of iris to balance. It is extremely wearable, unusual and long lasting. I love l artisan and it’s one of the best though nothing compares to passage d’enfer . I wear it often, it’s easy to wear to work as it is to a night out. You couldn’t not Like it …. Unusual but clean and gorgeous.
bockr – :
I get some cinnamon in the opening but the amber is there from the beginning to the end. I love the drydown with amber and pepper. Never imagined pepper could smell so good in a scent. Very comforting but in an original way.
Real_Forever – :
Very similar to Pacifica’s Mexican Cocoa without the richness and depth–Piment Brulant is a thin, transparent, unsatisfying scent. An interesting concept, but if you are attracted to it, Pacifica does it better at a fraction of the cost.
kgj298intitytek – :
Curiously enough, typical base notes (vanilla, musk, amber) present themselves in the opening of Piment Brulant, then fade away to reveal the scent of chili powder. It’s a “Benjamin Buttons” fragrance, aging in reverse.
That being said, I wish the opening lasted! The cinnamon-spice and warm sweetness coupled with peppery heat is uniquely “foody” while also feeling wearable. (I never perceived any chocolate or clove during the brisk open-to-drydown process of Piment Brulant.) The drydown smells like the taste of paprika powder and cayenne powder mixed; grainy and ground – one powder maintaining a red color and one powder adding heat. It has zero sweetness or depth.
I am going to try and layer something chocolately over this (or maybe a linear caramel scent) to see what happens. I can’t wear Piment Brulant alone – I feel like I’ve spilled Taco Bell fire sauce on my shirt…which is a normal occurrence in my life, but I don’t want to smell like that on purpose.
eoa148Diobtetty – :
This was a blind buy and it worked out really well. Ultimately this is a green floral not an oriental spicy to my nose.
The notes are misleading and when I read it smelled like a bell pepper I was a little worried. To me it has a signature tart green juicy fruit note so similar to Duchaufour’s CDG Rhubarb. In this case it is tempered with a tangy tomato leaf to creates the ‘pepper’note.
The cocoa is strong in the opening to provide a sweetbitter dry backdrop but this fades more over time. I can’t distinguish the floral notes as poppy isn’t a real floral note but I would say there is something hot pink in there which reminds me of Miracle. The base is light, slightly dusty with clove and transparent amber.
It doesn’t come on strong but I could smell on my clothes the next day and definitely wanted more.
tarannoge – :
This one reminds me of the movie Chocolat. It smells like I imagine that hot Mexican chocolate with a pinch of hot pepper that was served to the grumpy lady. There is indeed a version of hot chocolate served in parts of Mexico made of bitter dark chocolate and chile (dry and ground chile, of various types). PB smells like that but also with some additional spices in it. Me like it.
Anunkunurama – :
Just because “cocoa” and “vanilla” are listed in the fragrance description doesn’t mean Piment Brulant is a sweet fragrance; there’s nothing sweet about it! In fact, I can’t smell any cocoa or chocolate OR vanilla. Not one ounce of sugary sweetness here, just a vegetable garden… FRESH vegetables. Fresh, but not in a soapy or “aqua” way. I know it has clove in it, but the clove note is so well-blended that it isn’t noticeable. Overall, a somewhat unique, although somewhat familiar, fragrance. Whatever their original intention, I give L’Artisan a Thumbs Up for duplicating the smell of a farmers market, and converting it into a surprisingly wearable fragrance.
UPDATE: After wearing it again, and again, and again, as someone else said, it really doesn’t have any depth. Could have been a great fragrance.
vali4 – :
Poppy and pepper. I wished the other sweet/gourmand notes stuck out but they really don’t. This leans towards being more feminine than anything. This is not a safe blind buy as I now know. Judging by the pyramid it could have been a masterpiece but it falls into the dislike category for myself.
vpt853InsuffBooni – :
This one is pretty strange. I tried it because of the note tree, hoping for something like a spicy bitter chocolate scent or even a sweet spicy type, but this is just pepper all the way through. My parents both call this bell pepper but I would describe this more as a hot pepper, freshly cut and then applied directly to the wrist. The smell is so true I was actually surprised it didn’t burn!
I’m used to my skin pulling out sweet notes in perfume but I get no chocolate, vanilla, or amber from this. I don’t even smell cinnamon. It’s completely one-note on me, and as such it’s not one I’d wear again. I certainly can’t say it’s boring, but I hoped for the pepper to be a part of the whole instead of the entire scent.
KIV – :
Raspberry cacao and tomato stems. It doesn’t sound like it’d work, but I’m really liking this fragrance, it feels much more wearable to me than some of my other L’Artisans. For some reason this perfume feels powdery to me, as though every time I put my nose to my wrist I’m sniffing cacao powder. I don’t get the pepper reference, and I cook with peppers from time to time.
Very interesting combination of bright green notes and dusty undertones. I keep wanting to reapply.
Kachalka – :
This smelled exactly like what I was looking for on the tester strip, finally, I thought, an put it on my skin. And somehow it never got there. Seriously, you can detect a “something” but you can’t smell it at all. Such a shame.
On the strip it’s warm, spicy, peppery, something that I imagine must really develop on skin, into something comforting without being sickly sweet.
gym593Diobtetty – :
Piment brulant wasn’t on my wishlist at all… after having tried Poivre piquant I felt pretty bored to go for another in the same series.
So I just got here by chance as a friend blindbought it and wanted to immediately get rid of it. He was disgusted. In my case, I was instantly charmed! Not as in : wow, beautiful! but more in a different sort of feeling… I felt demanded.
On the one hand, the strong smell of hot chili pepper after you open one with a knife and take your nose very close to the vegetable… that exact feeling is what is offered here. Does it sound a bit too plain? too weird? well… it does indeed but I still can’t believe how l’Artisan managed to give it a very exotic, wearable and somehow sexy edge. Think of the chili in Dzongkha but without the metal part or the incense. They’re twin scents to me… this is much simpler and less spectacular but still manages to outstand marvellosly. I can’t sense the chocolate at all I’m afraid…
On the other hand let me add I’ve been stopped by several people to ask what I’m wearing. No one said chili pepper or anything close… they mentioned “flowers”, “wilderness” and “uniqueness”. When I told them the piment part they all went: ohhhh true!!! So I suggest you try this without thinking of smelling like food since most people have a different take on smells according to where they get them from. I’m sure many women and men could stand out using this as a signature without a single person recognizing the obvious chili pepper… The same happens in Padparadscha where the chili is very strong. It simply gives you an alluring extra touch.
Still… not the easiest scent to go around with… needs a try before buy. If you get stressed with weird scents, don’t even spray. As for me: a great new addition! It lasts for ever and ever and works better in early spring and autumn… could be too much in summer and too faint in cold cold winter.
vetal26 – :
This starts off with a huge pop of raspberry-chocolate-something that I found gratingly tangy – enough that I wondered if this would be the first L’Artisan scent I scrubbed off my arm. Gave it some time, and it mellowed into a clovey peppery odor with the teeniest whiff of chocolate. Not a bad scent at all – kind of interesting and complex – but not how I personally want to smell.
ivashkiny3 – :
Okay, I’m going to be honest here. The notes listed are SERIOUSLY misleading and if someone purchased this based on the notes listed in the description I am certain it would leave them with an industrial sized WTF. This does NOT smell like hardly anything listed. It smells like vegetation. Specifically, the cutting board where you have been cutting up a variety of multi colored peppers. Once it settles down it warms up a TAD and I detect a TINY, minuscule amount of chocolate and a itty bitty smidge of vanilla. But seriously….cinnamon?? Really?? Chocolate?? It smells like a vegetable garden. Like if you are watering a vegetable garden of mixed veggies and get a light whiff of veggies and vines. I was doing just that this morning and I swear the bed should have a L’Artisan sign on it because this is exactly what I was smelling. And it is just a VERY faint smell. I mean, this is like an eau fraiche.
I love L’Artisan. I own 20 full bottles and have owned more in the past. But I just got this and Poivre Piquant and both leave me puzzled. I love pepper….its not that…I just don’t get either one really. Neither do I get the plastic caps they are using now (I want my heavy gold cap!) I know scent is different for everyone and I wish I was getting what other people are getting because I HATE saying anything negative about L’Artisan. I feel blasphemous because they are a near holy figure to me.
Jepudepes – :
while checking the notes listed in Piment Brûlant, the savoury dark chocolate spiced up by chili pepper immediately pops into my head. Unfortunately, on me the chocolate never manages to peep out. Upon application, it smells spicy, green and crisp, like many have pointed out, the freshly cut green bell pepper. I can hardly get other notes suggested. After about 4 hours, it evolves towards red chili pepper but overall it remains the same cold spicy tone which is a similar ambiance that I got from Un Jardin après la Mousson.
The sillage is close to skin. The longevity is at least 6 hours. A very interesting olfactory exprience though not exactly what I expected. It’s actually a versatile fragrance, fresh enough for summer, spicy enough for winter. However, it lacks something sensual to evoke a ‘love’ for the scent itself. I’d love to get a small bottle for my collection, but a 100ml bottle just seems an eternity to me.
victoire1992 – :
This fragrance really smells hot pepper! Even too natural:) I wouldn’t like to smell this way. But if you’re hot pepper lover – it’s for you.
MYpetheoche – :
This must surely be one of the most underrated perfumes of all due to it’s uniqueness. I can’t think of anything else like it; an incredibly uplifting, mouth-watering, unisex, zesty mix of fresh bell peppers and soft musk.
It lasts nearly all day (quite incredible for a citrus perfume). I can’t smell anything like chocolate in it, as other people have claimed.
Give it a try if you’re looking for something light and bright with a different character to the usual floral/vanilla/fruity formula. I think it’s spectacularly good.
paffainge – :
Ugh, I definetely don’t like this. All I can smell is the pepper…
Gunter – :
Paprika passion.
Piment Brulant is an interesting discovery for me. Not because I’ve never heard about the actual paprika-chocolate combo,but because for me this was the very first encounter with paprika note used in perfume.This is the reason why I gave a try to this scent,because I thought: if the pairing of chocolat-chilli culinary works together-forming a piquant taste,then perhaps should work well for the olfactory world as well?.:)
Piment Brulant is a special fragrance.To me evokes sweet memories about Hungary, where I was born. Paprika and chilli is one of the famous product of my country, the hungarians very proud of the hungarian paprika.
The initial blast of this perfume on me the exact smell of the freshly cutted green chilli paprika with its characteric features. Green, slightly bitter and vegetal smell with almost nose-tingling effect.Under this crisp and fresh flavor I can smell pale flowers in the background with hardly sweet cocoa and slightly noticable raspberry note. Warm and spicy, piquant and really unique combination is this.The hot chilli is stays focus in the middle phase as well,rounded its edginess with sweet cocoa and vanilla.As the time goes by the scent getting deeper and warmer,amber and the poppy flower make the composition richer and thicker.The debut intensity turns into a sophisticated piquancy.The scent itself well-balanced,warm but fresh,spicy and savoury.If this fragrance was really inspired by the aztech’s famous chocolate drink,I have to say Mr.Douchaufour perfectly image that.
Piment Brulant is special and undoubtedly unique fragrance.Strangely pleasant and pleasantly strange.Maybe a little astounding at the first moments but worth wait the outcome.
Perhaps Piment Brulant a little too gourmand for my taste, but I admit,I had a very pleasant experience with this scent. The strong presense of the chilli pepper is amazingly lift up the character of this fragrance, gives a sparkling and quirky edge to the perfume. I recommend to sampling this scent before buying but if You have a chance,really worth to give a try to this interesting perfume.
If you are looking for a new olfactory adveture, here you are: Piment Brulant is a perfect fragrance for the begin of exploring.;)
pompymhv129intitytek – :
This is actually one of the most surprising, interesting fragrances I ever had the chance to try. It really smells like when you slice open a chilli in the kitchen and the strong heat gets to your throat almost making you sneeze. And there is a sweetness with it which gives it balance. It is warm, warm… getting warmer. I actually feared it would start burning on the skin where I applied it. But it didn’t. It also let through some undefined floral smell. I liked the experience, I don’t know when I’m going to put it on, but I have it in my collection now and it is one of the most original fragrances I ever smelled.
aldezaran – :
Wow, I decided not to read up on any reviews before trying this out, and I was shocked at the difference in what I smelled vs. what are the actual ingredients in this lovely concoction. From the top notes, I swore this was a zesty, clean, green, pepper-and-tomato scent with a hint of floral just beneath…I thought it would make a great day scent in the spring months, make the wearer feel energized and confident. Then later, it darkened…and thickened. Like a savory syrup, it became a spicy chili/chocolate confection – the zest is kept alive, but it takes a sexier turn…I can see why one of the earlier reviewers mentioned wearing this to parties! It still makes me think of warmer months, but it could definitely be worn more as a date night or evening-out perfume. I can’t stop sniffing it. I’m not wholly convinced I need a full bottle, but a smaller decant seems like a great place to start. The tiny sample vial I have won’t be nearly enough for me to continue this adventure!
dafte – :
I like P.B., in spite of all the time, I took to make a proper decision about it . The green opening is what the majority and me get since the very beginning, but on my skin, also the double ‘hot’ effect of pimento is evident: spicy as it is on one side and warmy on the other: so a double sensation at the same time. The presence of chocolate – that on my skin is clearly detectable – helps to give a sense of unity to this fragrance, but I cannot distinguish any vanilla notes in change. I love most of B. D. creations, but I think that Piment Brulant is more an intention to investigate new paths in perfumery, than creating a ‘beautiful’ fragrance, easy to be appreciated (that’s NOT a fault!) by everyone, therefore I would say this is an original frag, no matter if you like it or not, but probably ‘difficult’ to love (see above the majority of people voting). Whispering sillage but good persistence for being both an e.d.t. and a creation by l’Artisan P. as well. I believe that it could be really versatile concerning ‘when to use it’, according to my own experience, it is great with rainy, cold depressing weather……
It’s a frag that seems – to me – so ‘natural’.
lecsej – :
Where is chocolate?? All I can smell is spice and green/flower. Instead of what i have imagined, PB as a fiery/dirty sweet/passionate lover; this is just a no fuss/clean/elegant longtime girlfriend.
A nice smell, but does not last long, good for office maybe. Not worth the price.
Pulka – :
It smells heavenly in the bottle – spicy chocolate. On my skin it smells like I’ve rubbed freshly cut green pepper juice all over me, and I don’t enjoy the scent.
pavlik68 – :
Scent as at my mother-in-law in the greenhouse. The spicy paprika, the chocolate unfortunately does not appear at me.
165133r – :
Piment Brulant is a transparent and very natural and clean scent. It’s not thick- what is an advantage for me, because I do not like thick or viscous perfumes.
Piment B. opens with the really “vegetable garden” like notes of fresh, juicy and very aromatic peppers.
I sense also moist, cool and crumpled/macerated poppy petals and an intense smell of carnations, with their characteristic bitterness.
I have to admit that I don’t “detect” the smell of the chocolate, rather powdery, bitter, raw cocoa, which pleasantly tickles the nose.
Although Piment Brulant remains on my skin for several hours, it does not smell distinctly ambery or musky. It’s more like fine, “suede” sweetness in the base notes.
For me it is a beautiful, luminous, evocative and joyful fragrance, which despite its transparency has, on my skin, the amazing staying power.
arok – :
I like scents that aren’t the norm and stand out, although I can’t say I’d wear it everyday. This one is one of those that need a confident person to wear who doesn’t take #$*% from any one. I think I’d wear this one more around holidays such as thanksgiving or christmas. It’s very very warm and spicy, although part of it’s peppery side gives it a crispness like bell pepper, yet at the same time it’s like cayenne. Amber and vanilla seem to give it’s peppery-ness a softer more feminine side although I can’t seem to get much of a hint for chocolate.
fighter25 – :
Yes, you will smell like hot peppers. Do I love it? Yes. I also don’t get much chocolate in the scent, just the fresh, spicy smell of peppers. I’m a big fan of L’Artisan Parfumeur and this by-far is my favorite, but I like weird smells. Meh.
lamiaxolbok – :
My mum uses this perfume when she goes to parties and she smells really good. Party perfume for sure…
shdv1 – :
Now that Iron chefs have opened the floodgates to culinary creativity, I’m willing to try just about anything. I was skeptical, but I tried Lindt dark chocolate studded with red chili peppers and discovered that it actually tastes quite good. Do the same notes mingle harmoniously in perfume? Bernard Duchaufour apparently set out to find out with L’Artisan Parfumeur PIMENT BRULANT.
Although I applaud the designer’s daring, his willingness to risk ridicule for having produced a perfume which smells EXACTLY like salsa, I’m afraid my admiration does not extend so far as to be willing to wear such a scent. A strong green bell pepper note combines in this composition with red chili peppers and a slightly acidic quality to produce a fragrance empirically indistinguishable from, believe it or not: salsa. <br /