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Kayariafuemia – :
The classic 19th century cologne Shipr features a great opening with a massive blast of civet and some geranium/rose. My EdC performs like an aftershave, with most of the weight up top and only a subtle heart accord. I tried to put a lot on but 45 minutes later it’s a quiet, pleasant skin scent of amber, oakmoss, and civet. Would love an EdT/EdP of this.
Nothing in this fragrance gives me a powdery vibe at all – it’s more moist and translucent with the sharp bergamot top and glowing amber. Definitely not rosewater either – Shipr would benefit from a more prominent floral accord, imo. Perhaps reformulation, as this juice is dirt cheap – it performs far above its price point.
The likeable base accord of oakmoss, amber, and civet glows beautifully as a skin scent for many hours. Dating from the same year as Jicky, Shipr of course has no lavender and is far simpler, but carries a similar ultra-vintage dandy vibe.
The base accord is absolutely terrific. You really can’t go wrong with tons of civet, labdanum, and oakmoss, with vanilla and patchouli accents. Next time I’ll be dousing myself so this accord can really bloom. Terrific stuff!
I actually would like to pick up several more bottles of this and add my own ingredients (after all the splash opening is big!). You could make a Jicky variation with lavender and rose; or a masculine spicy green chypre with coriander seed and more patchouli; or a bitter aromatic chypre with patchouli, wormwood, and lavender… the possibilities are great with this stuff. It’s a bit basic and skeletal though. A theme to hang variations off – like the chypre genre itself.
nobody108 – :
What a curious find.
So Green (it actually is physically green), furrow and herbaceous an opening that has a citric edge which quickly morphs into an almost ‘what did I just step in’ earthy Oakmoss-holding-hands-with-something-else arrangement.
As you check your shoe for fecal components and try to figure out the other mysterious element (Labdanum?), there’s a liquid, ambery musk that creeps in, offering a sweetness to the leaf-litter and fungus, rotting wood and all the secret animal eyes sizing you up deep from within a dark, chilling forest.
It’s a (surprisingly) headache-free experience, but I certainly wouldn’t wear it in public until it dries down into a softer Ambery/musk/vanilla marshmallow that barely creeps past your shirt collar.
Initially, It’s the witch’s house in Hansel & Gretl, It’s the wolf in red Riding Hood. It’s a dark wood that smells a bit bad and dead at the same time as it does fresh after the rain. But it does have a good finish, with an agreeable dry down. A surprisingly good fragrance overall.
It’s also extremely cheap, around $3 for an 85ml bottle, short lived, and worth keeping as an emergency only antiseptic/sterilizing agent.
Curious indeed.
sergo1984 – :
Beautiful oakmoss, like Mitsouko’s skeleton. This is the best cologne I’ve tried, soft and interesting (if you like oakmoss), no sharpness anywhere.
Inhazyrhyhory – :
In Russia you can find the Shipr for about 50-55 rubles, 0.74$. They use it as after shave balsam mainly. The aroma is quite nice for its price. The projection and the longevity are both poor. It lasts about 10-12 minutes or so (like Clinique Happy or Eau de Cartier.. lol !!). The main notes I get are vivid oakmoss, sandalwood, labdanum and patsouli. The other notes are weak. Generally if it was in EDT or EDP version with better longevity and projection would be an interesting masculine scent which it could be one of my best.
garik177 – :
Greenly powdery. Seems much more like a woman’s scent to my American nose. Definitely chypre, but an old-style powdery scent with leather-like tones. My modern bottle seems cheaply made and thin. Doesn’t last long on the skin, but it’s dirt cheap. Not going to keep it, but I had to try it when I read in a Russian blog that a perfumista recalled this scent mostly as what her grandad said they used to drink during lean times. I can’t imagine drinking this!
ladyann_1407 – :
This one smells like kind-hearted woman or man, someone to whom you trust, like your father or a mother, very natural and old schoolish, this is a good smell for a maniac. 🙂
Prophion – :
Smells like rose water to me. It is a bit sweet and does not last for long. But for the price of it (less than $7) I find it as a real bargain!!
nanflorik – :
I purchased it off of ebay, it took a while to get since it was coming from overseas. It was cheap, but sure doesn’t smell that way. It is a true gem. Very green, very relaxing. There isn’t anything overpowering about it, to me it is more relaxing than anything else. I can’t attest about the longevity, but I got a big 4 oz bottle so I can reapply if needed. I am really enjoying this one. I do think it is very suitable for women.
Makson-666 – :
Just like Malegria I was stealing it from time to time from my father. Many years ago. It smelled like a ruby-red rose on a bed of wet emerald green moss in a warm, humid summer day. Aubusson’s “Histoire d’amour” dry down on fabrics is the closest to what I remember.
valera151988 – :
VERy unisex.I feel as if Im walking thru a huge forrest,massive tree top gently blowing in the wind.Im in the shade and the wisps of wind r cool.I reach into my back pocket and take out a green apple to eat.All feels right with the world.
lordorc – :
I really wish it was available for sniffing. The notes show it as a true chypre with one thing added. I reallly would enjoy this. Its sad you can find it, most modern chypre frags i’ve seen don’t seem to have all the frame notes of a classic chypre frag. People seem to forget a chypre must have five main scent notes and the rest is there to add intrest.
Wern_2011 – :
Despite of it`s age, it is one of the most unisex colognes I know. As a child, I adored it and stole it from my grandpa on regular bases.It easily can grow up on you and become your signature scent – it does not have the harshness of most chypres, and to me it`s mostly oriental. I miss it.