To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
krieger39 – :
Everything about this perfume is devastatingly gorgeous, from the name (haunting and very fitting), the rounded black bottle with the shiny gold letters, and then, there’s the scent. Silences, what a perfectly chosen name for this beauty. She doesn’t flaunt herself, she is not an attention seeker. She’s the hauntingly beautiful girl that hangs out in the library and stays in the corner because she’s shy and doesn’t want to draw attention to herself. But once you give her a chance, she sings to you and then you never forget her. Unique and special, the very greenest of any perfume I have or have tried; not grassy green, but deep foresty, mossy, woody green. As dark of a green as I can imagine a perfume to be. And it’s stunningly tenacious, so please know this if you’re going to try it. I love it so I’m prejudiced, but this may be a love it or hate it scent due to the style, era, etc. Although I don’t wear her often because I think she’s so precious that I don’t want to become completely familiar and accustomed to her, she will always have a place in my perfume-loving heart.
gedrh – :
Wonderful aldehyde soapy goodness. It’s amazing how close it is to No.19 (which is a top 10 fav of mine) but for a fraction of the price, no kidding that good! It doesn’t project like Chanel but the longevity is decent. It wafts in and out as a skin scent but oh my goodness its powdery floral fresh. I can now save my Chanel Poudre for special occasions and wear this without abandon. Iam one happy girl!
Marina1949 – :
now am experiencing one of those rare moments when unable to formulate a solid opinion on a fragrance. this one seems to be a shapeshifter!
yesterday when I first tested, initially I got a bright blast of citrusy aromatic goodness and the drydown powdery and green.
now today i had the green powdery blast first (mmostly oakmoss if I’m right) and now it’s turning into a slightly sweet floral…
very intriguing, will need to test it more!
bes2570 – :
I usually hate aldehydes and Oakmoss type fragrances but this… ugh this is truly lovely! I want to drink it,bathe in it, spray the juice directly in my nose! Ha ha Okay, so maybe that’s a bit much. I’m just telling you this stuff is amazing especially at the price.
When I first sniffed it I thought oh gross such a 1980’s-90’s scent. THEN… the dry down. Oh my goodness this is a dead ringer for Chanel No19! I’m laying here on my sofa doused in it as we speak and I feel in love!
If you are looking for a Chanel no 19 alternative, this is it. This can be your break in scent into the world of Chanel because It’s so darn close. Give it a try if you are a Chanel fan. I promise you won’t be disappointed!
rcshurup – :
A moody, melancholic green. I have the reformulated version (name repeated on the box) and it’s very bracing, quickly drying down into a clean, soapy green scent. I detect little powder but it’s quite dry.
It’s cold and powerful, like enormous dock leaves and tiny white flowers before heavy rain begins. A forest floor covered in nameless green plants that barely see the sun through the canopies.
It’s somber. That’s the best way I can describe it and it suits its name perfectly.
Duke54 – :
I wanted so badly to like this fragrance. I purchased this blindly based on reviews and my love for Chanel no 19. I don’t know if I just got a bad bottle, but it is nothing but men’s aftershave to me. Astringent and cloying and unrelenting. Nothing like the green floral powder I get from no 19, it’s just not for me. If anyone wants a bottle of this that has only been sprayed several times, please message me. I will give it to you for free.
Agegoglallosy – :
Seeing as how Eternity was my signature for years, I thought I knew what a green fragrance was. But this perfume took it to a whole nother level. WOW THIS IS GREEN. The first blast was so bitter it scared me. I was having flashbacks of the time I tried to drink dandelion tea from the health food store (I had never thrown tea out until then). But thankfully this mellows down into a manageable cleanliness over the course of 30 minutes to an hour. I’m on the fence whether or not I like it. I definitely wouldn’t spray right before I walked out the door, I would be self-conscious, but I think the casual non-perfumistas I encounter throughout my day would enjoy wafts of the mid to drydown.
Unlalslak – :
Whoa. The first spray was a really strong blast of galbanum and cassia. I was worried it might just be too green for me. But after it dried down, about an hour later, it’s powdery and soapy and earthy. I can’t really pick out any single note, it’s just a nice, clean scent without being sharp or screechy. I’ve never tested Chanel No. 19 so I can’t say this compares but it’s very lovely.
(this review is for a vintage mini. not sure of the year)
Richi123 – :
As so many others have noted, this is a No 19 EDP clone that is completely worthy of a blind buy if you’re into green fragrances. No 19, being a Chanel frangrance, is formulated on a much higher budget, with the result that it is richer in the middle and lasts quite a bit longer. Silences, although a little roughened around the edges, is both lovely and loveable.
Also makes an entirely suitable masculine.
Now if only someone can come up with a way to make the gorgeous, bright-green tang of the galbanum top-note last for six hours… Heaven!
kupmap86 – :
I blindbought it and like it.
It is classy and green, but on my skin it also gets spicy! Does anyone else gets that? It´s spicy, i would say dark green with character.
banas13 – :
I am so grateful to my fellow fragranticans for the time and energy they put into reviews. I live very far from decent perfume shopping and I am largely homebound with a disability so I don’t get to test many perfumes unless I order samples and I often can’t find ones I want.
But, looking at these reviews, I felt like this was a perfume for me so I blind bought it. It’s just glorious. You all described it beautifully. It is purple and green and lush and clean and magic. It’s fresh green grass and fat sunny roses. I am just delighted.
emoneSape – :
Oh my Silences is very similar to Chanel No 19 ..I have always been into vintage perfumes such as Cinnabar , Youth Dew , Ciara , Opium , Shalimar and of course Chanel perfumes .. My mother influenced me in my tastes of perfumes how I remember the 1st day of 2nd grade she dabbed just a tiny bit of Chanel 19 and I felt so special but as I grew older I ordinarily favor sweet and spicy fragrances so I have to admit this is really my 1st fresh clean scent and I’m totally loving it … Since my thyroid has started messing up perfumes just don’t mix well with my skin or even last long so I refuse to spend a ton of money on any perfume since I discovered Angel would barely last a hour on me … This perfume lasted about 5 hours , sillage on me is arm length … But keep in mind hormonial imbalances can make a perfume smell out of this world or in my case a perfume like Opium makes me smell like I poured cinnamon oil on me.. If you are looking for a fresh clean scent similar to Chanel no 19 I suggest trying this based on how it smells on me and my family’s opinion …
522966 – :
Green, mossy,galbanum..vetiver..floral…middle notes.
And then the woody/green aspect.
Yes, similar to Chanel 19….and the vibe of Jean Louis Scherrer,Paloma Picaso, EL Knowing. My cup of tea, for sure. A great bargain fo what your getting.
Iros – :
There is a beautiful and evocative passage from Paul Goodman’s 1972 book Speaking and Language that details nine different kinds of silences; among them are “…the fertile silence of awareness, pasturing the soul, whence emerge new thoughts”; the alive silence of alert perception, ready to say, “This… this…”; the musical silence that accompanies absorbed activity; [and] the silence of peaceful accord with other persons or communion with the cosmos.”(The entire quote, while not relevant to this review, is lovely and warrants a Google search.)
What a perfect way to describe this fragrance! I imagine a glade, dappled with sunlight, surrounded by a forest, green and full, populated by that enchanting class of animals: woodland creatures. My silence is fertile and alive, the creatures’ silence is musical, and our collective silence is peaceful. I could not articulate the feelings this scent evokes more perfectly: the silences of a beautiful day spent communing with nature.
zyaba84 – :
Fresh green floral, almost grassy but in an exquisite way. Yes it’s a little old fashioned, but probably because it doesn’t screech sweetness and fruit the way some of today’s fragrances do. I remember seeing this back in the ’70s and ’80s and never tried it then.
Perhaps I am now the right vintage to appreciate this classic.
alvina – :
What a fascinating fragrance! I was looking for something green and certainly found it. And I can definitely understand why it’s beloved of some and hated by others – and why it shouldn’t be considered an “easy” perfume to wear. I tried Silences for the first time today, and had to share a few impressions. I write for a living, and with perfume, I’m not thinking about technical things like analyzing the various notes. It’s the emotional impact of scent that appeals to me. Silences takes me into the garden, where I’m pulling weeds with my mom. The first spray is a little shocking. There’s nothing sweet, or even musky. To my nose, it starts with bitter green note that reminds me of cut dandelions. There are a few flowers around the edges, but it’s the bitter green that lasts through all the stages of the perfume’s life on my skin. I keep sniffing, and wondering why it’s so appealing. Maybe it’s that the perfumer didn’t make it easy to appreciate Silences. You have to keep working at it to notice the lovely florals around the green heart.
Dorceadelina – :
I can’t stay silent about SILENCES as it’s a lovely scent: mellow, nuanced and green. On me, SILENCES is very “perfumey” and I find it difficult to pick apart the different notes. There are subtle floral notes throughout the progression and after 2 or 3 hours, I start picking up undertones of powdery rose. This isn’t a sweet fragrance. Sillage is moderate and longevity is pretty good. I’ve become very fond of green scents and have been expanding my collection in this category. Some of the “greens” take a bit of getting used to, but this one is comfortable from the very beginning. It goes with everything and can be dressed up or down.
I don’t experience any sharpness or harshness in the opening phase. I have a modern bottle of the edp and never had the vintage, so can’t compare them. (Batch code 3324B/23. I couldn’t find the date of production.) Also, it appears that a number of reviewers purchased this as a cheaper alternative to Chanel No. 19. As I don’t have the Chanel, I can’t speak to how similar it might be, so I’m enjoying SILENCES on its own merits. This had been a blind buy for me and all-in-all, I’m quite pleased with it.
pnevmatike – :
I blind bought a vintage bottle of this for pretty cheap and I really disliked it for a long time. The opening is super sharp, and you really shouldn’t smell it at all for at least five minutes because it’s so harsh.
But I’ve recently given silences another chance… and WOW!This fragrance is very evocative of a wet forest, and it’s so much fun! Overall, I’d say it’s bitter and mossy, yet somehow sparkling and light.
It makes me think of gardens I’ve daydreamed about.
Definitely worth giving a try, but If you’re new to chypres I would definitely sample first. Apparently Silences isn’t produced anymore (it’s now Silences Sublime or whatever). But the vintages and even more recent bottles are very easy to find online.
You’ll know if it’s a vintage if the sprayer is under a cap that you can take off (this version has more sillage and longevity). The newer bottles have the sprayer as an actual part of the “cap”.
sultan4ik – :
So unique and interesting. Not quite anything. It goes on a floral aldehyde then quickly gets green and a bit chypre then very herbaceous and woody. This scent is dry, green, aromatic, and cedar in the base. No flowers after the top.
мойша72 – :
This is a definite no for me. Too floral for my liking…the floral notes give this a scented hairspray vibe. This smells very 80’s to me but not in a good way, like say Diors Poison. I was really under the impression that the green notes dominated this fragrance from the reviews, but not on my skin…another blind buy gone wrong, glad it’s inexpensive.
magnate89 – :
Silences. Certainly a green forestry reverence to things natural. For me this starts with something of Chanel NO 19, though that’s where it ends. The dry down for me is a bitter and sharp forest. Certainly not the powdery soft cool restraint of Chanel 19. Rather the restraint of a silent forest unspoilt by careless hands and machines.
I can imagine this being beautifully cool on a summer day. For now I am experimenting with it as an autumn fragrance.
It is my foray into a new world of fragrance, my fragrances normally not so green. Yet that is my fragrance journey since the passing of my husband. A place of experimenting, like trying my wings in the world. This to me is a loan ranger sort of fragrance.
Long live Silences!
milena – :
It is SO harsh and untamed. A wild beast. Way too rough for my nose. I never give a perfume just one try. I tried this several times with long intervals – but it just won’t grow on me. But like my mom says: “There is a lid for every pot.” Well, this lid absolutely doesn’t fit on me. If I never have to smell this frag again, I will surely not burst out into tears. My colleague, who loves to get gifted those frags that I cannot deal with, declined my offer for this freebie. So I just threw it into the trash. This could not even function as a room spray for me or her!
smartluxusx – :
Im smelling a miniature I just received in mail, it is of course a vintage (recent Silences doesn’t make miniatures I guess) . It smells nicer, deeper, creamier and classier than the new formula, I know it is boring now that everyone is talking about “old/new formula” and it is kind of cheesy terminology, but here we are, a vintage juice in my left hand, and a new/out of factory one in my right palm… the old/expired liquid wins my nose’s Oscar. Im searching for some vintage actual bottles soon….
Egorych – :
If you like Silences, you may like Murasaki from Shiseido as well.
sergg1974 – :
Adore it! The green (galbunum?) is refreshing and comforting at the same time. I enjoy sharing my love of scent with my family, and this falls into the “family scent” category in my collection. This means that it is affordable and well liked enough by everyone that I allow the others in the home to use it whenever they like. Reminds me of being a kid in the Midwest on a July night.
GeltAppejek – :
This was a blind buy sample, and I wasn’t sure what it would smell like, but was sold on the look of the bottle alone. When it arrived, I immediately fell in love with it because it was different from anything I’ve ever had. I knew it wouldn’t be my every day fragrance since my wardrobe consists of over 70 other wonderful juices, but since I was searching for a “biker” fragrance I’d decided that Jacomo’s Silences would be THAT perfume. I doused myself in this magnificent stuff this morning, jumped on my motorcycle, and off I went. I could smell it in the breeze, and there was nothing silent about it. The best part….even after all the outside aftermath, it was still on strong when I reached my destination. It smells awesome on clothing, especially paired with leather….I feel like a million dollars.
Highly recommended for anyone in the biker world looking for something with staying power while outdoors. Lest I forget to mention….I ordered a 3.4 oz bottle.
leopold – :
A green floral scent. Like the cut stems of fresh flowers. Quite a pungent green opening (not unpleasant) followed quickly by the smell of spring flowers, including roses. Quite light and refreshing; for me a daytime, Spring/Summer fragrance. Moderate in sillage, I would happily wear this at work. One of those scents from decades ago that was originally marketed at women, but nowadays unisex.
December 2016
Inz – :
For a while now I have been agonising over whether to buy a bottle of Silences or just bite the bullet and go for the Chanel No 19. Recently it was my birthday and my lovely mum gave me the money, as my present, to buy a bottle of Chanel No 19. I so adore it, and haven’t owned a bottle since I was about 19 years old. But in the end, I just couldn’t justify spending all that money on only one bottle, albeit an utterly gorgeous one, when I could get 6 or 7 various fragrances instead! Needless to say, I took the economical route and ordered a bottle of Silences, among others.
It arrived today.
I cautiously applied it to my arm and sniffed, praying it would indeed be everything that I had hoped it would be.
I won’t go into descriptions of notes etc mostly because I won’t do it justice. But I can say that the initial sharp green slightly mossy scent, which I love so much and epitomizes Chanel No 19, is well and truly represented in Silences. And then after a time, it mellows a little but continues in the same vein and maintains that same wonderful green sharp smell.
I’ve not had it on my skin long enough to find out whether it will dry down on me in the same manner of Chanel No 19 – the evolution from a sharp, green and tantalizing scent to something soft, pretty and powdery. For me, it’s that contrast, that transformation of scent, that makes Chanel No 19 so perfect. I will have to wait to find that out, but so far it smells fantastic.
I think I can say without doubt that I will be stocking up on this inexpensive gem. I would still love to indulge at some point and buy myself a bottle of Chanel No 19 as well, but until then, I know I will be loving Silences.
EDIT: I wore Silences the next day to work and while it smelled beautiful, the sillage and longevity were a little disappointing. But it’s only a minor defect IMO considering the affordability of this scent and how lovely it is.
tovsuhov – :
remind me cabotine (GRES)
ksv170572 – :
Chanel 19’s working class cousin. I like it a lot. The dry down is a bit metallic and generically woody.
DuegeBekvub – :
I think it’s a classic perfume for an adult (I mean the state of mind here), strong and independent woman. The opening on me is quite sharp (but it calms down soon), fresh and green. Like a mixture of herbal tea, some strong alcohol and some gas bubbles to make it sparkling (I guess, it must be the citrus notes). After about 5 minutes it becomes less sharp, more wearable, slightly sweeter (but I wouldn’t describe “Silences” as a sweet perfume), the sharp edges become rounder. To be honest, I don’t smell any flowers, except a beautiful, aromatic hyacinth. The base is aromatic, still green, but less strong and woody, which gives to this perfume that recognizable, a bit masculine, aromatic and a bit serious Chanel vibe.
It’s like a book -you have red it and you keep thinking about it all the time. Like a black, glossy grand piano makes you imagine the kind of music played on it.
I think you must at least understand and like Chanel creations, “Cabochard” by Gress, “Ivoire” by Balmain, the classic scents by Guerlain (“Mitsouko” or “Heure Bleue”), “First” by Van Cleef & Arpels and other chypre type scents. It won’t be my favorite perfume, but now and then, for a special mood when I just want to have a moment of peace, this will do perfectly.
fjy344speagoessenda – :
Un beau flacon galet noir avec le nom poétique doré, de temps en temps disponible à petit prix pour sa qualité sur les sites de ventes privées.
C’est un beau floral vert poivré et très puissant, le galbanum en majesté , classique et élégant.
Comme Magie noire je trouve que c’est un parfum minéral, par moment il me rappelle L’Orientale d’Eau jeune d’autrefois (chypre ylang ylang).
Il n’est pas portable par temps chaud mais adapté au soir.
Excellente tenue, le lendemain il est encore un peu présent.
Ni discret, ni gentil, ni confortable, ni actuel, mais pour moi ce ne sont pas de réels défauts ; ) c’est un parfum qu’il faut apprivoiser puis assumer.
pinebrick – :
Oh how I wish I got what most of the reviewers got out of this fragrance. On first spray, this is overwhelming. Powerful, almost nauseating, sharp greens. And I love greens, so its very odd for me not to completely enjoy one. To me, this is green at the start, then within a few moments its piratically gone. It turns into a powdery green floral which is nice but… its so close to the skin that I need to have my nose right on my wrist to smell it. After the initial application – no projection. At all. It was inexpensive, so I could reapply, but the way it acts when I first spray it on, I almost don’t want to punish myself with that again.
I’m glad I experienced it, but I don’t think this will be one of my favorites.
дуте – :
Elegant greenness with woody dry down. Silences is perfect for day wear as it is non obtrusive yet makes its presence known. I have never been charmed by Chanel 19, maybe vintage would do it, and now I don’t need to. Silences calms me down and lifts me up at the same time. I normally go for oriental type of perfume but have only recently started gathering some greenness around me. I can see the references to Vent Vert vintage as well, but I gave mine away as it did not give me the same pleasure as the Jacomo does. And the bottle. Pure love. The round black bottle is a darling and I remember it from my childhood visits at the chemists, even though my mom never wore it as far as I remember. Do get it as it is a rip off and the day it vanishes from the market will be a sad day.
zidoff – :
If vintage Chanel No19 and vintage Ivoire de Balmain had a baby and put it on a bed of vintage Estee Lauder Private Collection, it would smell like vintage Jacomo Silences – which goes for very little on Ebay. Wonderful. If you love those perfumes in their vintage edition and are on a budget, this is the one to get.
More smoky and leathery on the dry-down that either Chanel 19 or Ivoire. It’s really a perfect perfume in my opinion.
Yudj – :
What an experience of deja-vu! Silences is classy, understated, and beautiful, and reminds me very much of an Avon scent I used to use called “Fantasque”.
BADIG450 – :
Fantastic green cypre. Reminiscent of the vintage Ivoire de Balmain, heavy with oakmoss and vetivier. Manages to maintain its sharp green notes in the dry down; which makes it a refreshing change from the usual vanilla/sandalwood/amber/musk bases seemingly all modern perfumes dry down as. Longevity and silage is amazing, this is a personal favorite. Not only is it gender neutral, I personally would love to smell this on a man 🙂
krestikinoliki – :
Hmmm….just received an order of a vintage Jacomo Silences. When other reviewers said “green”, I expected something on par with the green effect that I find in modern scents like Narciso Rodriguez For Her EDT. I was excited about seeing an earlier example of such a “green” scent. Instead upon initial spray, I find a fatty, slightly indolic jasmine. The overall effect is reminiscent of Cacharel’s Anais Anais. I love Anais Anais and often wear it during the fall, however Jacomo though reminiscent of the Cacharel fragrance lacks the depth and the indolic jasmine comes off as watery and non-descript. It’s the water left in the vase after the flowers of Anais Anais have been removed. It’s the remnants of Anais Anais that remain on the skin after a night of debauchery and a good long shower. I’m not in love, I’m mildly annoyed because I keep waiting for the famed Silences to show up.
2 HOURS LATER: Mid review, I decided to make a Sonic run because well…life is just better with brightly colored artificially flavored frozen sugar water. Yes. Yes, it is. Anyway, during my drive there and throughout the other errands that I ended up doing as well, I kept getting wafts of this tender but strong fresh meadow jasmine. Initially I thought it was some expensive scent in one of the boutiques I looked in (yeah, because I never end up going just one place, lol) but suddenly I realized that it was me! I’d only sprayed the scent on part of the back of my hand. It’s still reminiscent of Anais Anais, but instead of being the knock off version, it’s the wise grandmother that knows just how to impress without being showy and overdone. Niiiice. The indoles are smartly kept in check (much as I love Anais Anais, that is one of the issues I have with the initial portion of the dry down–waiting for those fecal notes to go away) such that I get to the best part of the scent much quicker.
I might need to invest in a back up bottle of this…
ETA: Longevity…I have the vintage formula so that might affect my perspective, but you don’t need much and it seems to last for a while. Let’s put it this way, I sprayed it on my hand because I’d already put on my perfume for the day. Aquolina Black Sugar.
Well, wouldn’t you know Silences somehow trumped Black Sugar in all of it’s smoky leather oudness! It was like the 70s just came and said, “Scram, make like a tree and leave”…. and so the oud (likely artificial) left
ETA 2: Reviewed the notes for both Anais and Silences—-interesting that they were released in the same year and interesting that they have near the same base notes and very similar heart notes. Anais has more top notes. Another thing that I don’t think anyone has mentioned: according to the listed base notes, Silences would be considered a green chypre. Explains why I enjoy it so much as well, the vetiver/oakmoss/sandalwood combination.
safmarine – :
Lush, fresh, green, mysterious and misty. There’s coldness and darkness in it. It lasts long on my skin 8+hrs. The level of freshness is like the scent of irish spring bar, but more sophisticated (I mean it in a good way).
Overall, I like it 🙂
Would I recommend it for those who like fresh and greens scents? YES.
aldm96 – :
Whether I’m wearing Shalimar or Silences, people around me punctually exclaim “You smell of roses!”… As I’m not a saint, I must simply accept that my skin amplifies rose, which is fine for oriental fumes but personally disappointing with green or chypre fragrances.
I love the sharp galbanum in the opening and was hoping that it would lead to narcissus or lily of the valley rather than a dewy rose. In this respect, on me Silences plays almost exactly like Chanel no 19, probably because the differing notes fade into the background on my skin.
Still, it is a lovely fragrance and do not regret my blind purchase at all. I will not wear it as often as Cristalle when in the mood for green but it’s too nice to be given away.
BTW, mine is a pre reformulation parfum de toilette in the matte grey box.
EDIT: Green makes a welcome return in the drydown paired with a slight sweetness, nice!
Viktor_Romanchuk – :
Silences seems to be a version of Piguet’s Bandit without the signature Isobutyl Quinoline leather note or any of the animalic qualities. Both perfumes have a strong, sharp Galbanum opening, with some heavier, rounder floral notes to temper the topnotes, and both of them have a tremendous sense of ‘wetness’ to them. This isn’t a damp, moldy basement wetness either. Silences and Bandit both remind me very much of the rainforests in the Cascades here in Washington State – that permanently green, permanently moist feeling of fresh earth and living plants.
I would also offer that the similarity between Silences and No. 19 is purely superficial, to my nose. I actually find it has more to do with vintage Vent Vert, because of the Chanel’s strong iris/orris quality. Silences never becomes powdery like the No. 19, all through the dry down there is an exquisite botanical greenness akin to Vent Vert’s. The Balmain’s heart notes have an odd Marigold feel (you can almost smell pollen in that perfume) where the Jacomo is more traditionally floral. Both share a pleasant Hyacinth/Muguet note.
This is one of those perfumes that I would recommend to anyone starting a collection. It’s a perfect example of a green fragrance, it’s strikingly different than the majority of mass-market ‘designer’ releases, and it’s outstandingly inexpensive. My 1oz Parfum de Toilette bottle cost me a whole $12. At that price, how could you not?
radion 5544 – :
I received my sample 10 minutes ago and I am thrilled, so I had to review it immediately! Silences is just the way I imagined it. The initial spray is really sharp blast of galbanum and hyacinth. Only after a minute the sharpness disappears and a beautiful scent of iris and vetiver reveals to my nose and guess what – i can’t stop sniffing my wrist! The scent continue to evolve and I can smell delicate floral and woodsy notes. Silences is elegant and serene perfume, which on me has a moderate sillage. It’s really reminicsent of Chanel 19 and very pleasant to wear. Straight to my want list.
Edit: HALEY-SUE, you may swap it, instead of throwing it away.
камиль – :
It has nothing in it that would be a turn-off for me. Yet…I can’t like it. The first blast is off-putting. After that dies down, I can’t help feel it smells like a cologne that has ‘gone bad’. Green, but like a green infused with a chemical. Odd.
I have no doubt it would be perfect for most.
I always check the notes before purchasing,
but this one and Cabochard (both have appealing list of fragrance notes) just go way overboard somehow.
I’ll likely throw it out. I hate to throw expensive colognes away even if I don’t like them– but this one and Cabochard were both very inexpensive, so it’s a bye bye to Silences.
Puzzle81 – :
I received this scent, an full ounce parfum, as a training gift from the vendor when I worked at Sak’s 5th Ave in NYC, back in the early 80’s–God–those were the days! I still have a few drops in the bottle and, amazingly, it is still wearable! It is one of the freshest, cleanest and least harsh green fragrances I have ever worn. It reminds me of Patou’s original “Vacances” but with less acid and more sweetness! It has a soft, elegant quality and lasts very well on me. I will be sad to see it go!
pavlentiy_86 – :
Silences reminds me of Climat by Lancome; however, Climat is the feeling of a fresh mountain breeze rolling over a sunny foothill, while Silences is that same foothill, only shrouded in dark gray storm clouds and tense with impending electrostatic discharge. Like Climat, the scent of Silences provokes a feeling, making it difficult for me to dissect the notes in a cerebral way.
Silences’ opening is a crack of lightning! Sharp, sharp, sharp and so green and galbanum-y that it’s surprising! Soon, like the pull of gravity on precipitation, Silences settles beautifully on the skin – it is relieved from its opening. This is wholly a serious composition, utilizing mountain flowers and forest greens in a spicy, dark and deliberate way, maintaining a lush and shadowed feeling throughout. It is painfully pretty.
Chypres are my favorite because they are difficult for me to describe. I try to decipher the genre but it wriggles out of my grip, smacks me on the face, scampers away and leaves me in a heap, trying to sort through all the settings I’m envisioning and the emotions I am feeling. Good stuff. Silences is awesome.
Kron333 – :
This is an extremely sharp scent to open — with the particular resin, green notes and oakmoss being prominent. Astringent, soap like, and very green. It calms down a bit as it dries down but it can be a little harsh all the way though. I was hoping to get more of the florals but it was hard to distinguish them as they’re mostly also green florals and tended to blend into the rest of the composition.
sergej serchenko – :
I was sniffing my sample of Chanel No. 19, enjoying it too much, and I figured I’d look here to see if there was anything that was similar. Many people mentioned this much cheaper scent so I ordered a bottle off ebay. My version is the parfum de toilette which I’ve heard is the older, better one and I am totally in love with this! It does smell a lot like the Chanel but, as others have said, this has a rougher feel. It has a green