Description
Inspired by a painting, “Vol d’Hirondelle” (which means “Swallow’s Flight”) is a precious tribute to a close friend of Laurent Mazzone, the founder of LM Parfums.
LM Parfums began one night when Laurent Mazzone was at the top of a Manhattan apartment block, gazing at the stars which seemed almost within reach. To capture this moment, he envisioned a line of scents for the home that would recreate on demand these atmospheric touches we all experience in our lives.
From then on, the reception of his candles gave rise to a skin fragrances line which already boasts several different scents for every mood. Vol d’Hirondelle is the latest.
Vol d’Hirondelle by LM Parfums will be available as an Eau de Parfum Spray 100 ml Vol d’Hirondelle was launched in 2012.
demon650 – :
This is a green-spicy, herbal-aromatic and citrusy scent for mild weather, fall, spring and cool summer evenings. Totally unisex. The opening is a little harsh, citrusy/green/spicy but if you wait the dry down is nice.
Dominant notes are petitgrain, bergamot, vetiver, artemisia, lemon, orangewood and mandarin. With that order. There is also a tiny green tea vibe. There is a faint jasmin and a more soft/faint rosy feeling somewhere at the background which play a supporting role in the blend.
It is a long lasting scent with moderate sillage. The projection dies after about 1 hour and radiates 1 inch from the skin.
fosters_2009 – :
Vol d’Hirondelle opens with fizzy, icy lemon supported by a woody base of cypress. The lemon here feels high-pitched thanks to a clean white musk, like a sharp, surgical knife cutting through the air. However, when the sharpness starts to mellow, Vol d’Hirondelle transforms into an abstract sweet tart fig fruit laden over powdery aromatic cypress, which is essentially a twin of Hermès Un Jardin En Méditerranée on my skin. Vol d’Hirondelle seems to have more white musk when I compared them side by side, which makes it a tiny bit more hazy than Un Jardin en Méditerranée, but otherwise they’re fairly similar on my skin.
The sillage of Vol d’Hirondelle is moderate and the longevity is around 9 hours, which makes Vol d’Hirondelle overall stronger and more long lasting than Un Jardin en Méditerranée on my skin. If you happen to enjoy Un Jardin en Méditerranée, but would like a stronger version, or a more stimulating citrus opening, I think Vol d’Hirondelle would fit the bill.
Meksx734Diobtetty – :
I don’t know, something is missing on this LM Creation. It feels for me more like an sketch than a real fragrance and it lacks something that it makes it original. I cannot get this painting association, so i must assume that it’s more related with LM friend friend. He or she might like something very mainstream and with a polished rose, which is what Vol d’Hirondelle smells like to me. It simple, it starts with boozy roses with herbal touches and citrus aromas and then it goes into a base where woody vetiver and musk share the spot. Certainly it captures what i would associate with the windy movement of swallow birds, but it lacks the dark aura that it’s associated with the picture the link the fragrance with. Not bad, but not great either.
totti888 – :
I am probibly the only one who gets the same feeling from Vol d’Hirondelle as Higo from Campos de Ibiza. Tried it a few days next to one another… Can’t shake that feeling. Maybe my nose is playing trics on me. Not the same scent, but similar. Someone?
meu836Bessinepome – :
Rhubarb and lemon. Later a bit wood also. Nice.
+ quite unique
+ fresh
– loud rhubarb opening
aliosha – :
i wear it in springtime and can’t get enough of it, i’m an addict! every perfume i review has something to do with taste – and so does this one too (i’m a passionate cook):
i think it mainly consists not of davana (artemisia pallum) like in many descriptions but rather of southernwood (artemisia abrotanum). in german known as ‘eberkraut’ or ‘cola-kraut’. this explains the fizzy freshness of VdH: coke! mixed with a very silver sky. an airy cocktail.
KUZNECOV1088 – :
Tried it, tested it and bought it today in a famous London department store opposite Hyde Park (the other smaller one).
Fell in love with the brand this summer. Really wanted the Sensual Orchid One but at £195 way over my budget. (worth every penny though)
This one is a fresher yet dense and complex concoction of all kinds of citrus fruits, rosewood, vetiver and that green petitgrain. Very nice rose note in there as well.
To me probably the best citrus themed fragrance that has an unusual and exotic complexity that is hard to achieve with a construction of citrus.
Superb and long-lasting. Not too heavy and not flighty either.
A brilliant and very exclusive product that very few people wear.
For the fragrance lover that is hard to impress. 8.5/10
sajmon – :
reminds me of lighter version of Ververine James Heeley
rly good! man can weare it to