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tvanosup – :
@SniffySnifferton below :
We might just need to form a support group of some shape or form to cater for those afflicted with the Clive Christian bug. All I can say is Thank the Heavens for decants and samples otherwise we might all be cobbling repairs on old shoes , or maybe some are already doing that. In any event, good things in life come with just a little sacrifice.
As for Papyrus : Bergamot, Lavender and Papyrus so perfectly blended to conjure up images of what an Egyptian palace room might smell like.
A truly joyous experience.
dewisir – :
Damn you Clive Christian ! The more I smell the more I want and therefor the more money I need to make ! Oooooorrrr I guess my wife and children would be fine on 1 meal per day for a few months right ?!? We’ll just call it “a challenge” and post something on some website and I can be a damn good smelling hero !!!
Here is the official list of notes/ingredients straight from the Clive Christian site:
“25% Perfume Concentration. Inspired by the Art Nouveau trend towards repetitive, organic shapes, this perfume is a nod to the scholarly sense of exploration and discovery that accompanied the era. The fresh green scent of Galbanum is piqued with a shock of Pink Pepper, complemented by a hint of warm Ginger and offset with the cool smooth tones of lavender, all resting on a robust base of Cedarwood, Tonka and musky Vetiver.”
This is another amazing fragrance to me. Very unique and although it may share many similar Ingredients to many other fougeres, just the quality and the unique blend Clive does makes this worlds apart in my “scroll” (you see what I did there) : ) I don’t even like black liquorice to be honest although I do like absinthe and sometimes pernod, but somehow these notes all blend together to smell like the smoothest slightly sweet licorice blend, and at the same time really evoke the idea of Egyptian papyrus but as if it was just cut fresh from a tree or pulled out of some sappy resin almost… very intriguing and definitely keeps me going back to smell my arm again and again. Aaaand again.
The only fragrance I have found that even smells remotely close to this would be Lalique’s L’Insoumnis. It has maybe 50-60% similarity in the way the core fougere ingredients somehow blend to make a liquorice-eye slightly sweet smell, although that one has basil in it which creates that effect.