Review of Loukhoum Eau Poudrée by aad de gids

this perfume as it was launched in 1997, has had different flacons. in 2007 Loukhoum was launched in three 'gradations' but more dramatically were the thèn used flacons. it was a kind of radicalised Poison de Dior flacon of a same deep purple hue, with the stopper as much torsioned as the flacon. you had an 'Eau Poudrée', an 'Edp' and a 'Parfum Pour Le Soir'. and this last one it is which I am reviewing here and having not smelled it for quite some time, this perfume has certainly gained in depth and impact, whereas this already of course, was the case. the Gilded lettering is all but swathed away off the highly polished glass. there is still much in it (55%) and it is sheer heaven ! the first impression qua impact is certainly comparable with Poison, if not perfume-wise, then surely in its unmeasurable depths and mystery. yet not so mysterious is the evident Loukhoum smell emphasized with Almond, Honey and Rose, predominantly. it is a beautiful perfume for who loves deep scents of pure alluring ingredients. the Rose is hijacked within the syrupy smell itself. I don't ever think of this to be 'Gourmand', as there evidently was Angel (1992) but the Trend had to still take off. I would never be so much vortexed in in the scents of Pastry, Chocolat or Sugar within perfumes. I loved Angel but somehow barely touched it, as was apparent after three acquierings of full flacons. yet this perfume I always found irresistible. I guess it must have been the Rose Note which eventuelly done me in completely. when you have 'built up a Collection' it is not on your mind 'to build up a Collection'. only in hindsight this appeared to have been the case. then suddenly you reach an age (69 in a Month) that all the perfumes suddenly come back at you because you know you will never be able to use up the 350+ flacons. what also is apparent is the almost obscene tenacity one has with a once acquired taste. a taste that immediately got a face in 1970s (or before) with my taste for Classic perfumes as chanel No5, No19, Cristalle, the Extraits, guerlain Shalimar, Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue, but the real eye openers for me were all the vilest and most notorious (in hindsight !) Hookerperfumes of the 1980s. Loukhoum Parfum Du Soir [1997] 2007, in a sence prolongs this taste. it is an anavoidable, irreversible perfume. a Perfume Template with which I was always at ease.