Review of Marions-Nous by aad de gids

Civet, Aldehydes, Hyacinth. in that order 'Marions-Nous' comes up to us. I love this perfume but there are a lot of aspects that would turn many down. it is a Wildly Floral Perfume. Hyacinth, Jasmine, Rose, Carnation, Iris & Ylang-Ylang are all thrown in in a washingmachine of Aldehydes. Civet, Musk, Sandalwood & Tonka Bean lend this unruly lot an eversomuch Adventurous Base. the Hyacinth is here much more prevalent than in 'Secret Joly' (1920). there the Hyacinth is submerged in an Athmosphere of White Flowers. here you can detect either mentioned flower but they are first and foremost defined by Aldehydes & Civet. it is almost an obscene perfume but that is the way I like it. I can certainly understand this is off-putting to others. and it seems to me to be a typical Flapper Perfume. this is Festivity in a bottle. (earlier written) 'Marions-Nous' from Oriza.L.Legrand (2nd review), in getting to know the perfume for some years, imposes now right away as an initial 'foul perfume', probably with the civet in a facet more 'pisseuse' than fecal and immediately blasting away, plus the hyacinth in this watery (not watered-down), thick stemmed flower standing in a vase wilted for quite some time. this is the first impression. the “riz” in 'Oriza' really refers to ricepowder, as with which the Legrand family begun. but here we also have a heady blast of powdery force, powder-power, referring more to the les flappeuses and simultaneously documenting a strong precense of Iris. as such the whole beginning has kept a fin-de-siècle athmosphere and I love it. my brother coming in this morning said 'whew, did you spritzed some perfume ?”, himself idolizing Santa Maria Novella's 'Peau d'Espagna' (civet) and Creeds 'Bois du Portugal'. but it dawned upon me also that this starter up held on to this olphactosphere for quite a while. now it is kind of a signature of Oriza L.Legrand, the powder-power, a civet here and there. Fragrantica states that “Marions-Nous by Oriza L. Legrand is a fragrance for women and men. Marions-Nous was launched in 2014 [i.e. 1928]. Top notes are orange blossom, rose, jasmine and hyacinth; middle notes are carnation, cloves, iris, aldehydes and ylang-ylang; base notes are tonka bean, civet, musk and sandalwood. Only after (more than) an hour or so, the other players get past the Iris-Civet-Hyacinth wall. of course rose, then carnation, jasmine, aldehydes BIG, orange blossom and Ylang-Ylang. then this phase lasts forever and gives great pleasure. it seems already difficult to me to preserve this blossoming cloud for so long as, let's say, the real middle notes. then the base seeps in after hours and hours. sandelwood, tonka beans, musc and cloves (to my nose, in this perfume, not so discernable). ironically, “Secret Jolie” has a lot in common with 'Marions-Nous'. “SECRET JOLY est un bouquet sauvage et sensuel, cruellement animal et tout à fait mystérieux. Construit autour de la fleur de Jasmin Sambac, dont est extrait le précieux élixir, SECRET JOLY révèle de chaleureuses notes animales aux accents miellés et délicatement épicés. NOTES DE TÊTE Précieuses, jasminées, parsemées de fraîches et vertes Jacinthes. NOTES DE COEUR Bouquet poudré d’Ylang-Ylang, de Gardénia , de Tubéreuse et de Jasmin Sambac. NOTES DE FOND Civette, le Miel fondant, les Feuilles de Tabac froissées, le Musc Tonkin, le Benjoin et le Baume du Pérou. it is perhaps more 'jasminée' and balmy, Marions-Nous probably holds its mystique somewhat more. she has the austerity of the 'dames des affaires' that haunted the Parisian nightlife.