Review of Chypre Palatin by aad de gids

this is an Unforgettable, Legendary and Intruigueing perfume. I must have bought it in 2012, the year it was launched. in this special Niche Perfumery of Lianne Tio in Rotterdam, who settled her beautiful shop there before the Skins came, first in Amsterdam then in Rotterdam. Lianne Tio also had a fine and chic high Cupboard within which she had the Clive Christians presented. but this perfume stole my heart with the first whiff. the other perfumes of MDCI were also exquise, but this one topped all off. (I remember immediately vetoing the 'Alabaster' Pompous Stoppers.) it definitely is a Chypre, but during that time I had no Idea, well, a little bit. in hindsight I think it were the Aldehydes (fervent Chanel fan), the Plum and Galbanum, and in short the Castoreum and Flowers in the heart which toppled me over in 5 seconds. that is how it goes with me. Bertand Duchaufour never was my favorite perfumeur yet what he achieved with Al Oudh (2009) from L'Artisan Parfumeur and Phuong Dang's Leather Up (2016) was also delivering two intoxicating and dense, complex and heavy perfumes which each stood like a ton of bricks. this perfume Chypre Palatin is as complex as mysterious, as Flowery as also Balsamic, Aldehydic Chypric with Amber & dense Woody aspects. at the start you catch a ping of Anise, which shall be either the Hyacinth and, or, the Iris. its Chypre is delivered by the Aldehydes, the Galbanum (perhaps also with an Anisic Umbelliferous Ting) and the Lavender and Sage and Oakmoss mingling together. well as the perfume is from 2012 it really is Mingled, Blended, Macerated and streaming in this heavenly and dreamy inescapable fume of Sweetness (not as the perfumes now, mind you), a rich Floweriness 'Embaumée', and finally all the basenotes cementing this Legendary Wall of Amberish, Embalming, Soothing trace of Environments Perfumed. the Flowers Hyacinth, Rose, Iris, Jasmine, Gardenia, Immortelle and Labdanum dissipate this Clouding Powdery Heaven of chique Gardens and 'Hothouses' of Exotic Florae. the Clementine (which I never smell) tittilates a Freshness thereby complexisizing the whole Initial Impression after which the perfume keeps carrying you away, away. Plum initiates the middle but also immediately the last phases of the perfume (hours on end) all mixing in with then the Rose, then the Gardenia, the meadowy Immortelle, Labdanum, the Tolu & Oakmoss and Castoreum with Benzoin. the perfume finally defies all genres with Floriental Amberiness plus Chypric Acuity. the Woody aspect then must come from Immortelle, Oakmoss, Styrax and Costus at once. but it appears after several hours. I loved this perfume then and I still love it today. it is a Chic and Sophisticated perfume.