this flacon of perfume can easily have reached an age of 20++ years. it still contains 60%. I have always loved it and still do. but as my perfume collection grew into 280, some perfumes got lost a bit. the last days I experienced the same phenomenon I once had with Creeds Irisia and Jean Desprez Bal á Versailles. something got stuck in the nozzle. so out came a foul and what seemed, a 'turned' smell of perfume ingredients gone bad. now the Irisia nor Bal á Versailles stayed bad, and apparently Datura Noir goes the same good way. the Intrusive Hubrid, Putrid and Down To Earth 'Stench' metamorfosed by doggedly keeping spraying. then the 'Trombosis' gets loose and step by step the original perfume gets released. but these Initial Foul Spritzes facilitated the process as such, that the Veritable Character of this perfume eversomuch exposed itself almuch as Richly, Heavily Drapedly and Hysterically Dramatically. these are the Indoles, Scatoles and other Aroma Chemical Fleetingnesses which are liberated. it may not ALL be anyone's cup of tea but it is mine. I was thinking about the Datura, the Devil's Trumpet, from the Night Shade family. I fantasized it must have been Solanaceae derivatives 'dried up' in vitro. but no, now I realise the Datura must be a Fleur Muette, a Numb Flower which doesn't release her secrets so easily. so it must be recreated (deconstructed we could also say) with the help of other White Flowers. Tubereuse, Osmanthus, Heliotrope, Lemon Blossom, Vanilla. then I think the Myrrh, Almond, Musk and Tonka did a great job to hostage the nozzle of the flacon. it almost seemed like civet. and now I have the original perfume back where it even is better, more ripe, more insouciant and languourously intoxicative.
Review of Datura noir Eau de Parfum by aad de gids

Datura noir Eau de Parfum
Serge Lutens (2001)
aad de gidsVisionary
94 /100
5 SPRAYS (8h)
Vibes:Floral (87%) Soapy (56%) Powdery (54%) Animalic (51%) Green (37%)
Occasions:💼 Office👕 Daily
Seasons:☀️ summer
Gender: female
Value:Fair Value
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