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L'Air de Rien

Miller Harris

90 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

I had this perfume, bought in 2006. I still remember what happened in the (Luxe, Nichiste) Perfumery in Rotterdam. they had Miller-Harris perfumes on offer. I would not so easily veer toward these perfumes and Citron-Citron, Cœur de Fleur, Piment des Baies didn't make my heart race. yet this Smoky, Leathery, Oakmossy perfume deeply touched me. with the Inspiration of Jane Birkin (1946-2023) for herself and for her Liaison with Serge Gainsbourg it was enough to get this perfume the hell out of there into my House ! it stood aside L'Eau du Soir of Sisley, Knowing of Estée Lauder, La Prairie by La Prairie (1993) and for instance, Estées Aromatics Elixir (1971). (or also Miss Dior and Chanel No19.) she stood Her Place and radiated Forestrial Majesty, Earthy Dryness & Highness, Leathery Sophistication (Jane with her Hermès' 'Birkin'-Bag à Raison de 20,000 or 30,000 $ on Japanese Television, throwing the bag on the ground and dancing on it to show you need not to be too reverential with these Articles but just have to 'Supple' the Leather). her entrance in a see-through Crocheted Dress in the 1960s, Arriving with the always Gauloised Smokin' Serge Gainsbourg. she was as British as also French. she had concipiated this perfume with Lynn Harris. what a brilliant name without trying too hard. L'Air de Rien. this all toppled me over. and now yesterday, I discovered the perfume had turned. there was still 30% but a Sharp and Inknifingly Black Latex smell came above. I must have used it copiously and within a gradually accumulating 'Collection' of 700 (but I gave Half away during the period I had them bc these were then deemed 'too light'....) perfumes. I remember its Sophistication and Irreverentiality. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and L"Histoire de Melody Nelson". both transgressive Music Art Pieces and as Daring and at the same time, Classic as this unforgettable perfume.

Oud E Rosa Nera

Farmacia SS. Annunziata

92 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

this is a lovely perfume. I bought it in 2022. that was bc my Bottle of Ambra Nera (c2000s) had turned (which had NEVER happened to me) while it had loads of Resins, Amber, Benzoin, Patchouli, Eucalyptus, Cypress. something must have made a Ghost out of it. and I fondly still remembered the perfume I gave to my straight Twinbrother Bas 'Patchouly Indonesiano'. these were straight-up perfumes. that was such sophisticated and complexly layered perfume while the only ingredient truly was 'Patchouly Indonesiano'. that was fun. now Oud E Rosa Nera somewhat fulfills the role of amalgam of these dearly remembered perfumes. I will ALWAYS love Rose-Oud perfumes, may have ten different variants of Montales with this theme. I never understand people who complain that then there is overlap. it is the FBW People. I was never like that. I just BOUGHT the fucking perfumes bc I loved them all. yes I gave half of my perfumes away (let's say I had ca 700 perfumes (1974-2026) and gave 350 of them straight away bc at home, they were (then always) deemed: 'too light'. while these already were heady and heavy to the Asphyxiative levels, perfumes. Kurkdjian 'Absolu Pour le Soir': away with it. Lutens's 'A La Nuit': out of the house. 'Sa Majesté La Rose' of Lutens & 'A La Rose' of Kurkdjian: gone with the wind. but this here obviously was a perfume to stay. I could swear I already reviewed it but no, nowhere to be found. the perfume has a shockingly low appeciation level to judge at the numbers of reviews it got. the perfume has a softer footprint then the Montales. I love the Loud & Screechy Rose-Ouds and also such perfumes in general. but yet there is something unique to this perfume. it has Sophistication, a Delicate Rose Accord, an obvious Oud-Presence. the Black Currant, Cloves, Incense & Patchouli are all here to stay. I find it always bothersome the Brands do not differentiate more in which Type of Rose and which Type of Oud they have exactly used. and then I saw the (much feared) Amberwood. but no Sorrows. either it never attacks me or, more likely, I am anosmic to them. (there are more variables.) perhaps they are used in sufficient and ample dosages. the Amberwood lends the perfume Fullness and Mechanics within. the 'White Musk' I can neither and never pinpoint or smell. I never know what the fuck they are talking about. that this is an exemplary and fullbodied perfume with perhaps a Nuanced Italianitá, that is a thing for sure.

La Prairie

La Prairie

92 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

from this perfume I had (the last still approachable) Jar with 250mL Perfumed Body Cream I guess still in 1993. by then I had also bought my first Jar with 50mL Skin Caviar Luxe Crème Pour le Visage à 550 guilders. the Perfumed La Prairie Body Cream was 250 guilders. on both occasions I stood outside the Warehouse 'de Bijenkorf' (Beehive) in Rotterdam thinking: "and how am I now going to eat ?" but the Perfumed Cream was absolutely divine in a Jar with the same Pattern as showed above on the Flacon, with a lid with Radiary Ribs fromout a La Prairie-Blue Cabochon. Georgette Mosbacher then was still the CEO. she belonged to the 'Ladies who Lunch(ed)'. (on 5th Ave, Park Ave or Rodeo Drive.) (amongst Annette de la Renta, Nancy Reagan in Adolfo, Lynn Wyatt, Nan Kempner & the Mother of Lucy de la Falaise.) the sultry, heavy, heady, über-Sophisticated Smell whirled upside. it was sheer heaven, a Dream. it was a Richness of Flowers, Resins, Woods, Spices, all the good things and then still the lightly applicable, emollient cream to be used by sheer pleasure. my second Jar of 50mL Skin Caviar Cream ironically costed € 550. that was bizarre but eversomuch a Wake-Up Call. but I have Gleamed in it, in all Three Creams. and the Skin Caviar Cream really is top-notch. all those fables of how cheap creams do the same is all bullshit. THIS perfume I will never forget and it is still presented at Ebay, Etsy, Tradera & Amazon.