tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1153446616919163101.post2132906592596154249..comments2024-03-09T04:53:46.182-07:00Comments on Il Mondo di Odore: His or Hers? 3: Lalique Encre NoireAromiEroticihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519782942559405944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1153446616919163101.post-82876047126108089822012-12-16T04:20:01.886-07:002012-12-16T04:20:01.886-07:00I agree that it is very difficult to come to commo...I agree that it is very difficult to come to common grounds for what we describe as "smoky" or anything for that matter when it comes to perfume. I agree with your description of Le Labo Patchouli for instance, this is not smoke, it is Lapsang Suchong! But then isn't this a smoked tea? Isn't this why it is so difficult to talk about perfume?<br /><br />You are actually inside my head! I want to write a post about Terre, Encre Noire and Montale Red Vetyver. I think TdH and EN are connected by an overload of Iso E Super and TdH and RV are connected by everything else in their composition. Although EN is supposed to be 90% Iso E Super it feels much less Darth Vader to me than Terre. When you smell Terre for the very first time it feels so difficult not to like it. But after just a few hours wearing it I just want to rip my skin off. It is like Vader undercover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1153446616919163101.post-12821459910378738962012-12-15T15:12:25.931-07:002012-12-15T15:12:25.931-07:00Hello, Christos!
Okay, yes, guilty as charged: I ...Hello, Christos!<br /><br />Okay, yes, guilty as charged: I do find "inky clean vetiver" to be a contradiction in terms! My suspicion is that people vary a huge amount in their sensitivity to the source of what I have referred to as "fumes". In my first review of ENCRE NOIRE, I alluded to toner cartridges, and I saw that another reviewer said that wearing this fragrance was exactly like working at a printing press all day! <br /><br />Well, that's fine. We can all agree to disagree about ENCRE NOIRE. It's definitely dark to me, and it does seem somehow smokey. Maybe we are disagreeing about the definition of 'smokey'? The smoke I'm talking about is more like a short-circuited appliance scent. No, it's not really that bad. But it is like fumes and ink to me.<br /><br />I am very curious now what you think about Hermès TERRE? I re-tested it recently and discovered that after its incredibly appealing "buy at the counter" opening, it, too, descends into Darth Vader territory! sherapophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116821928196122529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1153446616919163101.post-78316075442144025642012-12-15T11:31:43.461-07:002012-12-15T11:31:43.461-07:00I enjoyed reading this. I think Encre Noire pour E...I enjoyed reading this. I think Encre Noire pour Elle is truly an afterthought. Le Parfum was released in 2005 and Encre Noire in 2006 and their bottles share geometrical analogies. The bottle of Encre Noire pour Elle is a morphing of the Le Parfum and Encre Noire bottles and Encre Noire pour Elle came three years after Encre Noir to capitalize on the phenomenal commercial and critical acclaim of the masculine version. Although note listings of Le Parfum and ENpE are very different to me they smell very similar at least in their olfactory texture which is rather thick and oily, not the most conventional one finds in feminine mass market scents. <br /><br />You may find it strange but I think Encre Noire as a "clean" vetiver. There is a clear quality and a common vetiver note in this and in Sycomore and Kenzoair. I do understand where you get the fumes but there is no trace of smoke or earth in this one. It smells like a hysdroponic vetiver if such a thing could exist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com