Bal à Versailles

I’ve always respected Mr demachey As much as he receives hatred I’ve always been a fan of his work One of his greatest creations that didn’t get the recognition it deserved is cuir cannage I’ve always wondered when they marketed cuir cannage as a classical style scent what was the inspiration behind it And I found out after trying this I’m convinced when Mr.demachy worked on Cuir cannage he had this in mind It’s almost identical in the first couple of hours But what he neglected was the crazy animalics in the dry down of this scent It might be too much but it was perfect for me I loved it enjoyed it for the rest of the day And it lasts forever as well it’s the perfect package I’d pick cuir cannage regularly if I had it but this one is for special occasions preferably outdoors Magnificent

This is beautiful! I found a vintage bottle with dark liquid, so my review is based off of the old formulation that has had a lot of time to mature. To me, this is clean and powdery with a lot of herbal depth. It does not have that dirty civet smell that you get in many vintage fragrances like Chanel No. 5 EDC. This smells like fresh out of the shower wealth, and it is very unisex. I was expecting this to reek like granny in a casket soaked in cat pee, but I am honestly so pleasantly surprised by this.

I had the great fortune of buying a small long bottle of the vintage bath oil - sealed- at my flea market for about $10.00. I often see these "goopy old perfumes" in my travels and often ignore them as some have TURNED and geez- when Youth Dew turns it's like riding on the back of a garbage truck after the burrito festival garbage piles up in the sun. So here we are with Bal A. and I had no idea of what this even was (and was clueless on its history!) . But with all dark brown "goopies" ya know there is going to be flower-stew topped off with some CIVET . So happily this has NOT turned and it has a nice dry down with some sweetness on the top and the civet is VERY mild. This has a masculine vibe ( no surprise) and a hint of incense. My bottle looks to be from the late 1950s OR early 1960s. GRADE: B plus plus. I'm getting a nice little collection of these "dark brown goopies" because the sellers at the flea market do not value anything as "collectible" unless it screams "Dior" or "Chanel". Men.

I purchased a vintage small bottle of the Jean Desprez Bal a Versailles Bath Oil. My immediate reaction after sampling this for the first time was "how could this fragrance possibly be Elizabeth Taylor & MJ favourite ?" 😳 as it smells of dead roses. Also did not resemble in any way Elizabeth Taylor Passion. However, 30 minutes later I have taken a second whiff of the oil I dabbed on the back of my left hand and it is changing and is now more resinous and spicy. I was considering asking my husband to buy a Bottle for my 60th Birthday next year as we are staying in Paris for 5 days and visiting Versailles Palace and Gardens, I already own Passion which I love and through extensive research discovered Elizabeth Taylor was hands on with the development and based it on Bal a Versailles. As many others here on Fragrantica I am a collector over many years and due to the scarcity and exorbitant prices I have waited for a special occasion to warrant the expenditure. I may have to wait until I receive the Tester bottle purchased recently and attempt another opportunity to review. I will give my opinion at a later date. DecoDawn 8th July 2026. 🙏 it's now early evening on a very hot Summers Day & I could smell the most beautiful warm, rich, rose and oriental spiced fragrance, and realised it was me! The Bal a Versailles oil had dried down and developed. I now see the comparison with Passion however BAV has a more floral potpourri Rose aroma not fresh white flowers, not sweet but dark, rose, woody smell, also this is not a chypre. It is very unusual and almost masculine but leans more on the feminine side with the roses. I can imagine Versailles Palace with Marie Antoinette after watching the Television drama this fragrance does evoke nostalgia and smells very old as in historical like visiting a stately home. Interesting but not a love for me.

I first smelled this fragrance from a miniature bottle that had completely dried out by then, but it came back to mind when I read that it was a favorite of Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. From the bottle and the thick residue left inside, you can tell that it is a fragrance from another era: very boozy and powdery at the same time. I would describe it as quite masculine, and I could never imagine wearing it myself. Still, it is interesting to know what two great stars used to smell like!

with Jean Desprez’s Bal a Versailles I had a hell of a trip these last days. I can still remember buying it in the 1990s. therefor I had to visit the Hague for there was a luxurious niche perfumery. I bought a 50ml Edp at an exorbitant price but had then long passed the ‘Oh how expensive it is’ line. I HAD to HAVE it. viva consumerism and warehouses as the new temples. but I still remember the scent of this perfume (seems a tautology but I feel it is right) and that proved very handy. because it was, after approximately thirty years the first time again I used this perfume. that is the case with the collection of 260 perfumes. some flacons vanish within the collection. standing behind 100ml flacons (a format I often use and ALWAYS blind-buy, and behind a Creed decanter of 250 ml of Jasmal), the lyre shaped flacon with yet enough gold to shimmer, just stood there. and that was the beginning of a mysterious trip which I never had anticipated. I spritzed two times and UP came a scent I didn’t remember from the 1990s. UP came this WALL of ‘Petrichor’ (the word I just learned by reading fragrantica faithfully) but then still to the N’th degree. it was a scent of thick, heady, hefty, inimpenetrable, rather uniform than facetted, scent of humus, hubris, debris, putrid thickness. I am used to all kinds of ouds. Dusita’s Oudh Infini, Terry de Gunzberg’s Terryfic Oud and Terryfic oud Extrême. Ex Idolo’s Thirty Three, a 30 yrs old chinese oud oil with white roses, the Montales, sultan Pashas Douce Amere (Bitter Sweet) oud attar for $ 250. al Oudh from l’Artisan Parfumeur, Juliette has a Gun’s Midnight Oudh, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier’s Oud Extravagant, etc., etc. but THIS was different. yet it immediately reminded me of Creed’s Irisia. a perfume which I love (I had almost written ‘I adore’). that thick, dense and lush-louche layer of oakmoss, patchouli, ambergris, iris, violet, mimosa, a dense and oversatiated perfume of through-and-through maceration almost upon decay, which I love, coming from the 1980s with all the hooker perfumes and then still the worst. Poison, Obsession, chanel COCO, Giorgio, Knowing, Moschino parfum de toilette, GEM, Nahéma, Creed’s Fleur de Bulgarie, Irisia, Vanisia, Tuberose Indiana, etc. but this brick wall of unscent came UP right into my nostrils yet I could endure it for a couple of days. yes it was the scent of decay, wilthed roses, tubéreuse, jasmine, syringa, mimosa, lilies, as also Oriza L. Legrand so masterfully can conceive: Marrions-Nous, Vétiver Bourbon, Relique d’Amour (which someone once described here as ‘it develops into an almost ghastly perfume’ and I had to laugh loudly), with civet which I also love. it was almost unbearable but then a wonder happened. after a few days of persevering spritzing, suddenly there came islands of what had to be the perfume sans ‘Pétrichor’, Chypre Mousse, and yet enough ‘complicative’ for me to appreciate and I REMEMBERED the perfume. not that it was the classical ‘a scent, then the memory’, but my memory of this perfume in the 1990s. I smelled sandelwood, roses, ylang ylang, lilac, orris, civet and several resins. a ‘proto 1980s hooquereuse’. so in came aspects of the real Classic, Amber-Floral-Animalic-Fougere-Chypre perfume and all at once. by using the nozzle (isn’t it called thus?) I let the oxygen again in contact with the perfume and had dissipated the BLOCK of mummified perfume in the petite tube and sprayer. I at least wanted to share this story and I DO find it a Versailles-Vercasiste perfume, denoting to the Grand Bals in the Versailles Baroqueries and Jardins, the tons of clothing all participants wore, satin and silk and damast dresses, the Gentlemen these peculiar trousers with ‘Flaps’, all urinous and sweaty (civet), the Ladies hidden and yet themselves under striatae and striae of make-up. yes it shall be festive and glorious. but above all it is a ripe perfume nor shunning wilthed flowers nor the humid, petrid floors of the forests but even more so the parquetterie on the floors of the Salle des Miroirs.

When I first encountered this perfume a few years ago, I was deeply impressed by its complexity, yet at the same time overwhelmed by its strength. I never imagined I would wear it regularly. And yet, rather frighteningly, I now own nine bottles of Bal à Versailles, counting both miniature and full-sized bottles. Every single one of them is vintage parfum. Allow me to offer an explanation—or perhaps an excuse—to myself. The first bottles I owned were a tiny 2.4 ml miniature and a 4 ml mini bottle. As I learned more about Bal à Versailles, however, I discovered that it had passed through various owners over its long history, and that its composition had changed along the way. The 2.4 ml miniature I first smelled came in a dark blue box and dated from sometime after the 1990s. The other bottle, the 4 ml miniature, was older—probably from the late 1970s or early 1980s. When I smelled it, I found that, even allowing for bottle variation and aging, it was similar to the 2.4 ml version and yet fundamentally different. (Thin pale-yellow box printed with the rope wrapping design, simple ingredient listing, no barcode, trademark symbol present.) After experiencing the 4 ml version, the 2.4 ml miniature seemed to me little more than a strongly projecting, rather flat powdery fragrance. The older 4 ml bottle possessed a depth and completeness that felt far more accomplished as a perfume. As I became captivated by its scent, I learned that this particular version already belonged to a transitional period, after Jean Desprez and his family had relinquished ownership and the fragrance had begun to change little by little. If this transitional version was already this beautiful, then how extraordinary must the original have been? Driven by that question, I began searching for older bottles in the best condition I could find. Before I realized it, I had built an entire Bal à Versailles collection. Today I own several of the so-called "Bull's Eye" bottles from the earliest era, and personally I consider those early versions the pinnacle of Bal à Versailles. As perfumes, the late-1970s to early-1980s 4 ml bottles may actually feel more conventionally "perfume-like." Their layers are more clearly defined, and their structure is easier to perceive. The earliest bottles, however, create an entirely different experience. Rather than feeling like a perfume resting on the skin, they seem to sink into it and transform the scent of the skin itself. The sense of integration is astonishing. Whether this comes from the use of natural materials, from the artistry of the composition itself, or from some combination of both, I cannot say. The following impressions refer specifically to those earliest bottles. I have never detected the smell of urine or feces that some people describe. However, I completely agree that this is an animalic fragrance. After the initial tidal wave of florals and powder settles, what I smell is something quite unexpected: the scent of that "special blanket" a child becomes mysteriously attached to and cannot fall asleep without. A blanket worn far beyond cleanliness, saturated with the smells of skin, sweat, hair, and breath—human scent itself—so deeply absorbed that no amount of washing could ever completely remove it. It is animalic, profoundly intimate, and unimaginably comforting. If the aristocrats who danced through the night at Versailles returned home still carrying the scent of flowers and face powder in their perspiring bodies, cast aside their heavy corsets and elaborate garments, and collapsed into bed exhausted— wrapped not in a child's blanket, perhaps, but in the soft feather duvet of a grand canopied bed— I imagine this is the scent they would experience in that moment. And now, much like a child unable to part with a beloved blanket, I find myself attached to this fragrance. I even feel uneasy at the thought of being without it.

This review refers to the pure parfum, which unfortunately is not in the database. This is a legendary oriental floral that captures the extravagance of Versailles in perfume form. Richly layered with rose, jasmine, orange blossom, resins, amber, vanilla, sandalwood, and its signature animalic musk-civet base, it wears like powdered velvet, warm skin, and antique silk. The opening feels deceptively elegant and floral, built around rose, jasmine, and orange blossom, before the fragrance unfolds into something darker, smokier, and more sensual. Amber, resins, incense, leather, balsams, and animalic notes gradually emerge, creating an unmistakable “dirty clean” duality. The overall effect is warm, powdery, and slightly smoky, with a distinctly baroque, old world glamour. It is dramatic and unapologetically excessive, the kind of scent that enters a room before you do. Bal à Versailles is pure decadence: dense with civet richness, smoky amber, and extraordinary longevity. Opulent, sensual, and deliberately maximalist, it remains one of perfumery’s most iconic expressions of grandeur and vintage oriental style.

Sweet, syrupy, citrusy & soury opening. Three minutes in, it starts to cool down a bit & become less sweet, then, soury roses start to rise up with white flowers, jasmine, along with slight bitterness & a light minty slightly pissy note. It’s creamy, thick & warm with an ambery, leathery blanket underneath it. It’s deep, warm & feels so vintage. The heart is warm with leather, creamy sandalwood & rich, floral, spicy notes & sour nuances. It’s deep, musky & powdery with slightly sweet vanilla, as well as dark patchouli. The good touch of real civet is adding volume & animalic character to this vintage blend. It feels like a rich, creamy, flowery mix of butter with a dash of oriental spices with musk, amber, leather & vintage civet buttery past. The base is even warmer, full of vintage creamy warm civet that perfectly matches the floral profile here. You can feel the sweetness of balsamic & ambery notes with the musk & a slight spiciness with the vanilla, patchouli & a touch of cedar. The buttery, creamy & soury floral civet mix with musk balsam & amber is the perfect description for this vintage blend. It’s heavy, dense & deep yet enjoyable. You feel overwhelmed yet amused. This is a vintage masterpiece by all means, & I’m so lucky to own this vintage cork from the late 1960’s when raw & natural materials were used. Performance here is excellent with also excellent silage, it stayed in my skin for 12 hours. IG Sir.Fragrances

Unbelievable. Like a cool, happy, stylish grandma with a maximalistic house. Somehow MJ's favourite. Unique!!!

I needed something tonight to completely mask my disappointment after my final day of service at this job after giving two weeks notice. No one said a word. I worked hard and thought I'd built solid relationships. I showered and needed something to remind me of my personal power and this was the first in my collection to come to mind. If you want to feel STRONG and secure about yourself after a disappointment, this is a great contender !

Make sure to get a vintage version of it. The modern formulation is just simply not as good.

Worn by Elizabeth Taylor and mj for a reason. A super vintage scent that starts off powdery and dries down very ambery and animalic , super sexy and elegant.

I had such high hopes knowing the mythos of this one but it's just too resinous for me. I do love the warmth to the amber. Maybe it's my sample but the florals dont come in enough for me and as a result the overall feeling is warm, resinous, and heavy.

Down history lane #1 – Bal a Versailles I became the proud owner of a miniature EDT of Bal a Versailles. This year i’ve purchased perfumes, decants, disovery sets and many samples yet this tiny little 4ml miniature brought me more joy and satisfaction then most other purchases. I don’t know how old the mini is, but the colors of the sticker with the image is very faded. The writing on the back is in pristine condition tho so it might not be as old as i fantasize about it. Still, im very honored to have it in my posession. At first i was concerned about the condition of the actual perfume inside but the seller reasured me that her miniatures are in good condition and she often smells them, altho i admit, her words didn’t fully convince me. The “Uh oh” moment came when i couldn’t unscrew the tiny round golden cap off the bottle but luckily, with some perseverence i’ve managed to open this tiny treasure. Im happy to say that the liquid seems to be in good condition. Its not hidden knowledge that Bal a Versailles was a perfume very dear to none other then Michael Jackson, after he was introduced to it by Elizabeth Taylor. With such names tied to it, it was bound to become a legendary perfume, one of the great creations scribed in the annals of perfume history. Bal a Versailles opens up with an upfront animalic musk/civet note that achieves a rare level of duality. The animalic opening is bold, present, unambiguous yet its smooth, airy, soothing even. It doesn’t take long for the animalics to get pushed into the background and pacified by an oldschool soapy-green barbershop base. I deliberately chose the word “oldschool” and not “vintage” because, to my surprise, this side of the perfume feels relatively more modern then i anticipated. Believe it or not, this side of the perfume smells VERY much like the fougere part of the classic Le Male. I detect a soapy clean orange blossom, softened and rounded to the level found in modern creations. As far as im concerned, i would have prefered if the animalics had a longer life span but as long as they are there, its enchanting. Sometimes you have to be in for a good time not a long time, right? This is true for both the animalics and the actual perfume because it fades off my skin rather quickly. Altho that might also have to do with the microscopic quantities i dabbed on my hand haha. No matter, this is a collection piece and it serves that purpose without question. The good condition of the writing on the back of the vial coupled with the relatively modern fougere facets once again makes me suspect that indeed, its not quiet a vintage miniature. If by any chance im wrong and indeed its vintage then im even more shocked about how timeless Bal a Versailles smells. Coming back to Michael Jackson, i wouldn’t have thought that a perfume like Bal a Versailles would be the one of his choosing, given his gentle, caring and inoffensive personality that he had. I better envision a Rockstar wearing this, but we like what we like and that was true for the King of Pop aswell. Rest in Peace.

There is audio online which I won't post due to reasons, of Michael Jackson going backstage and then running back out to perform Earth Song. When the song starts and he sings "What about sunrise..." You can hear the people backstage coughing and talking about Bal a Versailles. I'll put the transcript here. Backstage guy 1 - *Coughing* "Ten seconds!" *Piano to Earth song starts* Michael - "What about sunrise..." Backstage guy 2 - "What about yo mama?" Backstage guy 3 - *Cough* (strained voice) "What ab- *Coughing*" Backstage guy 2 - "Goddamn." Backstage guy 3 - *Still coughing* Backstage guy 2 - "Man there's nothing like Bal a Versailles, man, that shit-" Backstage guy 4 - "What the hell's that shit called?" Backstage guy 2 - "I-*laughs* Funk knows-" Backstage guy 3 - "Camel butt! *Laughs*" Backstage guy 2 - "Camel butt. It's ok, it's just a camel fart!" Backstage guy 3 - "It's CB!" *Laughs* Actually while writing this out and listening to the file I found a way to share this convo so here you go. https://jumpshare.com/share/FEK23mNGESjdE8g1K3Fs It's confirmed, he really wore this.

Maybe it's because I am used to heavy animalics by now but I honestly cannot detect much of the big animalics people are mentioning. I have always wanted to try this fragrance so I bought 2 different mini vintage bottles. They both smell a bit different but in both I cannot detect much of the animalic smell. All I detect is a really powdery pleasent smell, mixed with some florals and a lot of resins. Because of the amount of ingredients this fragrance has I honestly cannot make out exactly some of the notes, which may be why I cannot detect much of the civet. One thing about fragrances of this era is that they knew how to use animalics and they never overdid them, like some "niche" fragrances nowdays do to cause a big "shock" on people, to impress. Overall this is a really good fragrance that smells of its time but it's perfectly wearable nowadays so don't let that stop you, go find a small vintage, try it and then make your judgement. I'll personally keep trying these minis (they are really cute) and make my decision on buying a big vintage bottle one day. Also, beware of buying the current EDT version, which is said to be a shell of its former self.

this is Michael Jackson signature fragrance

Every time I apply this I think oh my God this smells just fabulous. It’s always a joy to wear. I love it. I love everything about it. It is genius in a beautiful bottle. I love your revue, Behrad.

My bottle has sweetened over the several years I have owned it. And during that time, amber spice elixirs have been all the rage, with hundreds or thousands of new fragrances exploring this style. The note breakdown here on Fragrantica is aspirational and based on a blend that is no longer produced. Bal is very polite now. Civet? Maybe the idea of civet 😉. Maybe the extrait is more animalistic. Bal is great and lovely and comforting, don't get me wrong, but let's be honest what can really be in this bottle if it was made in the last 10 years, and at this price point.

Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez is a fragrance that feels like stepping into a golden ballroom, where opulence and mystery linger in the air, and among its many gilded layers, it unveils an animalic heart that is both daring and intoxicating. What astonishes me is that this is the very first perfume with an animalic accord that I have truly fallen in love with before this, I used to wonder who on earth could ever enjoy such a note, and believe it or not, animalic touches once felt almost repulsive to me. Yet here, wrapped in honeyed florals, warm resins, velvety woods, and delicate powder, the animalic nuance transforms into something sensual, elegant, and alive. The interplay of civet and musk with jasmine, rose, and amber creates an aura that is neither tame nor overwhelming, but gloriously balanced, radiating with a vintage charm that is impossible to ignore. Its longevity is long-lasting, and its sillage drifts from moderate to loud never shy, never too overpowering, but perfectly in tune with the perfume’s theatrical character. In the end, Bal à Versailles does more than just scent the skin; it redefines perceptions, turning something once dismissed into pure passion, leaving you enchanted and compelled to return to its embrace again and again. Occasion: Formal, Date Scent: 1.7/2 Longevity: 1.6/2 Sillage: 1.2/2 Packaging: 1.7/2 Price: 1.3/2 ——— I’d rate it 7.5 out of 10.

@ Fresca ... when I was in my 20s this was my favourite go-to evening perfume. It is glorious. Revisiting it now in my 60s. Did you know Michael Jackson wore it?

For me, the beauty of Bal a Versailles is in the dry down. It starts as a weird rubbery civet. After about 45 minutes it warms into a sublime powdery floral. I went from being repulsed by it to being obsessed with it. I didn't want to wear anything else for nearly a year. I bought several little bottles and vintages. I put it on everything: myself, my clothes, my pillow. My family didn't always appreciate it of course lol Lasts for days, detectable from space, ridiculous to think of wearing this in a work environment. 10/10

I have the miniature dab on bottle of the parfum de toilette. What I like about this is that it can fit in my pocket or handbag and it's still very expensive smelling and so classy and prestigious that you know you are wearing a masterpiece of vintage perfumery. This is definitely not for blind buying. This perfume is the type that you 'get to' after having experience wearing vintage perfumes of the same ilk i.e. Chanel No. 5, Joy by Patou, Guerlain's Shalimar, Tabu by Dana. That being said, Bal doesn't really smell like any of those aforementioned scents and stand alone as it's own perfume. At first wiff off the bottle, the nose picks up on floral content - soft powdery notes, florals, primarily ylang ylang, indolic jasmine, lilac and powdery rose. This is all about the sweet florals at the beginning. It does come off as powdery and feminine. Not fresh, but dry florals. There are actually very little floral notes and there are perfumes with even more florals but they do stand out and pop out from the bottle. I don't pick up on the citrus notes which it's supposed to have. The florals come off as oily and both sweet and bitter. There are no green notes in this. It's got patchouli but this is not some patchouli-front-and-center type of scent. Instead the florals give way to musk. The musk is the big note that holds it all together. The vintage original formula had civet but now you can only get a recreated musk version of it via chemicals. There is soft leather, woodsy notes, cedar, there is balsamic notes and amber, resins, incense. It's a warm dry smoky and terribly musky dry down. The perfume lasts for hours. It becomes a musk bomb. I was afraid from reviews that it was dirty and foul and way too much like 'dirty unwashed skin' or after sex musk stuff that some are describing. Also I was afraid it would be too masculine since it's also described as unisex. To me this is feminine learning. It may be unisex but with femininity. The musk is not bad and reminds me of Jovan's White Musk. This is still a very old school and vintage perfume no matter what they've done to the reformulation. This is warm and musky and can be worn in fall and winter with scarves and coats. To me this perfume is just so beautiful and so sophisticated and elegant. No wonder it was worn by Jackie Kennedy. It's very French culture and she loved French culture, having studied at the Sorbonne and wearing French fashions all the time. This perfume does take you to the 1960s or 1970s and make you think of not so much Versailles palace royalty and kings and queens, but 1960's and 1970's night club wardrobe or rock singers in flashy clothing or velvet clothing. Think Jim Morrison, think David Cassidy as Keith Partridge, or Roger Daltrey, or even Michael Jackson who did wear this perfume when Elizabeth Taylor, who also wore it, introduced him to it. This is a sex bomb. It's all about the musk so you have to love musk. It can also feel like it was worn by heavy smokers cigar smokers. It also makes me think of old books in old libraries and old divans and couches as found in antique shops. It is a powerful perfume so being a strong one use it sparingly. This is gorgeous floral incense perfume that has stood the test of time. Even for a little dab on bottle you're gonna pay 24 bucks (which is high) or 100 and even 400 and up for a big bottle. I have only experienced the eau de toilette or parfum de toilette but the bigger expensive bottles are probably overkill. You may want the softer 'cleaner' powdier toilette. I love it.

Hate powdery floral fragrances but I still wanted to give it a try. I give it points for being so strong and long lasting. I tried to wash off my arm and it didn’t work.

Opoponax, ylang, orris, leather, civet, and benzoin (balsamic, spicy, earthy, musky, powdery.) Very sensuous. Big fan!

First things first, I definitely want to buy her again. Maybe this time vintage though for comparing sake. When I first spray this she reminds me of Rare Rubies by Avon, but that doesn't last long. Soon I am reminded of camping in the woods. She smells so smoky and woody, I guess it's the resins leather, the cedar, and the sandalwood maybe because there is no smoke note. As it evolves she gets very animalic the civet I am guessing. Finally, she gets lighter and you can really smell the vanilla and musk.

The current version has something very flat in the composition, making the experience unpleasant. I did not notice this flat note for the first half of the bottle but once I smelt it, I keep noticing it every time I spray it, on clothes, skin, or just in the air. It's unbearable. I typically quite enjoy animalic notes since my skin chemistry typically mallows them into something warm and comfortable. I have and will enjoy Salome instead.

Me lo hanno spruzzato stamattina. E' un profumo sontuoso e dorato,inizialmente frizzante,giallo e luminoso,poi pian piano più denso e selvatico,carnale. Quello che domina è una bomba di benzoino,polveroso,dorato e orientale,una nota profonda e scura forse balsamo. In genere assomiglia allo stile di Shalimar.

My vintage hidden gem. The opening is very animalic and powdery, but also very incense-y. Then sophisticated florals take the stage. This scent is an orchestra, there are so many notes, I don't know what to focus on, but it doesn't create an uncomfortable space. The wow factor for me. In the middle notes, the leather note picks up. Despite all the animalic side and leatheriness, the scent is very soft and feminine. I could even call it a boudoir powder. You can tell right away that it's not modern because it's much more natural and has a period vibe. It is not for daily use, but it is very good for the night out. I take it out of the drawer every once in a while and smell it and say ohhh, I keep it like a treasure. Tag(s): animalic, cocooning, cuddly, powdery, mossy, leathery