Comments on: L’Artisan Parfumeur Le Chant de Camargue ~ fragrance review

By: Veronika

Veronika — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:28:04 +0000

I’ve been to Camargue this autumn for vacation.
In Saints-Maries-de-la-Mer there is a very strong aroma of Matthiola flower that grows everywhere. You can smell it the minute you get off the bus, the moment you get out of your room, it is literally the most dominant thing – at least in October, when I visited.
It is sweet, but still it is rather pleasant and reminds of some nice French soaps. Maybe they were inspired by this scent 🙂

But I have to test this perfume to be sure, and I agree:
bulls race, horse mane, salty lakes with flamingos, wet ground and rice fields could smell much more interesting than some sweet and soapy night flower =)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:26:00 +0000

In reply to Kathryn.

Kathryn: HALLELUJAH and Amen! For L’Artisan to say this smells anything like a marshland is hilarious (and maddening). But why do I always fall for “journey” marketing?????????? Argh.

One line I think fulfills its promises is Monocle/CDG; I’m so looking forward to trying their new Yoyogi perfume. I like every one of their perfumes and would happily own/wear them all.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:44:58 +0000

Thanks for the public service announcement. This sounds like another one I don’t need to smell. It’s not just because of the white musks. Sometimes I even like them in moderate amounts. It’s more because of the lack of truth in marketing. I love actual olfactory journeys to places I wish I could visit. It’s always such a disappointment to expect that’s what I’m going to smell and then find that I’ve landed at the same boring old laundramat. Sounds like there’s a sticky puddle of spilt milk in this one.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:12:09 +0000

In reply to Omega. Omega: thankfully, I've not come across one of those apples.

By: Omega

Omega — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:28:36 +0000

In reply to Kevin. When I think of musk, Donna Karan comes to mind and all of her white musk poisoned apples. ?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:23:56 +0000

In reply to nozknoz.

noz: these white musk bombs must sell…everyone is adding one or two or…to their lines. They seem to be a staple now in collections: citrus, white floral, amber, marine, fruity-floral, incense, oud, WHITE MUSK. I hope the trend fades.

By: nozknoz

nozknoz — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:08:38 +0000

This was a crazy commission! L’AP had to know that Alberto Morillas would do a white musk perfume. Synthetic musks are his wheelhouse, as Mark Behnke describes in this review of Morillas’s latest perfume for his own line, Mizensir:

http://colognoisseur.com/new-perfume-review-mizensir-for-your-love-passionate-ambery-musk/

I’d like to have seen Mathilde Laurent, who created a horse mane accord, take this on.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:56:49 +0000

In reply to Omega. Omega: I'm gagging as I think of it!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:56:05 +0000

In reply to Amateur Dilettante. AD: that's a GREAT image of billowing white musk fluff!

By: Jalapeno

Jalapeno — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:57:39 +0000

In reply to Amateur Dilettante. I had that exact mental image about the Exxon Valdez.