Comments on: Aedes de Venustas Cierge de Lune ~ fragrance review

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 05:07:52 +0000

In reply to nozknoz. I know! And they're such amazingly different fragrances, too!

By: nozknoz

nozknoz — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:16:21 +0000

It’s interesting that two small businesses happened to decide to launch night blooming cactus fragrances last year!

https://nstperfume.com/2016/08/16/grandiflora-queen-of-the-night-fragrance-review/

I have to say, they both sound a bit disappointing in comparison with the inspiration.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:31:47 +0000

In reply to cazaubon. I think it would be a great scent for fall and winter. It's so warming!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:31:02 +0000

In reply to ringthing. Per hour of wear, it's a good deal! But I understand completely what you mean. And you didn't sound a bit cranky to me.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:29:46 +0000

In reply to galbanumgal. Cashmeran sometimes feels that way to me. It's lovely and has a nice texture, but it just doesn't feel like something I want on my body as a primary note.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:28:52 +0000

In reply to Isabella. You describe it well. I had a hard time pinning down just what it was that felt manmade to me (like you, I have no problem with aroma chemicals!) but something didn't sit right.

By: cazaubon

cazaubon — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:18:38 +0000

This scent is very quiet on me and I don’t get the synthetic vibe, fortunately. It is an airy floral vanilla on my skin, not really what I would describe as ambery. I have a FB and plan to wear it a lot in the coming months after Lucasai suggested wearing it in winter. I previously thought of it as a summer scent because it’s not sweet or suffocating in the heat like other vanillas.

By: galbanumgal

galbanumgal — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:51:24 +0000

In reply to Isabella. Same here, and I'm guessing it's the very thing that lends persistence. Fragrance houses probably tire of hearing "but it doesn't last," so they've found something that wears like teflon on some of us.

By: ringthing

ringthing — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:39:45 +0000

Sounds nice, but not for that kind of price or that big of a bottle, especially if it’s got longevity super power. That sounds crankier than I mean it too, thanks for the review 😉

By: Isabella

Isabella — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:32:27 +0000

Angela, your description of the texture seeming chemically induced is spot on, for me. I loved Cierge de Lune at first sniff, but on subsequent (and more lavish) wearings I’ve found that it has a certain indefinable something that bothers me, and that’s what it is. It *feels* weird in my nose, in that way that only certain aromachemicals do. I’m not at all opposed to synthetics in fragrance, but a few of them really bother me.