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Ever since it opened shop in New York City, Aedes de Venustas has had a special place in my perfume-loving heart. I remember the old days when I\u2019d anxiously await the arrival of the always-beautiful Aedes de Venustas catalogues and then figure out what perfume(s) and soaps and candles I couldn\u2019t live without (the intervening 17 years have taught me I can live without just about everything!) I introduced \u201clegions\u201d to the store<\/a> and online boutique by saying, around birthday-time and Christmas (in wording that varied): \u201cA present for ME? There\u2019s no need! Weeeeell<\/em>, I love just about everything at (you guessed it) Aedes de Venustas.\u201d Now Aedes de Venustas has launched a new fragrance called Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum (not to be confused with the L\u2019Artisan Parfumeur Aedes de Venustas<\/a> fragrance.)<\/p>\n Bertrand Duchaufour<\/a>, the perfumer of L\u2019Artisan Parfumeur\u2019s Aedes de Venustas, developed Aedes de Venustas Signature, too; it has fragrance notes of rhubarb, tomato leaf, red currant, green apple, honeysuckle, vetiver, hazelnut and incense.<\/p>\n Aedes de Venustas Signature begins with a tangy, green\/fruit accord: a \u201chot,\u201d rough tomato leaf scent combined with musky currant, a quick burst of apple, and rhubarb<\/a><\/em>. Let\u2019s stop right here and talk \u201crhubarb.\u201d<\/p>\n Often, an engineered fragrance note in perfumery is inspired by or named after something in nature; for instance, the ocean (walking next to it is one of my greatest pleasures), air (I breathe it often) and, in Signature\u2019s case \u2014 rhubarb (I eat it). The oceans and air I\u2019ve experienced really don\u2019t smell like the calone\/ozone notes I\u2019ve encountered in perfumes, and the rhubarb I make into jam, jelly, or a tart, garnet-red syrup isn\u2019t exactly replicated, to my nose anyway, in Aedes de Venustas Signature\u2019s rhubarb accord. The Aedes de Venustas Signature \u201crhubarb\u201d note smells a little bit like grapefruit; it\u2019s fruity, tart and fresh<\/em>, and a bit \u201cunripe\u201d in character. I like it. (And you\u2019d better too if you\u2019re hoping to enjoy this new scent; the rhubarb note lasts throughout the development of Aedes de Venustas Signature.)<\/p>\n After the fruity opening, a \u201cfiltered\u201d or New Age (no smoke\/no ash) incense note appears; it\u2019s clean and clear and on the \u201cquiet\u201d side. (I do detect what I believe is the \u201chazelnut\u201d note\u00a0\u2014 moist, almost \u201coily\u201d \u2014 but only if I sniff my skin closely<\/em>.) Slowly, the notes of fruit and incense (with a touch of vetiver) meld and soften, but don\u2019t turn powdery. Aedes de Venustas Signature produces a lovely, close-to-the-body veil of \u201cincense candy\u201d scent with good lasting power (though I\u2019m tempted to reapply often because of the vibrant opening notes).<\/p>\n As I wore Aedes de Venustas Signature over the course of a week, it reminded me of\u00a0two perfumes I\u2019ve owned: Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune (its problematic \u201cpisse<\/em>\u201d note removed) and another Duchaufour perfume, Dzongkha<\/a>\u00a0(imagine those two perfumes masterfully blended). Aedes de Venustas Signature is a unisex fragrance, almost smack-dab in the center of the Male-Female perfume scale.<\/p>\n Disclaimer<\/span>: Aedes de Venustas is a long-time Now Smell This advertiser.<\/p>\n Note: top images of Rhubarb<\/em> [altered] by f_shields at flickr<\/a>; some rights reserved<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever since it opened shop in New York City, Aedes de Venustas has had a special place in my perfume-loving heart. I remember the old days when I\u2019d anxiously await the arrival of the always-beautiful Aedes de Venustas catalogues and then figure out what perfume(s) and soaps and candles I couldn\u2019t live without (the intervening 17 years have taught me I can live without just about everything!) I introduced \u201clegions\u201d to the store<\/a> and online boutique by saying, around birthday-time and Christmas (in wording that varied): \u201cA present for ME? There\u2019s no need! Weeeeell<\/em>, I love just about everything at (you guessed it) Aedes de Venustas.\u201d Now Aedes de Venustas has launched a new fragrance called Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum (not to be confused with the L\u2019Artisan Parfumeur Aedes de Venustas<\/a> fragrance.)<\/p>\n Bertrand Duchaufour<\/a>, the perfumer of L\u2019Artisan Parfumeur\u2019s Aedes de Venustas, developed Aedes de Venustas Signature, too; it has fragrance notes of rhubarb, tomato leaf, red currant, green apple, honeysuckle, vetiver, hazelnut and incense.<\/p>\n Aedes de Venustas Signature begins with a tangy, green\/fruit accord: a \u201chot,\u201d rough tomato leaf scent combined with musky currant, a quick burst of apple, and rhubarb<\/a><\/em>. Let\u2019s stop right here and talk \u201crhubarb\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,47],"class_list":{"0":"post-68730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-aedes","8":"tag-bertrand-duchaufour","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aedes](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aedeslogo.jpg\")
Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum (for sale at Aedes<\/a>\u00a0is $225 for 100 ml; it comes in a gorgeous bottle and lavish velvet-covered box (see the unusual gold cap in \u2018closed\u2019 and \u2018open\u2019 positions in the photos above and at right). Aedes de Venustas Signature also is available in scented soap ($35 per 8.8 oz. cake); according to PR materials, candles will be sold, but are not currently for sale on the Aedes de Venustas site<\/a>.<\/p>\nIncluded in...<\/h2>\n
Perfume: the best of 2012<\/a><\/div><\/div>Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
Aedes de Venustas Sueno Latino ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Aedes de Venustas Cafe Tabac ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>A handful of roses ~ fragrance reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n