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smokingbootTried that Musk Aoud Absolue Précieux again, and yup, that is a metric ton of Oud plus chemicals. Horrible thing, headache starts straight away. Shame, I guess I wanted to like it, Absolue Précieux on the page looks so amazing. Written words have their own feeling and evocation, the reason why elixir is so much more mesmerising than decoction. So, in the spirit of disappointment, I tried Love In Black.
The very first thing that happened was that our guest smelled it from across the room. 'That's nice,' he said, 'Parma violets!' And despite Creed's attempts to make it deep and gothic, Parma violets is exactly what LIB is, though it's a lovely fresh treatment. I am usually very ambiguous about violet scents but there is a slightly biscuity edge and creamy note to this, not too Yardley. A jarring indolic note did turn up, but disappeared quickly. Just as well, it doesn't fit. I wonder if it was a momentary reaction to the thousand and one ouds my wrists have soaked up since Christmas day?
Love In Black can't match real violets but what can? Last time I smelled those were the horned variety growing in the Botanical Gardens, a place we only discovered thanks to Mallory's_Camera. It had been raining and the scent was so beautiful, you'd never end it by picking the flower. You'd just fill your head with it and move on, wishing you could stay there forever. I will never forget that day.
That's the thing about all perfume, it's actually bottled mood and memory. R's a bit meh about this one, but I could wear it as an everyday in cooler weather. Of course, it's Creed so the prices are not everyday... And I don't know how I feel about the bottle either.
https://www.allbeauty.com/gb/en/120893-creed-love-in-black-eau-de-parfum-spray-75ml?abref=GoogleShoppingCsGoogleUkSandgoogleUkB&utm_source=pla&utm_medium=cpc&ref=%7Badtype%7D&utm_campaign=%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29_All_Products_-_ME_-_Brand&utm_adgroup=&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2sqOBhCGARIsAPuPK0ggCpU1qgqpjS822e4EHDyDW5X-LjK-Va5oaUgpH_kFeE935rTy__8aAti4EALw_wcB
The very first thing that happened was that our guest smelled it from across the room. 'That's nice,' he said, 'Parma violets!' And despite Creed's attempts to make it deep and gothic, Parma violets is exactly what LIB is, though it's a lovely fresh treatment. I am usually very ambiguous about violet scents but there is a slightly biscuity edge and creamy note to this, not too Yardley. A jarring indolic note did turn up, but disappeared quickly. Just as well, it doesn't fit. I wonder if it was a momentary reaction to the thousand and one ouds my wrists have soaked up since Christmas day?
Love In Black can't match real violets but what can? Last time I smelled those were the horned variety growing in the Botanical Gardens, a place we only discovered thanks to Mallory's_Camera. It had been raining and the scent was so beautiful, you'd never end it by picking the flower. You'd just fill your head with it and move on, wishing you could stay there forever. I will never forget that day.
That's the thing about all perfume, it's actually bottled mood and memory. R's a bit meh about this one, but I could wear it as an everyday in cooler weather. Of course, it's Creed so the prices are not everyday... And I don't know how I feel about the bottle either.
https://www.allbeauty.com/gb/en/120893-creed-love-in-black-eau-de-parfum-spray-75ml?abref=GoogleShoppingCsGoogleUkSandgoogleUkB&utm_source=pla&utm_medium=cpc&ref=%7Badtype%7D&utm_campaign=%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29_All_Products_-_ME_-_Brand&utm_adgroup=&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2sqOBhCGARIsAPuPK0ggCpU1qgqpjS822e4EHDyDW5X-LjK-Va5oaUgpH_kFeE935rTy__8aAti4EALw_wcB
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