There's a curious absence of lushness in Elle but I haven't given up on it yet. I've worn YSL Elle a couple of times - it's a bit hard-nosed red-berry wrapped around a peony for my taste, it doesn't soften as much as I'd like it too, although the dry down is my favorite part of Elle. The opening was to sour for my liking, something really sour suffocated the faint traces of rose that I could detect - the next morning I smelled something entirely different on the blouse I wore the day before: something a bit masculine and dry and definitely un-rosey. I've tried a couple of "untrue" roses recently: Kate by Kate Moss. I guess I still have to smell a true - or loyal - rose fragrance. Katie, that's a very interesting comment on my rose-ambivalence - thank you.
#Frederic malle musc ravageur series
There is a “too muchness” to it, though, and while that might send Dan on a series of Silkwood showers, to the rest of us, Musc Ravageur smells like delicious decadence. It's rich without being a gourmand, though some MR fans claim they pick up chocolate. I'm not exactly sure what triggered the gag reflex for Dan, since MR doesn't hit any of the popular stank stops: barnyard, gusset, diaper pail. Might my sample have been from a bad batch? Because I've smelled lots of other Roucel scents and none of them smelled gross ( Kenzo Air practically doesn't even exist). That seems like an especially inarticulate description, I know, but I can't think of anything more appropriate to say.
#Frederic malle musc ravageur skin
Using the vernacular of an earlier generation, Roucel really goes for it, doesn't he? It was so strong! At first I was worried it was the fragrance equivalent of a tattoo and I was going to have to laser off the outer layer of my skin just to get it off me. And then he let rip with the following tirade at Musc Ravageur: This, my friend, is where we part ways. I tried to share my enthusiasm for both MR and L18 with my Perfume Pen Pal Dan, but he merely shrugged at Labdanum 18.
Once I discovered Labdanum 18, with its more powdery, less aggressive ambered musk, it became my preferred source of perfume purr. I think of Musk Ravageur as a fraternal twin to Le Labo Labdanum 18, given that both are thick, cozy, animal-inspired scents created by Maurice Roucel. All very nice, but it has a masculine flourish that isn't quite for me. The edp gets there in the end, too, but not before journeying through the land of lavender and clove. The oil is pretty much all base notes, focusing on musk, amber and the smidge of vanilla which encourages the creaminess. Yet the oil version, which I prefer to the eau de parfum, does hover invitingly close to your body in a way that allows you to claim partial credit for the good smell. (I've since resolved that stand-off, with Frédéric Malle Une Rose now in my top five personal favorites.) Musc Ravageur, all furry warmth and musk with a bit of cinnamon, clove and vanilla, is too emphatic a concoction to call a “skin scent”. I was deep into my anti-fleur phase, not the least interested in hearing anything a flower had to tell me. To mark the brand’s twentieth anniversary, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle celebrates their thirty-two perfumes created so far -by looking back to the year of their creation- by including their names and year of release in a special edition bottle and box for only six of their most iconic fragrances.įor the past 20 years, the perfumers chosen by Frédéric Malle, push their limits and transcend their creativity creating a deliciously eclectic collection boasting a fantastically rich range of propositions.When I first discovered Frédéric Malle Editions de Parfums, Musc Ravageur was the one that captivated me. An underrated name in the world of fragrances that was introduced in 2000 as Editions de Parfums, it was presented as a completely new concept whereby the world’s greatest noses composed exclusive fragrances to be sold under their names.įounded by the grandson of the founder of Christian Dior Parfums, Frédéric Malle himself started his career in 1988 at the prestigious perfume laboratory Roure Bertrand Dupont.
A while back we brought you a feature on Frédéric Malle, one of our favorite perfumiers, and today we bring you Frédéric Malle’s latest release.
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