Parfum1 has been having deals of 20% off lately. I was thinking of getting Serge Lutens L'Incendiare, but unwilling to even shell out the $400 plus needed to do that. I was interested in a recent Montale:
Honey Aoud.
Trebor at Scent for Thought gave it a good review (he is kind of a Montale expert and pretty unforgiving about what he likes and does not like).
Gaia at The Non-Blonde also reviewed it positively. So I ordered it.
It's nice, if sweet. Cinnamon, but not any oud from what I can tell. Also, the drydown is a bit powdery. Still, there seems to be a recent trend for honey/oud scents (see also Floris
Honey Oud and Vilhelm Parfumerie
The Oud Affair -- this last I've tried and, again, while nice, not a lotta oud. As if I would know the real thing.). Anyway, I like this, in my continued honey hunt.
Bruno Fazzolari teamed up with Antonio Gardoni of Bogue Profumo to issue a limited edition of an alleged perfumer game of The Exquisite Corpse called, appropriately enough,
Cadavre Exquis. Only 99 bottles were issued worldwide. Well, I've got one of 'em.
Again,
very sweet. Well it's supposed to be a gourmand. It comes in a plastic ziplock bag of sorts, along with some candies-- including a Mary Jane! -- and a booklet. It's kind of how I imagined Prada Candy to smell (I have no idea).
These might be rough summer wearing.
