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First steps..
Sure, I could write a statement now. Maybe I should, after all, Comète and I haven't known each other that long. Only a few hours in person, in fact.
But every time I tried, I realized that I already have so much to say and that the statement would probably have three appendices. So a review after all, which will then simply be expanded and/or corrected later if necessary.
How much I read about this fragrance in advance and how scared I was of heliotrope and cherry blossom. Rightly? Wrongly? At first, absolutely right!
Do you know Amarettinis? Those mini cookies that often come in pairs and are added to the cappuccino in the café? That's exactly my association with the first spray. Sweet amaretto cookies. Not marzipan, because marzipan is moist, this scent here is dry.
And then something wonderful happens, because the intrusive marzipan-amaretto sweetness disappears within minutes and something dusty makes its way in: iris!
I've read a lot about powdery vs. creamy and was at least as afraid of cream as I was of shampoo and marzipan. But is the fragrance creamy? No, I don't think so, but I think I know where this feeling comes from. The fragrance is finely ground powder, so powdery that a finger in it almost feels like touching cream, but only almost. Ladies (and perhaps some men) may know the feeling from an extremely finely milled eye shadow or face powder. I feel roughly the same kind of powderiness here.
The iris lingers for a long time, dominating the heart of the perfume but accompanying it from the top to the base. It is powdery, but also slightly grassy and green. As it progresses, I notice the musk more and more clearly; it reminds me of Jersey and 1957.
At this point, I would like to make a few fragrance comparisons of my own and those I have read from others, as far as I can at this stage:
Après L'Ondée:
Comète is sweeter and warmer, Après L'Ondée could be its cool cousin. They give you the same vibes, but I find Après L'Ondée a little closer to cream than powder due to the violets.
La Peau Nue:
Iris is the common theme, but I find La Peau Nue much more neutral. Similarly finely milled powder, comparable vibes, but a different interpretation of iris.
1957:
Yes, the Polge musk. But apart from that, there's another fragrance that I had to think of first:
Jersey:
After about an hour or two on my skin, I had to smell it twice and thought that Comète really reminded me of Jersey. With iris instead of lavender. There's this underlying sweetness, the same kind of muskiness and something grassy, which makes Comète seem amazingly fresh.
Fortunately, the amaretto cookie is also gone at this point and Comète drifts away pleasantly. I can't identify cherry blossom and, to be honest, I don't even know what it's supposed to smell like. I think I once even read that cherry blossom doesn't actually smell (intensely), but I don't have the experience to be able to judge the veracity of this statement.
I don't want to give it a score yet, but I guess it will probably be around 9.
So much for now.
BamBamNYC
