06/05/2014
Ysbrand
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Ysbrand
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4
coffee orchid
Richard Lüscher-Britos 04ºN 74ºW (Is there a more impractical, less memorable way of calling a perfume? seriously) transports us to Guamal, Colombia (thanks google maps) what it seems to be a Natural Park and a paradise on earth. That is the only research i did berfore sniffing the sample that, so kindly, T. forwarded me.
That is why I was expecting something green, lush and humid, in the style of L´Artisan´s rainforest beauty Fleur de Liane. 04ºN 74ºW doesnt deliver this, but instead a beautiful floriental with sweet gourmand accents, the abstraction of an orchid scent.
Rather linear, it opens with and interesting steamy note (quite like opening the door of a hamam) mingled with coffee (earthy and sweetened with vanilla)
Soon, this clean steam note moves away revealing a seductive cluster of cattleyas growing in the shadows of this dry, coffee-colored jungle. I just pictured cattleyas, but truly could be any other, since orchid is a construction in perfumery, as is gardenia, the note listed here. You certainly smell a gardenia-type of scent...dusty, creamy white floral, with spicy lily and the vanillic aspect of some orchids. Pinch of cinnamon. Thats is my imaginary cattleya. A very addictive scent.
The longevity and sillage are quite good. The coffee note lingers on my skin until the next day. I really think both men or women would feel confortable with 04ºN 47ºW (yay! i managed to remember it without looking!!) for a sensual mood.
That is why I was expecting something green, lush and humid, in the style of L´Artisan´s rainforest beauty Fleur de Liane. 04ºN 74ºW doesnt deliver this, but instead a beautiful floriental with sweet gourmand accents, the abstraction of an orchid scent.
Rather linear, it opens with and interesting steamy note (quite like opening the door of a hamam) mingled with coffee (earthy and sweetened with vanilla)
Soon, this clean steam note moves away revealing a seductive cluster of cattleyas growing in the shadows of this dry, coffee-colored jungle. I just pictured cattleyas, but truly could be any other, since orchid is a construction in perfumery, as is gardenia, the note listed here. You certainly smell a gardenia-type of scent...dusty, creamy white floral, with spicy lily and the vanillic aspect of some orchids. Pinch of cinnamon. Thats is my imaginary cattleya. A very addictive scent.
The longevity and sillage are quite good. The coffee note lingers on my skin until the next day. I really think both men or women would feel confortable with 04ºN 47ºW (yay! i managed to remember it without looking!!) for a sensual mood.
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