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Leather scents are an acquired taste and their individuality and quirkiness needs a bit of practice. In that context Brun Sicilien is not the easiest, being a true leather, instead of a orientalized ersatz suede smothered in vanilla and woods, but its wearability is superior than most and instantly appreciated by those coming into contact with it, as my personal experiments proved. Coming in an extrait de parfum concentration was a welcome surprise: the tenacity and smooth projection are sublime.
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The new niche collection "Scent on Canvas" so far includes five perfumes created by an eclectic mix of perfumers: Jórdi Fernandez (for Rose Opera and Noir de Mars), Shyamala Maisondieu (Ocre Dore), Alexandra Kosinski (Brun Sicilien) and the founder, Beatrice Aguilar herself (Blanc de Paris). The collection spans five fragrance genres with nuanced olfactory work within them: the starchy, woody musk, a predetermined crowd-pleaser (Blanc de Paris); the dark musty-mossy with guts (Noir de Mars); the mysterious, coppery woody (Ocre Dore); the rosy floral with mysterious, spicy-suede tonalities (Rose Opera) and the complex hesperidic-leathery (Brun Sicilien). Each fragrance is accompanied by a painting by a well-known painter who is inspired by the aromatics in the composition, then the painting is turned into an engraving which is used for the packaging of the fragrance: the inside of the box holds the engraving ready to be framed and hung on your walls.
Notes for Brun Sicilien by Scent on Canvas:
Top: white flowers, jasmine, Sicilian mandarin
Heart: gaucho leather, cardamom, black pepper, suede
Base: amber, birch, Indonesian patchouli, Madagascar vanilla
The perfumes are priced at 130 Euros for 100 ml of perfume/eau de parfum (only Blanc de Paris is an Eau de Parfum by design, the rest are extrait de parfum). A great value sample pack of all 5 scents is offered for only 10 euros online at the official e-shop.
More information: scentoncanvas.com
This sounds fantastic, can't wait for my samples to arrive!
ReplyDeleteMer,
ReplyDeleteI hope you find them interesting.
This one is very fetching! It also provoked an unsolicited comment from my partner (who has a discerning nose), so... ;-)
If any of them would provoke a comment from my partner... that'd be unheard of ;)
ReplyDeleteYour last review makes me even more impatient, I do love leather.
Mer,
ReplyDeletehoping that they prove successful for you, then! They're worthy of sampling, that's for sure.
After wearing for a bit... I am quite taken by Brun Sicilien and... Ocre Doré! (didn't expect that, I had some hopes for Rose Opera but it goes hairspray on me).
ReplyDeleteToday I am wearing BS and got a compliment on it! (not the boyfriend though ;))) and it was a "you smell really nice" rather than a "nice perfume" one. That's quite something since my skin is one of those dry ones that gobble scent up, meaning I never get any scent compliments. I also have trouble perceiving the scent myself, most often, not the case with this one at all, which is very pleasing.
I really have to thank you for the discovery.