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There was a 1925 fragrance called Mystikum, by perfume Scherk, tagged "the mystery of flowers" of all things, and accompanied by a full range of body products in the coming years, but surely the name would fit Caron's perfume perfectly as well.
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I own a quite large decant of Caron's Parfum Sacre Intense (more like a purse spray), and I should quickly upgrade to a full bottle, but each time I use it I feel like a goddess on a pedestal, receiving rites of peppery spices and rosy sacrifices upon a sacrificial altar, while myrrh fills the atmosphere with the solemnity of religion. The myrrh is especially warm, bittersweet, with no powdery after-effects, so it doesn't project as "clean" or "groomed" rather than sombre and liturgical, but it's the alliance of spicy rose with musk which makes the real message of devotion to a higher being. For once, rose sheds its prim guise and reveals a throbbing heart full of thorns.
I dig this kind of ritual and therefore Parfum Sacre Intense aims for the sweet spot. Touchée.
I just wish they hadn't changed the bottle, from the glorious deep purple with the peppercorns into the blander columnar ones they have used when revamping the line a couple of years ago...
i've always liked the caron "parfum sacre", and i haven't had a chance to smell the 'intense' version, but i am certain i would like it even more. i just rotated my bottle of "sacre" to the fore of my perfume shelf, as i like it on certain winter days. something about myrrh and winter to me...
ReplyDeletePlease do try it, I also liked the original and found the intense so good as well. It's a very warm wintery scent.
DeleteOver time, Parfum Sacre has become one of my favorite cold weather perfumes. I have the vintage EDP in the black box. Perhaps the last great perfume from the storied Caron perfume house.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed everything you say it is. Enjoy! And do try the Intense if you get the chance, I hope it's not discontinued any time soon.
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