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Oeillet Bengale like its namesake (the Bengal tiger) conjures the vision of a wild, fiery, untamed thing, oozing feline sex appeal and the sort of charm which keeps you on your toes rather than winning you over with an easy smile and pleading puppy eyes. It also conjures the temples of India, garlanded by flowers and smoky with woody-smelling incense, a sort of Kipling novela written in the register of smells.
Oeillet Bengale by Aedes de Venustas boldly goes where modern niche carnation fragrances go, that is more Vitriol d'Oeillet (Lutens) than Bellodgia (Caron). The spicy component, fresh and dark, like an electric storm in a land of immense skylines that go on forever, lends it well into night wear, while the combination of resinous smells and floral notes gives it a Queen of Sheba via a modern sort of vibe. This is a wonderful fragrance for either men or women who exude sophistication (or aim at doing so!) because the smoky pepperiness—with its incense-y ambience—doesn't lend itself to cooing over the latest chick lit volume. If you are the type to go gaga over Hello Kitty items (and not just out of childhood nostalgia) Oeillet Bengale will leave you cold. If you're a fan of spacious, yet richly nuanced, woody fragrances with a prominent spicy component (sans the expected Indian curry food notes!) and the growl of smooth and carnal labdanum, then the feral Oeillet Bengale is your thing.
In fact, if I were to sum it up, I'd say that the chord of pepper-clove-labdanum-incense is the "soul" of Oeillet Bengale, a smoky carnation for fiery spirits.
Composed by Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Oeillet Bengale by Aedes de Venustas includes top notes of turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, cloves and saffron; middle notes of rose, white pepper, strawberry and floral notes; and base notes of vanilla, tolu balsam, benzoin and labdanum.
Related reading on Perfume Shrine:
Spicy Floral fragrances reviews,
Carnation in perfumes: the clove-scented buds of La Belle Epoque
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WANT THIS. pepper-clove-labdanum-incense...YES.
ReplyDeleteI am lemming this like crazy. You haven't helped.
ReplyDeletePortia xx
N,
ReplyDeleteit is very very fetching, has guts, smells heavenly (to me at least!) Try it!!
Portia darling,
ReplyDeleteyou'll thank me later! :-D Try this one ASAP. It's very good. And easily worn by men too, nothing wishy washy about it.
Sounds like a lovely scent, shall note it.
ReplyDeleteMind you, CE, let along Wuthering Heights, make/s me less keen - have never been able to get the Brontes, they just seems a little hysterical - more in need of a dark room & eau de cologne...
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ReplyDeleteit's very good, do try it! I;m not usually this gushing about scents, but it's very very lovely if you like spicy peppery stuff. The top note cluster is especially interesting.
Hahaha on CE and the Brontes. Yeah, I see what you mean. I like them though! :-P
I'm the opposite, I guess, I find Jane Austen -for instance- sedate, dull and intent on finding out her hero's financial capacities in a spirit similar as of that of a tax collector. Have you noticed people that like one don't like the other and vice versa? (Then again, Thomas Hardy, Henry James and the rest of that bunch, I don't find them dull at all)