Les Garconnes Jeanne Voyage Crazylibellule and the Poppies for women

Les garçonnes JEANNE VOYAGE is another perfume solid featuring iris from the Crazylibellule and the Poppies house. This composition is quite a bit sweeter than TOUT OUBLIER and also has a stronger, benzoin-like musk note, in addition to nutmeg, which is light enough to add a touch of spice without seeming nutmeggy. I have no problems with this fragrance whatsoever and in fact rather like it. Yes, the sillage is low, but the composition is pleasing and I could easily wear this over and over again—-or until my 5 gram stick is gone.

One change from the other “crazy sticks” I’ve tried to date is that the ingredients in the Les garçonnes series begin with petrolatum rather than paraffin. I think that this texture is somewhat more in line with the idea of a perfume solid as it is usually conceived and presented—-although it is still quite a bit more waxy than most of my other solid perfumes (by Jean Patou, Bond no 9, and Diptyque) and I have no doubt that the Chapstick-y texture of many of these sticks (the ones made primarily of paraffin-—that would be candle wax, right?) makes them less appealing than they might otherwise be. The cardboard casing probably does not help matters either, especially since so many houses enshrine their solid perfumes in gorgeous, jewelry-like vessels which are a joy to fondle.

The ultimate test, however, lies in the scent, and these really do smell swell. They are cute, portable, come in disposable packaging and are all natural, in addition to not posing problems for airport security. Plus there are enough different varieties and they are so inexpensive that one could travel with several perfumes quite easily. (No, I am not a shill!)

In any case, all of this advice may in the end be for naught: the several times I’ve tried to visit this house’s website to find out more-—do they offer liquid perfumes? for example—-I have a found sign reading: “Closed for repairs.” So perhaps this concept did not fly, perhaps it seemed too juvenile to be taken seriously by most perfume consumers. On verra…