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Diable Au Corps, a perfume from the Italian countess Donatella Pecci-Blunt, was created in 1990. According to her words “this perfume brings men to their knees and steals their souls”. The "Countess" collaborated with some of the most well known names in the perfume industry to create her perfume and packaging design.
This oriental – floral – chypre composition features the notes of mandarin, marigold, peach, galbanum, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, pink carnation, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, oakmoss, opoponax, labdanum, amber, vanilla, myrrh, patchouli, sandalwood, cedar, civet, castoreum and musk.
It is available as 50 ml EDT.
Top Notes
It develops so beautifully on my skin, and though I have had the misfortune of my skin chemistry magnifying the tart/sour/citric components of some otherwise lovely perfumes, or turning them into a big choking puff of powder, none of those misfortunes occur using this on MY SKIN.
I prefer my mouillettes with egg yolk, mmmmm.
I have always found this too sour on my skin. I felt it more in my throat than in my nose. I am sure it has good in its formula but on my skin it was very vulgar. I suggest you try it on your skin and not only on mouillettes.
It is beautiful- Oddly the warm animalic chypre notes introduce themselves before anything else. In this perfume, warm is not hot or heavy and dry is NOT powdery dusty scratchy or acrid but dry as in dry wine. In these opening moments I revel in the ecstatic blast of perfection, sad that it it so brief. Within a few minutes- less than five minutes- these players politely recede but do not depart, while the more elegant floral accord accompanied by the tiniest drop of moist fruit, begins to blossom and dance on the stage. This is an intriguing reversal of the usual high to low progression. I detect a freshness- not a cheap synthetic aquatic or detergent stench, but a delicious fresh spiced resinous air which is prominent during the opening act and remain present to the finale. The clean aspect includes the galbanum myrrh and cardamom. The fresh spice accord is in the realm of the long gone original Fendi. Though labdanum can turn some juice to dust, it is in consort here with oppoponox, keeping things dignified but not dessicated or dusty. While these exquisite chypre and oriental base players do patiently await their turn to star again in the final acts and curtain call, they never leave the stage. Instead they hum harmoniously, respectfully quiet (not silent) while the slightly fruit kissed nectar dipped flowers and other botanicals play out their roles. I believe you must enjoy civet to appreciate this one. Civet castoreum and musk are artfully entwined- a rare and wonderful thing, especially in contemporary perfumes. The spices do not upstage, but instead serve to "season" the dish as they would in a culinary context. This in not a foody or gourmand frag- but delicious as a lover's neck is deliscious.
I especially appreciate the absence of typical overused cliche woody/amber/musk aroma chemicals here. I find this to be a hybrid-between a Chypre-Floral and an Oriental. It reminds me somewhat of my late beloved K de Krizia, although there is a stage at which K develops a tiny bit of a fresh soapiness and this one does not. This is not a teenibopper scent- but that was probably obvious without my saying so. A masterpiece, a sleeper, and although the concentration is rather light, the per use price is quite reasonable. The customer service is impressive. When there was a problem with my second order, they graciously apologized and made it right and then some.
SOMEONE must have tried this ? I found only 1 place selling it online
"the royal lifestyle" ... sounds v nice perfume , but dont want to buy unsniffed or unreviewd !!
Can somebody please please please review this one? The notes sounds sooo amazing!!
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