Dans Tes Bras (for women and men)

Maugli

Perfect. I was looking for something of Guerlain's L'Instant nature... but something where jasmine is not so prevalent and without the heavy musky vanilla drydown. Dans Tes Bras fits those conditions perfectly. Jasmine is very audible but not prevalent, the switness is replaced by bitter fresh notes. And it just smells of sex... whatever that means - salty earthy alert scent

Robert White

I'm sorry, ladies, but I think that Roucel (who has created some GREAT perfumes, Musc Ravageur, the ones for Bond #9, Insolence...) has crapped out on this one. To me, it smells like an unpleasant smelling but expensive soap. And the scent lingered on my wrist for hours! For what Frederic Malle charges ($290 USD) at Barney's New York, it's just not worth it. Sigh...I LOVE damn near all of the Frederic Malle line...Iris Poudre, Bigarade Concentree, Noir Epices, and the MIGHTY CARNAL FLOWER! When I meet my true love, she's getting that. I don't know anybody who doesn't think it's irresistably sexy...Ropion is probably my favorite perfumer, along with the (sadly deceased) Germaine Cellier, and Bernard Chant. I just wish I could keep up with the new stuff! But on my budget, I have to concentrate on tried and true classics. At least I know that I'm always in good taste, eh? Well, Maurice, back to the perfume organ, I'm sure you will astound us once more!

Vickalena

It is such a long time, since I wanted to test this perfume - Maurice Roucel is one of my favorite perfumers. I have ordered some samples from Frederic Malle site in December, and still haven't got Dans Tes Bras - because this fragrance is so popular, the samples are not available. Finally I've got some perfume for test - thanks Anne for the sample!!!

I have to note, that Rebella's review is very precise - the opening of this scent is dark, wet, earthy and even scary - a smell of mysterious dense forest. Sure, the patchouli gives this wet "mushrooms color" to the scent, which gets warmer and sunnier with time - as if the sun would come through the dense foliage...
After a while Dans Tes Bras is almost identical to Roucel's 15 years older Tocade. But Tocade is slightly sweet and very sunny scent from the opening (I've done testing of both perfumes in parallel) and in 30 min the difference was not very notable - Tocade still was a bit sweeter and warmer (vanilla and musk in the base). But the base of Dans Tes Bras is more interesting for me, as it keeps this magic warm wetness, while Tocade is a bit dry.
Though it was quite unusual experience, I'm not sure, if I would like to wear this perfume... I need another try.

rebella

Thank you F_A. :) I think this is a one of a kind fragrance, but at the same time is it like small drops of Tocade is inside the perfume, I guess it sounds quite weird?

F_A

Thank You rebella for a nice review - reading it I imagined Alice in Wonderland :) Could You tell whether this fragrance resembles any other?

rebella

Imagine your self born out of a violet. This is how this perfume starts on me. It capture me from the very beginning. I stumble down from the violet and land in the soft moss just near a big mushrom. I think I am some sort of littlest fairy and all the wonderful fragrances around me are so big, beutiful and absolutly amazing. I am taking a flight in the enchanted forrest and it is so utterly well done that I almost cry. There is threes, violets, mushroms, moss and behind some bushes I am sure there is a fox (or a big, bad wolf?) sleeping. Flying through the forrest I discover that another little fairy had flew before me, I think it is the Maurice Roucel-fairy that has spilled out small, delicate drops of Tocade all over the forrest.

I have never experienced such a beutiful, magical opening as with this fragrance. It is like being transformed to a fantasy fairytale with bright colours and a lot of magic. The first halfhour of this perfume is perfection in a bottle.

I do think that it develops differently on different people. Unfortunatly the drydown dosen´t live up to the opening. The drydown is a soft, discrete and nice skinscent. A bit powdery, a bit musky and a bit salt, really nice but not so special. For me, with this fragrance is is all about the opening. On a scale from 0-5 I give the opening 10! :) The rest is probably a steady 4, but it is like a real dip compared to the opening.

A must try just to experience the opening! Even tough I am sure that it all depends on nose and skinchemistry how it develops.