Dans Tes Bras Frederic Malle for women and men

This smells just like breaking open a birch twig used for making birch beer, or what some people call sasparilla.

It is woodsy, sweet, and warm. It smells very natural and outdoorsy. It eventually fades into a somewhat boring but comforting skin scent. "Dans tes Bras" is a suitable name, as it feels like being hugged by someone in the woods.

Not sure I'd wear this, but it would make a great candle or room scent. Lasts for about 4 hours.

Dans tes Bras
does have this feeling to be born out of a romantic
dreamers art studio
with peeling walls and candles lit

Imagine parisian revolutionaries
painting and creating love poems
inside while its raining
always a little intoxicated
in underwear


impressionistic
sensational
sexy

unfortunately it makes me sneezy
and i can hardly wear it :(
but i love it just the same

The opening too dark and very different. One of the bizarre perfumes have encountered in my life. There is something very different from the content of. More artistic and art spirited...

I bought a sample of this as I love any perfume from the house of Federic Malle.Unfortunately, on first spray it was waay too overwhelmingly masculine for me and I threw it in to my basket of "mistake purchases ". Some time later I was going through one of my (now) regular periods of penury and revisted said basket, came across the sample and decided to give it another chance. Well, what a dfference a few months (and straitened financial circumstances) make!! This is exactly the smell that I imagine would have exuded from my French lover if I had been lucky enough to nab one during my year spent in a Parisian garrett. Instead, my only companion during those cold nights were a bunch of Dick Francis books kindly donated by a fellow Irish exile. Anyway, I digress.... this is a warm sexy very French embrace and I only wore it for myself, feeling in the process that I was being slightly unfaithful to the love of my life but hey, a girl has to have her secrets.......

I usually stick to celebrity scents - that way, if somebody says, "It stinks!" I can just answer, "But it's JLo or Alain Delon," and they back right off. However, the first time I wore DANS TES BRAS, I sprayed a bunch of it in a movie theater... I had gone to see the 3D reissue of AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER on my birthday, and was feeling particularly festive, so I doused myself when the lights went down. Well, the people around me started asking, "What is it?" and I passed them the bottle. They sprayed it too, and by the time the movie ended, the bottle was half gone... a good thing it was a birthday gift? Now, owing to these circumstances, I can only imagine Deborah Kerr wearing DANS TES BRAS as she listens to Grandmother Janou adding those tender grace notes to her piano version of A LOVE AFFAIR... impossible timewise of course... I'm guessing DK might really have been wearing ANTILOPE or ECUSSON... unless her suburban streak had taken over in Hollywood and it was TIGRESS or TWEED!

Very beautiful and strange at the same time, very animalistic – hard to identify what it is – intimate, perfume for yourself:) special. I have tried it a few times – and always have a feeling that it is very attractive and everyone feels it on me, and looks at me. it does not perfectly fit me style and personality but I still think about buying it for the sake of having this masterpiece.

Extraordinary, special, original. DTB does not need more words.

The most amazing opening ever seen. It must be the cashmeran with its woody (pine)and floral (heliotrope, violet) notes. The start is the PERFECTION floral, violet, heliotrope.. It develops into a soft moss,near to mushroom. Here, I know it develops differently depending on the people, but luckly on my skinchemistry is sublime.
The drydown is discrete, a wonderful salty woody skincent. Wearing it I feel safe, feeling good.
Perfect for a Very Special "physical meeting"... It will be unforgettable.
Beautiful and absolute amazing. Thanks Maurice, this and Musc Ravageur are two of my very very favourite fragances.

I love it. But not as a perfume. I am from Greece Crete and its remind me of those sunny days in the secret beaches that i keep them for me and as this i feel it. For me its a very very private sent that u like to share with some special.
Dans Tes Bras is like a tattoo in my skin. After 24 hours and after 2 showers i can still smell it strong.

THE WAY WE GO by Katharine Thomas:

The way we go about our lives
trying out each empty room
like houses we might own
eavesdropping for clues in corridors until
standing at a gate or attic window
seeing beauty in a flag of sky
we're gone, leaving the doors open
all the lights burning.

This poem sums up the smell of Dans Tes Bras perfectly, IMHO. And I do believe that it is the most brilliant perfume of our times. I love it deeply.

Just got a sample of this scent today. On me it's like entering a brand new house. The smell of paint, wood and the wooden furniture. Woody and spicy. And then I feel like there are some animals inside the house. For me it's totally interesting, but somehow lonesome.

I bought a sample.On me the scent progress is this:
topnotes: latex paint
heart notes:baby powder (heliotrope and jasmine?)
basenotes: latex paint.
Considering that my parents are planning on repainting our house's interior-so I should get PLENTY of time with Eau de Paint,and that latex paint isn't an adored note of mine,I think I can safely pass on this and use the $$$$ on something that I do love.

As a Maurice Roucel fan, I had to sample this one. LOVE IT!

I can only refer to the first review by "rebella" in this column and might wanna add: "It's like an Alice in Wonderland" 3D film experience.

I will buy and wear this for late winter/ springtime when mother nature returns to life.....as a matter of fact this makes THE perfect Easter gift (to myself!)

For now I am still enjoying my Xmassy "Musk Ravageur"!

The opening 60 seconds of Dans Tes Bras has to be the most thrilling olfactory experience of my life. My mind stands still to appreciate the richness of what just happened.

After that, I begin to ponder the implications of the name Dans Tes Bras or 'In Your Arms' in relation to the skin scent of a lover vs the pervasive mushroom odour which puzzles my nose. What manner of skin disease does my lover have? Ach, putting that conundrum out of my mind for a moment I am again arrested & thrilled by a sweet, dirty violet.

It wasn't until my third testing that the saltiness begins to manifest to my nose and I start to understand the skin scent, although that exciting organic vegetal earthiness with the gorgeous sweet undertones is still very apparent.

The drydown in comparison is disappointing, being a simple (in comparison) musky, woody trace upon the skin.

I find it eminently wearable, although it is more of a lonesome scent than that of a lover's touch. The conversation between human nature and the fertile dark earth underfoot. And a mushroom or two.

The reviews got me interested so I smelled it yesterday...I hated it at first sniff...I don't know if it's in it, but I smelled leather (which I hate in perfumes) along with some souer notes I couldn't place. In the drydown it develops to be a bit more tender, but...no, not for me this one...
The lady in the shop told me that men love this on a woman...but I couldn't care less...I rather get no attention at all than having to wear a fume I dislike!

Just two words: STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.. I can agree with most other fans here:the opening of that perfme IS magic,gorgeous and I m out of words here.. alas,after one hour or so only a faint scent of the violet and jasmine is left and its getting weeker... so I have a trick: put on a little unperfumed skin oil or even sunstick for the lips without perfume and it will stick an hour or so longer to your skin and that is sooo nice: ONE MORE HOUR of magic!! BRAVO Maurice! If you are a fan of MR try his newest one for Linari: Acqua Santa.. that is my personal favourite of his creations,it s even more sparkling,multilayered, strange and beautifully feminine..

Not for me either when all is said and done. After applying all that ran through my mind for a few minutes was flowery animal pee! Then it dried down much better. Close to the skin, very sexy in a metallic sort of way. And I do like the violet quite a bit. But turn my head the wrong way and I occasionally get a whiff and am reminded of semen. Not exactly what I'm looking for! It could just be my body chemistry but the few parts I did like are far outweighed by those that I don't.

Firstly, I have to comment on the packaging. The Box is in black which can be known to be a sign of protection and loyalty, and then when we come to the bottle, we have the same black background for the labels but it gets contrasted very well with the colours white and red. The colour white usually sums up purity and serenity which is perfect. Then we have the colour red which is complemented by the white and black, the colour red usually means the colour of passion, love and flirtation. With this fragrance being designed for both men and women they have incorporated the male and female colours. Black is usually a strong and powerful colour, whereas the red, in this case is softer and sweeter. They both indicate that the fragrance is male and female within its manner.

The bottle design shows a simple structure, although it's a powerful stance that says we can be simple but we can be powerful, showing that the fragrance is an intimate and passionate as well as powerful and well grounded.

Looking deep within the soul of the fragrance we have a rich colour of gold. Gold is usually well known for wealth and fortune as well as elegance. The rich golden colour reminds me of the golden sun rays beaming down upon my face, so therefore the fragrance uplifts my spirits before smelling the notes.

Furthermore, when it comes to the inner most secrets, the perfume notes it has heliotrope, jasmine it then mixes with woodsy, patchouli and pine. Within the fragrance they have used Jasmine to uplift the spirits of the wearer as well as keeping a firm grounding sensation due to the patchouli. This is a very floral, woody fragrance. I feel that the fragrance uses very good and powerful pulls on a person’s psychology when it comes to the scents the work that has gone into the designing this product is very outstanding.

When it comes to fragrances I like to study the perfumes pulling skills with its packaging, choice of colours and fonts, maybe this is where my media skills come in. But then I smell the fragrance to see if I was right in what I wrote. I believe that this fragrance if very pleasing to the olfactory nerves as well as uplifting the spirits but giving it a sense of grounding and patience with its deep woody base.
by
Jaymie Smith

I admit it, I have a thing for Maurice Roucel - everything he touches turns to gold, in my book.
I heard about Dans Tes Bras, and knowing it was his creation, just had to try. One pssssht, and I was hooked.
It's like Apres l'Ondee on steroids. Whereas, (although I wore it for years) Apres l'Ondee seems innocent, and almost youthful, Dans Tes Bras is a complex skin scent. It is like both the lovemaking and the afterglow, like symphonic music with a little electric guitar thrown in as a surprise. It is both familiar and new.
I totally agree with Rebella - the first half hour to hour is like magic. The violet takes you straight to the woods, where you feel the moss under your feet, and beneath your nose, with the wood and mushroom in harmony. It's both dark and airy as it dries down to a soft powdery, irisy level that stays and stays. It's green and violet and wet wood all in one. Feminine without feeling like a whole bouquet.
Maurice set out to duplicate skin - he is a genius, and at least on me, it becomes my own skin, very familiar, while remaining fresh. Bravo!

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. As it turned out L'Instant and Dans tes bras have same author... and if you want something even more exotic - try Iris Siver Mist form Lutems - yet another creation of Maurice Roucel.

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!

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?

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

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.