Noir Epices (for women and men)

andyray

Back in the early 80s and way before the often OTT 'PC' effect took hold, I worked at Ford's factory in Amsterdam where we made Transit vans. The very noisy all-male environment reeked of sweat; smoke; paint; welding fumes and rubber. Nice. Don't jump to conclusions just yet - please read-on...

Annexed to the factory was a Health and Safety office and - THANK GOD!! - our H+S officer was female and incredibly HOT!! She could have been on a 70s Roxy Music album cover - probably the second album with that black panther. This lady was a real sex-siren, and when she occassionally strutted onto the shop-floor for H+S matters, the entire work-force went totally bonkers: work stopped and packs of men bored shitless by welding vans together all-day followed her, holding their wrenches like they were steel todgers! Then the animal noises started: some were barking like dogs, others 'eee-awing', and some just grunting. It was mental! They're probably all on SSRIs now. One day I cut my hand and I had to report the injury to her and the men I worked with were so jealous that I was in her office early that morning. As she leant forward to inspect my wound, I sat fascinated by glimpses of her obvious 'full-kit', and I could hear them outside behaving just like those chimps on a Discovery channel nature programme when they start beating branches...men can be sick...and I sat there spell-bound- my loins in a tangle...she wore a divine perfume with sandlewood and patchouli - just like this, Noir Epices!...So thanks Michel: it was heaven to go down memory lane again with this beauty you've created!

'Good perfumes make you think stuff like this!'

I'm off to my CBT session...Andyray

For a descriptive account look at all the good reviews below.
Ps Big thanks to Robert White for the quote.

rebella

PS. When I waked up this morning I could still smell the perfume, and it smell delicate... This experience only made me want to test all the perfumes of Editions de Parfums/ Frederic Malle...

rebella

What a strange fragrance, strange but still nice. Or better than nice, really uniqe I think. The first thing I smell is the orange, but not orangejuice more like dried orangezest... and there comes the flowers as well. The orange remains almost to the end on me, but the flowers soon fades away and give place to some very clean, heady spices. Hard to describe, but some sort of cold, spiced steam if thats possible? I agree with jeca about that it is an oriental fragrance but in a way western. Dark, intriguing and at the same time light and easy.

It´s a unisex, but I must say that it smells much more, better and complex on my husband than on me. With that said, I still think it smells very good on me, but more than very good on my husband.

The drydown is very likeable. Soft, a hint of powder, sweetness and warmth. Longlasting.

jeca

Another beautiful scent, oriental, but light, an oriental scent from a western creator. Warm and spicy, with a hint of orange, that brings airy, "western" note to the composition. I even smell orangeade among oriental spices ;o)

Sandal, precious oils and woods, musks ;o)