La Chasse aux Papillons Extreme L Artisan Parfumeur for women and men

On me it's the tuberouse that comes at first, whith the pink pepper. After a while I can smell the jasmin and ylang-ylang, but the proeminent note is the tuberouse. As always with l'artisan parfumeur, weak staying power. In general, I don't like the quality of this brand's scents. If I want to smell tuberouse I go to Carnal Flower, even there's there the coconut I hate and I must pay far much more.

top was boring for me with tuberose all over. But I love end notes. They last forever and slowly develope from citrus lemon to gentle flowery mist, like a meadow. Shame I did not enjoy from them begining, but overall quality perfume.

Guess what? I REALLY like this. It also brought me to an epiphany about niche fragrances, with an emphasis on L`Artisan Parfumeur. But later for that.

This showcases 3 of my favorite notes: jasmine, tuberose and orange blossom. I must state, for the record, that these 3 notes are done with class. Subtle is the key word. The sillage is close and the longevity is deceptive, in typical L`Artisan fashion. After this is considered as having faded away, it pops back up every time the body heats up so that the development always comes as a surprise. One minute, this is all jasmine. Later on, you can detect the tuberose. Other times, the orange blossom takes center stage. At certain points in the development, all three of these notes are very active. The honey in the base is also very much "there" on my skin. I love how L`Artisan fragrances "play with the nose". I also love how my body chemistry reacts to these notes. It's pretty, but not prissy. A man can easily pull this off. I'd prefer to wear this with white. A crisp white shirt with pearl cuff links comes to mind when I take whiffs of this. Here's a point to be made about florals and men: florals are SUPPOSED to wear close to us. This leads to my epiphany:

Niche = special occasions. Special occasions = closed distances during social interaction.
Surely, your impression on the senses of sight and smell have been made before the fragrance seems to fade away. By then, you should be relying on your appeal to the sense of sound (your conversation) to extend your power of attraction.

When this "epiphany" is taken into consideration, L`Artisan Parfumeur fragrances are completely justified. La Chasse Aux Papillons Extreme is no exception.

Update: two sprays on fabric have reached a longevity of 28 hours now. Longevity is of no issue with this fragrance. I must note that I have dry skin. Still, I get 4 solid hours of this beautiful fragrance before it begins to fade in and out.

To me the jasmine is way too overwhelming. It's delicious if you love jasmine, and it does remind me of butterflies and flowers in the middle of summer. But it's not something I would wear I'm afraid.

sherapop, i know what you mean re: 'connotations of childhood innocence but the realities involving capture, lost of freedom and ultimately death..'.. hmm ironically CAP is very popular with brides. oh yes, sent shivers down my spine too.

i like both CAP and CAP Extreme. Funnily enough, CAP lasts longer than the extreme.

LA CHASSE AUX PAPILLONS EXTREME is not at all what I was expecting: a more extreme or concentrated version of LA CHASSE AUX PAPILLONS. Instead, this is an entirely new composition, with delectably sumptuous notes. Only the core white floral/linden blossom is carried over from its namesake. EXTREME spices things up quite a bit, most notably with saffron and honey, both of which shine through in all their golden glory, illuminating the white flowers. There is also just the tiniest touch of pepper--a perfect complement--along with some ylang.

To be honest, my only concern is with the name. "Butterfly hunting" seems so cruel to me, and "Extreme Butterfly hunting" or "Butterfly hunting--extreme" is even worse. I realize that the idea of chasing butterflies is suppoed to connote a childlike innocence, but the reality involves ending a beautiful life of freedom, ultimately pushing pins into the torsoes of living or once-living butterflies. It just sends shivers up my spine. Very similar, in fact, to my reaction at seeing a rabbit's foot: every rabbit's foot represents a slaughtered rabbit somewhere!!! But I digress.

My problem with its name aside, I really like LCP EXTREME as a fragrance. It doesn't hurt that I happen to be quite fond of saffron and honey--in both cuisine and perfume. Some more good news is that EXTREME edp has much better staying power than its edt namesake--which seems logical, after all. On my wishlist!

Mellyhelly you are right... staying power is weak with L'Artisan..this is sad because they maybe have the greatest smelling scents with great quality ingredients. But why they are always weak? Good question.



8,5/10

Funny name.. extreme chase after butterflies of chase after extreme butterflies.. "Just joking...

Once again L'Artisan shows me how not only dry spicy perfumes are utter gorgeous, but also floral.

The very top was so gorgeous I smelled it and thought it was divine. Creamy citruses mixed up with saffron flutters around you like butterflies.

Until here comes florals. In fact heart smelled very like something I was familiar and I couldn't remember what exactly. But as more florals developed, become stronger with it's floral sweetness I remembered finally - my mum had a perfume (I think it was cheap) called Blue Lady or something- it held the same aroma, the same I can find in Armani Code edp, so if you liked Code this is similar (although I don't see why some would require 2 similar perfumes..)

Lasting power is weak. It is, it stays barely there after few hours (only a little honey-like hint left). Too bad.

Yes! This is very gorgeous! It's sweeter and creamier than regular Chasse and has more ompph and less naivety. It's an intense sunny white floral. I smell more than just honey and ylang-ylang in teh basenotes, maybe some woods. It's like La Chasse aux Papillons grown up, more womanly, less girlish (well, more expensive for a tiny bottle also...), more rounded but stronger too. I don't think it could be disturbing unless people around you are some sort of floral-haters.
It's very difficult for me to imagine this one on a man! Far too feminine! It would seem like someone who stole his sweetheart perfume to feel her close to him.
The worst part as usual with L'Artisan is staying power. Dommage!

This is a gorgeous scent, bursting with linden and honeysuckle, and featuring a long, warm, luxurious drydown. One of the most feminine L'Artisan scents I have experienced thus far.