Piment Brulant L Artisan Parfumeur for women and men

It smells heavenly in the bottle - spicy chocolate. On my skin it smells like I've rubbed freshly cut green pepper juice all over me, and I don't enjoy the scent.

Scent as at my mother-in-law in the greenhouse. The spicy paprika, the chocolate unfortunately does not appear at me.

Piment Brulant is transparent and very natural and clean scent. It's not thick- what is an advantage for me, because I do not like thick or viscous perfume.
Piment B. opens really "vegetable garden" notes of fresh, juicy and very aromatic peppers.
I sense also moist, cool and crumpled/macerated poppy petals and an intense smell of carnations, with their characteristic bitterness.
I have to admit that I don't "detect" the smell of the chocolate, rather powdery, bitter, raw cocoa, which pleasantly tickles the nose.
Although Piment Brulant remains on my skin several hours, it does not smell distinctly ambery or musky. It's more like fine, "suede" sweetness in the base notes.

For me it is beautiful, luminous, evocative and joyful fragrance, which despite its transparency has, on my skin, amazing staying power.

I like scents that aren't the norm and stand out, although I can't say I'd wear it everyday. This one is one of those that need a confident person to wear who doesn't take #$*% from any one. I think I'd wear this one more around holidays such as thanksgiving or christmas. It's very very warm and spicy, although part of it's peppery side gives it a crispness like bell pepper, yet at the same time it's like cayenne. Amber and vanilla seem to give it's peppery-ness a softer more feminine side although I can't seem to get much of a hint for chocolate.

Yes, you will smell like hot peppers. Do I love it? Yes. I also don't get much chocolate in the scent, just the fresh, spicy smell of peppers. I'm a big fan of L'Artisan Parfumeur and this by-far is my favorite, but I like weird smells. Meh.

My mum uses this perfume when she goes to parties and she smells really good. Party perfume for sure...

Now that Iron chefs have opened the floodgates to culinary creativity, I'm willing to try just about anything. I was skeptical, but I tried Lindt dark chocolate studded with red chili peppers and discovered that it actually tastes quite good. Do the same notes mingle harmoniously in perfume? Bernard Duchaufour apparently set out to find out with L'Artisan Parfumeur PIMENT BRULANT.

Although I applaud the designer's daring, his willingness to risk ridicule for having produced a perfume which smells EXACTLY like salsa, I'm afraid my admiration does not extend so far as to be willing to wear such a scent. A strong green bell pepper note combines in this composition with red chili peppers and a slightly acidic quality to produce a fragrance empirically indistinguishable from, believe it or not: salsa.

This is *not* mole: I do not even pick up on the chocolate note. Nor do the cinnamon or vanilla break through the wall of chili as isolable notes. What we have here, in effect, is a rich, delicious, high-quality chili powder comprising many different spices ground together--including perhaps even poppy seeds--in liquid form.

Interesting, yes. Perhaps wearable, in theory, as a novelty fragrance. FB-worthy? Don't think so. Désolée.

This recipe sounds intriguing and tempting.
I love it in chocolate and hot coco. I had to try it in a perfume as well. And I started with a whole bottle. It was exciting for few days but it took a while to use all of it.

It is from the same family with Safran Troublant and Poivre Piquant. For my nose this is green pimento. It doesn’t have the aroma and richness of the well-ripped red fruit. I doubt they would use the fruits anyway. The oil would be very spicy on the skin. Most probably this is an extract from the plant (leaves and stems).

It starts very green and reminds me of the plant’s leaves. The amber brings balance and depth. After 30 min there is a dark and light smoky tone coming in: dark chocolate. Not the gourmand sweet chocolate, just the raw dark coco. Really nice note.
Vanilla starts strong and candy sweet. Poor choice. It doesn’t balance the green pimento stems at all.
No surprise thou, I can't imagine any thick green tones working well with candy sweet vanilla. Maybe sandalwood?

However after 30 min these note becomes subtler. I would say this is the best part. Together with the dry down. At least 6 hours long lasting.

I don’t feel any cinnamon. Luckyscent shows cloves and I can feel that, very subtle enhancing the dark chocolate.
The musk comes in after one hour or so.

Overall, it is a unique and interesting fragrance, probably not a must have but definitely a must try.

7.8/10

What a disappointment!!!!
...I get no chocolate whatsoever.!!!!
The Vanilla and Cocoa mentioned in what would be an "Aztec Love Potion" sounds great,don't they"
Well those notes are undetectable to me.
...I get Fresh Green Bell Peppers with what might be more green notes of Tomato.
It did settle into a
Red Bell Pepper / Spicy Red Chile combo...
that since I have been inhaling in
at my wrist ....
so desperately... I now can taste...!

I just don't do Fresh Green scents .. they turn on me and my nose finds it appalling.
It's Clean and Green...most assuredly different, but It's not for me.

I've read reviews and have been led to believe that all L'Artisan Parfumeur fragrances are weak - too weak to justify the price. Well, maybe that's to be ignored. Today, I sampled Piment Brulant.
I get the chili, but it's not alone. No one around is going to sneeze or wonder if you just finished cooking a spicy dish. On my skin, I DO get a hint of chocolate, which I don't believe was put there to be noticed. IMO, its job is to make sure that the chili doesn't overpower everything else in the fragrance. I can tell that this one wears close, as far as the nose is concerned. But this follows you around and others would notice this on you long after you've dismissed it as having worn off too soon. This would have significant lasting power on fabric and it's unique enough to justify a 100ml-bottle purchase. Personally, I love it! This may very well become my 2nd niche fragrance.

UPDATE: it's 1:05 AM (4/29/2010)
Uhm, this is still on my arm.. It's wearing very close at this point, but I can still smell it. When I went out earlier, it kept following me and I could smell it all around me.. Poor lasting power? I think NOT... It's on my want list.....

UPDATE 2: (05/09/2010)
After testing this more and more, I've had a few swings on the pendulum about this one. Sometimes, it can last forever and sometimes it fades too soon for my taste. But I've finally figured out the magic formula for me... Spray this one on the garment(s) and use The Body Shop's Vanilla on my skin. Voila!!! All possible doubts have been permanently laid to rest.

mmmmmmmm red chili peppers dipped in dark chocolate with red poppies makes me think of a Lasse Hallstrom film
Chocolat when Juliette Binoche's character Vianne Rocher sturring up
a repressed town with her scandalious
Chocholate reciepes she breaks convention like this perfume


or during the restoration period during the reign
of King Charles II when is was the end
of the Protectorate rule with all of it's austerity and repression.
the restorian brought freedom and prosperity with thearters with lavish
sets the courts of france and england
made of copious amount of silks from china spices from india Pompous men with long wig fashioned in curls
women in lavish costume full of regal
splender entertainment is a anything goes orgy full of actrobats dancers
Comic hariquinns and a endless line of
food from faraway lands imported from the new world indians with mohawk hair
presenting an unsual new delicesey
chocolate with red hot pepper inside
with creamy vanilla.

this is a not a conventional fragrance
if you what to think outside the box
of high fashion perfumes and the average
fragrance notes of florals fruits and musk in the bottle this is the perfume for you.

Ian Anderson could easily compose a followup to his Habanero Reel with this one. Perhaps it'd be called the Piment Brulant Jig. A bright fragrance, a dancing fragrance. One I'd regulated to summer use only, but today is in the 30's and a spritz of this dazzler is just what's needed to combat the cold; not even a bit out of place with my suede and jamawar.

The pepper that is front and center here is not quite a bell - but it is spot on for the nearly inedible Aja Dulce - a pepper that looks just like a scotch bonnet, but is instead quite sweet, with zero heat. What the Aja Dulce does have in habanero-like proportions, is an overwhelmingly perfume-y flowery flavor that makes it useless for anything other than a novelty candy or perhaps an oddball canape. Piment Brulant is it's own novelty candy, and embodies this unique, standout individuality of the Aja Dulce perfectly.

It also is one of those few fragrances that very noticeably morphs on my skin, becoming amplified, richer and deeper the longer I have it on, and noticeably different from it's aroma on inanimate cloth or paper. Short phrase - it works with my chemistry, everyone should test first.

The chocolate does not come out for me. Instead, it is this amazing rare variety of capsicum, a hint of raspberry, a touch of 12-year old Scotch with all it's complexity and depth, and perhaps some unisex 'clean' notes... a few indescribable bits, and all around terrific. I definitely hope it's around for a long time, but these unique quirky jewels are not made for mass appeal.

Another one to horde.

Notes are verry intriguing!
In fact... it's called after peppers it smells like a pepper. A green pepper and some red chili ones. Very interesting in my opinion and hell a lot original.
It's very rich and may not be loved by many people, but it's worth to try! I can't feel chocolate or vanilla or cinnamon. Pure pepper. My grandma grows peppers (the hot ones) in pots and they're looking fab when you look at her windows and see them standing there. Peppers are very small and if you pick one and tear open then it will smell like Piment Brulant.
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I smelled it from paper, but I'll try it later on skin..

Edited to Add: Scents generally have more ingredients than those listed. The L'A P website lists notes as: hot pepper (i.e., chili), clove, cocoa, tonka, vanilla.
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The nose behind "Piment Brulant" was apparently inspired by the Aztec drink "cacahuatl" (from the Mayan, "xocoatl"), along with a recipe published in Spain in 1631 which blends the New World ingredients cocoa beans, chilies, vanilla and annatto (aka achiote) with Old World ingredients anise seed, cinnamon, almonds, hazelnuts, and white sugar. Besides, it is now fashionable to make chocolate bars and chocolate ice creams with chilis, vanilla, and spices, which i enjoy.

Also, i often cook Medieval, Moroccan, Levantine, Persian, Indian, Thai, and Indonesian cuisines. So the collection of fragrance notes in "Piment Brulant" intrigued me.

Still, i was surprised by this perfume. It was so rich and complex and sophisticated - more so than any of the other L'Artisan Parfumeur fragrances i've tried so far (and i've loved nearly all of them). The combination of aromas is astonishing, perhaps counter-intuitive, but it works beautifully!

At first spray i smell citrus (apparently not in it - perhaps it was the raspberry listed on some fragrance blogs), vanilla, red bell pepper, and capsicum (chili). As the scent develops more fragrances emerge, although none stand out individually. A non-specific, non-girly floral. Intriguing spices (fragrantica lists cinnamon, some fragrance blogs list clove). A hint of chocolate, strengthening slightly during dry-down. And a slight warm animal undertone. But it is absolutely NOT "gourmand", thank goodness. I want to bury myself in this! Yet it isn't overpowering - somehow it remains light and gentle (and has the infamous L'Artisan Parfumeur short staying time).

The only drawback is that i can "taste" it for a short while, although i only sprayed it on my arms. Certain scents have this effect on me, one reason i avoid lemon verbena - the flavor stays in my mouth for hours, even though i haven't ingested it. With "Piment Brulant" it isn't so unpleasant and only slightly distracting, and it diminishes over time. Given how wonderful this unlikely amalgam of fragrance notes is, that won't stop me from wearing this.

As it dries down on me, the complexity remains, and fortunately neither the vanilla nor the musk becomes domineering.

Assigning this to a time or a season based on conventional associations would point to nighttime or cold weather. But i love spicy food, which is typical of hot, even tropical, cultures, so i'll wear it anytime!

I really like this I'm a cook, and my restaurant sells spicy food...I brought my smple in, and I said "Hey guys, I've got a perfume that smells like Salsa Verde!" "Get out of here, Bob, what are you drunk again?" (Salsa Verde is a sauce that has a lot of green chile peppers and tomatillos in it...delicious!" I gave everybody a drop on the wrist...and, "God damn! Your'e right! Salsa Verde and tomato stems!" "See guys, there's more to this hobby than just vanity!" I got a little more respect for my "girly" hobby that day. Anyway, this would be the dream perfume for my fantasy date with a beautiful Mexican girl...on both of us! Truly creative and daring...hats off to L'Artisan and Duchafour (who is a genius for the Aedes de Venustes). This is definitely a perfume that you can wear to dinner!

Darn. I get no chocolate whatsoever. I get red bell pepper with the tang of the green leaves from the pepper plant and maybe, just maybe, if I plant my nose on my wrist and inhale until I'm dizzy, a touch of wood. It's clean and fresh and definitely different, but I'm not sure it's really "me."

I wore this twice over the weekend...the first time, I was really turned off by the strong peppery notes in the beginning. I didn't pay much attention to it for awhile. But then I realized that the peppers had gotten sweeter and warmer. I never thought I would like the combination of vanilla, dark chocolate, and pimento...BUT I DO!

This is a very unique and musky gourmand that may not appeal to everyone, so make sure to sample it first. It lasted all day and got more and more delicious as the day progressed.

I´ve tried it a coupple of days ago, and I didn´t get impressed at all. One note dominate totally; green pepper (or paprika). The other notes stand quitely in the background almost unnoticed.

Definitly try before you buy.

(I was also intrigued by the notes!)