Equistrius Parfum d`Empire for women

It's a very lovely iris-violet combo, not cold or earthy as some another iris and violet scents are. I really don't detect any chocolate here but I think it gives the depth and the warmth to this perfume, hand in hand with amber. It's more a woody powdery scent, in contrast with baby powdery perfumes (however I like them, too), I find this much more refined and interesting. Longevity is average on my skin. The only negative point is sillage - I have to sniff very close to my skin to detect it, but the scent itself is so beautiful that I can't help loving it. The bottle is pretty, too with its easy elegance. Recommended.

why there is no orris root in notes? it is the most prominent note in this fragrance, especially in the top/midlle.

This is a lovely longlasting perfume. I detect chypre and musk but I can't smell any chocolate in it. I will definitely buy it.

I am happy to have got a full bottle 100 ml of it. Even if it has been quite expencive.

BEFORE I tested it with my sample I was sure I don't like iris odour. I used to find it extremely powdery and suffocating and causing headache.
Before I tried Equistrius in a sample.

This Iris is so far from powder (on me, indepepndently on note of rice powder in it) and so light and elegant! So beautiful and calm! Note of chocolate is warm and deep. Iris and chocolate supplement each other ideally. I also feel gentlest musky smell. The perfume is just perfect.

And it changed my attitude to iris at all. It seems that now I am interested in any iris perfume I can approach :-)

Parfum D'Empire EQUISTRIUS offers a tender woody iris. Initially there is a slightly resinous quality, apparently due to ambrette butter (according to the house's literature), but it disappears all too quickly, leaving behind only a fine layer of lightly floralized wood with very low sillage.

Unfortunately, I do not detect chocolate in this composition at all. I would like to try EQUISTRIUS at a higher concentration, if it is available, as it does hold potential but seems too dilute in this "edp" form.

Ce Parfum est tout simplement magnifique.Je le porte depuis maintenant presque 2 annees et je ne m'en lasse pas.Il a une odeur envoutante,je me surprend plusieurs fois par jours a le sentir sur moi il a quelque de reconfortant.C'est un Parfum de peau il ne laisse pas de sillage mais plutot une aura qui interpelle les personne autour de vous.J'ai tres souvent des compliments les gens le trouve tres classe discret un Parfum de Dandy.Il a une tenue exceptionnelle meme apres 12 heures.Vraiment un Parfum de connaisseurs mais chut il ne faut pas le dire tant mieux et tant pis pour les autres je le veux que pour moi.

I absolutely adore this. It doesn't always get powdery on my skin and I don't get any of the dark chocolate, but I do get a lot of violet throughout, which is not even listed among the notes. So much so that in fact I think of it as a violet scent. It's lovely and very pleasant. You can just tell the ingredients are of the highest quality - it lasts and lasts.

As an iris frag lover, I find the orris really shines here. It's a lovely white iris, with white violets. There's a honey-dust quality from the rice powder, very delicious. The chocolate isn't gourmand at all, but gives depth to the santal and ambrette. Dior Homme might be a cheaper alternative, but II find Dior Homme lacks any of the qualities that makes Equistrius one of my favorites. Dior Homme is insipid face powder in a makeup bag; this stuff is a sweet, regal scent with character. I've found this lingering after 12 hours, and it was still strong. It's classy, elegant and inoffensive without being weak or watery. There's a skin note that reminds me not of human skin but the idea of skin, in a powdery way, much like a very, very clean white horse - and this is not a 'barnyard' scent, and so not literal.
As for the name 'Equistrius': the perfumer, Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, named it for his favorite racehorse - I don't see how much clearer it could be, as a play on words - orris/horse (imagine it being spoken in a Queen's English or French accent).
I'd describe this perfume as angelic.
It is unisex, but the sweet and soft may appeal to women more. For men, if you want a masculine frag that has the same note of violet, try Baldessarini Ambre. (Still classy, mature, elegant, without being loud.)

A bit like a well made-up face: Face powder, flowers, a touch of musk and chocolate. Very lovely after it begins to dry down, though the onset can be a bit much. It's sweet and slightly gourmand, but worth trying even if you don't care for gourmands, as it's definitely a perfume. I'm not sure what it has to do with horsebackriding, but it's one of my favorites.

Update: This perfume stays close to the skin, but it is very long lasting. After wearing it for an hour, it gets easier to detect something that can be chocolate (but not close to be cloying or nausating). This perfume reminds me a little of Balkis from Parfums de Nicolai which is a favorite of mine. I would pick Balkis over this one because it's more prominent and the price is lower.

I think this is a perfume that could be classified as a semi-oriental. I am test driving this fragrance for the third time now. One strange this about this fragrance is that I can't remember how it smells when I am not wearing it.
Back to the scent; it is not a very loud perfume, but rich and round. It is a perfect balance between sweet and flowers, non of them are dominant. It is listed chocolate among the notes, but I would not call this a gourmand fragrance. It is all in all a very pleasant fragrance. I tend to judge expencive fragrances harder than the cheaper. It only comes in 100 ml bottles and that makes it to big a splurge for me right now.