PG14 Iris Taizo Parfumerie Generale for women and men

To me Iris Taizo opens very woody insence like. A dry wood, maybe that is the cardamom note that Im smelling.
Then I smell the orris that is very powdery on my skin.
The dry down is sweetend by the honey and vanilla.
It turns into a warm powdery and soft woody iris with a sweet undertone. I like it but more for colder weather

PG is one interesting house... All of its fragrances have a common denominator, and regardless of the notes, they are a little bit alike.

Iris Taizo is one of the better ones. A very calm, spicy iris. At the beginning it has a masculine touch to it. It's warm, cozy, and if it had a texture, it would be that of a ground cinnamon. The flower notes are very toned down, sooth, leathery. Despite the honey and vanilla, it does not feel like a very sweet fragrance.

The drydown is very quiet, creamy, sweet, feels like a lazy summer evening.

I have tried better attempts at iris (just to mention the Heeley's masterpiece), but it's definitely an ivery well composed fragrance with a remarkable longetivity.

For me it's very feminine. Definetely not feeling this as something masculine or even unisex. Well, it has some "male perfume" qualities at the beggining with burst of cardamon and a little boozy feeling, but after those few seconds it turns to a lovely, sweet, sexy and feminine scent.
I'm not so fund of iris notes, so I wasn't expecting much from testing something called "Iris Taizo", but the quality and the way the scent is so complex surprises me in a very, very good way. It's very delightful to my nose, but I do feel a little bit too much of honey, which makes it a tiny, tiny bit too sweet for me to enjoy it completely.
Not something I would buy, but for those who's skin does not disagree with iris this would be marvelous!

For me, "Iris Oriental"(formerly "Taizo") is THE perfect Iris scent. ~ Yet another magnifiscent creation by Monsieur Pierre !
(Though, I must admit, I probably reach for his "Cuir d'Iris" a little more often. But then, I regard that as the perfect leather scent rather. So I reach for this one to get my "Iris" fix).
~ Just delicious !

Honestly I got this sample because it included Jinkoh wood, which I've never heard of so my interest was peaked.

After wearing it for a few hours I get what is wrong with it: it is not marketed correctly. This is not an oriental, but an oriental woody spicy. It is also not for men and women, but for men.

But what a lovely woody spicy for men it is! This is a sweet, delicate wood with a lovely drydown.

Now here is what I find interesting: I always read about Bal a Versaille, Shalimar, etc. and their references to 'sexy smells'. 'Dirty panties', 'freshly used sheets', etc.

This scent, to me, is what 'sexy scent' should smell like (on a man). It's refined suggestive pleasure in a bottle. If Marilyn sleeps with just a drop of Chanel, the Statue of David could dress with just a drop of Iris Taizo.

I"m goign to see what my BF smells like in this...

I adore the development of this fragrance. It is complex and as rebella says "lush". I love this fragrance and it is what turned me onto the iris not and the PG line.

Usually a big fan of PG perfumes, tough Iris Taizo isn´t really one of my most liked from the line. It´s for sure a different take on iris, but I´ve tried better ones, or at least better on me.

In my opionion irises got a stunningly, beautiful smell and this perfume has it, unfortunatly I think it´s mixed with a little to much of other notes, on my skin the cardamom get too dominant and even tough I usually like cardamom, I realise I don´t like it that much in this scent.

Well, the drydown is worth waiting for. The cardamom become lighter and only lingers in the background. The vanilla honey drydown is pure joy, creamy, golden, lush and just enough sweet.

Try it, but maybe not what you´re expecting.