Praline de Santal Parfumerie Generale for women and men

Completely strange. I initially loved it, the sweetness and the saltiness combined is really amazing. Closer to dry down, I get a really dirty smell, like cumin which translates to...I'm embarrassed to say but dirty unwashed parts of the body, namely the butt area. This would be perfect if it didn't dry down to such a nasty smell. I did apply to clean skin, which to me is totally fine, as I scrubbed off any perfume from yesterday so nothing should be interacting with it. I guess this one just doesn't work with my chemistry.

This is a gourmand scent with woody notes. Praline de Santal opens with burnt toffee and hazelnuts and after a few minutes the vanilla presents itself and slightly borders on plastic. The sandalwood saves it from becoming completely so, although not much. Longevity was not impressive- Perhaps hour before fading. Nothing I would buy a full bottle of.

I’ve just recently started exploring Parfumerie Generale, and I’m highly impressed with everything I’ve smelled so far. Praline de Santal is probably my favorite of those I’ve tested. This is one of the most unique fusions of woody and gourmand notes I have experienced in a fragrance. It’s a perfect mix of salty-sweet hazelnuts and creamy-dry woods. The blend of cashmere wood, sandalwood and cedar is rich and dusty; the heliotrope adds a subtle but smooth powdery-almondy undertone. The dustiness and saltiness play off one another in an interesting way, creating a warm, savoury feeling that contrasts the sweeter facets of the hazelnut. This fragrance is a thoroughly satisfying mix of woody, nutty, creamy, sweet and salty notes.

Indeed there is a similarity to Serge Lutens Jeux de Peau, however the latter I find leans more towards the savoury and herbal. Both have a creamy, buttery quality, but I would say Praline de Santal has won me over with its balance of salty, woody and sweet. Gorgeous, unusual, and absolutely full-bottle worthy for me.

This is the perfume that made me realize I dislike heliotrope, which plays a prominant role. Unfortunate bacuase the nutty saltiness of this is wonderful. Definitely a heavier winter/fall gourmand and a bit syrupy.

This has the hallmarks of a signature scent and i could easily see it being someone's favorite.

This one doesn't blend on my skin and I end up with hazelnuts, butterscotch syrup and a woody note that clashes. Super over sweet cling and sharp wood. Try before buying this one, because it seems to work on others, but on me it's rather dreadful.

First time I tested it on my skin, it was a twin to L'Artisan's Bois Farine - edible hot hazelnuts. Later on it became more woody, softer, not so edible as at the beginning. A very cosy scent for autumn, winter seasons. I prefer this fragrance on man's skin though. The staying power is good.

This is just so lovely right from the start. Sweet smooth sunbeaten sandalwood, the slightest hint of warm nuttiness, the honeyed heliotrope. It smells so enticing that it could almost be food, but not quite all. It's creamy warmed woods, drizzled with gourmet floral syrup, and a hazelnut latte steaming in the distance. This is an amazing composition. So unlike anything I've ever smelled. I think it's intoxicating. I keep getting pulses of gorgeous honeyed heliotrope, and it's making me want to breathe deeper. The sillage is perfect for the first hour or so, not overpowering, but not overly gentle. Grows closer to the skin as it wears on though. Longevity decent. Fabulous.

The initial spray of this is all burnt praline, not bad just all praline. I wasn't sure how I felt about it until the dry down and now i'm in LOVE. the heliotrope comes through in the dry down and it has a sweet floral/nutty/woody smell to it. it's delicious.

The only thing is it is a little soft, i needed to use my entire sample to get it to last on me, but for some reasons perfumes do not last on my skin, only the really heavy ones have any lasting power. If you have skin like that you may need to douse yourself to get this scent to stay.

This one smelled absolutely wrong to me right from the first whiff from the sample vial... EXTREMELY amplified smell of burned hazelnuts and burned sugar, way too overpowering... I can usually appreciate gourmands, but this one is just not for me.

Smells absolutely delicious and if it were in a dessert, no doubt I would dive in and regret the calories later. As a fragrance, however, I found it to be a bit cloying. To be fair, I wasn't feeling 100% that day and could well have compounded the overpowering aspects of it and so I wasn't able to wait the full 30 to 60 minutes for the full dry down, so I will give it a second chance but not for a few days.

I fell in love with this fragrance at first sniff, after initially testing Tonkamande (which is also a beautiful composition). The smell of praline in this one is exquisitely gourmand, real and fascinating. The burnt, cruhed, sugar-coated hazelnuts are crunchy, tasty, sweet, irresistible to any real gourmand scent lover.

I very much ejoy the way the sandalwood and (less so, but noticeable) cashmere wood work together to provide a refined, elegant base for the playful edible nuts, turning Praline de Santal into a daring, one-of-a-kind woody gourmand.

Late to the party, the cedar is most noticeable in the drydown, offering a refreshing, slightly more masculine vibe to the composition.

Lasting power is good (around 10 hours), sillage is excellent, one of my colleagues managed to sniff me from across the room and with an open window :)

A slightly powdery sweet woody scent, masterfully done for those who really love a gorgeous touch of tasty praline.

very nutty - very sweet, only for the dedicated gourmand lovers!

Praline de Santal is one of the most interesting premieres of the recent months. For those with a sweet tooth, a must try I would say!

Praline de Santal is a marriage of nuts and woods. The first phase belongs all to hazelnuts. Unlike Coeur de Noisette, nuts here are powdery, but also crunchy and hard. Freshly taken out of their nutshells. Slightly sweet and somehow slightly salty (maybe it's just me, but I definitely got some salt in the first phase). While nuts fade away, woods and heliotrope take over. The scent is not strong, yet very cozy and pleasant. You can almost feel textures of freshly planed wood, lying in the sun. You can smell sawdust. Cashmere woods adds an oriental touch here... Yes, eating crunchy nuts on a porch in India... Not that I have ever done it, but smelling my vial, this is what I iamgine a day would smell like.

I must say that heliotrope was a note that I could never put my finger on. It is featured in a few of my favourites, but I until now I could not single it out from the symphony of notes. And here finally I got it! A very pretty addition to precious woods.