Private Collection Querelle Parfumerie Generale for women and men

Querelle opens up with a citric vibe accompanied by a light vetiver note that within minutes, give space to a black cumin note mixed with cinnamon taking us to a more spicy aspect of the fragrance, but not something overdone.

Here the cinnamon followed by a light incense note appears giving to this particular fragrance, a very nice mysterious vibe, as if the incense was not on my skin, but surrounding me in the environment.

Through time, the base shows up leaving a slightly heavy incense aroma, but again, not something overdone, making me think about L'air du Desert Marocain a little bit.

Querelle is one of my favorite VasBinder films of all time. It is the story of a sailor/merchant marine who finds himself in some seedy places and experiments with some taboo sexual practices, and though turned on by what he does he never emotionally engages (other than rage)"We won't kiss...".The recurring theme in the movie is illustrated by the song the Madame of the exotic brothel sings throughout the film. ("Each man kills the thing he loves...") So more than anything this movie is a trip to the sexual dark side, lust, raw emotion and occasional violence...I'm hoping the fragrance does the same. Querelle's uniform reminded me of the Le Male flacon and ad but this scent looks anything but "flowery": spices, resins, incense, touch of citrus and earthy,very sensual basenotes with a hint of sweetness; all ingerdients that will create what I pray will be a scent, that is as passionate and dark as the film was...