Private Collection Un Crime Exotique Parfumerie Generale for women and men

The notes describe this one well in that it sits somewhere between chai tea and gingerbread. As with a number of the PG line, it's tastefully balanced and not nearly as sickening as many other gourmands on the market, offering a more nuanced experience due, in part, to the smart inclusion of the anise that favors freshness over syrupy sweetness. The name feel like a bit of a misnomer at first, but you could imagine this scent emanating from Phyllis Dietrichson's mug as she maps out her husband's death. Consequently, there's a weirdly incidental, noir-like quality to it that could potentially calm the nerves during sketchy dealings.

PG has brewed up a gourmand for those who'd rather not smell like ultra-sweet cake dipped in sugar and coated with caramel. As a tea scent, it's more mimetic than it is interpretive; so if you like the idea of smelling like chai—without smelling like you rolled around in sugar for an hour—this one might be worth exploring. Although it's not my personal cuppa', it's one of the better one's out there right now.

Translation of meama's Review:

or is the crime or is exotic?
it is a perfume syrupy but opens onto a beautiful cinnamon very soft. It was only after half an hour the next pastry spring.
Obviously this is very well done but ... this is a very nice crime than stealing a biscuit.

My Response:
I would buy a sample of something that made me smell tasty! :*

ou est le crime ou est l'exotisme?
c'est un parfum sirupeux mais qui s'ouvre sur une magnifique canelle très douce. C'est seulement après une demi-heure que le côté patissier ressort.
Evidemment c'est très bien fait mais ... c'est un crime bien gentil que de voler un biscuit.

If you love the smell of those cinnamon-scented pine cones at Christmas, you'll love this! I rather enjoy cinnamon perfumes and seem to have gravitated towards them in my scented journeys, but this one is STRONG. If you can wait out the first hour+ of cinnamon Christmas potpourri, you will be rewarded with a smoky-sweet drydown deliciously reminiscent of fresh baked gingerbread with homemade frosting or more specifically, hot out the oven pfefernusse cookies.

And I'm left breathless, i have thing for these kinds of scents and I just can't get enough of them. After I first saw the notes I knew I'm going to be completely in love and yes I am. There is everything I love - anise, tea, cinnamon and vanilla.
After I applied it I got the most amazing cinnamon which reminded me of home baked cookies, scent wise, the opening was very similar to Sacrebleu by Parfums d'Nicolai. Anyhow, then I started to get sweet tea with a bit of syrupy osmanthus, but just a tiny bit and it faded away rather quickly, yay for that as I'm not so fond of syrupy scents. The next thing that arrived on my wrist was dark and smoky sandalwood.

Sexy, alluring, comforting. It has it all, simply lovely.

nothing to do with crime and not so much exotique, more homecoming to a cosy kitchen after baking cookies for christmas or having a glass of spice milk at a winter fair

still, I ike it but I do smell like a gingerbread man

After a harsh initial blast it reminded me of a cannoli. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of fragrance so perhaps I didn't pay much attention to it. I do like Genie in a Bottle, though, which is also too harsh at first. The drydown on that one is much more dynamic, with a great interplay of several distinct notes that offer some contrast. If you want to smell like a cannoli, though, this may be the way to go. Another in this group, IMO, is Iris Noir by Yves Rocher, which has an herbal quality and a powdery quality, so I also prefer that one for being more interesting, despite how it reminds me of a cannoli (to a lesser degree).

To me this smells like a steaming mug of spiced apple cider with a cinnamon stick floating in it, really wonderful.

Dries down to a mellow warm vanilla, with a hint of the floral and sandalwood coming through, lightly dusted with sugar. Sweet but not saccharine. Subtle and comforting.

I'll be pulling this sample out again come autumn/winter.

Bold with gingerbread and spice, a lot like very rich chai tea with some serious smoothness.

I find though that the osmanthus is completely overwhelmed by everything else and I get very little of the soft, floral-apricot nuances.

Albeit well done, this is too much of an unoriginal novelty fragrance to be considered part of any line's Private Collection.

Private Collection Un Crime Exotique by Parfumerie Generale

This name alone creates a sense of..
Heightened DRAMA.....
something will happen or is about to happen
and your in the middle of it .

Intrigued and lured by its Old Hollywood Film Noire name
I ventured to sample it ....

"INDOCHINE"
might have been a better suited name ....

Allow me to set the film up....
The Decadence of the French living in Vietnam and the exploitive evils of Colonialism....
A exotic place all Steamy and Humid!
Languorous visits to hidden
Mandarin "OPIUM DENS"...
All the while you are floating on a "JUNK" on tranquil waters.....
When suddenly you are awakened by the rude shots of a gun....
You feel the wetness of liquid on your chest. the OPIUM has dulled your sense of pain ....
Is it blood ? NO!
The smell of fragrance fills the air ...
Your favorite crystal decanter lies on the floor shattered....
You smile ...
having cheated death one more time ... you return to your revelry.

Then ...
Un Crime Exotique would perhaps make a bit more sense.


I really like this Spiced Tea Infusion scent.

The fragrance is so heady with GINGER and Spice... predominantly Saigon Cinnamon.
Perhaps this mysterious sounding ingredient ..called
"Osmanthus"
which in CHINA is infused with green or black tea leaves, to create a scented tea called guì huā chá (OSMANTHUS TEA)
creates the "CRIME EXOTIQUE" in this Potent,Intoxicating and Long Lasting Fragrance....

A 50ml bottle for 100.00 bucks