Cuirelle Ramon Monegal for women and men

Sweet Tarts candy in the opening, settling into a very transparent, mechanical-smelling leather. Something in the background smells very faintly of someone who just belched after drinking gingerale. My feelings about this one are neutral.

Cuirelle is probably my favorite Ramon de Monegal scent and it's very close to my HG if it wasn't for the middle stage.

It opens with a lovely and strong sweet(ish) powdery violet note mixed in with a suede leathery note (although violet is not even listed as an ingredient). As said the middle stage is the least appealing to me. At that stage there is an underlayer of something thick and buttery added. The buttery part clears up at the drydown and from there on it's a nice soft, warm, powdery, suede leathery and woody scent.

Seen the beauty of the opening and final stage I do believe that inspite of the middle stage it's totally worth a full bottle.

At first, i thought that this would go on sweet chypre lands, but then after the opening it turns into a leathery aroma extracted from the patchouli impression. Something on it reminds me of the leathery impression of patchoulis like Armani Prive Cuir Amethiste and Tom Ford Purple Patchouli, but here the synthetic nasty side that i get on both doesn't show up. The honey on it is not exactly honey for me, and more of beeswax, and this note is also somehow similar to another Tom Ford, Moss Breches, but here without the mossy aspect and the vintage-like aura of MB drydown. The drydown is very woody, dry, with an almost dry-peppery like impression. So far, from the 5 Ramons I mentioned, this is the best (or the least worst). It doesn't seem new, but at least does seem well worked from the beginning until the drydown.

Wow! A crown jewel in my collection. Subtle yet noticeable; a very unique scent. You can tell a lot of thought was put into this one.

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Was given a little sample of this at Neiman Marcus when I purchased Cherry Musk. The initial 5 minutes were plesant as it had a very light leather aroma. Imagine Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather little brother but without all the sweetness of Tuscan Leather. After 5 minutes, I could barely smell anything. It dries down to a very weak gourmandish honey/cinnamon combo. Disappointed as it was not for me.

This is such a beautiful scent. It smells almost floral even though there are no floral notes listed. Masterfully blended, the best leather fragrance I have ever encountered. It even leaves Cuir de Russie in the dust. Gorgeous and amazing, long lasting with mild sillage. The more times I try this the more I love it. I am trying to resist a full bottle (I have 2 Monegals already) but this is so stunning I believe resistance is futile.

Well this opens with a soft spicy light haze of honey and incense. I can smell the patchouli and the woods that have been lightly mixed in with the honey and incense. This is followed by cinnamon and it's starting to remind me of the icing on a fancy cake.

Also I know it's not listed but I swear I can smell violet in the mix.

To sum up a lovely soft spicy haze of sugary honey and incense with hints of what smells like violet. Nice!

Cuirelle: Notes include honey, Somalian incense, Indonesian patchouli, Bourbon vetiver, green cedarwood, musk, cinnamon and extract of beeswax.
A honey scent that works on me! Hallelujah! Honey can go so wrong on me (like Miel de Bois) or it can be love (like Back to Black). Cuirelle is a honey scent that evokes an illusion of leather, sweet leather. Woody and spicy notes combine to create a leather drenched in golden honey. A true beauty!