Baghari 2006 by Robert Piguet

mymlan

Baghari is a bombshell fragrance. It has qualities similar to Chanel Coco but is less classy and sophisticated. Instead it is more wild, dangerous and yet utterly feminine. It is free spirited and self-confident.

The bold opening is a classic bergamot start, but I find it darker than usual. Already there is aldehydes similar with the ones in Chanel N°5, but I find this opening more aromatic and almost a bit masculine. Surprisingly there is also a gourmand note of candied orange playing along in the top.

However, soon enough it calms down to become a more soft and feminine fragrance with rose and jasmine flourishing in the heart. But here is also notes of vetiver and powdery iris that prevents this fragrance of going in a soapy or overly sweet direction. These notes are later enforced with amber, musk and vanilla and a lonley violet. And in all it developes into a lovley base.

This is my new crush that surprised me a lot. I'm not used to wear dark, aromatic fragrances. But I love this combination of edgy aromatic top, soft creamy floral heart and powdery base.

As said before it has bombshell qualities but without beeing obvious about it, and I like that a lot. If leather or skanky animalistic notes were added to this beauty I think it would have detroyed the spirit of it.

Baghari is outside conventions and expectations: everything unforseen can happen. It is a fragrance for the free spirited and self confident, and its up to the wearer to create her or his own destiny. Even if it's just for the closest hour ahead.

rithacha

Omigod omigod omigod I've never smelled something like this before and it's a delicious combination! The notes listed combine in such a totally unexpected way that I suspect there is some wizardry involved.

Baghari goes on like hospital sterilizing alcohol. Don't let that put you off - after about five minutes, it morphs into aldehydes like never before. Normally in an aldehydic composition, the aldehydes stand out in an obvious way. You immediately recognize that sparkling soapy synthetic quality, so foreign from the florals and woods that ground it. I find that in Baghari IT ISN'T LIKE THAT. The aldehydes don't just float on top of the florals like oil with water; they are part of the bouquet. It's difficult to explain. Imagine dry woods/moss and powdery florals in a typical organic combination. Instead of slapping aldehydes on top, Baghari laces them throughout. In the end, it produces something neither woody nor floral nor aldehydic. It's this bizarre fusion that I can't compare with anything else out there, and it's wonderful.

In my imagination, Baghari is what Queen Mab would smell like. There is the forest she walks in, vibrant woods and deep purple flowers unfolding in the secret hours of the night. But infused in this forest scene is the oneiric and eerie. This transcendent quality brings the trees to life and the sylphs out from hiding behind the violets. But don't linger, or you might be turned into a nag or put to eternal slumber.

For me, the first four hours or so are the best part - the magic doesn't last forever. The flowers fall out first, the mossy woods fade; in the end the sweet ambery vanilla is the only survivor. But press your nose against your skin and there's something . . . otherworldly . . . about it. Baghari was there.

alianeblue

Grandma asked me long time ago if I knew about a perfume called Baghari by Robert Piguet. At the moment I didn’t know about it, I just knew Fracas; she told me that it was an exquisite scent that she used to wear in her 20’s. Suddenly two years ago, I went to Neiman Marcus and found this fragrance by accident. I was so excited that I had found my grandma’s fave scent that I didn’t even try it before buying it. So when I got to her to give her such surprise, she opened it with her sparkling eyes, put some drops on her wrist and smelled it deeply. Then she was” this is not it, I can’t believe this scent has been reformulated for the worst, this is a rip off” I don’t doubt that the original version was better than the new Baghari 2006, and like she didn’t want it and found it offensive I kept it and started wearing it from time to time. I can’t say much about it because on me it’s just roses and more roses; I can’t id any other notes, but it works for me when I feel nostalgic and start listening to Pavarotti.

iMaverick

Soft, yet effluent and diffusive. Baghari begins powdery yet bright with notes of neroli, bergamot and powdery aldehydes. As it develops, the powdery note deepens with violets, iris, rose and jasmine, with unmistakable sweet and smooth amber notes. Musk and vanilla becomes apparent in the drydown.

To compare another scent like this, I would compare it to a quiet and reserved L'Heure Bleue devoid of notes of heliotrope and less spicy notes. Baghari is calming, romantic, and seductive without smelling overtly sexual. I've read that this new incarnation of Baghari is less animalic but retains its reserved elegance from the 1950s period.

Aeternitas

A very mature fragrance. Reminds me of something a rude or arrogant older woman would smell like. Smells to me like old, dried citrus/floral potpourri and dull lipstick. It's nice once it dries down, but at first it smells unpleasant with the aldehydes. I smell a mix of bergamot and bulgarian rose, with aldehydes. I liked Fracas, but I don't like this too much. I would prefer it in winter time.