Stephen Jones (for women and men)

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This started out w/ a sharp sour smell on me and progressed to a dirty/clean soapy inscence smell-then I just sort of got an impression of an old Catholic church w/ decades of worn in dirt and ghostly offal from the inscence censures-too much for l'il old me but great for someone more gothy,or exotic but finally in the end, it smelled just like Revlon Charlie

rebella

Do you like your violet fragrances sweet, powdery and maybe even old-fashioned? Then I guess you should stay away from Stephen Jones. Do you like modern, even futuristic perfumes? Oh, then Stephen Jones can be the one you looking for. It is a beautiful, cold, metallic, advanced and challenging violet fragrance. It is actually putting up a fight against Frederic Malle´s Dans Tes Bras, they are both wonderfully made masterpieces. But they have the violet note in common but not much else. Stephen Jones is cold and uplifting like mineralwater with violet taste. Like just picked tiny little absolutly beautiful violet on a metalplate in a sterile, absolutly modern labaratory, the staff in white robes are about to dissect them. Stephen Jones is refreshing, cold and will not come to you, you will have to hunt it gentle, while remember what a delicate flower violets are... Ssssh, be careful if you like to catch the magic in the fragrance of Stephen Jones. I compare it with Dans Tes Bras, but even if they both are far away from powdery, almost candied sweetness of some violet perfumes, they are very different. Like nature against science, forrest against shiny metal desks...

I guess it is a question of personlity (and skinchemistry as usual) wich one you prefer, I find Stephen Jones easier to wear but I actually like Dans Tes Bras better, it is warmer and for me warmth always wins over cold. Well, anyway I think I love Stephen Jones sort of. I consider it a must try, but don´t expect to be seen as a warm and caring person while you have it on.