Sira des Indes by Jean Patou will debut in France in March. The perfume:
... takes inspiration from India and its native flower champaca. The oriental foody scent notably contains banana accords, bergamot, pear, pink berries and cardamom as its top notes, a flowery heart, and base notes including musk, amber, vanilla and sandalwood. (via cosmeticnews)
Update: see a brief review of Sira des Indes.
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Sira des Indes has now just elbowed its way to near the top of my lemming list. Sounds like a great spring/summer scent.
Gosh, everything about that Patou is just wrong, including the 'banana accords'….so why am I so excited? Is it because it's Patou, or is it the 'Indes' in the name? I wonder what 'Sira' means?
Oh, the Patou! Okay, this is now my lemming. An excuse to go to France in March! I love Patou (I love my JOY) anyway, I am excited about this one, and I think the notes sound intriguing.
Hooray for a Patou in March, when I'll be winging my way to Paris! Banana and jasmine, sounds like J'adore?
Sira sounds great to me – love bergamot and throw almost anything on that base and I'll love it. I'm so easy.
I can't decide about the banana, all the rest sounds great to me…
LOL — it is a great name, sorry I have no idea what it means!
Ah, I needed an excuse to go to Paris in March too
Lucky you, bring me back a bottle!
As I said above, am worried about the banana. All else sounds good!
EnJoy also contains banana, green banana actually. Must be a favorite of Jean Patou's Jean Michel Duriez (a french article confirms that he is also behind Sira des Indes).
There's banana, and then there's BANANA, you know, that weird smell that the years of snapping bubblegum have train your synapses to fire BANANA when you smell it? BANANA and WATERMELON (all caps) are the olfactory equivalent to clowns and dolls for me – Scare-y! So the question is: which is it in the Indes?
I saw that on influencia. Have never smelled EnJoy!
LOL, I know exactly what you mean
LOL!!!
Bannana & Watermelon are the two notes that terrify me as well. I got a cold shiver up my spine when I read the description for this one.
Think I'll stick with my favorite Patou “1000”.
Agree on the watermelon….in fact, IMHO many fruits should be banned from perfumery
I cannot wait to try Sira des Indes – have been waiting very patiently. Will let you know as soon as I get to try this.
Can't wait to hear what you think of it N!
For anyone who was wondering… Sira comes from “seera” is the name of an Indian dessert.
Thanks Cedric!