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Mona di Orio Chamarre ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 7 May 2009 27 Comments

Mona di Orio Chamarre fragranceMona di Orio has launched Chamarré, the line's fifth fragrance. It is described as a "a dark, sweet, woody oriental of immense warmth and seduction":

Drawing inspiration from the word Chamarré, wich [sic] means "an explosion of colours and richly ornamented".

In this perfume, the warm breath of lavender in combination with aldehydes paves the path to sensual treats such as powdered iris from Florence, seductive rose absolue from Turkey and delicate violet, ending in a gentle embrace of cashmeran, opoponax and ambre gris.

Additional notes include clary sage.

Mona di Orio Chamarré can be found now at Les Senteurs in the UK, in 50 (£85) or 100 ml (£135) Eau de Parfum. (first quote via lessenteurs, second quote via monadiorio)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: mona di orio, oriental

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  1. bergere says:
    7 May 2009 at 9:34 am

    LIke the notes listed; might be very nice for winter. Their choice of ‘chamarre’ for the name is dubious, though; yes, it’s an adjective that means ‘adorned’, but it frequently refers to something that is overly decorated and in bad taste, like a piece of clothing or furniture with too much gold braid or embroidery, or too many tassels, . . ..

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    • Suzanne941 says:
      7 May 2009 at 9:48 am

      LOL! More like ‘gaudy’?

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      • Daisy says:
        7 May 2009 at 10:10 am

        Le Tacky ? (well, at least it’s sorta French)

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      • ggperfume says:
        7 May 2009 at 11:57 am

        Gaudy! I like that– though really it could apply to so many fragrances, especially from the ’80s.

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        • Daisy says:
          7 May 2009 at 12:03 pm

          Absolutely…..and all their 80’s flankers: Really Gaudy, Extremely Gaudy, Outrageously Gaudy, Undeniably Gaudy and well, you get the idea.

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          • ggperfume says:
            7 May 2009 at 1:44 pm

            Gaudy Overdone!
            –or–
            2Gaudy4Me

    • Robin says:
      7 May 2009 at 9:54 am

      I cannot speak to the word chamarré or the negative connotations, but her style tends towards “richly ornamented”, so in that sense it seems a good fit.

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  2. pigoletto says:
    7 May 2009 at 9:44 am

    ….or a velvet Elvis painting ;-D

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    • Robin says:
      7 May 2009 at 9:55 am

      LOL…somebody needs to do a scent inspired by a velvet Elvis!

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      • Daisy says:
        7 May 2009 at 10:10 am

        boozy and medicinal?

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        • boojum says:
          7 May 2009 at 10:17 am

          Oh wow…that just triggered an old scent memory. Anyone else do those paint-by-numbers as a child? :D

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          • Daisy says:
            7 May 2009 at 10:26 am

            ohmigosh! They were all the rage when I was about 5 !! My brother and I used to FIGHT over who got which one! We felt like such artists! Mom is an artist, and now, in our own ways Matt and I are artists as well. ….and to think : it all started with a rearing Palomino in a field of wild flowers….I let Matt have the dog pictures as long as I could have the horses ;-)

          • sweetlife (ahtx) says:
            7 May 2009 at 5:26 pm

            OMG — I know *exactly* what that smells like. Who knew?

        • ggperfume says:
          7 May 2009 at 1:45 pm

          Boozy and medicinal almost sounds good, in a perverse way. Maybe some rose in there, too.

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          • Robin says:
            7 May 2009 at 2:33 pm

            That sounds good to me too!

          • mals86 says:
            7 May 2009 at 3:32 pm

            Don’t forget the peanut butter and banana notes.

            (Confession: I really like Elvis. Blush.)

          • scentcat says:
            7 May 2009 at 7:08 pm

            I have to say, I liked Elvis too- he had a good voice! But the black velvet pictures of him- well, yes, banana, booze, coughsyrup medicine-cherry-mint flavored- rose, cheap licorice candy, and a heavy overtly synthetic musk.

        • alotofscents says:
          7 May 2009 at 4:12 pm

          Darn, I can’t do lavender. I’ve used it so much as a relaxant it does smells medicinal or masculine to me. Otherwise it sound’s classy wassy.
          A construction worker who had a crush on me (when I worked for the highway department), gave me an Elvis clock. It was huge! and the little hands went around his face. I have a picture of me kissing the Elvis clock somewhere. The worst part-he said with a toothless half-drunk grin, “Now I know she’ll like me!”

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          • Daisy says:
            7 May 2009 at 11:10 pm

            Kiss the Elvis clock but throw back the toothless wonder!

  3. RusticDove says:
    7 May 2009 at 3:24 pm

    This sounds SO good to me. Looks good too – I love the classic bottle [it certainly isn’t gaudy or overadorned – not that I would necessarily mind that].

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    • Robin says:
      7 May 2009 at 5:54 pm

      I don’t know who, if anyone, is carrying the line in the US now, but pretty sure Les Senteurs ships overseas.

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  4. flittersniffer says:
    7 May 2009 at 4:34 pm

    After famously being mugged and left for dead in Paris by Nuit Noire, the description of this new scent as “a dark, sweet, woody oriental of immense warmth and seduction” fills me with utter terror.

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    • Robin says:
      7 May 2009 at 5:54 pm

      LOL!

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      • alotofscents says:
        7 May 2009 at 11:54 pm

        Robin, lavender I have used medicinally for years and it also smells masculine to me. Does it smell different in women’s perfumes? This one sounds like a must smell, but definitely worried about the lavender.

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        • Robin says:
          8 May 2009 at 8:21 am

          Sure, and it sounds like this will be a floral blend, not a lavender soliflore.

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  5. Giustino says:
    8 May 2009 at 4:43 am

    If I’d be a women, I’d only bought them for those bottles, haha. Amazing the champagne effect.

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    • Robin says:
      8 May 2009 at 8:20 am

      I can admire them in pictures & save the $ :-)

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