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Not a storybook lavender

Posted by Robin on 31 March 2018 6 Comments

Frédéric Malle and Carlos Benaïm talk about Music for a While.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: carlos benaim, frederic malle, video

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  1. nozknoz says:
    1 April 2018 at 2:18 pm

    I really enjoy this video even though the notes don’t really appeal to me. And I wonder if it will smell a bit like Jicky?

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    • Robin says:
      3 April 2018 at 2:59 pm

      It doesn’t smell like Jicky! Hope I will manage to review it next week (and do see the comment below).

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  2. Sandman says:
    3 April 2018 at 1:26 pm

    Hi, Robin: I’m a long-time reader and fan. I’m moved to finally comment because I received a sample of this recently, and was eager to try it — I worried that maybe the pineapple note would make it too sweet or too heavily gourmand for me. Instead, I find there’s a strange tension between the citrus opening and lavender/patchouli mustiness. Is it the bergamot and pineapple that give kind of fizzy quality at the beginning? Maybe the lavender isn’t a storybook lavender — but is it really typical lavender at all? I’d swear there were aldehydes crouching in there to leap off the top. I don’t get any vanillic aspect at all. I hate to say it, but the overall effect for me is a little sneezy and strangely medicinal. The mid-section reminds me of — of all things — Lysol. (My first comment, and I sound like a Philistine!)

    I so wanted to love this. Bigarade Concentrée is one of my favourite things, and I think the Éditions de Parfum line is at the very least usually interesting. But this one’s just too weird for me. I’m interested in what other make of this.

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    • Robin says:
      3 April 2018 at 3:03 pm

      Hi Sandman!

      I meant to review it this week but life got in the way. It’s likewise not at all what I expected and it might be too weird for me too — but really should spend more time with it before I say much more. Will just add that lavender is rarely “typical” anymore in any fragrances because they’re all using molecular fractions. I bet many people wouldn’t even think of lavender at all when they smelled Music.

      Anyway, you don’t sound like a Philistine at all, and glad you commented.

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  3. Sandman says:
    3 April 2018 at 3:58 pm

    Whew!

    At the risk of being literal-minded, I did think it was odd that music features quite prominently in the video, but not a hint of the musical composition that inspired (or at least shares) the name of the fragrance, Purcell’s “Music For A While.”

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    • Robin says:
      3 April 2018 at 10:18 pm

      No mention of it on the FM site, either. It is kind of strange, but maybe they just don’t figure it matters for marketing.

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