Persolaise Love At First Scent 23 - live perfume reviews - Guerlain Anniversary - 190 Years

Episode 23 of Love At First Scent - celebrating the 190th anniversary of Guerlain

This was a Facebook Live broadcast streamed on Friday 30th November 2018. Unscripted. Unedited. Unrehearsed.

The perfumes covered in this episode were:

Vol de Nuit extrait (at the start of the video)
Vol de Nuit Evasion (at the 26:00 minute mark)
Shalimar Eau Legere (at the 38:00 minute mark)
Iris Ganache (at the 55:00 minute mark)
Habit Rouge edt (at the 1:00:00 minute mark)
and a very special Apres L’Ondee extrait (at the 1:12:00 minute mark)

And, as always, here's the blotter update:

the VdN extrait is now in a dense, almost vegetal moss mode; still intriguing and other-worldly
VdN Evasion has turned out to be the most surprising; I thought I knew the scent well, but today, it's presented dark, sandalwoody aspects I hadn't really noticed before; mainly synthetic, I'd say, but expertly dosed
Shalimar Legere reminded me of Habit Rouge for a moment, which goes to show that HR really is a lighter, more citrusy Shalimar; but anyway, it is now dryer and a touch less approachable
Iris Ganache has gone into a carb hangover: sweet, powdery vanilla base
Habit Rouge remains perfect; what a wondrous piece of work; so finely tuned
AND
the Apres L'Ondee extrait is still playing that delightful tango between the iris and the violet; heavenly!

Here are links to some of the articles I mentioned:

Thierry Wasser on Habit Rouge: http://persolaise.blogspot.com/2015/0...

Thierry Wasser on reformulation: http://persolaise.blogspot.com/2014/0...

Thierry Wasser on Nahema http://persolaise.blogspot.com/2013/1...

[Samples of the 1st, 4th and 6th scents on the list provided by Guerlain; the remainder are from my personal collection.]

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