I was in
the Mall today, for not a specific reason really, just I had some time on my
hands and I thought to go there and sniff a perfume! When I saw that they had the Jardin Noir collection from Tom Ford I got
excited. Especially when a perfume from this collection is called Ombre de
Hyacinth.
I love
hyacinths but it’s not a scent note that you see a lot. It’s difficult to be mixed
with other notes and the flower itself doesn’t produce essential oil.
Top notes: galbanum, violet leaf, magnolia petals and
olibanum
middle notes: hyacinth, pink pepper and jasmine
base notes: galbanum, benzoin and musk.
When I
first sprayed on it was very “green” and I got mostly violet leaf.
Then it
transports to a green powdery scent. Where are you hyacinth? It has just a tiny
bit of the hyacinth and you can smell it or should I say imagine it if you really concentrate in that
note.
To me, it
smells like any other green floral scent, very old fashion and a bit soapy. The base notes stayed hours on my skin (musk
and galbanum) .
This
perfume costs 180E which is 240USD. I wondered immediately how many indie
perfume oils I could buy( Almost 15, maybe more)!
Next time I will try Café rose.
