Initio Parfums Privés Addictive Vibration by Olya Bar©
If one knows anything about honey, its smell, and taste are highly addictive. Intoxicatingly sweet, it has been considered an aphrodisiac for centuries. INITIO Parfums Privés Addictive Vibration is giving me incredibly sensual honeyed grape-like vibes. Imagine an old vineyard in the middle of the spring. The smell of apple blossom mingles with the sweet aroma of the wine as the maceration process settles in, in which the phenolic materials of the grape—tannins and flavor compounds—are leached from the grape skins, seeds and stems into the must. A highly aromatic process that fills the entire room with a heady aroma of wine, tart berries, and wooden barrels. While maceration is usually associated with wine, it is used with other drinks, such as Campari and crème de cassis as well as steeping unflavored spirits with herbs for making herb-based alcohol like absinthe.
honey via unsplash
Now you may wonder which type of wine smells like honey. Such is often the case in rich late-harvest dessert wines, like a glass of Muscat. With Sauternes or late-harvest Muscat, you’ll pick up on spices like ginger, jam, and the heady smell of overripe fruit, which often starts to smell like honey. A lustful blend of delicious wine you may indulge in after a good dinner. INITIO Parfums Privés Addictive Vibration is a truly voluptuary blend as it focuses on three equally sexy ingredients, caramelized orange blossom, skin musk, and honey—a sensual spring blend of masterful seduction.
illustration by French artist and illustrator Firmin Maglin (1867-1946) wikiart
A heart of honey and caramelized orange blossom reigns supreme in this perfume; the history of this golden nectar of love dates as far back as 500 BC when Greek philosopher and father of modern medicine Hippocrates prescribed it to increase sexual vigor. Honey is believed to be the nectar of Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, procreation, and beauty. I wouldn’t go as far as prescribing INITIO Addictive Vibration as the remedy for such… but it lives up to its name.
Vineyard via Unsplash
I find the natural scent of honey quite intriguing as it can be quite a chameleon, and depending on its nectar source, honey can be floral, fruity, smoky, woody, spicy, nutty, or earthy. In this composition, you can vividly pick up on its indolic breath, making me think there is a jasmine pinch hiding beneath the fluffy apple blossoms and grape soda. The dry down is the balsamic base of soft vanilla with a hint of amber and musk, the essence of sex, which completes this blend perfectly, bringing this to a full circle of all things pleasure. Whether you are indulging in the sweet nectar of love itself or picking up on whiffs of it in your wine, pair it with Addictive Vibration for a double trouble effect of a sensory immersion.
Notes: Apple Blossom, Orange Blossom, Honey, Vanilla, Musk.
The bottle was kindly gifted to me but opinions are always my own.
Composed by Master Perfumer Maurice Roucel in 2016, (read Michelyn’s interview) and Pierre Pierre-Constantin Guéros(his Young Perfumer Essay)
–Olya Bar, Editor
Read Olya’s review of INITIO Oud for Happiness and Review of INITIO Musk Therapy
Initio Parfums Privés Addictive Vibration Lifestyle by Olya Bar
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