Amouage Silver Oud Review (Cecile Zarokian) 2021 + The Red and The Black Draw

Stendhal’s 1830 novel The Red and the Black which depicts the era’s dichotomy between French politics and seduction seems the perfect inspiration for Amouage Silver Oud. Composed by Cecile Zarokian, Silver Oud is a perfect addition to the Omani brand’s “Epic” storytelling. Cecile Zarokian created Amouage Epic Woman in 2011. In 2021, creative director Renaud Salmon tapped Mme. Zarokian for Amouage Material, .Just as Julien is the protagonist in The Red and The Black, Oud ASSAM is the central character of this fragrance. Silver Oud is certainly a standout addition Amouage’s library of perfumes. 

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Ex Nihilo Explicite Review (Jordi Fernandez) 2020 + Flowers with Fangs Draw

Ex Nihilo Explicite is a fascinating play of contrasts; a calibrated structure of gourmand creaminess balanced with the narcotic flowers. Don’t be deceived by the soft opening of this fragrance. It promises to be sweet and comforting, but there are teeth hidden underneath that pretty pink smile, and she will sink those sharp fangs into your flesh without the slightest remorse.

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1986 Éclectique by Les Bains Guerbois  Winner

1986 Éclectique by Les Bains Guerbois

1986 Éclectique by Les Bains Guerbois is par excellence a festive fragrance with a composition of great richness: luminous, joyful and bewitching, it is worn boldly on the skin, without shyness. Ultra-sensual, it is a formidable weapon of seduction with an incredible hold that leaves no one indifferent, and especially not those who wear it. It is delightful to trace Bertrand Duchafour’s creative hand, whose scents can be true love potions and a beautiful tribute from Les Bains Guerbois to the mythical Marilyn, now sanctified in the bottle.

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