Perfume bottle for D'Extase
I have photoshopped the image to give the bottle a rose hue.
Otherwise, it looks a bland colorless crystal.
It's time I posted on a perfume.
Marchesa has a perfume out. It is their first one. About time!
I went to Sephora's to look around for what's new, and I found D'Extase sitting on the shelf. I had seen it before, had smelt it, and wasn't overly impressed by it. I decided to give it another try.
The salesgirl was pleasant. She said she's "In love with the perfume." I'm now used to the word "love" being thrown around for all kinds of things: "I loved the movie!" "I love how you do your hair!" "I love [fill in the actress/celebrity of the month here]!"
"I'm in love with [fill in some fashion item like a dress, shoes, lipstick, nail polish color, perfume]!"
I simply went off and sprayed the perfume on those sample strips of paper they have provided for us. Again, nothing impressive.
I went to the Sephora data base, and looked it up.
These are the notes for D'Extase:
Iris Flower, Freesia, Black Current, Young Violet Leaves, Lotus Flower, Night Blooming Jasmine, Bulgarian Rose Water, Orange Blossom, Iris Root, Ambrox, Captive Musks.Rose water, jasmine and musk? These are my favorite ("I LOVE jasmine and rose together!").
Then I thought I should give it some time to settle and for the notes to combine together.
Sure enough, after about five minutes, it became something very different. After about fifteen, it had reached its peak and stayed that way for several hours.
The scent is floral, but not insipid. Musky, but not overwhelming. Slightly sweet from the jasmine but not clingy.
These Marchesa ladies are smart.
I asked the salesgirl to give me a sample. At $72 for 30ml, it will not be a purchase I will make any time soon, but I will keep the scent alive with the tiny (5ml) sample I have.
The perfumer (the nose, in perfume technical language) is Annie Buzantian, who has created a long list of perfumes with well-known designers.
I wonder if she chose perfume composition because of her long nose?
Annie Buzantian
The designer of the bottle is Malin Ericson, who appears to work for Calvin Klein and Nina Ricci. The bottle isn't that special. They could have added a blush of pink to it, or lavender, and designed the crystals around that. Here is the beautiful bottle for Violet Eyes by the aesthete Elizabeth Taylor:
Violet Eyes
by Elizabeth Taylor
I've reviewed Violet Eyes here. It has that combination of rose and violet. The cedar gives it a lighter quality, which while musk would have made it too heavy. Elizabeth Taylor's choices
are perfect.
The beautiful Georgina Chapman, of Marchesa,
with her multi-millionaire husband film mogul Harvey Weinstein
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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