Details:
Madame
Nevermore Body Company
Notes:
Madame’s golden days of Cabaret brings back the warm and sophisticated, yet subtle blend of apple and oak, with a spice mahogany bouquet, soothing hints of vanilla, cinnamon and dark wood, ripe tones of sweet figs and infused with a blend of tobacco, black tea and fruit spices.
In the vial this is fruity and sweet, exactly the kind of thing I don't like. Once I applied it, it smelled sour - the apple, I assume. I'm not sure what fig smells like exactly, but I was testing another perfume with a fig note the day before and there was a similar sour note in that one, so I'm guessing that's adding to it. To be perfectly honest, this smells a bit like cat pee on me. I almost scrubbed it off, but it was quite close to the skin and didn't have much sillage at all, so I left it on for a while to see if it would change. It does eventually, and dries down to a fairly pleasant, mildly spicy vanilla base. It's quite a significant morphing, actually. The longevity is medium - I could faintly smell it after 6 hours, but only if I had my nose right up to my wrist. I wouldn't wear this purely because I really dislike the opening notes of it, and the vanilla base is nice, but nothing unique.
Rating:
2/5
Day 25!
I hate apple, and apple hates my skin... but everything else sounds very nice.
ReplyDeleteSame - apple just goes sour on me. Smells like cider.
DeleteThis was the one I liked the best out of all the Nevermore samples I tried! There is very little hint of tea in it, maybe that's what became cat pee on you?! I do like fig in perfumes, when it is raw and a bit woody. I can't think of any indie perfume that smells like fig but Diptyque philosykos is a nice green fig (Mecca Cosmetica has Diptyque) and Womanity is a salty sweet fig. Do try them just to get a feel of fig and figure out if you like it or not :)
ReplyDeleteMy only experience with fig comes from Les Mysteres by Alkemia. That one is awesome!
DeleteI have a sample of that! I'll be testing out soon :)
DeleteMaybe fig isn't my thing? Haven't smelled the Diptyque one but I definitely don't like Womanity.
DeleteSu: I don´t know why I like that scent, I think I should hate it, and may friends say "ick, soap"... but I just get strange cravings for it... And olfactory hallucinations, I think I smell it everywhere but in reality it´s just imprinted in my mind... I LOVE the stuff!
DeleteThis sounds rather pretty- too bad about the "cat pee" upon initial application. I have some perfume that don't smell good at all, but they morph into pretty scents when they reach the dry down :)
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely one that smells different on different people - I know Su liked it quite a bit!
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