#annick goutal

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Triplets

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[theenbyroiderer]

A couple new additions to my perfume collection.

[hulakan]

L’ACQUARIO E IL SUO PROFUMO | Ad ogni segno zodiacale un profumo

[fragrancedqueen]

l'eau de bonpoint.

[odoroussavourssweet]

Annick Goutal Ambre Fetiche

Noses: Isabelle Doyen & Camille Goutal

notes: amber, incense, labdanum, vanilla, styrax; iris, benzoin; leather, vanilla, patchouli, geranium

Ambre Fetiche is a Big Damn Amber, chewy golden brown, sweet but not overly sweet, in the same way as Ambre Sultan but with different emphases. Ambre Sultan “cuts” the amber with bay leaf; Ambre Fetiche does it, more traditionally, with leather and incense.

There’s a smooth brown nuance under the rich amber, maybe the styrax? and a little sparkle of spicy incense (*not* frankincense, something warmer).

I can smell the “rubber” note some reviewers notice, like “Barbie legs”, but I find it weirdly pleasant.

20-30 minutes in I start to notice the iris, the same unbelievably creamy iris that made Heure Exquise a revelation. its pillowy softness slowly blurs the amber’s bright-brown syrup.

1.5 hours in it’s primarily dark vanilla and a soft-focus, fluffy iris texture. if you want to make me a vanilla convert, this is how.

Until you get to the vanilla-iris phase, Ambre Fetiche is genuinely “unisex” — it has enough spine and darkness to work for a man, despite its sweet ambery theme — and therefore I find it wearable. It’s not as natural for me as Anubis (which is almost as much a leather scent as a resinous one) but it makes me happy.

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