As much as I LOVE PoaL, I just can't stomach the price. If you wear it, it will be impossible for you to go unnoticed. Christophe Raynaud is the designer of this fragrance's nose. Scent Accord: Floral. Portrait of a Lady is brilliant, and certainly a must try. I would say Portrait of a Lady has a rather strong sillage, and a small amount of the fragrance does indeed go a very long way.
And then when oud wood began regularly beefing up rose perfumes, much like added calcium in breakfast cereals, I made sure I got my RDA with regular servings of People of the Labyrinths A*Maze, Juliette Has a Gun Midnight Oud, Montale White Aoud, and the exalted Amouage Homage Attar. Much like Ebony Wood, Jo Malone's Wood Sage & Sea Salt reveals notes of ebony, salt and clove. Are they safe to spray on clothes? There's minty geranium, muffled cinnamon and tart berries. Portrait of a Lady EVERYWHERE? Fast Shipping Options. Isparta hides a woody rose surrounded by the velvet creature of peace of Red Fruits, Benzoin, Ambroxan and Calamus under volutes of burning resins. It is up to you to familiarize yourself with these restrictions. Storage of products. Like expensive jeans pre-worn in all the right places, Portrait of a Lady comes out of the bottle already broken in. It's a lovely, spotless, jammy, and "full" rose. In 2010, Portrait of a Lady debuted.
Perfumer: Jacques Polge. It is a great substitute for Portrait of a lady that is significantly less expensive (but still expensive). II BASE: musk, benzoin and amber. Please note that we are not responsible for late deliveries from Royal Mail or deliveries where shipping information is incorrect. Patchouli, Incense & Sandalwood. "A key milestone in perfumery's modern history, " wrote one voter, echoing the sentiments of many, of the scent that created the gourmand category. I just as confidently responded that I was sure her mother didn't own it, being as Portrait of a Lady had only been available for about 2 minutes, practically.
After hundreds of trials needed to balance such an excessive formula (Portrait of a Lady is undoubtedly the perfume containing the strongest dosage of rose essence and patchouli heart), a rare symphonic perfume appeared: a new oriental rose, a sensuous beauty that attracts people like a magnet, a modern classic: Portrait of a Lady. No, she did not have 800 bottles of perfume ("only about 200"). He perfumed his wife with one of the two and asked her to go for a walk. You'll like this if you like lovely, fresh roses. In recent weeks I've smelled POAL everywhere – the subway, the store, the sidewalk. It's musky, woody and warm, and bears a close resemblance to Victoria's Secret Bombshell. Nahema is a proper adult perfume that smells like Maria Callas' dressing room after a long night: wilted rose bouquets, bowls of overripe fruit, and cigarettes stubbed out in half-drunk cocktails. With patchouli, a natural and potent ingredient, controlling the composition's core notes, the perfume approaches rose notes and spices in a fresh, contemporary way that alternates between the oriental and chypre themes.
Portrait of a Lady then took less than 4 hours to turn into a somewhat dry, very subdued, completely muted blur of simple patchouli and incense with an endlessly lingering, unpleasant hint of sourness before it finally died away. She really did gasp: a genuine, pearls-clutching gasp. Intoxicating, yummy, and assertive, Gourmand Patchouli (our impression of Mugler's Angel) is a real statement that can quickly have you under its spell. What are your opening hours? Patchoulilight by Hermetica is a Chypre Floral scent for both sexes. 99 and 24hr Tracked for £4. In order to protect our community and marketplace, Etsy takes steps to ensure compliance with sanctions programs. Nice smell just like original at fraction of cost. On me, Portrait nearly qualifies as frighteningly long-lasting: I start to worry when my perfume makes it through the shower and a long night's sleep. Free shipping on orders over 40€. Even if you consider my fume ramblings an amusing diversion at best, take it from Susan — a lady who knows from perfume and is smart enough to train her lovely daughter to sniff out the good shizz: Portrait of a Lady is a must-smell, and a must-have. Here are few I tried: Black synthetic. It was also, however, unoriginal, linear, painfully purple and fruited, and wholly boring. With a dominant note of Turkish rose added to a mysterious and dark patchouli come together with a potpourri of cloves, cinnamon, black currant, raspberry sitting next to a freshly lit incense vase to create this beauty.