40 Days and 40 Nights of Beauty Brand Reviews
As I said before, my favorites are La Chasse and Mure et Musc. La Chasse is a white floral blend. It is summer in a bottle. I swear I hear birds chirping when I spray it. It is feminine, and bright, and utterly adorable. There is a little sharp, peppery, clean bite to it that keeps it from being too precious. It is what I call an "I love being a girl" scent. You can not be mean or unhappy and wear La Chasse.
Mure et Musc is a clean, not overly sweet blackberry and musc blend. It starts out a bit on the masculine side. A little soapy, a little citrusy, like a classic mens cologne. This phase does not last long and the sweet/tart blackberry and soft musk come out. This is my go to, fall back, always right fragrance.
There are many others that are worthy. Give them a try. Passage d’Enfer, The Pour Un Ete, Safran Troublant, Tea for Two, Voleur de Roses, the list goes on. In fact, though not all L’Artisans are full bottle worthy to me, there is not one that I have not liked. If you want people to think "mmm, she smells good", not "her perfume smells good" L’Artisan might be just what you are looking for.
As a side note, my first L’Artisan sample, and almost all of my L’Artisans after were purchased through http://beautycafe.com/
Do pay them a visit.
Tussah: Fig seems to be one of those scents that people either love or hate. Fortunately, I am a fig-lover, and L’Artisan’s Premier Figuier is one of my favorites.
It starts with a substantial show of fig…green fig leaves, and fruit. But, it also has a seductive milky quality that contrasts well with the fruit. Woody, base notes balance and complete the fragrance experience.
Basenotes lists this fragrance as being released in 1994, but it still has an innovative, uniqueness that stands the test of time. It is truly a great fragrance that certainly can be considered suitable for all.
L’Artisan lists Premier Figuier as a blend of: fig tree leaves, fresh fig, almond milk, and sandalwood.
Family: woody, green, fruity.
Annieytown:
I think I need a cup of tea, the world keeps burnin, Oh what a day, what a day what a day" (Erykah Badu's "On and On")
From the L'Artisan website: It begins with the curling, rising steam of Lapsung-Souchong tea. All the notes are orchestrated around the smoke and wooded scents to create a more fiery and warmer sensation. The sweet, fresh, spicy facets reveal the delicious delights of honey.
Both voluptuous and spicy, it is a marvellous tea for your skin!
Tea for Two is a rich, smoky black tea scent with dashes of cinnamon, ginger, green anise, honey and vanilla. This is a very difficult fragrance to wear. The heavy smoke note generally scares most people from attempting to wear it. The first time I sniffed it I was not a fan. I recognized that it was special and continued to test it every few months.
Eventually it worked for me and we have been smitten with each other ever since.
L'Artisan is not my favorite perfume house but some of their fragrances have made their way into my heart.
I adore Safran Troublant and Bois Farine.
Which L'Artisan fragrances do you adore? Post your answers in the comments.
Photos: Luckyscent and Berthe Morisot's La Chasse auex Papillons from personal.kent.edu and http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/morisot/morisot6.jpg
Disclosure: The products were purchased by the reviewers.
Labels: 40 Days and 40 Nights of Beauty Brands, Ceil Reviews, Griff, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Product Purchase, Tussah Reviews
posted by Annieytown @ 7:51 PM
9 Inspired Comments
9 Inspired Comments:
Although I didn't love it at first, Mimosa Pour Moi has become a staple for me, and is my perfect scent for Spring. I also love Premier Figuier Extreme and Ananas Fizz.
My favorites from way back are L'Eau de L'Artisan and Les Hesperides de la Grande Serre. Both from Beauty Cafe :) Now that you've reminded me, I may have to go order another bottle of L'Eau. Can't even find a mention of the Hesperides any more so I guess it is long discontinued. By the way, I have an almost full bottle of La Chasse that I will never wear if someone would like it. I think I don't like linden blossom.
I love L'Artisan and the first niche scent I bought was Tea For Two. It was love at first sniff for my husband and I, and we both wear it.
Mure et Musc Extreme is also in my collection, and I hope to add Safran Troublant eventually as well.
(sorrowful smile)
hello ladies! lovely reviews, as usual! ;-) and you all mention ones that I love.
L'Artisan is my favorite line as well. La Chasse aux Papillons is my favorite ever. It was rec'd to me by the lovely V at Bois de Jasmin.
I've finished (yes finished!) two 1.7 bottles of the fragrance and am nearly done w/ a 3.4 oz bottle. I always have a back up too! ;-)
However, I have so many beloved fragrances in this line!!
I adore Vanilia- the ultimate layering scent. It goes w/ just about EVERYTHING.
A few Christmases ago, I got the best fragrance gift-set ever: the "trio de noel" which consists of Tea for Two, Passage d'Enfer and Ambre Extreme. All three are awesome w/ Vanilia!
I, too, am a Mure et Musc Extreme girl. I fell in love with this scent at Barney's in NYC under the guidance of a splendid SA. I continue to love this fragrance and never fail to get compliments when wearing it.
L’Artisan was the first “niche” fragrance house that I explored, thanks to my mother, who started wearing Mure et Musc over a decade ago. She used to buy it at Henri Bendel, and I would sniff a few other scents while I was there with her. Now her favorite is Bois Farine!
The L’Artisan fragrance that I wear most often is Drole de Rose, which smells like honeyed rosebuds and violets. I also enjoy Voleur de Roses, which is more earthy, like the dirt of a rose garden after a summer rainstorm. My favorite, however, is the beautiful, and regrettably discontinued, Orchidee Blanche. I’m so upset with L’Artisan’s decision to eliminate this fragrance.
Carolyn: Ananas Fizz is very good. One of the best grapefruit based scents.
Gail: Do you belong to Makeupalley? If not...you should join and see if anyone wants to do a swap. La Chasse is very popular among the fragrance crowd. I think you will get some interest. HTH
Kathy: I love Safran! I was delighted when they started offering it in the larger size bottles.
Koneko: My La Chasse was from tealief. I miss those early days on MUA. Tbones raves about that vanilla. I think she considers it the best.
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MissM: I have never tested the extreme version. I will have to stop by the artisan counter in a few weeks to give it a good test.
Stanzi: I have a decant of the Orchidee. It is beyond lovely.
I also love the roses.
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What delightful reviews, Griffie and Tussah!
I love Passage d'Enfer because I like to refer to it as "highway to hell." I know, it's not really the correct translation, but I do it because it would have irritated my French professor, a nun of course.
And I love La Chasse too. And Ananas Fizz!
I like to layer them. La Chasse mixes well with Mure et Musc. I learned this at the Apothia at Fred Segal.
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