Patchouli Paris
Eau de Parfum, Guerlain (2024)

Monodimensional and linear throughout its life; what you smell at the beginning is very nearly what you get to the end. It’s certainly patchouli forward, with plenty of loamy and dark soils, but with a very strong inflection of chocolate. This is a straight patchouli but with the difficult parts removed, that is to say, the parts that can make it interesting. It’s patchouli put into a tuxedo, and told to behave, but you know deep down underneath it’s dying to be a bit crass. I’m not convinced by the good behavior and the tux. As with Tobacco Honey, it is a wallflower, very boring and unmemorable, even though the materials are quite good and the blending well-handled.

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