Still
Henry Jacques (2017)

Still features a candied floral note threaded through a dusty seam of resins and woods. Although the notes don't list any resinous notes, to my nose this smells like iris, rose, cinnamon, Peru balsam, opoponax, benzoin, and frankincense over a sandalwood base. In spirit, it reminds me of several perfumes by Maria Candida Gentile, notably Sideris and Burlesque, but also of a sweet, powdery cologne that an old boyfriend used to wear that might or might not have been Jaipur (Boucheron). Still tugs at my heartstrings, making it difficult to evaluate objectively. But high quality as it indubitably is, it is far from unique and perhaps therefore not the Henry Jacques on which to blow your wad.