Ellipse

7 reseñas

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• jerry drake

  February 23, 2024

  

  A special review for me, number 1000. An exciting journey discovering or rediscovering perfumes lost in time or modern novelties. And above all, it’s the perfect occasion to send a huge thank you to all the wonderful people this hobby has allowed me to meet and accompany on this fantastic journey. There are almost mythical perfumes that remain as true black swans in the collective imagination, unreachable and making you think you’ll never try them. But Mithrandir appears as a genie from a lamp and gifts me a miniature from his parents’ youth collection, leaving me speechless. Thank you, friend. So, with undeniable emotion, I try to describe with words the sensations of holding something unique in my hands. Ellipse by Jacques Fath, grace year 1972, is an authentic vintage cult that practically doesn’t know the “I don’t like it” in the scarce votes from the few users who’ve tried it (also because it’s very expensive and almost impossible to find). The comments are Grial-level. At first impact, the top notes seem present, a good indicator of the general condition despite being about 50 years old. Trees, resin, earth: these are my first associations. Ellipse is dark and not necessarily friendly, but cozy. I’ve heard several cypresses so far, but this is really something special, as if an artist tried to paint olfactory pictures of dark conifer forests. An ethereal freshness of pine dominates the top notes with an equally dark impression of bark, resin, and needles that runs through the entire fragrance. It seems like a huge dark forest where, after some time, an incredibly bright ray of light appears. It’s a very vintage and serious perfume. Serious because it seems crafted with tons of natural essential oils (laughing at IFRA limitations) that take you straight to the fields and forests. Meanwhile, the opening is in 3D. Here everything emerges with such realism that you look around to find where the plant you’re smelling is: a performance few perfumes today can convey. The same goes for flowers, just in a more subtle way. Then there are other herbs not easily identifiable apart from moss: perhaps tarragon, a bit bitter. Then woods, lots of musk and vetiver, with notes that seem plucked straight from the lawn. The flowers here seem different compared to other 70s and 80s perfumes; they complement the forest flora instead of creating meadow images. Along with the green, sour vetiver, wild herbs, and oak moss, the pines remain incredibly green, dark, and woody. The base is now noticeable but will never turn into an oriental, as suggested by sandalwood, tonka, and amber. Ellipse is a beautiful fragrance absolutely unisex that shows olfactory impressions of the forest more authentically than almost anything else, without sacrificing wearability. On the contrary, I find it quite accessible without seeming to fit common conventions. It’s a pity it’s almost impossible to get anymore. There’s something melancholic and dreamy in this fragrance, all very well sorted and mixed with a perfectly balanced measure, the perfect complement for someone who loves going against the grain, fascinated by the power of the past and projected toward the future, where they travel quickly, but with a leather suitcase in hand, loaded with vintage sweaters and analog photos, those that have the taste of true happiness. Absolutely not recommended for teenagers and delicate noses, a luxury for me to be able to sniff such a piece.

• whisper_of_love

  March 7, 2024

  

  Dear @jerry drake, I come to tell you the same: congratulations on your #1000 review (which is said so quickly…), for this one and all your reviews that, as @Myosotis rightly says, teach us so much about both perfumes and feelings. Congratulations, companion! 🩷

• Josesan

  March 7, 2024

  

  Dear Jerry Drake, my biggest congratulations on your 1,000th review. Not just for that, but because your thousand texts are crafted, felt, meditated upon, and made with love. There are few classic perfumers left who keep writing, and you are one of them. You are a vintage fragancer, like the perfumes you love, not because of age, but because of notes banned by IFRA, your olfactory family where fougère shines, your alchemist-worthy potency, your stellar trail, your performance across a thousand reviews and comments, your honesty and affection, and because you haven’t been reformulated or watered down. I’d like to go back to the 60s, 70s, and 80s and come loaded with vintages from the vintage shop to gift you: Dior, Rabanne, Armani, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Aramis, Givenchy, Gucci, and everything I saw in Madrid perfumeries back then. I hope you gift us review number 2,000 and all the ones after that. A hug, Josesan.

• Elena79

  March 9, 2024

  

  I subscribe to the previous words. Congratulations @JerryDrake, a thousand contributions to the fifth sense. Thank you for discovering with your words the beauty of past perfumes as a guiding thread to understand current perfumery. A virtual hug and have a happy day.

• Mithrandir

  March 13, 2024

  

  What a strange thing life is, how everything connects us… Who would have told my father in that afternoon in 1982 in Bordeaux that he would find a perfumery treasure in a dumpster? I was less than a year old and don’t remember anything, but my mother was overjoyed to receive a pile of miniatures. Today she keeps them with affection as a memento of her emigration to France. Jerry, what emotion to read your 1000th review! What a miracle that Ellipse was so well preserved. This perfume was already a legend, but now it’s even more so after your text. For me, Ellipse is a reminder that what the world throws away and despises today can have enormous value tomorrow. I’m not talking about money, but about values that speak of beauty, art, friendship, and generosity; things that can’t be seen or weighed, but that enrich more than gold, because “what is essential is invisible to the eye,” as Saint-Exupéry would say. In your olfactory travels, you’ve discovered so much and share it generously. Thank you for these thousand reviews full of poetry and life. A big hug, companion. P.S.: Taurien, dear friend… I think the next one to reach 1000 reviews will be you next year. I intuit which one it will be; if I’m right, I’m sure you’ll have the strength needed to achieve it.

• Myosotis

  March 14, 2024

  

  Congratulations, dear @Jerry Drake! Thank you for those thousand comments that have brought us closer to your passion for perfumery, your sensitivity, and your great aesthetic sense. You are the most vintage millennial in this community. 🎂🥳

• Taurien

  March 18, 2024

  

  Dear @JerryDrake, what can I say? On one hand, congratulations and thanks to our dear @Mithrandir for making this review and your dream of trying Ellipse possible. On the other, I just want to convey my admiration and make you part of the immense pleasure that is, was, and always will be reading you. A huge hug, companion.