Petale Noir

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• Yadorán d'Vinea

  August 26, 2016

  

  Honestly, almost every man has a very fragile ego. Petale Noir is a bold, retro, and dominant fragrance. If you enjoy gourmand-fruit scents, friendly floral orientals, powdery whites, or humble woody citrus notes, this isn’t for you. It opens clean, fresh, and moderately citrusy with tangerine, violet leaves, and a very aquatic lotus. But the star is the magnolia: used in insane quantities, it’s not delicate or feminine; it’s coarse, dry, and overwhelming. Then, the rose and gardenia are sweetened with ylang-ylang and neroli. The heart is sweet, powdery, spicy, and fresh, with hints of magnolia. The chypre base is ruled by leather: sour-sweet and acidic, mixed with vetiver and oriental notes that add roughness; the tobacco leaves a trail almost like cocoa. It’s not fun or cheerful; it’s laconic, lustful, and sexually aggressive. Imagine a Fragrantica promo featuring a woman about to punch someone. It’s not for charming young girls or perfect lovers; it’s for a woman whose husband is defending her after she just landed a brutal punch. It’s not the lover’s fragrance, but the married woman’s scent that dominates both. With a formal character, it could have been Christina Aguilera’s perfume for ‘Dirrty’, Britney’s for ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’, or Madonna’s for ‘Erotica’. Intense and promiscuous, it clings to the skin and projects like crazy. It will conquer some, discomfort others, and in my case, it makes me bite my lower lip.