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By: Aromascope » Lady Vengeance by Juliette Has A Gun

Aromascope » Lady Vengeance by Juliette Has A Gun — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:13:54 +0000

[…] Lady Vengeance is hardly an appropriate epithet for Shakespeare’s Juliet, yet that’s exactly the name of a perfume by the new French line Juliette Has A Gun, a creative project of Romano Ricci, the great-grandson of Nina Ricci. It seems to be trendy these days to deviate from the conventional and come up with new visions of perfumery. The examples range from the regal Parfums MDCI to the downright scandalous Etat Libre d’Orange. Juliette Has A Gun falls somewhere in between, I suppose. It makes no hefty claims, has a decent dose of originality, and some Gothic mischief. There’re currently two scents in the line, and I’ve only had a chance to smell Lady Vengeance (a sensual rose) which instantly fascinated me. Miss Charming (a playful rose) sounds quite promising as well. How can they not, ladies and gentlemen, when both are created by none other than Monsieur Francis Kurkdjian! […]

By: Ina

Ina — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:52:32 +0000

Vika, I completely agree with you! SM is not only the least wearable on me, it’s the most disgusting scent alive.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:59:23 +0000

Hope that you are feeling better! It was great to read more impressions on ELDO and to see that I was not wrong in saying that many of them feel like sketches, although some are very well-done (JetC, PdP, SM.) I do not think that they are making revolution (whatever they might claim) with these scents, but hey, there is some humour in the line, and it is something that I find lacking desperately in perfumery right now.

SM is the most intriguing of the line from the technical standpoint, although it is the least wearable fragrance I own.

By: Ina

Ina — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:57:24 +0000

Chaya, ah, duh! Completely forgot.

By: chaya ruchama

chaya ruchama — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:27:56 +0000

Inushka-
La Mome s the new Balmain ‘fume created in honor of Edith Piaf… only on sale at Marionnaud,NOT for export.

By: Ina

Ina — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:31:35 +0000

Elle, I agree with you! The quality matters more than the quantity.

By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:47:30 +0000

Just want to pull up a soap box next to Robin’s and say I completely agree w/ her about it being revolutionary these days to take time w/ a scent and really develop it. I find it scary when too many scents are released simultaneously.

By: Ina

Ina — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:06:54 +0000

Solander, I certainly expected them to be very weird, judging by the images on their site and scent names. I can’t say I’m disappointed, though.
DK Wenge is SO amazing!

By: Solander

Solander — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:10:03 +0000

I agree that SM is disturbing - I get a visceral reaction to it, physical illness, rather than the more common “ew what’s that smell?”-reaction.

I also agree that PdP and JeC are the best of the line. I get quite a lot of cigarettes from the latter.

Actually, I was disappointed they were not more out of the ordinary (with the exception of SM and maybe JeC). Funnily, they were also not very strong or lasting on my skin. But then my dry, fair skin just eats scent, I hardly ever get sillage or scents lingering until the day after. Today I’m wearing DKs Wenge and I’m pleasantly surprised that it actually does envelop me in a cloud of scent so I don’t have to sit with my nose glued to my wrist. A very nice cloud too, might be my official comfort/second skin scent.

I think Eloge du traitre smells just like Yatagan, only not quite so good, a paler copy. But I guess a lot of people scorn Yatagan too.

By: Ina

Ina — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:15:36 +0000

Patty, I think VB would behave nicely if I test it further. It was oddly appealing but probably not FBW. Can’t wait to smell the new ones!