I was into fashion way before I ever found a connection to perfume. To me Dries’ clothes are romantic and I always pictured them being worn in an old money estate. Like the clothes had been passed down through the generations of this imaginary family and are now being worn by the youngest heir to the riches. Lots of leisure inspired stuff with gorgeous fabrics that look they could have come off some garment in a museum. I’d love to know who Frederic wears. He obviously wears bespoke suits which you can see in small details. I think his tailor is English rather than French but I could be mistaken. I can see why they have respect for each other as their brands are oil paintings when most as taking pictures. This perfume didn’t work for me but I did get a bottle of Mons Dan Lit linen spray (Bruno) for a steal. Waiting for it to come in it’s probably one of my most indulgent purchases.
Fun fact: Frederick Malle grew up in apartment that used to belong to the Guerlain family and his room actually belonged to Jean Paul Guerlain. And his mother’s family connections founded Christian Dior Parfums. Amazing scent. Like a cookie dipped in rich warm milk. Actually contains real genuine Mysore Sandalwood. Thanks for the review 👍👍👍👍
Such a great review. Previously hadn't heard much about this one but it sounds great I'll have to try it as soon as able. Really did enjoy the imagery and thought that went into this thorough review. Much appreciated. - Colin
I need to revisit Dries after this evocative review. It was kind of sour on me when I sampled it some time ago. I will try it again through the Eugenius lens.
funny you mention lidge, early this morning i saw you'd posted this video but didn't watch it until i got to work early...and what did i go with as my sotd but l'instant de guerlain pour homme edp, which i know people say is a horrible reformulation of lidge but damn, it smells pretty good to me! thanks for another thoughtful and helpful review, i've been meaning to get my nose on this one. with barney's closing though i'm not sure where i'm going to get in-person access to malles anymore.
Arnold I wouldn’t pay much attention to the reform conspiracy theorists, modern LIFGE is as gorgeous as it’s always been and I hope you’re enjoying it as so.
Hey Eugene. I have a few Frederic Malle fragrances… One of them I bought because of you which is Noir Epices.. which I love. I live in Texas and I went by Neiman Marcus to do some sniffing in the late summer maybe August. I went by there a specific counter and tried this one. The last time I smelled it I guess you could say my nose wasn’t mature enough to handle what I was smelling. In this case I sprayed some on my wrist and what I smelled was sweet tart like candy… But when it quickly dried down I smelled more of what you described in your review. Very much like being in a café or bakery. I went directly from the perfume counter To play 18 holes of golf with a friend. It was easily 100° outside. My buddy kept asking me what I was wearing. It is definitely not a fragrance for the summertime but it smells amazing. The sales associate gave me a five mil Bottle that did not have a sprayer attached to it. It had instead a dabber. I probably have one to two mill sitting in that bottle still and this stuff is a Tomic. It is one of those fragrances I am thinking about getting. I do think it smells amazing. It’s just hard to justify buying all of these cold weather fragrances since I live in Texas. Great review.
Timothy John thanks for sharing your story, if it’s something you enjoy and would like to wear in the heat I would recommend applying it from a further distance thereby diffusing it somewhat, hopefully decreasing the intensity.
@@usmellsgood I prefer Dior's cologne royale tbh. The musk in indéléble is too... musky? There's too much of it. Have you tried the old guerlain EDCs? Cologne imperiale etc?
@@usmellsgood it doesn't agree with my skin, same as pour monsieur EDT (love the edp of pour monsieur). it's the lemon, turns very acidic, bitter, sharp and cleaning product on my skin. It is my skin to blame though, smells nice on others. Same with aventus
This is my second favourite FM and I don't care who knows it. My Flemish friend told me 'Dries Van Noten' means "Threes Of Nuts". This fragrance has two balls and one extra! ⚽️🏀🎱
There was a sour green element that bothered me (off my skin), but i do like the concept of the perfume. I will give it a try again. I'm intrigue to discover the mysore sandalwood note (its probably well blended into the perfume)
I don't know if you tried it, but I got sent a sample of real 80s mysore sandalwood with my last purchase from Ensar Oud, and after smelling and burning some, it definitely is a more buttery creamy soft smell than what I normally associate with sandalwood. Before this my head sort of mostly associated the sandalwood with Boss Bottled and how it is in there. Now that I know what Mysore smells like, I feel Dries van Noten has pretty much a bunch of mysore permeating the whole scent. It is in contrast to all the other scratchy notes going on so it makes the perfume not as clean smelling, but the sandalwood is all over this one for sure. Dries van Noten though, the perfume I think I have to try some more - initially I am not a big fan, it's something too nauseating about it. But... as with Jicky which somewhat has that same effect, it probably is fine used properly when allowing the scent bubble to create a warm-skin effect type glow when it is diffused properly, instead of the fraghead way of spraying a big dose on my arm and burying my nose in it for an hour. I'll see if I can bare it and if I like it more!
As for my experiment with Dries van Noten, I couldn't stomach it anymore when I woke up and it still gave off it's scent. I find it very nauseating and had to eventually scrub it off. There is just something in it, not the sandalwood, but something is just not right for me. I think it will be a while until I can stomach another wearing if I don't give away my sample first. Still absolutely mesmerized by Musc Ravageur though, and have a FB and the body butter on the way. Instantly blown away by that one!
Jeremy Hinze 🎅 I will be too busy shipping Navitus Parfums sorry...: Oh, infact I won’t.... because a little birdie tells me Navitus Parfums are gonna be DELAYED! hohoho!
Noted. Patchouli = scratchy brown. I.e. a butthole? 😂😂😂 Christmas cookies sounds like a delicious description. But with the tea, it's perfect for this time of year.
I was into fashion way before I ever found a connection to perfume. To me Dries’ clothes are romantic and I always pictured them being worn in an old money estate. Like the clothes had been passed down through the generations of this imaginary family and are now being worn by the youngest heir to the riches. Lots of leisure inspired stuff with gorgeous fabrics that look they could have come off some garment in a museum. I’d love to know who Frederic wears. He obviously wears bespoke suits which you can see in small details. I think his tailor is English rather than French but I could be mistaken.
I can see why they have respect for each other as their brands are oil paintings when most as taking pictures. This perfume didn’t work for me but I did get a bottle of Mons Dan Lit linen spray (Bruno) for a steal. Waiting for it to come in it’s probably one of my most indulgent purchases.
Bronze Age Perfumer thank you for the comment, My fashion sense doesn’t rival the love for perfume I have so these are details unknown to me.
Bronze perfume - I really appreciate your comment.
Fun fact: Frederick Malle grew up in apartment that used to belong to the Guerlain family and his room actually belonged to Jean Paul Guerlain. And his mother’s family connections founded Christian Dior Parfums.
Amazing scent. Like a cookie dipped in rich warm milk. Actually contains real genuine Mysore Sandalwood. Thanks for the review 👍👍👍👍
That sounds like just as much bullshit as Creed's stories.
Just ordered this; had to come back to your review. I love it; it's definitely gourmand to me, but a great mature semi-gourmand
Excellent description of this fragrance. I've never been able to put into words what this perfume brings to mind, but eugenius has done it. Thanks.
Thanks for shining a light on this. Looking forward to wearing my travel size in the colder months.
I love how you rearranged your perfume cabinet !
Great review, and digging the organization of your perfumes in the background...my OCD spotted that real fast.
Daniel Solis Thanks Hulk!!
Good to hear your thoughts on this one. It’s my sotd and I bought a bottle two weeks ago.
The Scentient Man Thanks Raj, I’m going to watch your review of this tonight.
Such a great review. Previously hadn't heard much about this one but it sounds great I'll have to try it as soon as able. Really did enjoy the imagery and thought that went into this thorough review. Much appreciated.
- Colin
C K thanks for watching, Colin.
Not sure what j think about Pachulia yet still haven't formed an opinion on it
better do Frederic Malle Line Overview w/Kristo 2020
Amazing job describing this!
I need to revisit Dries after this evocative review. It was kind of sour on me when I sampled it some time ago. I will try it again through the Eugenius lens.
Have you done a review on Le Frenchy ? How do you like it ?
funny you mention lidge, early this morning i saw you'd posted this video but didn't watch it until i got to work early...and what did i go with as my sotd but l'instant de guerlain pour homme edp, which i know people say is a horrible reformulation of lidge but damn, it smells pretty good to me! thanks for another thoughtful and helpful review, i've been meaning to get my nose on this one. with barney's closing though i'm not sure where i'm going to get in-person access to malles anymore.
Arnold I wouldn’t pay much attention to the reform conspiracy theorists, modern LIFGE is as gorgeous as it’s always been and I hope you’re enjoying it as so.
This is such a beautiful and well blended perfume! For me this smells like a creamy bacon, sandalwood, luxuriant, powerful identity!
If you had to pick between Noir Epices and Dries Van Noten, which would you pick? Thank you.
Hey Eugene. I have a few Frederic Malle fragrances… One of them I bought because of you which is Noir Epices.. which I love.
I live in Texas and I went by Neiman Marcus to do some sniffing in the late summer maybe August. I went by there a specific counter and tried this one. The last time I smelled it I guess you could say my nose wasn’t mature enough to handle what I was smelling. In this case I sprayed some on my wrist and what I smelled was sweet tart like candy… But when it quickly dried down I smelled more of what you described in your review. Very much like being in a café or bakery. I went directly from the perfume counter To play 18 holes of golf with a friend. It was easily 100° outside. My buddy kept asking me what I was wearing. It is definitely not a fragrance for the summertime but it smells amazing. The sales associate gave me a five mil Bottle that did not have a sprayer attached to it. It had instead a dabber. I probably have one to two mill sitting in that bottle still and this stuff is a Tomic. It is one of those fragrances I am thinking about getting. I do think it smells amazing. It’s just hard to justify buying all of these cold weather fragrances since I live in Texas. Great review.
Timothy John thanks for sharing your story, if it’s something you enjoy and would like to wear in the heat I would recommend applying it from a further distance thereby diffusing it somewhat, hopefully decreasing the intensity.
Blessings bro. Great review
Man, wish they put another collaboration with Bruno Jovanovic. Monsieur and Dries are very well-made.
Agree
same
Love it. Not as sweet as people make it out to be. Smells luxurious. Wish i got the bigger bottle.
One of my favourite malles. Very underrated in the the context of the line. I get saffron from it.
Do you like cologne indéléble.?
Cologne Indelible's a super sonic cologne, loaded with nitro musks that just keeps going and going
@@usmellsgood I prefer Dior's cologne royale tbh. The musk in indéléble is too... musky? There's too much of it. Have you tried the old guerlain EDCs? Cologne imperiale etc?
@@RichMitch yes, i'd trade them all for Chanel Eau de Cologne
@@usmellsgood it doesn't agree with my skin, same as pour monsieur EDT (love the edp of pour monsieur). it's the lemon, turns very acidic, bitter, sharp and cleaning product on my skin. It is my skin to blame though, smells nice on others. Same with aventus
Prefer this or musc ravageur? since I feel they share some similarities being the most vanilla dominant scents from the Malle lineup.
Tanner K MR is one of my all time favourites, but both are really fantastic.
What are your thoughts on Diptyque's Volutes EdP, do you find similarities with Chergui. Waiting for your next stream with Kristo and Robes.
Enrique Vasquez I wanted to like Volutes but it turns really dry and pasty on me and a little stomach turning.
A serious Eugene giving a good proper review. Thank you.
This is my second favourite FM and I don't care who knows it. My Flemish friend told me 'Dries Van Noten' means "Threes Of Nuts". This fragrance has two balls and one extra! ⚽️🏀🎱
HRH HRH > Frederic Malle
So what is your top3 or top5 from FM?
Between DVN and MR (the current formulation), which performs/lasts longer?
both are exceptional, but a slight edge to DvN
There was a sour green element that bothered me (off my skin), but i do like the concept of the perfume. I will give it a try again. I'm intrigue to discover the mysore sandalwood note (its probably well blended into the perfume)
I don't know if you tried it, but I got sent a sample of real 80s mysore sandalwood with my last purchase from Ensar Oud, and after smelling and burning some, it definitely is a more buttery creamy soft smell than what I normally associate with sandalwood. Before this my head sort of mostly associated the sandalwood with Boss Bottled and how it is in there. Now that I know what Mysore smells like, I feel Dries van Noten has pretty much a bunch of mysore permeating the whole scent. It is in contrast to all the other scratchy notes going on so it makes the perfume not as clean smelling, but the sandalwood is all over this one for sure. Dries van Noten though, the perfume I think I have to try some more - initially I am not a big fan, it's something too nauseating about it. But... as with Jicky which somewhat has that same effect, it probably is fine used properly when allowing the scent bubble to create a warm-skin effect type glow when it is diffused properly, instead of the fraghead way of spraying a big dose on my arm and burying my nose in it for an hour. I'll see if I can bare it and if I like it more!
@@Alexander_Tronstad Are you talking about Ensar Oud Mysore from 1984?
@@gunmetal2445 Yup that's the one I think.
I also got sent a sample of a sandalwood oil from 1998 from him. Also very buttery smelling sandalwood.
As for my experiment with Dries van Noten, I couldn't stomach it anymore when I woke up and it still gave off it's scent. I find it very nauseating and had to eventually scrub it off. There is just something in it, not the sandalwood, but something is just not right for me. I think it will be a while until I can stomach another wearing if I don't give away my sample first.
Still absolutely mesmerized by Musc Ravageur though, and have a FB and the body butter on the way. Instantly blown away by that one!
Colors and Textures you perceive in the fragrance -- you have synesthesia! me too
Gonna grab this one soon.
You are drinking your perfume before this vidéo ?! 😅
It sounds interesting! Have you guys tried any of the Aaron Terence Hughes frags? I just discovered that brand and it blew my mind! 🤯🥰👃
Clap if you think the Maria drought has gone on for too long now.
Maria's promised to make an appearance over the holidays, would you rather she does an overview on Malle or Chanel Exclusifs? Your choice.
@@usmellsgood Will it actually be Maria or Kristo in a wig?
Frankie Rollins it might be Maria impersonating Kristo?
@@usmellsgood Chanel 🤯
@@usmellsgood oh man that'd be awesome! i know you're not asking me but i vote Chanel, although either would be amazing
This is high on my want list. 👋Santa! ✊#wackpack
Jeremy Hinze 🎅 I will be too busy shipping Navitus Parfums sorry...: Oh, infact I won’t.... because a little birdie tells me Navitus Parfums are gonna be DELAYED! hohoho!
@@jamesscott1711 ohh no what happened to poor navitus?
Jeremy Hinze I heard through the grapevine 🍇 it’s not gonna ship on time. He probably used the pre order money to buy stock lol.
#wackpack
I just regret getting the smaller bottle of this!
How is it?
So sad. Discontinued now.
Noted. Patchouli = scratchy brown. I.e. a butthole? 😂😂😂 Christmas cookies sounds like a delicious description. But with the tea, it's perfect for this time of year.
First!
🤯
dmarcus1260 Here’s a medal for you 🏅
the sinus clearing though.....