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Posted by Dain, Friday, March 07, 2008 6:14 AM (Eastern)
Another masterpiece of contrasts, Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn, Susanna Surprised by the Elders (1647).
- Nitenti tamen est similis curvataque crebros
dat gemitus arbor lacrimisque cadentibus umet.
Ovid, lines 508-509, Book X, Metamorphoses.
The opening is a relentless assault, lemon and pepper and aldehydes and jasmine and neroli, and its brashness is only further accentuated by the intensity of cloves and mace. The spice rolls naturally into a smoldering resinous myrrh, and cutting through the haze of smoke the queenly, blood-red bloom enters, and the cacophony subsides into a sudden hush. From this moment, Parfum Sacré takes on its most literal form—PER (through) + FUME (smoke) + SACRO (holy/accursed, a word that takes on antonymous meanings)—a dry, leathery, spiced rose not unlike potpourri. The incense acts as a crucial buffer between the top notes and the heart; by the time rose makes its presence known, the clamor has faded into an echo and left only a refined and elegant scent. As it moves into the drydown, Parfum Sacré makes yet another unexpected evolution, albeit a quieter one: the incense becomes merely atmospheric, and in a seeming reversal of time, the rose comes alive again, not quite the freshness of a garden, but petals strewn onto a downy bed of vanilla and musk. Compared to the stage lights of the opening, the drydown is just a subtle glow, the rosy fingers of dawn, lying very close to the skin.
Just plain gorgeous (and reasonably priced). For women of mystery.
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March 8, 2008 9:33 AM,
Ahhh, you nailed this one, especially the description of the dry-down, truely perfect!
I can't not begin to tell you how much I LOVE this perfume. I swear it was made personally just for me. I need to save up me pennies and buy a bigger bottle because I can wear this every single day for the rest of my life w/o ever tiring of it.
Its even better than the Rose 2000, much better actually. Organza Indecence isn't even worth mentioning anymore since I've found this one.
That first blast straight out of the bottle is *WHEW* pure, straight,cheap Avon right out of the 80's but the drydown begins almost immediately and by bedtime, what lingers behind my ears and on my throat drives my man just wild!
Its deep and rich and complex and so calm,so peaceful, so sure of itself. I'm hoping since its a Caron I do not have to fear it being discontinued or changed? At least,not any time soon, I hope.
This one is IT for me. Can you tell! :)
March 8, 2008 5:40 PM,
Parfum Sacré was created in 1990, which is why its opening is a nod to the loud florientals of the 80s. But everything else about this is just timeless, and and it's true, you don't get tired of it—though I don't seem to wear it much, I'm not sure why.
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