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Episode 150 of Love At First Scent PART TWO

This was a YouTube Live broadcast streamed on Sunday 20th December 2020. Unscripted. Unedited. Unrehearsed.

In this episode, I presented my list of the 10 best patchouli perfumes.

Unfortunately, there were quite a few technological issues during this live stream. As you'll discover if you watch this video, the first thing that happened was that the stream was cut off after I'd finished talking about two perfumes. That 'segment' has now been saved to YouTube as Part One, and you can watch it at this link: [ Ссылка ]

Then, at around the 14:00 minute mark in *this* video, there was another glitch, but it wasn't too disruptive. My thanks to the live audience for their patience during all these problems, and indeed to any of you watching the recording.

In Part One, I covered Tom Ford Noir De Noir and Chanel Coromandel. In Part Two, I covered the following:

Resuming after Part One: 0:00
L'Artisan Parfumeur Voleur De Roses: 2:30
Francesca Bianchi Sticky Fingers 6:00
Clinique Aromatics Elixir 12:30
Mention of Guerlain Heritage 15:30
Frederic Malle Monsieur 16:20
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Pour Homme 19:15
Etat Libre D'Orange Une Amourette 23:15
Mugler Angel extrait 27:00
Serge Lutens Borneo 1834 30:45

Here's the blotter update:

- I've written a few thoughts on Tom Ford Noir De Noir and Chanel Coromandel in the video description for Part One.
- Voleur De Roses remains recognisable, but its drydown isn't as strong as one might have expected from the opening. Still, that likeable dirtiness of the patchouli remains intact.
- Sticky Fingers is such a strong testament to Bianchi's skill: all the way through to its final stages, it is coherent and legible. The patchouli makes friends with the delicious vanillic notes to create a quietly more-ish drydown. Great work.
- Now here's something I hadn't fully realised before about Malle's Monsieur: on the blotter, the drydown carries the distinctive whiff of... WOODY AMBERS. Perhaps this is another reason for my inability to love the scent. The patchouli is still present, to be sure, but those woody notes are too prominent for me.
- Rive Gauche Pour Homme is so distinctive: surely one of the best masculines of the last few decades. The herbs and mosses link with the patchouli (and some suggestions of animalic leathers) to form an admirably square-jawed scent.
- Une Amourette is doing that modern 'patchouli-Akigalawood' thing, which is to say that it's oddly metallic-minty-woody, with that fruity note from the top still sticking around. I think it deserves more praise than it has received.
- Angel... well, what can I say? In this extrait version, the patchouli is undeniably darker and dirtier, but make no mistake: this is still the candy floss daydream that we all know and love-hate.
- Finally, the Lutens is a marvel of leafy, tobacco-infused earthiness. An utter delight to wear.

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[Samples of the Frederic Malle and the Etat Libre D'Orange provided by the brands for the purposes of review; all the other scents are from my personal collection.]

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