Hermes Hermessence Oud Alezan perfume review on Persolaise Love At First Scent episode 433

[@jem____]

Hello! I am the artist who created the illustrations for the booklet! Thank you for featuring snippets of it! It's quite surreal to see it on your channel since I am an avid fan of your wonderfully articulate reviews. Cheers! Much love from the Philippines.

[@Persolaise]

Oh wow, that's amazing. Thank you so much for writing. And congrats on the wonderful illustrations.

[@le_journal_de_natalie]

Completely agree with mr. P. This is quite an accurate representation! ❤

[@stanleyfox4201]

This scent is heavenly. I wish I could afford it. I hope they bring out the shower gel soon, maybe I can afford that.

[@Persolaise]

It’s certainly very expensive.

[@jura_rose]

I smelled this a few weeks back after purchasing a bottle of agar ebene, which I think is an absolutely gorgeous cassis and leather scent. I smelled my sample of Oud Alezan and was absolutely underwhelmed. Nothing more I can say than that. I had hoped with the story for a beautiful saddle like leather with oud. Why not narcissus as a floral note, which would tie in with an interesting material like para cresyl phenyl acetate which is a narcissus material that has an equestrian, saddle leather inflection to it. An animalic, soft, sensual narcissus, leather and oud would have been both creative and gorgeous. I think an opportunity was missed here and it lacks creativity. I would say with the story, Bertrand Duchaufour's corpus equus by Naomi Goodsir is an absolute triumph compared to this. It is a shame. I will enjoy my bottle of agar ebene though. Nagel hit it out of the ballpark with that one.

[@Persolaise]

Thanks for watching. Personally, I prefer Agar Ebene too.

[@AirBureau]

According to Hermès, EdT will stay as EdT and all new Hermessence(s) from now on will be EdP. It is a good scent, if derivative. I was not impressed. Thank you for your review

[@Persolaise]

Thank YOU for watching.

[@stefanoorsini4178]

I too love H24 edt

[@Persolaise]

Good to know.

[@le_journal_de_natalie]

This is exactly why I love watching your channel so much! Your wording is so well chosen and on point! 👏🏼 Yes it is exactly that: “The classiest, most sophisticated, smooth, least shouty and yet still assertive expression of the oud rose musk idea.” I never thought I would actually ever find an oud that I would want to wear, but if I ever manage to find this for a decent price, I would love to buy it. I’m smelling the paper and my upper arm as I am enjoying watching this again and being amazed by your insightful description. The surprising delicacy of this rose and oud combination is what sets this fragrance apart from all the other ouds in my perception. Hurray rose water and rose oxide. I snuck to the El Corte Ingles in Madrid today while my son and husband went to watch the Real Madrid game at the stadium. I put my nose on everything that I could find including the Chanel Comète 💫. I’m holding my horses though as Le Cri by Parfum d’Empire is the one I promised myself to save up for and buy next. By the way there’s a very short video on KZbin of Cortichiatto himself explaining the idea behind Equistrius. I think you mentioned that you had difficulty understanding why it smelled the way it does. I will send you a link through the IG DM. I haven’t been able to smell Equistrius yet myself unfortunately so I can’t add much to that.

[@Persolaise]

Thanks very much indeed for this. I hope you get Le Cri.

[@L-Ondee]

This is the one oud perfume I am going to voluntarily smell. My faith in Christine Nagel is huge.

[@Persolaise]

Please let me know what you think of it.

[@L-Ondee]

It is a stunner! It is so beautifully balanced and comes in "old times" edp concentration. A must have for lovers of the rose oud concept!

[@teamjackwelch]

To me it its an oud rose accord with red fruit and lots of musk. Gleaming is the right word

[@Persolaise]

Yes, it has a sheen to it. Thanks for watching.

[@Simon59-r2b]

Can we get a review of the new Serge Lutens release - LA FILLE TOUR DE FER ? Thanks !

[@Persolaise]

I’ll do my best to get hold of a few drops.

[@stefanoorsini4178]

A good one smelling horse is the new release from Parfum d'Empire Ruade

[@Persolaise]

I really should try to smell it. Thanks for watching.

[@ipurvi]

Hermes is one the designer brands that does fragrances way better than being designer category. Looking forward to smelling this as soon as I can find it in a store 😁

[@Persolaise]

Yes, they generally maintain a very high standard.

[@rumplestiltskin7323]

Easy for you say we need to get over perfume prices now when you get all these "samples" for free! Unbelievable

[@Persolaise]

Thanks for watching. What I tried to express is that there’s little to be achieved by complaining about them in each episode. I fear that these ridiculously high prices are here to stay for quite some time.

[@chambertin2]

@@Persolaise I thought the price on this was surprisingly modest compared to their Hermessence EdTs. Only a 15% uplift for the extra concentration of EdP. It's still less expensive than a regular Tom Ford Private Blend or a Frederic Malle. I agree not much point complaining about prices. They are what they are and great art, clothes, wine, food, perfumery always have and always will cost a lot and be available to a limited number of people; it's still fascinating to hear about what is being achieved in these areas even if few can afford to live with and enjoy these things on a day to day basis.

[@algebraist1997]

No, no, no. All for an abstract (including synthetic) recreation of a note, e.g. rose or oud but the problem arises when the marketing wants to harp on about a particular natural which in this case is oud and it is plainly even without GC not substantively present. That being said now I'm better at reading you, you are at your most diplomatic and minimally enthusiastic in this video, so I think on the same page. Moreover, this is not even a novel rose accord, so it cannot be praised in terms of novelty. Had she taken the rose oud brief and done something more unexpected - even if without real oud - that would be praiseworthy. Instead it's barren in terms of creativity and shameful in terms of perfumery ethics.

[@Persolaise]

I hope I'm always fairly diplomatic, but I can honestly say that I think it's an extremely pleasant perfume. If someone walked past me wearing it and I had no idea what it was, I would compliment them on their choice. Thanks for watching.

[@algebraist1997]

@Persolaise I can believe that but then, would you be shocked if that person had told you it was a Jo Malone fragrance? ;)

[@Persolaise]

@@algebraist1997 Yes, I'd be surprised, and I'd have to go and smell that perfume for myself. Mind you, this has yet to happen for me with a JM perfume.

[@klaas020]

Brin de Réglisse discontinued??? My favorite!!!!! Oh no!!!!!!!! I'm running to Hermes tomorrow to get a back up before saying my final goodbye...... And while I'm there, will check out this Oud number......it sounds very good with its metallic sheen....... But Brin de Réglisse.........that makes me so sad!!

[@Persolaise]

I was really fond of BdR. I must see if I still have a few drops somewhere.

[@klaas020]

There's something so special about BdR.....the juxtaposition of lavender and licorice works so well, and it's so seamless. Well, like all the Hermessences really. I think it's one of the most elegant and most accomplished collections on the market.

[@periogirl28]

I can confirm that Muguet Porcelaine is discontinued, was told this by Hermes Paris HQ. Rather sad.

[@Persolaise]

It's very sad. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with the ban on lyral and lilial.

[@eldavis3084]

To me it smelled like a particular leather accord.

[@Persolaise]

It definitely has a leather facet.

[@sabrinasjourney]

I never heard of this! 😮

[@Persolaise]

Thanks very much for watching.