Patchouli Paris by LVMH | Memory Flo

[@MemoryFlo]

Guerlain stepped into a new era with Patchouli Paris. An era of monotonous conformity. The overpriced, limited edition bottle caps are far more worked than the new fragrances from L'Art et la Matière.

[@luckeeleeyeo]

YES!!!! I've been WAITING for you to review this one. I haven't smelled it yet and am dying to know what you think.

[@MemoryFlo]

Hope i don’t disappoint

[@luckeeleeyeo]

@@MemoryFlo Never. I look forward to your videos and commentary.

[@MemoryFlo]

@@luckeeleeyeo aww, thanks

[@scholesey123]

Ah, I actually really enjoyed this one. Found it very patchouli heavy, but in a Guerlain-ified way. Enjoyed your thoughts as always, cheers.

[@MemoryFlo]

Thank you for watching. It is definitely nice, but not 430€ nice

[@gunmetal2445]

Very interesting. I need to compare mine with Bois D'Argent....I love doing this type of exercises. This scent reminds me of Sammarco's Bond-T, a patchouli scent I admire very much on paper but turns foul on my skin. The Guerlain behaves...maybe because it's more mixed media/ synthetic.

[@MemoryFlo]

Well, to be fair i did wear it on the skin and while on the scent strip it is very similar to Bois d’Argent, on my skin i get a lot more patchouli. Nice, but static, flat. Nothing there, really. I am wearing Ambre Sultan and I get a far more interesting patchouli. The shimmer and sparkle 😅

[@tommarcos9653]

On my skin, this changes a lot. At first, it's a fresh silvery tone, then woody and camphorated patchouli appears. After a few hours, ambergris appears, giving it a slightly sweaty appearance. I agree that there's no red in this, but perhaps gray with hints of light blue and light green.I also can't understand how to discontinue Bois d'Armenie and Iris Torrefie to offer this.

[@MemoryFlo]

That sounds lovely, must try it further myself

[@Indecencealicia]

It’s not bad but not the best thanks for your thoughts

[@MemoryFlo]

You’re welcome!

[@eauceylon1891]

I have Bois d'Argent... I guess I'll stick with it 😁

[@MemoryFlo]

Oh god yes.

[@luckeeleeyeo]

First Tonka Imperiale and now Bois D'Armenie and Iris Torrefie?!?!?! Yet Epices Volees sits on the site as comfortable as can be? WHO is making these decisions?

[@MemoryFlo]

Somebody really not interested in Guerlain. Just in money

[@MenchieExtrakt]

I had the opportunity to try this before it's release. And of course it smells good, but it isn't vibrant or unique, nor does it conjure imagination.

[@MemoryFlo]

I’m afraid those days are gone for now. Money talks

[@cheapimitation2242]

I liked this one especially in the air, but there’s something very “perfumey” and harsh about it that bugs me.

[@MemoryFlo]

It’s probably just patchouli 😂

[@sandraB-Paris1481]

Gosh I laughed so hard during this video : 1) when you raised your eyes reading the blurb saying that Patchouli Paris caught the Paris night essence (or something stupid like that) 2) when you said you would not try it on skin. Patchouli Paris reminds me of Encens Mythique mid notes. I am talking about the latest Encens Mythique formulation without real ambergris but with an ambergris accord .I mentioned it in the Guerlain fan Facebook group but I was the only one to see it. But looking at the notes they share quite a few. I smelled Bois d’Argent once (recent formulation) so I cannot tell if PP shares so characteristics. That synthetic smell you get is probably the Ambergris accord. I share your opinion : this is not a l’Art & la Matière scent but more an Absolus d’Orient. And as a Parisian for me it doesn’t capture the Parisian essence at all.

[@MemoryFlo]

I feel like since their transition to the new LAELM bottles and their luxury aspirations, Guerlain have become a tourist trap: overpriced, polish finished, shiny and glossy but without any real essence. Nothing of what made them great before, none of the savoir faire, their hundreds of years of experience, the classics are forgotten, bottles are renounced, real fans are bullied and harassed. My god what terrible people.

[@sandraB-Paris1481]

@@MemoryFlo Guerlain is catering more and more for the tastes of Americans and Middle Eastern customers unfortunately. Beast mode / synthetic smelling scents are introduced in the Guerlain portfolio. This is so unlike the Guerlain DNA. As you said it has become a tourist trap and Patchouli Paris is the perfect illustration of it : a meh fragrance released especially for the Olympics (and tourists) with a gimmicky limited edition cap. It makes me mad that they are charging 325€ for this scent and that it does not even contain real ambergris. Guerlain are taking their customers for fools. And to think they discontinued Tonka Impériale, Bois d'Arménie and Embruns d'Ylang (my 2 favourite LAELM fragrances) to make way for Patchouli Paris is beyond me.

[@MemoryFlo]

I’m glad you said it! They’re catering to Americans now, just like Chanel. And the prices are absurd. When you release more “exclusive” frags than your actual mainstream portfolio it begs the question: which line is actually more exclusive? The legendaires where we haven’t seen a new fragrance in 10 years, or LAELM, where they release 4 per year. Money talks. It’s just another corporation now.

[@japanpathfinder92]

Amouage basically became the same it's so sad

[@MemoryFlo]

@@japanpathfinder92 yup. their latest hype about 3 fragrances was just laughable. Do they honestly think this is what people want?