Wild is the Wind fragrance notes
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Notes from Atelier de Geste:
Top tête (20 mins) - rose petals, verveine, savage geranium
Middle coeur (2 hrs) - pine, jasmine, musk, leather
Base fond (12 hrs) - white musk, sandalwood
"Wild is the Wind" is one of my favourite songs, particularly the version by David Bowie on his Station to Station album, though I also love Nina Simone's recording. To expect Atelier de Geste's fragrance to match the mood and whims of the song would be to look for a wild, unusual, perhaps nocturnal or even animalic perfume. Incidentally, the perfume is none of that.
The perfume here is a leathery floral, with lashings of musk and woody notes that extend the dry down. The initial phase is bright, with the rose finely blended with geranium to act as a pale veil, rather than a sharp colour. There is a brief but intense burst of green initially, supposedly from the verbena, but making me think of galbanum several times. Thankfully the verbena never turns sweet over time, unlike in several other perfumes, and the perfume remains crisp.
The mid-phase is where the leather is more prominent. The pine is there, but handled like the rose: soft, finely woven within the accord, and in the background. In the dry down the musk is fresh and a little sensuous, while the composition is still verdant. Sillage and duration are both appreciable based on a moderate application.
Overall, this is a legible and very much wearable perfume, nicely positioned between the green-florals like Bel Respiro, Cristalle and the rose-patchoulis such as Eau de Protection, though being much closer to the former group. Nothing, sharp or dull or animalic, nothing extravagant or seductive; instead, a cool, wistful perfume, engaging on rainy days during the transition from spring to summer, or summer to autumn.
3.5/5
Top tête (20 mins) - rose petals, verveine, savage geranium
Middle coeur (2 hrs) - pine, jasmine, musk, leather
Base fond (12 hrs) - white musk, sandalwood
"Wild is the Wind" is one of my favourite songs, particularly the version by David Bowie on his Station to Station album, though I also love Nina Simone's recording. To expect Atelier de Geste's fragrance to match the mood and whims of the song would be to look for a wild, unusual, perhaps nocturnal or even animalic perfume. Incidentally, the perfume is none of that.
The perfume here is a leathery floral, with lashings of musk and woody notes that extend the dry down. The initial phase is bright, with the rose finely blended with geranium to act as a pale veil, rather than a sharp colour. There is a brief but intense burst of green initially, supposedly from the verbena, but making me think of galbanum several times. Thankfully the verbena never turns sweet over time, unlike in several other perfumes, and the perfume remains crisp.
The mid-phase is where the leather is more prominent. The pine is there, but handled like the rose: soft, finely woven within the accord, and in the background. In the dry down the musk is fresh and a little sensuous, while the composition is still verdant. Sillage and duration are both appreciable based on a moderate application.
Overall, this is a legible and very much wearable perfume, nicely positioned between the green-florals like Bel Respiro, Cristalle and the rose-patchoulis such as Eau de Protection, though being much closer to the former group. Nothing, sharp or dull or animalic, nothing extravagant or seductive; instead, a cool, wistful perfume, engaging on rainy days during the transition from spring to summer, or summer to autumn.
3.5/5
This is a unique blend of geranium leaf, something like tomato leaf, powder, white musk, and something old and dry. I've never smelled anything like it, but I don't think I'd wear it.
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An engaging, though odd and perplexing scent. Top notes of rose and geranium, with a far too subtle pine and leather middle. White musk at the base. It opens like blast of burnt baby powder, and puts out an edgy, almost angry sweetness through the dry down. Like a great aunt's dusting powder that has gone a bit acrid and acidic over the years. Too much is too much. But in small doses it's weird and memorable.
