Sweet typical fourgere infused woods with a hint of amber-y
sweetness and discreet lavender coolness marks the opening of Invasion Barbare by MDCI Parfums.
It is a instant like to me, as I am a bit biased towards oriental fourgere
perfume with the type of quasi wormwood-y hint.
L’Artisan’s Fou d’Absinthe come to my mind, as Invasion
Barbare has this resemblance of it, but
in a more withdraw way. If Fou d’Absinthe is like this artistic guy who has
this warm personality and makes you want to sniff a bit more because it’s kind
of addictive (if you like those sort of woody yet aniseed spiced scent), then
Invasion Barbare is like the a more businessman-like older brother of Fou
d’Absinthe, I guess it’s due to the lavender and the slightly cool-powdery
accord in the scent, Invasion Barbare smells like the kind of all-purpose
perfume a guy in a suit might wear to work as well as to the after-work
parties. It has this calm gentlemen vibe, yet modern/fashionable enough to not
be mistaken as one of those oldie-but-a-goodie aftershaves and more
self-assured to make a stance rather than being too
sweet/distracting/womaniser-smelling—I have Le Male, Pi and a lot of the
so-called metrosexual trend perfumes in mind (not saying anything negative
about Le Male etc, in fact I like it, it’s just that I find in comparison with
those either too sweet or too aquatic trends in the ‘male’ perfumes, Invasion
Barbare is much a safer yet charming choice in some situations).
The dry down is like slightly soap-y(without the powdery
soapiness)-clean-floral-musk mixed with a little bit tamed leather-y undertone.
Somehow, it reminds me a little bit of Narciso Rodriguez’s limited edition of
For Him-For Him Musk.
As I believe, perfumes don’t have genders attached, and I do
find Invasion Barbare can be pull off by a woman perfectly, if she has the
personality. Somehow, I can compare Invasion Barbare to the new release of
Shalimar flanker from Guerlain, the Shalimar Parfum Initial, both has this
slightly powdered accord, Shalimar Parfum Initial is more caramelised while
Invasion Barbare keeps the cool of the powdery notes, with a splash of leathery
musky charm, which I find more pleasing to the nose.
As much as I enjoying this scent, this is really overpriced!
I thought Bond No.9 was a huge money-sucking machine, but at least you can find
their fragrances at discounted rate in some quite reputable fragrance websites;
while MDCI’s Invasion Barbare is hard to find and I guess people have to pay
the (over)price if really wanting a bottle of this.
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