Summer Harvest: Jardin du Poete by Eau d'Italie
 By Tom You cannot put this on without smiling. Bertrand Duchafour is the nose behind this new scent, which Marina describes as "sumptuous, soulful, summery deliciousness". It's a summer salad of sweet oranges and tart grapefruit served with basil and dressed with pepper and a touch of sweet immortelle served to you in a garden smelling of hay, lily of the valley and sunshine-dappled roses. It has surprising depth and richness for what could have been a fleeting scent, with a wonderful vetiver/musk drydown that kept my wrist near my nose all day. Best of all is the fact that when you turn the bottle over there's a big warning label on it cautioning one not to spray it on your self (or some such language) which says to me that they're saying "sc$#w you Perfume Police, I'm using the real deal" If that's the case then for that alone they deserve an award. $140 for 100ML at LuckyScent, where I sampled. Labels: Eau d'Italie, Tom |
posted by Marina |
12:00 AM
19 Comments:
I love this perfume and the your review. :)
Freshness for the summer in a bottle (and I need one for myself).
I'm so happy to see warning labels instead of IFRA-style material whacking! They were going at naturals like a rabid weed-eater, and warning labels are such a common-sense, low-tech alternative. Woot, woot!
-Marla
Ha, the nose-thumbing to the Perfume Police! what a wonderful idea.
Have not loved a single Eau d'Italie, and this one doesn't seem any more to my taste, but I approve of the labeling.
Ines-
Thanks!
Marla-
I totally agree!
muse, even if I hated it I'd approve too!
You've got to love that warning label! I think that's the logical response to all of the IFRA silliness.
I've been wanting to try Jardin du Poete, and now I must.
i respect this line, but the only one i've fallen for thus far is paestum rose (great, chilly rose and incense and old, cold stone scent). you make this sound tempting enough to try, though, so i suppose i must! if the only shop with this line bothers to order it. they have been slow on new releases lately.
cheers,
minette
Sounds lovely, Tom! - read your review and ordered a decant of it (vetiver - what a bliss)
Doc Ely-
I laughed out loud!
minette-
I think it's brand new. And I'm not a huge fan of the rest of these, but this one really piqued me.
lady jane-
I hope you like it! I can imagine that it will cut the heat (you're back Eat right?)
Thanks a lot Tom! Now there's another scent I really want to try! So much for my newly austere budget...But then, it good scents are cheaper than prozac in the long run.
This one sounds like it's right up my alley and I love the warning label. Any perfume company that thumbs their well-trained noses at IFRA/EU gets my vote!
maggiecat- they certainly are!
donna-
me too!
Lovely, so glad to hear this is good, BD has done it again it seems. Will try.
Lucy-
I hope you like it~
I love the citrus and the zesty aroma of that suddenly comes at you. I just like it a lot.
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