Memoires de mustique10/30/2022 ![]() However, after about 30-40 minutes, when I was starting to get used to (and like) it, it suddenly changed dramatically, and became nothing more than white musky vanilla (the type found in Black Opium, Mon Guerlain and MANY other contemporary fragrances), which was extremely disappointing - especially considering Memoires de Mustique's price tag. It had very powerful sillage, and it wasn't long before the whole house smelled of it. When I first put the fragrance on, it was an extremely complex and unusual mixture of citrus, amber, woody and even slightly savoury notes, which I wasn't at all sure I was going to like. ![]() I tried Memoires de Mustique for the first time today, after recently receiving a sample: and can only describe it as a very unusual, if not rather odd fragrance: Mémoires de Mustique does seem to last longer, but it too needs to be applied in two laters upon application in order to last more than an hour.ĭecent, exotic, and classic overall impression to me. Now, I've had very bad experiences with Imperial de Guerlain fading WAY too quickly, even with my layering the scent. Jasmine marches right in, holding hands with the neroli in an interesting way orange blossom emerges within this pairing as well, adding a freshness that doesn't diminish from the jasmine-neroli partnership (which remains throughout the wear cycle of this scent).Īmber and musk don't really enter into my perception in any concrete way they might have entered quietly into the jasmine-neroli, appearing in wisps here and there. The bergamot fades ever so slightly, with the neroli hanging in there as the scent begins - within a minute - to resemble Tom Ford's Neroli Portofino fragrance. Starts out smelling almost EXACTLY like Imperial de Guerlain, with that typical lemony-aromatic unisex 4711 vibe. My Fragrance Samples has no affiliation whatsoever with the manufacturers or brand owners of the designer fragrances.Very nice scent from the Eight & Bob company. ![]() My Fragrance Samples hand-decants genuine fragrances into sample sizes. The original bottle(s) shown below are not available for purchase. Once again, it has become one of the most exclusive colognes, preferred by the world’s most elegant men. In the final shipments, Philippe hid the bottles inside books that he carefully cut by hand to prevent the Nazis from seizing the cologne.ĭecades later, thanks to the family of Philippe the butler, the formula for “EIGHT & BOB” has been completely recovered, along with its carefully crafted production process. Philippe, the only person who could handle the orders, would only continue with the work for a few months, since the start of World War II forced him to leave his job with the Fouquet family. ![]() Unfortunately, the success of his cologne would not spread much further due to a tragic automobile accident in 1939. Finally, he labeled the bottles and boxes with John’s amusing request: “EIGHT & BOB”.Īlbert soon began receiving requests for the cologne from the Hollywood elite. He didn’t fill the order until Philippe found some beautiful glass bottles in a Parisian pharmacy that Albert considered suitable for his cologne, and then ordered several boxes decorated with the same pattern as the shirt that JFK was wearing when they met. Captivated by the scent, he wrote Albert upon his return to the States asking for more bottles, requesting that Albert send him eight samples, “and if your production allows, another one for Bob”. The hand-crafted fragrance spread to the US after being worn by John F Kennedy, who had met Albert while on vacation on the French Riviera in 1937. In a room on the upper floor of the family chateau, Fouquet created and perfected various essences for his own personal use – aided by Philippe, the family butler. Albert Fouquet, the son of a Parisian aristocrat, was part of elite French society in the early twentieth century and a perfume connoisseur. ![]()
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