L'Artisan Parfumeur Piment Brulant Туалетная вода 100мл

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L'Artisan Poivre Piquant & Piment Brulant — fragrance review

Piment Brûlant was inspired by the Aztec drink xocolatl, a bitter mixture of chocolate and cornmeal spiked with chili peppers, cinnamon, achiote and other spices; the Aztec emperor Montezuma reputedly drank up to 50 cups every day from a golden goblet. The L'Artisan scent includes notes of raspberry, red pepper, vanilla, cloves, poppy, musk and amber, and it may be the sweet berry notes in the opening that put me off when trying this one on a scent strip. On skin, it is more interesting; the pepper slowly intensifies and breaks through the sweetness of the raspberry, and early on, little touches of unsweetened cocoa and clove meld nicely with the heat from the pepper.

As it dries down, the chocolate turns a bit creamy (not overly so — this would never satisfy anyone's gourmand-dessert cravings) and it takes on a dusty finish that isn't quite powder. If it sounds warm and rich, well, it isn't; it is actually rather sheer and summery, much more so than it sounds, and somehow it doesn't quite live up to the exoticism of its inspiration. An extreme version, with more heat and depth, would come closer to the love potion it aspires to be. Still, Piment Brûlant is enjoyable to wear, and I hate to quibble when it is ever so much better than 95% of what you'll find on your average department store counter.