8 thoughts on “Persolaise Review: Patchouli Impérial from Christian Dior and Sharif from Profumo Italia (2011)

  1. Too bad about the longevity of PI, I'll pay close attention when I get hold of a sample and keep my finger crossed.

    I'm still looking for my perfect patchouli perfume. I'm one of the very few people who doesn't click with Coromandel.

  2. How would you compare PI to Coromandel?
    The elegant patchouli aspect is very much there for me in Coromandel as well.
    What makes them different in your opinion?
    (I didn't try PI yet.)

  3. Olfactoria, an excellent question.

    I think Coromandel is extremely beautiful, but its patchouli note is much more overt than PI's. Coromandel's presents the familiar dirtiness of patchouli (the smell which, for me, always evokes an image of digging my fingers into damp compost) whereas PI's takes only the 'clean' aspects of the material.

    The animalic side of PI comes from the amber base, which is much less pronounced in Coromandel. The chocolate note is also much stronger in the latter.

    A comparison of the two is actually quite interesting. Taken side by side, I'd say PI is more elegant… but then, elegance is in the eye of the beholder, right?

  4. Is it wrong that i prefer this over Coromandel? the SA lady sprayed this on a card and gave it to me, i could not stop smelling it. It is so addictive, i enjoy the woody nature of it more than the ambers and white chocolate in Coromandel. Love the coriander and sandalwood here.

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