10 thoughts on “The Best Perfumes Of 2017 – Tobacco, Witches & Unmade Beds

  1. I like "Guilty Absolute", but I wish it were more daring. However, everytime I use it, I crave for more. How about this contradiction in terms? 🙂 It would be interesting to find out which one of the ingredients they used is causing this to me. I wonder if others experienced this. Maybe it is just a female thing.

    Happy holidays to you!

  2. My full bottle of Une Amourette is in the mail. I blind-bought l’Eau and was underwhelmed. Based on your praise, I lumbered from bed on the snow-covered morn to spray some on my hand. Will reevaluate. I keep being drawn back to GG Absolute and see a bottle in my future. Lasts 25 hours on skin, forever on fabric. I would like to try Bakelite. Happy New Year. Thank you for the joy you have given me!

    1. Richpot, that's such a wonderful comment to write, thank you very much indeed.

      Do let me know what you make of Amourette. And the Naomi Goodsir is beautiful!

  3. Thank you for this lovely list! Happy New Year!

    From your list, I love Nuit de Bakélite, Naja and Tauer L'Eau. The entire collection of Trudon is also a wonderful surprise for a department niche brand. I also thoroughly enjoy the barnyard opening of The Night. While the rose in the dry down is underwhelmingly familiar as Ropion's other roses, I have to agree that among mainstream and high profile niche brands, this is probably the best rose-oud that one can find.

    I had high hopes for Naias, having enjoyed all his previous four fragrances, but it has a weird bitterness among the cheerful fruity floral that I'm still trying to figure out. I haven't tried Wolfsbane, but the notes and your description look very intriguing.

    1. Thanks so much for your comment and all your support. I'm sorry you weren't totally impressed with Naias 🙂

      Do let me try when you seek out Wolfsbane.

      All the best to you!

  4. A great round-up, Dariush. Glad you included Gucci Guilty Absolute. Definitely one of the stand-out designer fragrances of the year! Wishing you an awesome 2018 and keep those great posts coming! R

  5. I love all kinds of lists, so I'm happy about the film list too. So sorry I'm not able to follow all of your activities (blogs, FB, YT…) but I join in whenever I can and I admire the lightness in your presentation. I will be sampling Naja and Un Amourette according to your descriptions and I'm also curious about Nuit de Bakelite but I can't handle tuberose.It's too loud for me.
    Happy 2018 and may your wishes and dreams come true 🙂

    1. Neva, please, don't be silly: I know it's almost impossible to keep up with all the different social media. I find it hard too! Thank you SO MUCH for being such a loyal reader of this blog. And all the best to you too.

      Finally… do check out the Naomi Goodsir. You might be surprised 😉

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