by TOM
This past weekend ScentBar decided to celebrate the upcoming Royal Wedding by having a little gathering celebrating all things Brit, with Penhaligons, Pimms Cups and, well.. something else Brit that begins with “P” that would complete that sentence. Rarely one to pass up free booze (and I love Pimms) of course I showed.
Penhaligons was of course front and center and smelling more of them I appreciate them more and more. There’s something so veddy British about all of them; you can imagine that every character in “The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side” would wear these, as would a good share of the readers.
Sitting in front of the digestive biscuits, where I was guaranteed to find it, was Azagury. Morroccan-born Jacques Azagury first came into the fore with his “New Romantics” collection in the 80’s and opened his shop in the hyper-fashionable Knightsbridge district of London.
His eponymous scent is all about the white flowers, but in a lovely, muted British kind of way. According to LuckyScent, it’s based upon something called the Mogra flower, a sort of Jasmine grown in Tibet. It’s clear and sort of sweet rather than being heady, and a decent slug of aldehydes, rose and cyclamen make the opening as delightful as a draught of my icy-cold Pimms Cup. It gets peppery as it develops into soft woods warmed with a hint of ginger and amber.
There’s something demure about this that seems entirely British to me, but in a totally modern way. As much as I adore scents that reach out and grab you by the throat, there’s something to be said for ones that are content to just caress your cheek.
$185 for 50ML at LuckyScent, who provided me with a sample. And cookies.
Not sure if the scent would float my boat, but I do really need to have a Pimm’s and Ginger now. So thank you, and off to the cabinet I go…
love it with ginger..
This sounds just wonderful, and maybe just what I need at the moment-simply lovely works for me!
Thanks for the post, Tom ; )
works for me as well!
Anyone know what the connection might be (must be, surely) between Jacques Azagury and Solange Azagury-Partridge? Both London-based, can’t be that common a name. I was figuring this was a new scent from her so I had to go looking it up :)
I think they’re brother and sister
I’m wrong; They’re Cousins:
Ahhh, thank you :)
Ya know…. I have a sample of this around here somewhere … 😕
That is because you are Quing – you have a sample of everything!
< ):) (your Quing hat, madame) xo >-)
yes, she is!
well, I think you should review it!
Sounds just divine.
I, too, am just over body fluid scents.
I’m hoping it’s a trend..
This sounds like something I’d love – I’d rather smell prety than like bodily functions, a point of view some scent-makers don’t seem to understand lately…
I think there’s a hole in the market for “pretty” that’s also well done. This nicely fills part of it.
And the bottle is very pretty! Almost worth buying (along with Jalaine sp) for the bottle…I’m in search of a pretty scent myself and am thinking about KM’s Hanae as this one seems a little LOV to me, which I adore, but I have many LOVs
the bottle is really lovely.
Count me in as actually preferring pretty, well-done scents. This sounds lovely! Thanks for the review, Tom.
It is really pretty, and nice that someone is remembering that sometimes that’s all anyone needs.
I’m with you and Ann on this. Sometimes it really is nice just to have a pretty, well-done fragrance. I have a few of those (actually, quite a few now that I think on it…:-? and I find I reach for them a lot. Especially on challenging days.
Hope the cookies were good, too. That’s very important, you know, good cookies. Or brownies. Or cake. Chocolate cake. With ganache. And a :(|)
xo >-)
I’m also lucky that Paulette Macarons, Magnolia Bakery, Sprinkles Cupcakes and Sweet Lady Jane are all in the neighborhood. I try however to ignore that fact.
Merciful heavens, my sweet tooth is throbbing just reading all those names. And Paulette Macarons, my oh my!!
And I’m going to be walking by at least one of these on my way home this evening.. :((
Hi Tom, thanks for posting on this. It sounds really nice. We don’t always need a fragrance that smacks us up-side of the head — sometimes a beautiful, nicely done fragrance is just perfect.
You are so lucky to live within spritzing distance of Luckyscent (and Barney’s and all those other L.A. area perfume hot spots)!! Although I live just outside a big city, it can be a fragrance wasteland at times (no Malles, Lutens, L’Artisans, Amouages anywhere to be found). :(
Ann-
I count my blessings, trust me.