Hi Posse, Viktoria Minya kindly sent me her latest absolute collection samples. They arrived in an uber glamorous black card box with gold lettering. The samples aren’t spritz so I first dabbed to see how that wore before decanting into a spray. Recently I got to interview Viktoria Minya for Perfume Posse. Hedonist Absolute is the first to pique my fancy and I thought you’d like to meet it too.
Hedonist Absolute by Viktoria Minya 2019
Parfumo gives these featured accords:
Jasmine, Orange blossom, Jamaican rum, Birch, Tobacco, Vanilla
Deep, dark, rich and intoxicating. a boozy sweet concoction that is outrageously over the top in my current 40C+ heat. The opening is like an overture where you get to smell EVERYTHING before Hedonist Absolute settles down to show you its parts. An exciting entrance to a bewitching fragrance.
Rum and tobacco face off against white flowers and vanilla and all over the smoky, burnt darkness of leathery birch. We are offered the olfactory representation of a dance and a symphony. Different players take the lead and sometimes fight it out for dominance. It’s a white knuckle, cliff hanger of a ride. I’m never sure what will be the main note and then I realise that everything gets an even shot, with different hefts and nuance, right through the life of the fragrance.
The dry down is an interestingly dark leather vanilla, SO GOOD!
Hedonist Absolute is totally unisex, quite fragrant for the first couple of hours and then it softens off but not to a whisper. You will remain scented and have a beautiful village for half a day before it becomes more intimate.
Imagine a radiant white floral like Elie Saab layered with the resinous stewed fruitiness of earlier Serge Lutens. There, you kind of have Hedonist Absolute, now give it a dark, brooding menace that’s both gothic and glamorous. NOW you have it. This shit is amazing, I’m seriously wanting a bottle……..
Does this sound like your cup of tea?
Portia xx
Portia also writes for Australian Perfume Junkies
Wowwwhttp://www…this sounds like very much my thing! Swoon-worthy! Sounds a bit like a more floral Habanita? Anyways, will definitely have to hunt down a sample!
Oooh, this sounds amazing! Thanks for the great review, dear!
Hey there Ann,
So good to see you here.
Hugs,
Portia xx
Oh yeahhhh, I’ll have a pint of this please, bartender. Sounds fabulous.
HA! Cassieflower, it is.
Portia xx
Just ordered a sample because it sounds perfectly naughty!
Woo Hoo Cherie,
Fingers crossed you love it like I do.
Portia xx
I feel so naughty when I wear Hedonist (the original) and its sisters, which are really the only ones of this type other than Botrytis in my entire collection. I’m excited to try these new absolutes and will be ordering that sampler.
YAY! Nice to see another Hedonist fan here Rustee45.
Portia xx
Well that’s going on my list. By next January when my no buy ends it will be a mile long!
HA! A no buy is a very hard thing to upkeep.
We are rooting for you MMKinPA.
Are you allowed fragrant gifties?
Portia xx
AAAAAH I WANT THIS SO MUCH. Off to see if Patty’s got it on StC….
HA! March, that is a perfect response. What a compliment.
Hope it’s all going well where you are.
Portia xx
I remember when the original was just released and bought it unsniffed. I enjoy it but don’t wear it often. The crystals in the bottle are awesome but it means less juice. If I am going to drop over $150 on a bottle, I want the bottle to be filled with 95% of perfume. I remember Une Rose Vermeille had that going on for a while. I will be seeking this one out to test though.
Hey there Eldarwen22,
I wonder if the crystals were accounted for in the bottle size? Interesting. Hedonist Absolute is definitely worth a sniff.
Portia xx
Sounds fabulous! Wish I had ordered a sample, but I do have the Rose and Iris Absolute samples on the way.
Can’t wait to hear what you think of them TaraC,
Portia x
I really enjoyed it!
Woo Hoo! Richard, nice to meet another fan,
Portia xx
This sounds like everything I love! Bring on the dark smokey booze–but the secret password was Serge Lutens (the woods and plum-wine days). I’ve got to try!
Hi there Shiva-woman,
It’s so nice to see you here.
Yeah, fingers crosssed my experience and yours are similar. It’s terrific on me.
Portia xx