Coup de Fouet
by Caron
vintage
red pepper, black pepper, clou de girofle (clove), carnation, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose, opoponax, cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, oakmoss, musk
This is like the perfume version of Bushi no Kaori. Another first, and this time from Caron, although there are some vintage leathers from this house I have yet to try - this is the first Caron that has really wowed me, and that includes Troisieme Homme. Most of the time I find Caron to be vile and that includes the vintages I've tried, but Coup de Fouet (crack of the whip) is mindblowing. Coup de Fouet is the EdT version of Caron's Poivre, and both are cinnamon/clove-carnation/pepper-leather/incense bombs but CdF is the EdT version of Poivre with less incense and leather and more rose. Upon first application it smells like a cinnamon-potpourri, a little hot with pepper, and almost tacky, but there's something in it that is very alluring - there's a hint of the classic chypre structure. There's also a very faint "cosmetic" smell that gets a little stronger over time, a floral note that starts to poke its head out (some iris, I thought, but could be other florals) but changes its mind. At this point a little bit of leather with incense emerges, but not frankincense, more along the lines of SMN's Potpourri but with a warm leather backbone and on the verge of tobacco-ish. I'm lucky to have a vintage version of this because I've heard the reformulation is thin and bland with quiet cinnamon/clove/pepper notes and barely any leather. I'm on the hunt for the elusive and prohibitively expensive Poivre now.
by Caron
vintage
red pepper, black pepper, clou de girofle (clove), carnation, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose, opoponax, cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, oakmoss, musk
This is like the perfume version of Bushi no Kaori. Another first, and this time from Caron, although there are some vintage leathers from this house I have yet to try - this is the first Caron that has really wowed me, and that includes Troisieme Homme. Most of the time I find Caron to be vile and that includes the vintages I've tried, but Coup de Fouet (crack of the whip) is mindblowing. Coup de Fouet is the EdT version of Caron's Poivre, and both are cinnamon/clove-carnation/pepper-leather/incense bombs but CdF is the EdT version of Poivre with less incense and leather and more rose. Upon first application it smells like a cinnamon-potpourri, a little hot with pepper, and almost tacky, but there's something in it that is very alluring - there's a hint of the classic chypre structure. There's also a very faint "cosmetic" smell that gets a little stronger over time, a floral note that starts to poke its head out (some iris, I thought, but could be other florals) but changes its mind. At this point a little bit of leather with incense emerges, but not frankincense, more along the lines of SMN's Potpourri but with a warm leather backbone and on the verge of tobacco-ish. I'm lucky to have a vintage version of this because I've heard the reformulation is thin and bland with quiet cinnamon/clove/pepper notes and barely any leather. I'm on the hunt for the elusive and prohibitively expensive Poivre now.
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