Cuir d’Ange by Hermès | Fragrance Posse Remembering 2014

Posse! I’ve grabbed out my journey of Hermès Cuir d’Ange. I’m undecided why I used to be craving it when there’s a lot different leather-based love occurring in the home. Nonetheless, it was the factor that I wished on my pores and skin. My 15ml is properly over half empty which is each glorious and terrifying.

Certainly one of my favorite Cuir d’Ange reminiscences is Tara from A Bottled Rose and I behind a cab. After going to one of many huge department shops and hitting the Hermès stand I had sprayed huge quantities on. We’d spent the day with an enormous fragrance crew and have been each exhausted. Languidly Tara seemed over to me and stated, “Portia, that fragrance fits you so properly”. It was a type of stunning, candy, warming moments. So very subsequent likelihood, in Singapore, I grabbed a journey set with it included.

Cuir d’Ange by Hermès: Hermessence 2014

Fragrantica offers these featured accords:
Leather-based, Violet, Musk, Heliotrope, Hawthorn, Narcissus

How does Cuir d’Ange scent? Effectively, it’s completely named. Like leather-based of angels. Most likely not angel pores and skin however perhaps they’ve beautiful tremendous tender, luxurious baggage to hold their harps and trumpets? Possibly all of them have tremendous cool leather-based jackets with wing slits on the again? Who is aware of, it’s an inventive license not an allegory.

Leather-based and violet are an ideal partnership for me. There are just a few of them within the assortment right here. DIOR Cuir Cannage, CHANEL Misia, Olfactive Studio Chambre Noir, Nicolai Baikal Leather-based Intense and Armani Cuir Amethyste are all full bottles. There are extra however I can’t suppose.

Have I used the phrase languorous recently? That’s how Cuir d’Ange smells. None of that tough core, bitchy birch. No oudh. Right here we’re given a tender, tender leather-based. It’s properly worn and beloved. It even carries traces of a signature scent. It’s a powdery floral, hints of inexperienced that has permeated the conceal. I can think about it feeling like placing on armour and likewise being a security web, a bit like a childs favorite blanket. It smells a lot like them that it turns into their protected place.

Cuir d’Ange is not any beast mode leather-based tyrant. It’s calm, fascinating, refined and comfortable whereas nonetheless managing that pretty austere Hermèssence really feel. Doesn’t must announce itself, or the individual sporting it. An invisible defend and reminder how little we have to really feel subtle and exquisite. Sure, there’s a spot for the large weapons however there’s additionally a spot for an introverted leather-based, shared solely with the closest, and dearest.

The above image was taken on our 2022 Bali vacation.

Do you suppose Cuir d’Ange would possibly be just right for you?
Portia xx

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