Люсия
        Очень рада, что пригодилось)

Проснулся живой интерес. Встретился на одном сайте "Черный нарцисс" ТВ вот в такой пикантной коробочке.
Я думала что ароматы Карон в белом. Коробочки имею ввиду. Даже немного стыдно за свою некомпетентность.     Надо учиться....

Отредактировано Люсия (2012-04-25 13:04:18)

http://www.parfumscaron.com/

  Брать или не брать. Вот в чем вопрос?

Pois de Senteur Caron - расчудесный душистый горошек, аххх 

Сейчас в Горошке Карон (винтажный колонь)- очень красивый, душистый и волнительный.

Почему-то меня тянет к Montaigne...)) Не слушала, поэтому сама не знаю, почему...)))
Возможно, привлекает строний стиль флакончика...
И - девочки, кто знает Белый нарцисс? Нарцисс Бланк?

Happy
Я его брала из любви к Чёрному:)) Белого больше у меня нет. Людмила, не стОит ..ИМХО
Мне нра Нарцисс у бренда Я ненавижу парфюмерию, вот там он прекрасен, но не долгоиграющ к сожалению, прям хоть ведро бери, цена канеш караул!

Руслана
Happy
Ссылка

Happy
на ЛП пишут, что он есть в ТЦ на Цветном бульваре на 4-ом этаже.
и цены на них там ниже чем в инетмагах

Вот теперь новое ХОЧУ от Карон.

Кто носит расскажите пжл. Спасибо.

Отредактировано Люсия (2012-06-25 10:09:23)

С Фраги: Совершенно потрясающий пост о марке, великолепные очень яркие сравнения  См Пост 9

Как жаль, что нет Леры попереводить
(Придется корявиться в Гугле)

Вставлю все же:

This morning we 'talked' about Boucheron. 'Caron' is a house that is less known here in Europe than Boucheron but also the fragrances cost also less. Boucheron is more smooth, 'rich', 'opulent', rounded and 'easier'. Caron has a definite more 'edgy', down to earth and personal style that I can only describe as: following their own personality without compromise. Where Boucheron makes 'eau' and 'légère' versions to broaden their market, Caron would never do that. They'd rather stay small but true to themselves. Boucheron is a jeweler house that later started making beautiful perfumes, Chanel and Dior and Givenchy and Balenciaga and Gaultier and Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren are 'couturiers' that started making fragrances as a second thought almost, and with great results eventually. Caron is a perfume house as such. And wants to carry the 'perfume as an art and craft' without compromise.

Caron fragrances are less 'polite' or 'polished', if you know what I mean. They do not have a big complex list of ingredients as the Boucherons, Chanels, Diors, Givenchy's... but their fragrances are genius in their relative simplicity. A bit in the direction of Mugler, but less radical. Muglers smash 'Alien' for instance is built around the interaction of 3 notes, Caron is a bit the same. 5 to 7 notes max. And let them play with and against each othter. Attract and rebuff, seduce and reject, if you know what I mean. Less notes and let the notes work and react with each other so that you get a long changing development and evolution. The development of a Caron on your skin is like the evolution of 'une affaire d'amour' or 'une amourette': attraction, seduction; satisfaction, rejection, attraction, conflict....Carons are also in principle 'lighter' than the 'Boucherons'.

Typical of the Carons is that they are no way artificial cotton candy sweetened. You get the natural floral sweetness from for instance a lily or iris or carnation. But this natural sweetness is not embellished by synthetic sweetness or heaps of artificial vanilla.

I could maybe descibe it best that Carons smell more 'natural' and less artificial or 'worked over' and intricate than Chanels, Diors and Boucherons. I could use the methaforical 'virgin' and 'experienced working woman' contrast, but that doesn't do justice to the Carons who are certainly not linear. They are between the complexity of a Lutens, Chanel, Dior on the one side and the equally vintage french minimalist Hermès by Bernard Ellena ('Jardin sur le Nil', 'Sur le Toit', 'Après la Mousson'...). They are not opulent, 'decadent French' but more direct and 'basic French'. Chanel is 'bon chic bon genre' Sarkozy and his wife ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, Caron is basic Mitterand and his recently deceased intellectual passionate 'rive gauche' wife, if that makes any sense. Chanel is a 5 star Michelin restaurant (you pay for the decor and the name), Caron is a luxurious brasserie (big bang for your buck).

The fragrance elements in Carons smell very natural and not 'worked intricately'. A top or middle sometimes is only one note! Rose smells like your rose in the garden, not like sweet rose extract. Also typical is that the Carons have mostly a very solid, long lasting and lingering, classic base of amber, vanilla with sometimes a dramatic 'dark' element like myrrh or incense that plays against the flowery elements. Great sillage, great longevity but never cloying. Not superstrentgh like Chanel or Boucheron, but much more longevity than say a lot of Italian fragrances.

Carons go to the essence of perfumery as an art and craft. Relatively not many notes, but they are played against each other with maximum effect. The result is 'essence, not artificial, honest', 'serious' maybe if you like sugared fruity florals, quality in a humble, quiet way. Zen-like almost. Not sparingly Japanese but almost a mix between Japanese and French perfumery, if you follow me. I try to explain what a 'Caron' is. Forgive me if it is long.

Boucheron is more classic, where Caron is more the daring 'upstart', without going into the 'love or hate' region of radical Mugler.

Also Caron has great men and women fragrances. But because they are neither overly citrusy, 'green', 'musky', sweet or floral (even the floral ones) they are IMHO unisex. The musk used by Caron is a very toned down, almost 'female feeling' musk not an earth scorching aggressive musk.

Three Carons marketed as 'for men' follow. I am a man so I have all 3. They have long been my signatures. For the moment Lutens replaced them, but I always go back to Caron. Because they are original, down to earth, not snotty and very wearable.

  Caron Le 3` Homme de Caron. Oh how I love this! Like Creeds 'Bois de Portugal' but 10 times better and 10 times less expensive. Herbal, a bit fruity. Bergamot, lavender, coriander, oakmoss, mandarin. Heaven. And perfect for a woman who doesn't always like sweet or heavy perfumes.

  Caron L`Anarchiste. My signature for 2 years. African Orange Flower, Guaiac wood, cedar, musk. Look at the pyramid of almost all Carons: very simple. But sometimes simplicity is genius. Radical simplicity with Mugler and relative simplicity with Caron.

Caron Yatagan. My favorite Caron for the moment. Also a year my signature. There is nothing to compare it with. Woods, herbs, incense. Like Lutens doesn't compromise, Caron doesn't. You immediatley identify a fragrance as 'a Lutens', the same for 'a Caron'.

For women: (I know all these fragrances from women friends and I use them occasionaly as a man, they are unisex IMHO)

  Caron Tabac Blond A classic. Created in 1919 by the legendary Ernest Daltroff. One in a kind. Vanilla, leather, floral (iris, carnation). Original, heavenly. Not godly but like an angel caressing your nose and soul. But hard to find, indeed.

  Caron Montaigne: Again a typical, very original Caron. Oriental floral à la Caron. Top: Jasmin, mimose (!), coriander and bitter orange (!) which gives it a depth; one middle note(!): narcisuss; a classical dignified base: sandalwood, vanilla, amber. This one I looove! The florals of Caron are real florals in that you smell real flowers, not sweetened flower extracts.

  Caron Parfum Sacre: 'Sacré' means 'holy' in french but also something like 'hey, we pulled a great fragrance off!'. Look at the pyramid. Simple but genius. This is in the category 'oriental spicy', but should be in the category 'Caron', because the Carons are all special and not to be easy categorised, like Lutens. Top: Cardamon, cinnamon, pepper; two Middles: jasmine, rose; Base: musk, vanilla, myrrh (!!!). This is my favorite 'female' Caron. Bewitching. The myrrh of the base against the spiciness of the top and the flowers in the middle. Genius. Perfumery art of the highest degree. Like rich flower bouquets in a church that lies next to a spice market.

  Caron Bellodgia: Another gem. Again categorisied as Oriental, but 'Category: Caron' IMHO. 6 notes in all!. But what a fragrance! Top: carnation, Middle: jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, Base: musk, vanilla and... clove (!!!). Again like the myrrh in 'Scaré' you get the clove as a dramatic element in the base that plays against the flowers in middle and top. Astounding. I can't say more.

   Caron Nuit de Noel Again a mere 7 notes to make Christmas magic ('Noel' is french for Christmas). Created in 1922 and still going strong. So it stood the test of times. Typical for Caron is that they don't change or discontinue for the sake of it. If it works, don't fix it. If it is good, continue making it. Even if it was conceived in 1922. Carons are timeless beauties. Top: Ylang-ylang, rose, jasmine; Middle: sandalwood oakmoss (in the middle, and this for typical base notes!) Base: dreamcombo of musk and amber. The whole is Christmas magic. But in a natural way. Spiritual, the basic meaning of Christmas: a new start, hope, a birth, new life, a new beginning, the 'dark days' are still here but they are going away ... not a 'consumerfest'. That would be a Chanel, if you know what I mean.

Sorry for my long response. I am crazy about Boucheron and Lutens but I am bewitched by the genius and simplicity/complexity and dark/light of the Carons.

I tried to explain the feel of a Caron. Try and test it. You will fall under the spell of this no nonsense straightforward original house or not.

Enjoy!

Отредактировано Grettel (verbena) (2012-07-12 18:11:39)

Добрый человек с берегов Невы поделился со мной винтажными духами вот из такой коробочки

и я его узнала - цветок гвоздики (не специя!)
и посажена эта гвоздика, я так предполагаю, на т.н. Кароновскую базу,
потому что прошивка не похожа ни на что, кроме остаточного запаха из-под старенького Ноктюрна.

и еще мне кажется, что правы те, кто считает, что Карон достоверен только в духах
такое ощущение, что в жидком состоянии все эти бусины рассыпятся
видимо только в правильной концентрации достигается эффект сияния от плотного соединения молекул 

да, так же как Воздух Времени Нины Риччи

а то ведь кто знает, может именно современные водицы кому-то одеколон Гвоздика напоминают 

я получила ровно то, что и хотела - цветок из сада!

Спасибо!

Отредактировано mari (2012-08-22 21:46:17)