bdk Parfums
bdk Parfums
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Mandarin zips across your skin with immediate citric clarity, accompanied by ginger that snaps rather than perfumes. Black pepper crackles underneath, creating an almost peppery-fruity texture that's bracing and slightly austere, as though someone's just cracked open a spice jar against your wrist.
The jasmine absolute softens the initial peppery aggression, introducing a creamy floral sweetness that's bolstered by orange blossom's honeyed facets. Simultaneously, the cashmeran emerges from underneath, creating a fuzzy, almost skin-like warmth that transforms this from a bright fragrance into something with genuine depth—creamy without being heavy, floral without being perfumey.
What remains is primarily a soft amber-woody base, with singapore patchouli providing a gentle earthy anchor and cashmeran's lingering peachy warmth. The fragrance becomes increasingly minimal and skin-like, fading to a whisper that's more felt than smelled, though this minimalism—combined with the reported weak longevity—means the experience feels somewhat truncated before you might wish it to end.
Pas Ce Soir is a fragrance that whispers rather than shouts, built on the collision between citric brightness and creamy warmth. Violaine Collas has crafted something deceptively gentle—the opening mandarin and pear arrive with a crystalline clarity, but they're immediately tempered by ginger's dry, almost resinous bite and black pepper's sharp prickle. This is not a fruit fragrance in the conventional sense; the fruity accord feels like an afterthought to the real story, which belongs to the jasmine and orange blossom that follow.
What distinguishes Pas Ce Soir is the creamy undertow that emerges as the composition develops. Cashmeran—that soft, almost peachy-woody molecule—creates an almost skin-like warmth beneath the florals, whilst Singapore patchouli lends a subtle earthiness that prevents this from becoming overly perfumed or manicured. The amberwood acts as a gentle adhesive, keeping everything cohesive rather than imposing. There's something almost intimate about this fragrance; it sits very close to the skin, more a second scent than a declaration.
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