Desert Suave 100ml - Eau de Parfum

I love this perfume.
Really great stuff, evokes some very interesting vibes of gourmand, creamy, floral and the desert dry warmth of the title. I think the opening is almost fruity but I don't perceive it as smelling like dates, but it's definitely sweet but not in a sticky way. Then comes a clever twist which evokes a North African vibe to me giving the desert aspect but not just by using dry heat but a creamy woody, warm sand and spiced air approach. Sandalwood would be a perfect basis to do this and if I hadn't read the notes prior (given they are accurate and cover all the accords etc which they rarely do) I'd have said this was sandalwood but it's a clever concoction. The white floral aspect adds a creamy waxiness probably supported with resin/vanilla 'amber' but smooth and spicy with cardamom too. Just to mention the note in the opening is something like a really classy grape soda, not just a cheesy methyl anthranilate sort of orange blossom accord but a much more palatable and interesting one and it's disguised in what is a unique experience.
Having said that...I've smelled perfumes similar to this before (I want to say Serge Lutens had one?) but few as modern and well rendered, I have to say the musky, creamy drydown of this perfume goes on and on, but not in an annoyingly tenacious way.
I think it's fantastic!

Wow this left the craziest impression on me even months after i first tried it. The way it made me feel is unforgettable, but very strange!

Starting on practical notes- longevity and sillage is great, and i found it to be a pretty linear scent.

However, that’s where my normal reaction ends. I usually am very practical in my reaction to frags. Occasions, performance, aesthetics, scent family. I never imagine scenes or scenarios like many others do like ‘you’re in a garden eating a vanilla scone drizzled in caramel’ etc

I’m still new to niche but I’ve never encountered a frag that captured my imagination so much and took it to a place so purely fantastical. (Guess I understand the name of the house now)

To me i imagine the person who wears this is a character that belongs to a Steampunk universe. I imagine victorian bustles, high necklines, corsets and spectacles, bronze machines, swashbuckling adventures, flying machines spewing smoke, warm golden wooden floors, classrooms, alchemy, sky pirates, brass buttons and leather heeled boots. Maybe the character is a professor in this universe idk.

So yeah as for what to do with this scent in the real world i don’t know! I personally feel like very few people can pull it off. I can imagine a museum guide at a historical house wearing this or someone who has an unusual profession of hobby. Like a silversmith or an eccentric teacher.

Anyways…This definitely took me to a place I didn’t expect!

Sweet, but not overly gourmand, despite the sesame and date that dominate the opening. There’s a bold hit of cardamom that takes center stage, then it all comes together with orange blossom and rose.

A soft, creamy finish makes it feel extra cozy - something unfamiliar for Bisch’s usual style.

The cardamom and cedarwood mixed at its best, a lovely perfume that everyone needs it

Cramy , warm , comfy... Absolute banger