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Dans Ma Bulle De Musc
The name of Carven Dans Ma Bulle De Musc Eau de Toilette promises musk, and unusually for a fragrance that advertises a material, it actually delivers one. Getting there takes a moment. Cyclamen opens it, which is a watery, green, slightly aquatic floral rather than a sweet one, and pink pepper sits over the top with a dry rosy sparkle. Neither is heavy, and the first minutes are clean and a little cool.
The middle is a classic trio handled lightly. Rose is softened rather than sharpened here, lily of the valley brings its green, dewy, almost soapy freshness, and jasmine adds warmth and body without being allowed to take over. The flowers are treated as a layer to be seen through rather than as the point of the exercise. Then the musk arrives properly. Musk in this register is not a perfume smell at all, it is the smell of clean skin and warm cotton, soft and slightly powdery and very difficult to dislike. Patchouli sits beneath it adding an earthy shadow so it does not go flat, and sandalwood lends a creamy, milky smoothness that keeps the whole base rounded. This is the part that stays, and it stays close. As a toilette it is light by design. Expect it to sit against the skin rather than fill a room, which makes it a sensible choice for work, for shared offices and for anyone who has been told before that their fragrance is too much. It suits all but the coldest weather and it is aimed at women, though the musk and sandalwood keep it from being girlish.
Carven began in Paris in 1945 as the couture house of Carmen de Tommaso, who worked under the name Marie-Louise Carven. She died in 2015, aged one hundred and five. The house launched its first fragrance in 1946 and brought its perfume line back in 2013.
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