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Folie d'un Soir
Goutal Paris Folie d'un Soir Eau de Parfum opens on pink pepper and goes dark almost at once. Rose and leather sit together at the heart, the rose full and deep, the leather animalic enough to strip any prettiness out of it, and the two of them hold the centre of the fragrance for a long time. There is nothing fresh in it at any point.
The base is myrrh, frankincense and cocoa. The two resins bring smoke and a balsamic dryness, while the cocoa gives a bitter, dusty sweetness that pulls the fragrance towards gourmand without ever letting it turn edible. Folie d'un Soir travels from a brief spiced opening into rose and leather and then into amber, incense and cacao, and it is at its warmest and softest right at the end, when the smoke has settled and the sweetness is doing most of the work.
Julie Massé and Mathieu Nardin composed Folie d'un Soir, which launched in 2022. Goutal Paris was founded in Paris in 1981 by Annick Goutal, a former concert pianist and model who learned raw materials in Grasse, and the house calls itself a parfumerie d'auteur.
It is long lasting with moderate sillage, so it stays all day while sitting close to the wearer rather than announcing itself across a room. Winter and autumn suit it best and it holds in spring and summer, and it is built for a night out while remaining wearable for work and for casual days, since the projection never gets ahead of you.
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