Chanel Les Exclusifs 28 La Pausa for women - Opinios Reviews

I have cherished the actual aroma associated with irises from my childhood times where they grew in my backyard. The moment i smell Chanel Les Exclusifs 28 La Pausa I am in this backyard once again. This particular soliflore has an earthy, "rooty" aroma representing the flower completely. There must be some vetiver in this as well. Soft gentle and in a glimpse leaves a remembrance of this perfect flower...

I've loved the scent of irises ever since they grew in the backyard of my childhood home.

One sniff of this and I'm in that backyard garden again, poking my nose into one of the earthy-smelling blooms growing by the fence.

This iris soliflore captures the earthy, "rooty" scent of the natural flower perfectly. (I suspect some of the earthiness in 28 La Pausa comes from a vetiver base note.)

But perhaps it's too perfect; like the flower itself, it's soft, quiet, and quick to fade.

Anyone into iris-based compositions should, sooner or later, stop here as 28 La Pause seats just next to Roucel's Iris Silver Mist. A woody-rooty concoction based on the complex smell of iris-roots and laying on a woody/vetiver drydown. Subtle yet magnificent, slightly powdery, mannered. Simply Terrific.

This is such a beautiful heavenly scent from first spray to drydown. It did not scream iris or funky orris root to me at any time, but I do smell the iris more in the drydown. Yes, the EDT does not have a lot of staying power, but on my skin neither does Cuir de Russie EDT. I will just spray on more of this initially and re-apply. Who wouldn't love a pick-me-up of this glorious juice in the middle of the day?

What I love most is how the vetiver perfectly and subtly balances the florals but does not dominate the iris and rose. It is soft and just gorgeous. I like vetiver but I am so tired of the current taste in 'slap you in the face, knock you down' vetivers that tend to completly dominate a fragrance and then go on to conquer whole buildings. 28 La Pausa is vetiver and iris done right.

As an iris lover, and owner of about 8 bottles of niche iris dominant scents, this lovely fragrance is near the top of my list of iris loves. So many people ruin iris. This is iris and vetiver both done exactly right. Thank you, Chanel and Jacques Polge.