The first I ever owned: Futuros By Aubusson
This will be my first ever blog about a fragrance so what a better way to begin than to review the first perfume that was ever given to me? the first perfume I ever had the privilege of owning.
The scent is of course the now discontinued and quite elusive Futuros by the French perfume house of Aubusson, released in 1987 according to profumo.net. This was given to me by my aunt around the year 1999, it was strange because I was only about 8 years old at the time and was already into perfume and their bottles. My aunt is also a perfume collector and has hundreds of fragrances her self, I will always remember sitting still for hours in her room being completely mesmerized by her collection.
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This scent is now discontinued but can still be found on EBay. Not much
information are available about Futuros therefore I will be describing
based on what I am smelling. The first spray starts off quite warm-spicy, leathery, woody, and slightly animalic. Think of your self wearing a vintage leather jacket, rugger and worn out over the years, it is mid winter, cold , dark and gloomy outside, you are in a entered a room heated up by a fire place. There are freshly chopped wood burning and scenting the room, in the kitchen somebody is cooking curry for dinner, yes CURRY, the spices are reminiscent of beef vindaloo, in a good way!..... THAT - is the smell of Aubusson - Futuros, a leathery, smoky, woody, and warm-spicy fragrance.
Later it dries down to become a spicy, smoky, woody, and slightly sweet scent where the spice really does shine. I can now smell clove, liquorice, and tonka bean, with a hint of musty leather quite prominently 30 minutes into the dry down. After about 2-3 hours I am left with the dry down, a sweet spicy, smoky and woody masculine leather scent with hints of oak moss and civet.
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Guerlain's Vetiver--precocious for a teenager...... Great blog, interesting reviews. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed my blog, thank you so much for visiting. Yes, Guerlain's Vetiver! a very relaxing fragrance. I think it will be almost impossible to find a teenager wearing it these days!
DeleteThanks for the usefull review cause as you say, there is no information in the net, not even in Fragrantica. I love spices and 80s fragrances so I think I'll probably blind buy it soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to be the wanker here but I have to completely disagree 100% with this review about the leather. I've been wearing Futuros for years and this perfume is nothing leathery, zero. It's a tonka centric and spicy perfume that's quite powdery in feel. The main notes are tonka bean, oakmoss, clove, sandalwood, amber and patchouli in the dry down. It smells like a bath powder for Men. Strange thing is that the liquid is blue if you decant it and the perfume itself kinda smells blue as well, like a blue bath powder if such a thing existed. Super strong with oodles of sillage and very long lasting.
ReplyDeleteThere are perfumes for every occasion: daytime, evening, office, or even romantic date. The best place to learn about perfume recommended wear is the Internet and some of the perfume selling websites such as Fragrance Place. Parfum Dolce & gabbana
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