Naomi Campbell
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Cardamom's warming spice cuts through immediately, crackling against a bright freesia that smells distinctly soapy and almost aldehydic. Within moments, this sharpness begins softening into something altogether sweeter, more diffuse.
The peach emerges as talcum-like and powdered, merging with the floral base into a distinctly retro sweetness. The synthetic accord becomes prominent here—this is unabashedly artificial, a peachy-vanilla confection that sits somewhere between fragrance and cosmetic scent.
Within four hours, you're left with barely-there traces of warm vanilla and a musky sweetness that clings rather than projects. Patchouli remains utterly ghostly, and sillage has collapsed entirely; this is intimate wear, if anything registers at all.
Cat Deluxe arrives as a study in contrasts—a fragrance that promises opulence whilst delivering something altogether more diffuse and fleeting. Michel Almairac has constructed a composition that leans heavily into powdery sweetness, with cardamom's spiced edge immediately softened by freesia's soapy floral whisper. There's a deliberate femininity here, though the unisex designation hints at something more complicated lurking beneath the surface.
The peach heart is where things become genuinely interesting. Rather than arriving as a juicy, realistic fruit note, it emerges as something distinctly confectionery—almost peachy-tinged talcum, dusted and refined. The interaction between freesia's cool florality and this powdered stone fruit creates a distinctly retro quality, conjuring department store beauty counters from the early 2000s. There's a synthetic sheen to this middle passage that doesn't apologise for itself; it's there, present, undeniably artificial in that characteristic way of early-to-mid 2000s fragrances.
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3.6/5 (109)