Iris Nazarena Aedes de Venustas for women and men

I find this so youthful, eccentric, and fun-loving! It is a fragrance worn by somebody who truly has a large appetite for life, willing to explore every opportunity they are given, if they had the time and stamina. Such a bright, lipsticky, and very carroty iris like this one will not be easily forgotten!

I hate iris. I hate leather.

And also, I love this.

Dirty and earthy in the very best way. The leather is caked in drying mud. The sweetness of the iris petals and pollen dusted stamens is choked with loamy roots. There is carrot in the juniper or orris, or both. The terpenes can be a touch nail polish-y until they dry down, so give this one a chance to settle before judging it. A hint of something like licorice comes through as it dries down as well, I suppose the anise. Rose is subdued here, but still a discrete note that emerges clearly for me also.

I can't say if it’s specific to me or not, but this is so at home and natural on my skin. It is somehow unbelievably human. Either that or I’m anosmic to something in it. I find it so intimate, so unassuming, and so incredibly touching.

This is so good, and unlike other iris fragrances I've tried. I get a very earthy iris with lots of spice and incense. I'm shocked at how spicy this is. I also get carrot, even though it's not a note/accord--it could just be the earthiness of the iris giving that effect. I personally don't get a lot of leather in this...it's mostly noticeable in the far, far drydown. There's something about this that pushes this more masculine. Super unique and a great one for cooler weather. I see that this has been compared to Jo Malone Leather & Artemisia--I used to own that one and I don't find them similar at all. I got much more of a booze/alcohol effect in that and the JM lacked the earthiness, spice, and incense that this has.

شروعی آکنده از دود و چوب
در ادامه با فروکش کردن دود ها رایحه با همراهی زیبای زنبق در فرمی خیس-تازه و خاکی و نت های اسپایسی-چوبی شاهد یک سمفونی زیبا هستیم.
در انتها سرکشی اولیه رام میشه و تم ماسکی-چوبی-آمبری می گیره.
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scent:8/10
longevity:8.5/10
sillage:7/10
purchase value:3/10
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overall:6.6/10

I get mostly a full-blown iris note from this, followed up by some leather and a little wood. There is an ever so slight crispness that i get from maybe the juniper. On the strip i get no spices, but in the air i get just a faint whiff.

On the whole this seems like just a heaping dose of iris and leather with a very light touch of all of the other listed notes.

Unisex. You gotta love iris and leather to enjoy this one.

I wish there was no oud in this fragrance….

It's been a while since I've had an iris fragrance really impress me. This is gorgeous and highlights the fresh-earthy and cold, vegetal qualities of the root. The intial aroma is a dark and loamy boquet of recently-picked flower petals. Not much powder at all, and hints of sappy greens from the juniper and a dose of clove for a cool-spicy aroma really help define the edges and awaken you with a slight camphor. The more I smell the more I think clove plays a big part here. Eventually that familiar waxiness comes in, accentuated by a subtle rose that doesn't really announce itself, but helps establish a polished, slightly soapy and petal-like texture. There are dark, resinous, smoky woods in here that I don't find in other iris/orris frags that often, and they give an added dimension to the leathery notes. I get the sensation of being in a freshly tilled field on an cold autumn afternoon, where roots have been upturned and there are some hints of a nearby pine grove blowing past me.

Eventually it settles into a familiar grey leathery aroma with elements of dust, cream, and vegetal rubber I associate with orris root. On skin it actually gets spicier over time and the anise comes forward, surprisingly. The dry-down is a shapeshifter but stays alive with the incense and spice notes. Still very gloomy and austere, and difficult to assess when I would wear knowing my tastes now, but I could see wanting to experience this enough to buy a bottle as a collector.

This is NOT an aquatic Iris. Woody, warm, crisp zing of juniper and lots of gorgeous orris. This can easily be worn by men, though not quite as masculine as DHI. Same woody unisex Iris, though. I LURV it. Wish it wasn’t so dang expensive but the longevity is phenomenal. This lasts all day on me and I can’t say that about many. Very, very similiar to Iris Silver Mist, though tbh, I prefer this. It just speaks to me. New favorite!

It’s great, but it’s not blowing me away.

It’s definitely a 7/10, but I have stuff I love more and don’t get to wear anywhere near as much...

It’s an aquatic iris, all the sparling floral elements have been blunted and this comes across more like a mainstream scent – I get ‘Starwalker’ and Kenzo from this, if I’m being brutally honest. It’s too ‘blue’, and not purple enough, if that makes sense. Not sure if this is woodiness that I get, or something more fragrant, but I don’t really think this works for me. I wish the floral facets of the iris shone through more, and if I’m being 100% honest, I’m kinda glad because this was something I’d wanted to try out for a while and I’m glad I don’t need to go about sourcing it!

Nonetheless, a solid offering, and I’m glad I tried this one out, but I’m not moved enough to give this a further home…

Smell like irisy barbershop aftershave. Definitely masculine leaning.

Reading through the reviews below on the way to the department store I was really getting hyped for this fragrance, especially because of the comparisons with the original Dior Homme but with more realism with subtle luscious notes in the backdrop. Not at all what I get here, but what I do smell is so much more impressive than that.

So let me start with the iris note here. It's nothing like the typical designer iris note, that light and sweet baby-powdery iris, but it is also not what you many times get in the niche world, more of a hazy vegetal carrot seed vibe. It's a very unique take on iris and while I am certain there is no real iris in this, it is very close to a CO2 extracted orris butter I own.
I remember when I first smelled the extract I was very much surprised by how dark and gloomy it smells, barely sweet, waxy and buttery somewhere between candle wax and vegetable-based butter substitute, but also very powdery but more in a heavy dense dusty quality rather than bright pale powder.

Iris Nazarena is exactly that, dense, thick, dusty iris veil with a bit of a smoky tobacco accord running through the back, setting a grey sullen character with a dense musky oriental woody mystique bringing everything together with some earthiness and leather facets in the mix.
Probably the most intriguing iris fragrance in the current market without being edgy or gimmicky, yet it feels quite heavy and imposing, as if it needs the right attire to work, in my mind a silk tuxedo, and a certain degree of gloomy arrogance in your gaze. I'm considering purchasing it just because of how unique and well crafted it is, but am currently abstaining since the former doesn't ever remotely describe me as a person. Nonetheless something a true iris lover shouldn't miss, definitely a unique and powerful creation.

Absolutely love this fragrance. I have a 10ml bottle with about 5ml left in it. I was lucky enough to get it back when Barney’s first received it (wish I bought a full size bottle). I haven’t yet smelled the new formulation to compare, but if there is a true difference, I will use what I have sparingly. This, DHI and DHP are my FAVORITE Iris based fragrances…but due to personal nostalgia reasons, I would have to say Aedes takes the cake. 11/10 knockout.

I was looking forward to the re-launch of the house and all of their scents, particularly for Iris Nazarena to come back. I love the new bottles, I think it's a major improvement, and I was expecting the same from the juice. Unfortunately, the current Iris Nazarena just isn't as good as the old one in the rectangular bottle. I'm not a person that pays much attention to reformulation rumors ad all that, but I have compared the new version with the old one multiple times, on paper, on the skin, and worn them, it's just not as good anymore. The DNA is there, it's Iris Nazarena alright, but it lacks the depth, the richness of the old one. The leather is not as prominent, the smoke is lighter, and the gloomy aspect of it is gone. The current version feels more transparent, less mysterious, spicier, and woody-green, with less depth and mystery attached to it. It used to smell unlike anything else out there, one of the best Iris-based perfumes that I have ever tried, but now it's just another mediocre Iris fragrance. The color difference is also noticeable, from a yellow hue to water-like transparency. The older version also leaves an oily smudge on my skin that I don't get with the current one. I'll be looking for an older ugly bottle:)), and I'll pass on the new beautiful bottle design and the mediocre juice.

@saltwaterhappy
You had just described me. 🥰
(Slight differences are here I have to get up earlier and I stopped smoking 2 years ago)

A clean woody floral musk
With beautiful iris, juniper, & soft touches of almonds & soap

About 5-6 sprays, lasted all day with medium strong projection

Strong like

great blend and awesome scent with nice longetivity,unique for autumn

You walk into an empty church in a middle class American suburb, take a seat on an upholstered pew, and you think to yourself that an elderly woman must have sat in that place last but you don't know how you can tell. Must be the smell. This is that smell.

آیریس نازارنا از برند بسیار دوستداشتنی ونوستاس .
عطری بینهایت زیبا و دوستداشتنی با غلبه نق کره زنبق ‌ . فضایی نسبتاً نامتعارف ولی بسیار دوستداشتنی
آیریس نازارنا واقعا جزو بهترین عطرهای زنبقیه ولی به سلیقه من با بهترینها فاصله داره .
بنظر من این عطر شیپغ فلوراله . چون شدیدا بوی اوکموس داره .
زنبقی خزه ای .
این ی آکورد میشه که بینهایت پررنگه در شروع و قلب عطر که بعد از یک ربع حس چرمی و اسموکی میگیره ولی اصلا محوریت نداره حس چرمی . همچنان زنبق ( کره زنبق ) حرف اول و آخر رو میزنه .
نت هوشمندانه و زیبای دیگری که به زیبای تو بطن عطر آورده شده جونیپر بری هست که حس باطراوت و پویایی به کلییات عطر میده
برای چی گفتم این عطر با بهترینهای زنبقی فاصله داره؟
درای داون عطر بعد از حدودا نیم ساعت فاصله زیادی بااستارت شروع داره .
فضای چوبی وتیوری و اسپایسی با ته بوی رزینی و خشک یواش یواش ظهور پیدا می‌کنه مثل ی ابر سیاه میان رو نت زنبق وتو خودشون فید میکنندش .
گرچه تا آخر نت زنبق حس میشه ولی این آکورد چوبی اسپایسی هست که زورش میچربه
کیفییت عطر خیلی بالاست
رایحه زیباست
ولی نمیتونه خودش رو زیبا مثل شروع تموم کنه
ایریس نازارنا حس نمیچه کلاسیکی میده و بنظر وزنه زنونه بودنش سنگینتره
از نظر پرفورمنس هم کاملا قابل دفاعه
اگر از بوی زنبق ( کره زنبق) لذت میبرید این عطر رو تو برنامه خودتون داشته باشید
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This is an uncongenial, rooty, ashen Iris from your wine cellar. It smells like the finest dusty orris smeared over hot cigar box cedar, and just when you think this is an old “Gentleman’s Club” scent, a warm, lightly spiced musky moist ambrette, whose vegetal heat enhances the Iris, emerges with the tiniest touch of rose. Suddenly, you smell freshly peeled—not boiled, but just-uprooted—carrot, in your hand, shreds of sweet-dry carrot. Such an underrated rich root.

This fragrance is half old Sire, half young Dandy. It’s a silver-haired gentleman, or a freshly sweating cook. But in any case, it’s a serious scent. And somehow, like a will o’ the wisp, you’ll see a star anise glow with cold dark licorice light.

If this were a painting, it would be Mantegna’s 1480 “The Lamentation over the Dead Christ.” Pale. Grey. Dead. But with a touch of red from where the blood flowed out…And an otherworldly gloom.

I mean this with reverence and respect.

It’s so refreshing not to smell yet another cutesy pie fruity sweet powdery Iris! This is for grown ups and brave youngsters.

The Iris, thanks to its supporting accords, lasts for 8 hours, which is remarkable. The far drydown is a bone dry woody hum. On my clothing the full and entire composition lasts 18 hours.

Masterpiece Iris.

Edit as of April 12, 2022: On fabric, the dry rose comes out with woody notes and shines for more than 12+ hours. In some respects best fragrance reminds me of Le Cri.

Received this today - stunning new bottle, very classy. Scent is really gorgeous - I can't stop smelling my wrists since I put it on. So glad it's available again!!!!

For anyone who missed out on these, I'm elated to tell you that most (if not the entire line?) are coming back, with new packaging. This one is especially sort after because it's gorgeous but I also really enjoyed some of the others including the rhubarb and ginger of Signature by Bertrand Duchaufour.
A rare treat and recontinuation for fragrance fans.

Aedes des Venustas Iris Nazarena (2013) - woody iris - A unique Iris perfume by @perfumer.ralf.schwieger that removes the lipstick and powdery essence that we commonly associate and focuses on dryness. To create balance, he adds spice (Anise & Clove), Rose and Leather. He refines that further with a well-built woody base mixed with Vetiver, smoke, and Ambrette musk. An #iris perfume that isn’t contemplative, but assertive and full-bodied. One of the best Iris perfumes.

A soft, leathery make up bag iris with a twinge of herbal. Does anyone in the uk love these type of powdery make up bag scents? Because I have like 10 samples in this genre. Hit me up let's swap samples! I am looking for orientals, gourmands, or anything you have that I haven't tried before.

I really thought that this could have been my signature. It has everything I love; iris and rose, combined with woods, vetiver, smoke and cloves to make it so unisex. But I feel guilty that I find it underwhelming. On me it’s a subtle play of freshly sharpened pencils with powdery makeup. Coming from a girl who likes to blast herself with the very masculine and bold Encre Noire, this just isn’t enough. I’m on the hard stuff so require more personality from my fragrances. So to me, this is simply a pretty wallflower scent.

I first tried this beauty back in 2016~ at Barneys, a year in which I was desperately looking for the perfume that called for my soul and represented me - a signature if you will. At that point, I was somehow convinced that the aroma of carnations was it. I was wrong, but that's another story. However, here's another one:

So chit-chatting with my friend who walked me through Aedes de Venustas and made me swear I would visit their shop in NYC next time I swung around he passed me the bottle of: "A very well done iris". I smelt it, I put it aside, and tried to convince myself that Ouillet Bengale was what I needed, but my nose kept telling me that the perfume was not complete and the missing piece was inside of me, in my imagination somehow. And after getting a sample, shuffling between 10 tester strips, my nose kept going back to Iris Nazarena. It was indeed a very well done iris: not as carroty as Iris Rebelle or rooty as ISM, but not nearly as makeupy as the rest of them.

It's quite interesting. Usually, when you smell an iris scent you try to figure out to what extent is orris leaning. Is it orris? Or is it the ambrette and spice overlapped with the leather that cheats itself into it? I'd say the latter.

The scent is quite linear. There is no opening or base really. The leather is sharp enough without coming across as edgy (think of Bottega Veneta), the iris is waxy yet dry, the juniper and clove merge into the leather in a quasi-festive manner (I wonder if this is where the name comes from), the smoke is monochromatic and the product of it all is a quite somber, a-gendered scent. Poker face in a scent if you will.

Unfortunately, I didn't buy it. I would always come back to smell it and tell myself: "Man, this is a great iris". Next thing I knew, Barneys went broke and the fragrance became almost extinct even if the folk over at Aedes said otherwise, I believe the scent got discontinued. I waited around 2 years for it to emerge from somewhere to no avail. It would be sad if the scent got discontinued after all, as there is no other iris I know of thus far that points towards this direction (or lack thereof?)

Later on, I scored a free bottle. The more I try to identify its gender, the more I fail. The scent's identity is canceled out by the combination of its notes. Spice? Yes, but not more than it is leathery. Smoke? Yes but not more than it is floral. Base formed? Yes. Opening formed? Yes. Middle note formed? Also yes.

The scent of the deadpan expression oxymoron.

I am a massive iris lover, my favourite being Atelier Cologne Iris Rebelle.
This iris is darker, leathery, quite sharp and really strong. I would say the leather and the smoke overpower the iris. I am sadly not a lover of leather perfumes, so although the iris is pretty, the leather is too much....

An enchating aura.

A gorgeous fragrance, of great depth and sophistication. Its incredible smooth dark welcoming but mysterious aroma lasts for a long time. Heat on the body brings out its power and makes the individual incense, juniper, and base of leathery/ambrette (and amber making it kind of rose-esque/amber-esque or at least adjacent).

It can make one feel important and formidable but still humble -- like one has a hidden knowledge of some metaphysical power and that knowledge and intelligence is goes through a matter transformation from thought to aromatic air. An idea made airborne, shareable.
Im not a fan of smokey fragrances however Iris Nazarena uses smoke like a kind of wood -- the smoke is focused more on a charred rosewood - melded with oud. All these creamy but translucent heart notes feels nourishing.

Also the travel spray is easily the most decadent little trick I've ever seen. Kind of impractical but covetable indulgence. And of course the bottle is gorgeous. The twisted glass is heavy and feels luxurious, cool and solid. The thickness of the base something a bit like a pot lyonnaise (which may be quotidien in some places but in this instance is imbuing quality) Maybe even more than the golden atomizer and its unique levered / lighter-like closure.

My husband and I both fell in love with this amazing and adorable scent and looking forward to buy it ASAP.

A linear and powdery iris, but the quality is unparalleled and very classy. Reminds me of a classy and fluffy white fur coat or elegant white ball room dress.

Unisex, but I think ladies will like this more.

5 to 7 hours longevity and fair projection, but good to great silage.

Simple, yet effective, like tom ford ombre leather.

I like this very, very much: it's definitely monochrome, not purple, but not harsh or dull: it's chic like a perfectly framed black-and-white photograph discreetly on display in an elegant home. The opening is an exquisite puff of cool smoke, the heart is a perfectly balanced blend of lipsticky iris and smooth leather. Those who wory about leather or smoke as potentially harsh, you won't be blasted with PVC & ashtray stink: it's all very well rounded and calm here, and the tobacco is definitely tobacco, not fags. The drydown (we're talking eight hours down the line) allows a little more sweetness to come through, and I can finally smell a bit of rose. Such a joy to wear it and smell it developing (so many perfumes nowadays don't have any kind of development to speak of). Every iris lover should try this.

Unique and a very cool iris, rounder than Iris Silver Mist and the dry down was sublime, light floral. But compared to other reviewers, it lasted 18 hrs on me which is very unusual since I have dry skin. My husband is very finicky about fragrances, when he walked in the room he remarked about the odd smell, so I rinsed it off, I thought, an hour later it was still there and he walks in again trying to figure out the odd smell which was not pleasant to him. I wash with soapy water but the next morning I'm still smelling wood & incense, so on me this is very long lasting.

I also would like to add that this perfume is AMAZING for layering. I make the weirdest combinations with it.

When mixed with Cacharel Eden, it is bizarre, powerful and out of worldly. (definitely not everyones cup of tea!)
And when mixed with Hermes Jour d'Hermes Gardenia smells so unique and mysterious.

For me this scent is very smoky, dark and mysterious. It's leaning on the masculine side. This can be a woman with long dark hair. She wears turquoise rings, she lives far away from the sea and she sleeps half of the day. She smokes cigarettes leaning from her window, she has second hand leather cowboy boots and speaks in a foreign language that you think you have never heard of.

This is one of the most amazing olfactive experience for me that I have ever smell. Excellent work, different form. wow!

This beautiful scent needs its iris to work hard. And hard the iris works.
At first it gives its earthy-vegetal (carrots) best, then it produces an amazing smoky (incense) effort, followed by an equally special leathery attempt, until it finally discloses its supreme flowery self.

A brilliant piece of work.

Overall mood is a bit gloomy, but highly wearable in an impeccable way. All housed in an accordingly weighty dim-lighted bottle with the most elegant of caps to complete one of the best presentations in recent memory.
A niche of the highest order.
*****

Iris Nazarena>l'atessa

با اینکه هیچ وقت از رایحه های پودری و زنبقی خوشم نیامده است و از صد کلیومتری انها هم رد نمی شوم مثل دیور هوم اینتس و غيره اما اعتراف می کنم زنبق در این عطر بسیار لطیف است.ترکیب ان با چرم هم هر چند خیلی چرم در ان برجسته نیست بد نیست.معهذا حتی پس از چند بار تست باز هم تاثیری در علاقمند کردن من به رایحه های زنبقی یا پودری متاسفانه نداشت.

I tried it from a deep stick sample. I'll try to find a tester or a proper sample to feel it again.

Iris Nazarena is not the common pleasant floral iris you can find in many designer fragrances like Dior Homme line and in many niche houses like Carner Barcelona or Penhaligon's. The iris note here feels "dark", herbal, rooty, like in LM Parfums Radikal Iris (which I prefer among those two) and it has a smoky & dusty character, not my liking. Maybe it's closer to the natural oil of iris, I don't know, but I don't like it. As time passes, the leather is too much IMO. Iris should play the main role here and not the supportive notes.

It stays very close to the skin and it seems it's a low-moderate one as for the longevity. I'll try to test it again properly but I'm not impressed. A discreet -almost- iris scent with limited performance.

Edit
I tested it again. All I get is a soft and smooth blend of suede like leather & iris. Too much leather. The iris is not the bright & dominant type that you know mainly from Dior Homme line. Not for me.

Scent of Serenity.

It’s subtle, subtle to the core. Not a statement, but a meditative scent.

The opening of iris is mostly ash-y or paper pulp-y, with slight medicinal hint. It doesn’t have that stuffy/suffocating feeling in many powdery notes, instead, it has the coolness almost like mountain breeze. Sometimes one can also sense a bitter fog underneath.

Then it quickly transitions to a unpleasant cooking oil smell, like in Iris Cendre. I suppose a lot of “natural” iris has to have that aspect, and I suspect it came from carrot seeds, and I really hate it. The perfumer should do their job, taking it off from Iris scent.

The following leather is extremely reserved of course. To match the delicate iris, the leather has discarded the usual heavy spicy/tar side, only a finest-sandpaper-like hint has left to fill the gap.

Vintage lipstick.

Exquisite, noble accord of iris & leather for a very reserved elegance. If you are a classy introvert, this is for you.

Sadly, it is a skin scent without strong silage, it leaves me craving for more & badly singing "Nothing compares to you" to discontinued Iris Pallida.

4/5

Floral tobacco. Warm, dusty, woody, with a strong smoky incense present... I don't actually get much iris, except maybe as a smooth coolness behind leather and spices. There’s a strange contradiction of dry and sweet, like a desert spice market, and behind it all is an inhuman, dessicated saltiness. Despite the floral softness of the rose there’s a sense of emotional distance. A desert landscape is the perfect image of Nazarena’s mood. As it dries down the sweet woodiness recedes and it becomes cooler and even drier as the iris finally shows up, along with vetiver; at this point it reminds me a lot of CdG's angular and abstract 2. Restrained and distant.

Sort of like someone wearing an iris perfume while wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette. It's interesting but on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give the sillage a 2. It's barely there after 10 minutes. For that reason, its not worth the price tag. Fortunately I only purchased a 10 ml bottle.

Golgotha by Edvard Munch 1900

Beautifully composed but most importantly, different from the other high-end niche stuff on the shelves. Never found anything else that smells like Aedes Iris.

much more leathery than I thought after sampling... a full wearing stood the scent revealed! A powerful Iris / Leather combo, slightly reminiscent of Gucci ph mark II, unisex and classy!

not full-bottle worthy; citrus, iris and smoke in the top then pure leather in middle then a very masculine cologne in the base

Being an iris lover I wanted to try this perfume for ages and when I finally got a 2ml tester I somehow managed to spill almost everything on me… Luckily the reviews say that it is not a powerful fragrance and in my opinion indeed it is discreet and maybe it is better in this case to put on more of the juice than usual to really” get this” fume, Which is difficult
because there is something elusive about Iris Nazarena and the claimes as “mysterious, mystical and sensual” is actually not just some mumbo jumbo nonsense but an accurate description. The Iris Nazarena opens very carroty on me but not as carroty as say New Sibet. These carrots are freshly rinsed cold clean and being cut. But Iris Nazarena is not just about irises carrotyness it’s more of homage to the kind of marriages a beautiful iris can make with woods and leather. The woodiness has a projective aura that makes me believe that there is some ISO molecule involved; the woody notes has similar airy qualities as Poivre Samarcand and after a while a lovely refreshing soapy leather note appears and that note has some similarities to Bottega Venata Eau Legere. What gorgeous relations an iris can make! If you love your fragrances gentle and whispering and natural like as if your skin actually could smell this good and you are not annoyed when a fragrance does some mysterious dancing on your skin and most of all if you love iris you really need to try this fragrance. It got some resemblence to other fragrances but it is still unique. This is the first time me wearing Iris Nazarena I am in no position to tell you that this fragrance is worth spending money on a full bottle because we all know how provoking it is to get just a few hours of playtime with a incredible fume, but please try to get hold of an sample and apply generously. This is a unisex fragrance the opening act leans perhaps more masculine and it might read more sensual and alluring on a man but it has some calming and soothing qualities that everybody could enjoy. I think Iris Nazarena could be an excellent fragrance to wear in the spring and on colder summer days because it has pureness but also subtly inviting gradations to it but in a very elegant and exclusive manner, no fabric detergent cleanliness to be feared, just pure iris woody leather pleasures to be expected.

So I bought this on the spot and I often worry about such extravagant, impulse purchases because I usually regret them, if not entirely then in certainly in a minor way.
I must say Iris Nazarena has held up well, it's two weeks later and I still love this fragrance.
The opening was a real eyeopener for me, a soft, creamy, powdery leather and not unfamiliar from many fragrances I would've perhaps dubbed 'a bit feminine' in the past.
It's brilliant though. The Iris is obvious in the opening and throughout but what struck me was just how real and buttery the leather smell is in here. It's not rough or aged this is brand new, modern, Italian, white leather. It's also woody in the extreme from the getgo. I mean there's an unmistakable quality sandalwood in this fragrance that perfectly compliments and accents the Iris and leather. I'd say there's trace hints of spice and that comes over more in the deep satisfying drydown.
The one critisim of this scent could be that it's not all that strong or long lasting. I would argue that it smells so good I can forgive it these minor issues and I put plenty on, so it easily lasts all day and sticks to clothing very effectively. It's an intimate scent which doesn't need to announce itself or project wildly so that didn't bother me either.

Like I mentioned, It's not totally unique or like nothing I've smelled before, I mean loads of iris scents spring to mind but few deliver the sandalwood and leather in such abundance and balance. It's a bit like Dior Homme/Homme parfum, Zegna's Florentine Iris, YSL's Noble leather, Ann Gerard Cuir d' Nacre and any quality sandalwood fragrance you'd care to insert here.
The point is Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena is a perfect storm of all of these, arriving on my radar at a perfect time and therefore getting fast tracked into my wardrobe.

I don't know why this elegant scent spoke to me so much... but it did. This fragrance is an absolute winner.

Oh before I go!
Just briefly on the bottle design. I tutted and rolled my eyes at the SA who couldn't wait to show me AdV and the fancy stopper mechanism but actually it was only upon getting it home and handling the bottle for myself that I actually think it's a cool design.

I am a bit torn. I love the smell of this perfume. A smokey, leathery iris of stunning beauty. A masterpiece. But it only whispers on my skin. I have to snif my wrist to smell it, touching the skin with the tip of my nose to be able to notice it. But wow, such beauty.
Am I prepared to pay such an exorbitant amount of money for a perfume that is so soft? I am not quite sure.
Edit: I had to buy it. I used my tester to the last little drop, even opening the little container to savour the last whisps of this lovely perfume. I rarely empty testers, but this fragrance is truly addictive. Take a deep breath, pay, and forget the price. It is worth it!

This excellent product is a powder-based phenomenon and its character resembles that of an opulent man whose high standard of living keeps you awestricken constantly.
I love it.
9/10

Iris Nazarena: a bulb buried under a fractured concrete walkway of an abandoned gothic church.

Iris puts forth a fresh, sweet, floral candied shoot, finding passage in the crack of the concrete. But then, as soon as this tender green hits the dry, wooded, gloomy haze lingering hauntingly around the condemned priory, her tenderness begins to wither.

Crushed, like raspy, herbed juniper berries, the sweetness is strangled from her relenting unfurled bloom. A phenolic bitterness of birch tar creates a musty worn suede accord, which envelops the rising redolence of austere, mineralized earth and dehydrating roots.

Finally, yielding in slow asphyxiation, she lays in solitude on the cold, stone path, wedged and rooted in the ground. She leaves a sweet but melancholic stain of ink on her concrete grave.

Amo l'apertura disordinata, intrigante e terrena con anice, vetiver e chiodi di garofano.
Poi si evolve strano.
sulla mia pelle si bagna con ambretta aspra e una rosa umida,matura,che rimane presente e costante per lungo tempo.
Molto femminile old-style con un tocco di rossetto lucidalabbra a pennello.
Credo sia migliore da spruzzare a distanza sopratutto sui vestiti dove si asciuga meglio.
Buono.Di lunga durata,ma preferisco odorare la scia in lontananza..
Su una donna , di giorno , sopra i 40.

Very elegant and refined woody iris, though sometimes with a little too much smoke. The opening is absolutely gorgeous but the fragrance as a whole doesn't last - at couldn't detect it at all after just a few hours.

What a beauty. A charming sophisticated powdery iris without going too dry. The other notes are mixed in a harmonic embrace. Absolutely fantastic. All rounder. Unisex scent. Classy and refined. This is pure luxury and art which can be worn as a regular perfume without fuss. Loved it in the first testing.

5/10

It's a secret...elegant, sensual, very sophisticated scient. Something
like the sky in the night, sideral,
Unique and beautiful on my skin and very long lasting on clothes.kind of classic.
علاقه مند به دیور هوم ایننس(زنبق دوست)
میتونن یه تجربه عالی از زنبق شفاف رو با این عطر تجربه کنن
کار باکیفیت پخش و ماندگاری عالی
ابتدای این عطر تم زنبقی همیطور تا ادامه
که به سمت چرمی شدن پیش میره
سوالی در موردش داشتین طی پیام از من بپرسین

This is dead on of an Iris scent with a powdery, lite woody, floral and sexy. This can be worn all year round day and/or night.

A very pure iris, rooty and dry but theres something about perfumes made by ralf schweiger which dont gel with my skin chemistry. I can appreciate the craft in this but This one smells like straight out petrol on me and by the time the dry down comes, ive got a nauseating headache which is pushed along by the lingering powder. I tried this on in cold weather and have figured its just not for me.

"Dry, powdery and soothing... freshly ironed white linen with slightly smoky incense."

Iris Nazarena is a 2013 fragrance by Aedes de Venustas, an American niche perfume house in West Village, New York City by Robert Gerstner and Karl Bradl. I paid a visit to the quaint and classy store when I was in the city in December last year.

Iris root is known to be very rare in perfumes because of its very expensive processing. It's a prized note that niche perfumers love to use, and real iris hardly comes by. Dior Homme is perhaps the most popular iris-based perfume in modern perfumery, a unisex fragrance where Olivier Polge cleverly combines iris with leather to create a scent that is easily recognisable and much loved by all wearers.

The iris in Iris Nazarena however, is very different from Dior Homme. Here, it smells like what I almost always associate the smell of iris with: cool, dry fabric, or white linen to be precise. On my skin, it smells exactly like that: freshly ironed white linen, like those I get in high-end hotel rooms. If I were to describe the scent in one word, it would be "DRY" with a capital D. It is one of the driest perfumes I've smelled, together with Andy Tauer's L`Air du Desert Marocain.

The iris also smelled familiar to me when I first smell it in NYC. It took me a while to remember where I smelled it and I eventually remembered it: it's the same thing I smelled in Chanel No. 19. It's a very pronounced note throughout my use for today, although I also get hints of smoky incense (that strangely has a bluish "hue", unlike the blackish or yellowish kind I normally associate with when it comes to incense") and woody notes.

The leather note however, is something I can't quite figure out yet. My skin chemistry usually brings out the leather note in almost all the perfumes I've worn before, but I can't detect it here in Iris Nazarena. Maybe time will tell; most bloggers claim that there is indeed leather in there in the drydown.

I am not the biggest fan of iris but if anyone wants to know what iris smells like, this is the go-to fragrance for reference. I enjoy it very much but I'm pretty sure I will not purchase a full bottle of it: USD 245 is a very steep price. Still, I still vividly remember how it smelled the first time I stumbled upon it. A unique experience, indeed.

P.S. I am wearing it for the first time, and also the last time today. I got a sample from Jovoy courtesy to a friend who was in Paris but it slipped right through the cover, fell onto the floor and broke on impact. It's a very sad day for me.

Under a beating heart with great intensity we find a hint of rose, lots of leather and a soft wood of oud which rounds this chord.

The durable and tenacious wrapper is a powerful note of very powdery iris with a smoky point by the touch of incense. Drying soft and sweet amber is added to all this combo makes the fragrance more turn here to the female side, all this forms the entire structure of this nice fragrance Aedes Venustas.

Iris Nazarena is not a fresh fragrance, it still does not feel heavy, it is rather a vaporous and dusty woodsy, which is quite away from the prototype of the typical fragrances of the Middle East that lead rose and Oud, since these are not the dominant notes.

Evolution is fairly subtle, almost linear. very good quality along with a good length and projection. The scent conveys a certain solemn and even relaxed air.

Rating: 6.5

Tested it the other day and was underwhelmed. It is OK, good quality stuff and all, the composition is so-so, not bad, but...on my skin the note that some reviewer described as cigarette smoke/ash-like insence was so strong as if I had been wallowing in an ashtray before applying perfume. Reminded me of olden times (80s) when everyone was smoking and wearing perfume. All in all it was a rather unpleasant experience. Test before you buy!

Imo iris wood and leather are the main players here. One of my favorite Iris perfumes. If this perfume were described in architechtural terms it would be post modern. All clean lines and very minimalist. The first time I smelled this it reminded me of a high end rare book store. I like how this is clean without being "fresh". It lasts all day on me. Love, Love, and more Love for Iris Nazarena.

با سلام
بوی زنبق اولین چیزی هست که شما بعد از اسپری عطر متوجه خواهید شد که بسیار با کیفیت هست و علاقه مندان به زنبق رو حسابی خوشحال می کنه
حالتی پودری ، کمی چوبی و مقدار اندکی شیرینی مثل وانیل زو احساس خواهید کرد

حدودا چند دقیقه بعد بوی چرم کم کم خودش رو به ترکیبات اولیه می رسونه . در این لحظه تلخی ملایمی رو متوجه خواهید شد به همراه روایح قبلی ولی کم کم رایحه چرم ذات تاریک خودش رو نشون میده و تاثیر شگرفی بر بوی زنبق خواهد گذاشت

در این لحظه هست که خود من واقعا کیف کردم از ترکیب چرم و نت های چوبی و زنبق . حسی شبیه دیور هوم پارفوم .
هم تلخی و هم شیرینی رو در این لجظه احساس خواهید کرد چون همانند اسب سوار ، این دو مکررا از هم سبقت میگیرند.

بوی عظر در این لحظه در اوج مردانگی خودش قرار داره و احساسی همچون کاراکتر دیور هوم اینتنس یا یا پرفیومش در شما به وجود میاره

در نت های عظر از دود نام برده شده ولی نه چرم و نه دود اون قدرها قوی نیستند که بشه عظر رو یه کار سنگین نام برد به هر حال خس و خال کمی تاریکی رو در قلب عطر قرار میدهو اون رو دو چندان دوست داشتنی تر میکنه

تد این لحظه آرزو کردم که کاش تا آخر هیچ فرقی نکن ولی طبق معمول برعکس از آب درامد

بعد از حدودا 10 دقیقه من کم کم در افق محو میشم چون یکی از روایح بد به نام رز میاد سراغم . دوستان چون بوی رز برای من حساسیت زاست که دست خودم هم نیست اینظوری میگم

کم کم افسار عطر در دست گل رز می افته و روایح چرمی و چوبی و حتی 80 درصد زنبق هم محو خواهند شد و چیزی که باقی میمونه بوی شیرین بیشتر شبیه کهربا به همراه گل رز و مقدار ناچیز زنبق خواهد بود .

بوی میخک در این عطر بسیار ضعیف و تقریبا غیر قابل حس کردنه ولی تلخی خاصی که داره رو قشنگ میشه فهمید که خیلی جالبه


در نهایت هم بوی رز هم کم کم محو خواهد شد و شما میتونید روایح شیرین قبلی به همراه مقدار جزعی حس چوبی رو حس کنید

کار بسیار خوبیه و من دوستش دارم درسته که رز و میخک داره ولی اصلا اذیت کننده نیست در این عطر و خوشحال میشم به عنوان یه عطر یونی ازش استفاده کنم

پخش بوش متوسط و ماندگاری مناسبی داره

“There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her auditors, many of whom came from a distance to receive her instructions. On account of the self-possession and ease of manner which she had acquired in consequence of the cultivation of her mind, she not infrequently appeared in public in the presence of the magistrates. Neither did she feel abashed in going to an assembly of men. For all men on account of her extraordinary dignity and virtue admired her the more.”

Who would dare to claim that they ever truly understood the iris. She evokes so many questions. Why does she smell so dry and yet so fresh? And why is she so goddamn proud? Prouder even than the rose, this vain beauty? It was not until I had smelled Iris Nazarena for the first time that I slowly started to realise that there is far more to her than the glamorous upper class girl who wants to be from the 1920s (she wasn’t actually fashionable in the 1920s). That was when I started asking questions about her. That was when I started thinking that the ink that Hypatia used to write about the stars smelled of Iris Nazarena.

The first impression I got when I first discovered this scent was that of cucumber. And it would not go away for hours, and it would really irritate me, and perhaps it was this first impression that evoked all the questions. At first, I thought it was the juniper berry, deciding to turn my skin into a gin-soaked stage for a show in which the iris had no place.

Then I realised that the damp, earthy, slightly mouldy smell was her.

In my head she had always been nude, powdery, yet disguising her heart under a glittering flapper dress. When I smelled Iris Nazarena, she changed her dress into a grey silk gown. There is no glitter, but there is so much heart. Yet, it is not a warm heart, it is thoughtful though, and old. Oh, she makes me feel so old now, ancient even. Iris Nazarena is not a young scent.

She is sitting in a library that has been on this earth for centuries, inhaling the breath of old books that someone has been trying very hard to keep dry. But the slightly sweet dampness is creeping through the pages anyways, telling stories of the decay that is inevitably to come in many years’ time.

This dichotomy of dry, powdery notes and the damp, earthy smell of carrots that have just been pulled out of the soil after the rain, the ambiguity of a cool yet sensual note, is what Iris Nazarena smells like. It strikes me as peculiar when people describe the scent as being similar to that of dry soil. To me, it is both earthy and dry, but not at the same time. Iris Nazarena develops slowly, almost painfully so. It is not a linear scent, but the different stages of the iris change subtly over long hours, from soaked earth in the beginning to dried and grinded roots in the end.

When this last facet of her is slowly exhaled from my skin I hear the laughter of that girl in the flapper dress in the distance. It is the familiar, powdery laughter of someone I have not seen for a very long time, but who I always wished was my friend, yet who I always just admired from the distance. She looks as young and glamorous as she did so many years ago. But her eyes, her eyes are so old and grey. And there it is. Before she fades away, the slightest hint of warmth, as if she recognises me too, assuring me that she had always been my friend.

There is a handful of very old cloth shops in my hometown, which have not undergone a renovation since the '70s. Upon initial spraying Iris Nazarena smells exactly like they do. Perhaps there was some very popular and widely used air freshener back then, or more likely something used in the proccessing of the fabrics, and thus the characteristic smell has pervaded their walls permanently. And for some strange reason, I was feeling rather uncomfortable being in such shops as a child, although I loved the seemingly endless variety of their merchandise. This "blast from the past" nostalgic quality slowly fades away after a couple of hours, and what is left, is something that an ice queen would leave lingering in her wake. Something like a distant titter in a dark winter night, that clutches your heart with icy fingers. I sense no welcome here, and this ashen grey industrial smell is so devoid of any warmth that it makes me shiver with conflicting feelings of pleasure and dread. Contradictive? Perhaps. But contradictions are not necessarily a flaw, cause while contradictive perfumes can be either good or bad, what they cannot be is indifferent. And this is already a merit, at least in terms of interest picking, and more than enough to make them stand out in our contemporary faceless perfume times. And Iris Nazarena has a face. A scary one perhaps, but still a face...

Stunning Iris, sadly, on me it last only about 1 hour..

Smelt like catsup to me. Really weird but I just couldn't get that smell out of my head

This perfume is a real gender bender. Starts out smelling strongly of thick waxy lipstick and sweet blackcurrant candy. However, it soon morphs into a dry woody accord, pierced by a mentholated clove and juniper. The leather smells strappy, sultry and black hearted. Quite a turn around to the overtly feminine lipstick and lollipops opening.

Basically if you mixed "Dior Homme", Lubin's "Korrigan" and Heeley's "Esprit du Tigre", you'd have "Iris Nazerena".

I can't say it's for me. Too schizophrenic.

Opens with a rooty earthy cool iris and leather which is soft black leather. It warms up a little and has the same savory quality to me that Cuir de Lancôme has. I wish it stayed just like this but the drydown was so unremarkable to me. Smells like a dusty, slightly bitter patchouli, and it loses its initial warm/cool qualities that I love so much and becomes kind of blah to me. Safer for my wallet for now.

wow ... velvety and fantastic
8/10

Soft, delicate fragrance with an intrinsic sophistication. The iris is smooth, adds depth that offsets the sweet notes so that it is not saccharine. Powdery accord with a hint of rose and incense that is really special. Has a dreamy quality to it! Sillage moderate, longevity hours!

Imagine you're sharpening a pencil. The waste that comes off the blade has the same smell as this fragrance. It has a little powder as well, but not that baby powder that we smell in other fragrances. It's comfortable and clean. It's nice, classy and light at the same time. I got a decant, so haven't tried that much, mostly wore at night (my city always has hot weather), but I think you can wear on a day and all seasons, which makes it very versatile.

Lovely iris fragrance; opens with the iris mingled with a slight plastic note. This fades and the iris is now delicately sweetened. Fairly linear development from then on. Sits very close to the skin. Reminds me a bit of Mythique by DelRae, but is much sweeter.

Light as a feather even if the leather is the master and the iris is hidden from woody notes. Not original, but enjoyable.

Bir parfüm sitesini incelerken karşıma çıkmıştı. Marka değil ama zambak kokusu olduğu için daha yakından incelemek istemiştim. Daha yeni çıktığı için gerçek bir resim ortaya koyacak bir bilgi yoktu açıkcası. Yorumların ise “beğendim-beğenmedim” etrafında gezinmesi ise keyfimi kaçırmıştı. Açıkcası unuttum ve tekrar üzerinde durmadım. Aylar sonra ise elimde kendi listem ile girdiğim bir mağazada karşıma çıktı. Benim listemden ellerinde olanlar ve oldukça bilgili bulduğum satış uzmanının tavsiyeleri ile artık iyice yorulduğum sırada önüme geldi. Kağıt üzerinden aldığım koku bir fikir vermedi. Ancak zambak kokusunu sevdiğim için kol içime sıkıp mağazadan ayrıldım. Bir saat sonra kokladığımda çok hoşuma gitti. 2 saat sonra ise alınacaklar listesinde kendisine hemen yer edindi. Aynı hafta yurtdışından gelen akrabalarımın bir isteğimin olup olmadığını sormaları ile birlikte Irıs Nazarene bir hafta sonra önüme gelmiş oldu.

Kadife dokulu gri bir kutusu var. Altın sarısı bir etiket ve yukarı doğru çekerek çıkan bir kutu. Sade ama kaliteli bir şişe ve sola doğru açılan bir kapak. Kaliteli bir şişe ve paketleme. Sizlere garip gelebilir ama bence şişe ve paketleme önemli. Tek eksi not aldığı nokta ise kapağın içindeki küf benzeri oluşumdu. Belki uzun bir yol geldiği için olabilir. Ancak koku ile uyumlu, çizmeye çalıştığı kişiliği yansıtan bir şişe ve paket söz konusu. Ağır, sakin, güçlü ama asla bağıran ve ben güzelim diye çırpınmayan bir yapı.

Şişe ve Paketleme konusunda benim değerlendirmem 10/7

Evet, ilk olarak yumuşak bir zambak kokusu yükseliyor. Ancak yalnız değil. Sanki etrafı hafifçe tütsü, biraz deri ve deriden biraz daha baskın odunsu kokular ile sarılı. Her defasında değil ama ara sıra gül kokusuda alıyorum. Sanki filmin ilk sahnesinde tüm aktörlerin ortaya çıkması gibi bir durum söz konusu. 2-3 saat sonra deri azalıyor ve odunsu kokular daha belirginleşiyor. Gül artık ilk başta olduğu gibi saklanmıyor. Ben ud kokusu alamadım. Belki zambak kokusunu yumuşak ve farklı hale getiren oud olabilir. Burnum bunu keşfedecek kadar kuvvetli değil. 6 saat sonra zambak ile odunsu yapı başbaşa kalıyor. Bu diğer malzemelerin kaybolduğu anlamına gelmiyor. Ancak bu ikisi diğerleri üzerinde yükseliyor. 8-12 saat arasında ise zambak ile sonlanan bir yapı var.

İlk denediğimde “kağıt” kokusu almamın nedenini bilmiyorum çünkü dafalarca kullanımın sonucunda da o kokuyu tekrar almadım. Sanırım bu biraz da burnumun yorulması ile ilgili olabilir.

Koku güzelliği konusunda rahat bir şekilde 10/8 alır. Eğer farklılık üzerinden bir değerlendirme yapacak olursak bir puan daha kazabilir.

Kalıcılık konusunda benim değerlendirmemle ilgili biraz açıklama yapmam lazım. Bazı yazarlar ve kullanıcılar 24 saat ve ötesinde kalıcılığı olan kokudan övgüler ile söz ediyor. Ben bu değerlendirmeye pek katılmıyorum. Günlük hayat pratiklerine pek uymayan süreler bunlar. Bence ideal kalıcılık süresi 12 saat olmalı. Bu süre içinde ise belirgin şekilde kalabilmeli. Kalıcılığı uzatmak genellikle kokuyu ağırlaştırmak gibi sonuçlar doğurduğu için her zaman iyi sonuçlar vermiyor.

Bu anlamda kalıcılık konusunda notu 10/7


Koku izi (sillage) konusunda da ortalamanın üstünde 10/7. Bulunduğunuz ortamlarla uyumlu bir yayılma gösteriyor. Ardınızda başka insanları rahatsız edecek bir tablo oluşmuyor ama dikkat çekmeyi kesinlikle başarıyor. Açık hava da izi belirsizleşebilir ancak kapalı ortamlarda kesinlikle ağırbaşlı ve uyumlu.

Kimler için uygun; Ben unisex kavramını sevmeyenlerdenim. Parfüm evi tarafından yapılan sınıflandırmaları da beğenmiyorum ve bir şekilde pazarlama açısından da bakıldığını düşünüyorum. Bu parfüm 10/7 oranında erkek kokusu. 10/3 oranında kadın. Soğuk ülkelerde bu oran erkek için 10/6 ve kadın için 10/4 şeklinde esneyebilir.

Bu koku 35 yaş üzeri bir erkeğe çok yakışacaktır. Ofis ortamları için uygun, takım elbise ile son derece uyumlu, spor kıyafetlerle ise serin havalarda uyumlu olacaktır. Kullanan erkeğe kendisi ile barışık, sakin bir hava katacaktır. Koku agresif değil ama ağırlığını hissettiriyor. İlk 1-2 saat sonrasındaki düz koku çizgisi üslubu oturmuş, etrafında “dikkat çeken” değil “dikkatleri dağıtmayan” bir etki bırakacaktır.
Bir bayan için pek düşünemiyorum ama kendimi zorlarsam aklıma gri etek-ceket takımı giymiş, biraz kilolu, 45 yaşlarında, yönetici konumunda ve etrafı ile ciddi mesafe koymuş biraz mutsuz bir kadın profile oluşuyor. Özünde iyi ama senaryo gereği sert-ters duran bir okul müdürü rolünü oynayan bayan. Iyi tarafını her zaman göstermeyen ama finalde iyi olan bir portre. Kadın kokularındaki cazibe, gizem, esneklik, melankoli yada sıcaklık yok. Yani erkeklere kesinlikle tavsiye ederken, kadınların en az 2-3 saat deneme sonrasında karar vermelerini öneririm.

I got a sample from Barney's. From the bottle I really liked this perfume. However, after testing it on my skin all I got was a smokey iris that had no real special qualities about it. It was straight up dry smokey iris...I did not even touch the rest of my sample. I was disappointed and really shocked at the price point for this...I think it was about $250!!

When I first tried this I thought I fell in love. Head over heals in love. In cold weather, Iris Nazarena is stunning. Its a soft, delicate bouquet of freshly cut iris flowers and stems juxtaposed against the signature cigarette ash like incense note of this house, an astringent juniper note and a beautiful gently spicy clove note. It is luminous, wispy like smoke and clean but somehow very unisex. I was convinced a full bottle was in my future.

I am wearing it again tonight, in 80 degrees Fahrenheit weather. The iris note is no longer fresh, its intensely soapy (it missed powdery or soft completely today) and smells exactly like fabric softener and clean laundry. Almost no other notes are detectable. At the moment I almost can't understand how this is the same fragrance.

The jury is still out on whether or not I truly want a bottle. I may just need to wear it in cooler weather. Try multiple times before you buy!

Beautiful smell. The beginning is the most attractive, more smoky. Unfortunately, it's gone after 1-2 hours. Then it's only green, less masculine. In short, this is light version of Timbuktu from L'Artisan Perfumer, the last one is a little bit more wild, smoky and long lasting. Oh, and two or three times less expensive :)
I have both, my wife can not define which one I wear. But it seems to me she reacts on Timbuktu in the way I desire :)

I call it

"The Love-Making Iris"

Soft, seducing, elegant and kissable..

It's the perfume that says "Please, kill me softly..."

Staying power: 10 romantic hours.

-AlmondBreakfast-

Aedes de Venustas - Iris Nazarena

Yeah, great choice if you like Iris!

Earthy on the beginning but also bitter on its evolution.

I would say there are something that reminds me Violets.

Incensed but Translucent, Clear and Transparent.

Beauty one!
:D

i fall in love with this perfume
amazing

i have never tried iris silver mist, but nazarena was a revelation for me. it is a clean, dry iris throughout. the first two hours or so are slightly vegetal, almost with a tobacco reference. the heart brings leathery nuances. this is the phase i love most. the incense enters in the long, slightly smokey final act. a must-tryfor any iris lover.

The smell is beautiful but... nothing more. No any associations, pictures in the mind, for what occasion, dress code and etc. it's like a piece of Gold - beautiful, shining, nice color but... not a ring, not a bracelet, not an ear-ring... Just nothing. Just a piece of Gold, expensive of course - probably the only feature of this perfume.

I have been wearing it for the period of 1,5 months and just forwarded to my ...

Before summer started my friend and I went for a few days to France. We were sightseeing Chateaux de la Loire (Loire Valley Castles, but doesn’t sound so nice, does it?). One of them was Villandry, a small chateau with extensive, beautiful gardens.
One part of the gardens seemed to be a bit wild, like abandoned or maybe forgotten. The vegetation was dry and sparse as if somebody forgot to water the plants. But every now and then there was a small bunch of pale lilac irises, almost white with light yellow pollen inside. I looked at them and they were stunning. To this day I have no idea why, at some point, I decided to kneel down and placed my nose right into the middle of the flower, since I always thought that irises didn’t smell. But they do! It’s very delicate, very subtle fragrance. Hidden inside the flower so it doesn’t project far. Obviously with my nose right inside the flower I could smell it very well. And dear lord, that was one great smell. And at that precise moment I thought: if I could get a perfume like that. I’m not much into all this new age thing but they say that one needs to manifest they wishes. I did and my wishes come true.
Iris Nazarena smells like the irises from Villandry. Not at the very beginning which is dry, aniseedy, a bit harsh and there is nothing tender and delicate about it. I guess that’s why some people suggest is more on a masculine side. But that phase doesn’t last long, maybe half an hour at most. And what’s left is almost linear, only with few subtle meanders of woods and leather, and gorgeous iris. The perfume stays close to the skin, it’s got small projection, but it’s there. It’s definitely not short lived and after I sprayed it on my wrists I could smell it for hours – 6 at least and that’s with my dry skin that doesn’t keep fragrances for long. If I could describe it in few words I’d say Iris Nazarena is elegant, sophisticated, somehow subdued but definitely beautiful in its simplicity. Top of my ‘To buy list’.

Update 09/10/2013 Bought it. Love it!

125) Iris Silver Sharp
The opening is reminiscent of Iris Silver Mist (my favorite perfume) and soon the fragrance evolves into a bitter aspect, earthy and almost metallic Iris. It is not at all comparable to a flowery composition, I guess breathed in a neck it must give the impression of being the emanation of an ornament in metal plates.
Cold incense, anise, cloves and behind a slight heat given by woody notes , oud and rose.
Very beautiful composition even if pure iris being predominantly a bitter odor (unpleasant almost). Depending if spray on fabric or skin you don't have the same perfume.

Unique and beautiful on my skin and very long lasting on clothes. Definitely buying this one. One of kind classic.

elegant, sensual, very sophisticated scient. Something
like the sky in the night, sideral, a beautiful hommage at night

Yes! Yes! Yes! <3