Trudon Revolution

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Revolution

Elemi, Angelica, Wild Juniper, Cedarwood, Papyrus, Cade, Cistus, Incense, Opoponax

I enjoy a good smoky scent, but there's often something harsh in it somewhere that ruins it for me. Like oud. So when I experienced Trudon's Revolution during an online master class event with Beautyhabit, and found it to be smooth from beginning to end, I fell in love and had to have it. Normally, I hate spending over $200 on a bottle of fragrance, but I knew I wasn't going to find it on a discounter site anytime soon. Apart from the expense, the other downside was discovering this scent when I did: Spring. I knew I'd have to wait until the weather got much cooler before I would be able to wear Revolution comfortably. (Yes, I know some folks can wear heavier scents all year long, but I am not one of them. As soon as it gets above 50F, I want to smell like lemons and orange blossom.) 

I'd heard that perfumer Lyn Harris locked herself in a room with a painting of the French Revolution and used that image as inspiration for the scent. Rather than the acrid scent of gun smoke and chaos, of despair and death, Trudon Revolution comforts me with memories of the past. Now that there's finally a chill in the air, I'm ready to smell like an evening spent near a massive fireplace in our drafty old chateau. With the crackling song of the flames in my ears, I sit in my Dad's ancient leather armchair and reminisce about the delicious smoked brisket we enjoyed in Texas, or the lovely fat sausages we put on sticks and cooked over an open campfire when I was a kid. The meaty memories are fleeting, but the lovely smoke and leather aspects, along with some incense, and a lovely cedar-liner-in-a-cigar-box aroma, lasts for hours. We never owned a chateau (a Tudor mansion tho), built a fire (gas fireplaces), went to Texas (had a layover in Dallas once), or camped (does stargazing on a putting green at a golf resort count? there were bears....), but when I wear Revolution, I feel as though I have.

Revolution isn't for everyone, and even I won't wear this too many times per year. But it really hits the spot when I want to be reminded of things that I never actually experienced. Perhaps someday....

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Posted by theminx on Minxstinks
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