Fath de Fath (1993)

Everything I could say about this perfume has been said most exquisitely by Yohji. What can I add except this is the most heavenly perfume I have smelled in a long time. I have many olfactory experiences but Fath de Fath is such wonderful one for me. Tuberose predominates this fragrance along with a boozy note, but the booze is a smooth and silky one, nothing harsh in here. It is most certainly a comforting and uplifting fragrance and I will wear it to death in the winter, when I feel that the notes will sing and dance and make themselves heard more loudly than in the warm summer months. In fact, as people who know me well, know that I dislike winter intensely , I can reassure myself that it will be more tolerable when I wear this beautiful perfume. Longevity is excellent on my thin dry skin, 8 hours+ and it has great silage too.

I have the parfum extrait, and I love, love, love, this stuff. I can't distinguish the individual notes, but the fragrance is sweet and boozy in the best possible way. It has great staying power, but because you dab it on the sillage is controlled at about arm's length. Bravo!

I got this one for the tuberose, but was bowled over by the heliotrope. Nice boozy fruits out of the bottle, peach brandy and plums that stay well into the blooming tuberose and jasmine. There’s some really good citrus-y rose–with nice black currant thorns that give a bit of sharpness–then *BAM* comes a huge dusty-sweet powder puff of heliotrope. The amber on the bottom doesn’t hold it down. Vanilla-almond floral dust floats around like a cloud for hours, trailing sugary musk everywhere. It’s good–especially the first few minutes on top–but all the notes I love are just obliterated by that powder. Some of my favorites are heliotrope bombs, like Lolita Lempicka and L’Heure Bleue, but this one is too much for me.

the scent has been reformulated and the whole juice smells not the same! too bad it was my mom"s favorite scent!!!!!!

The opening is vintage, and I thought I would love it but that quickly leaves behind ripe fruits (plums and peach and currant). This is a much better fruity fragrance than many of the cheap girlie crap nowadays. This is darker, richer, very ripe and fermented with a little underlying musk to deepen it. I don't want a full bottle but am glad I bought a mini to try it. In the dry down, the fruits take a backseat to the floral that rise in an aldehydic sharp manner.