{"id":194,"date":"2007-07-21T09:30:13","date_gmt":"2007-07-21T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2007\/07\/21\/gardenias-and-leather\/"},"modified":"2007-09-16T17:52:28","modified_gmt":"2007-09-16T21:52:28","slug":"gardenias-and-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2007\/07\/gardenias-and-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardenias and Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/made-by-blog\/verdict.gif?w=1300\" title=\"This concludes Marina's Round 4\"> <span class=\"verdict\">This concludes Marina&#8217;s Round 6 with mod R6\/S and R5\/T.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"212\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i65.photobucket.com\/albums\/h211\/pstblog\/yin_yang.jpg?resize=183%2C212\" \/>One of the previous two mods had me <a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2007\/05\/04\/the-beginning-of-the-end\/\">saying<\/a> that it was the beginning of the end, one of the last two, specifically mod <strong>R6\/T<\/strong>, convinced me even further that Holy Grail is almost within our sight. Like last time, the other mod, in this case R6\/S, was great, but not exactly what I wanted. It was leather and not much else\u2026not that it\u2019s a bad thing, but, again, not what I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>With R6\/T, however, Clement hit the spot with amazing precision. I asked for gardenia and leather, he gave me gardenia and leather. Both notes were apparent from the start, intertwining like silky ribbons of creamy-white and black, weaving a luscious, nocturnal ornament. The base was earthy and deep and featured a little bit of patchouli, which I liked. The overall effect was that of a gorgeous contrast of lightness and dark, of the yin of the flowers and the yang of leather, of velvety softness and elegant harshness. I find the pairing of gardenia and leather to be incredibly appealing, even more so than the gardenia and labdanum combo (<a href=\"http:\/\/perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/perfume-review-tom-ford-private-blend_27.html\">Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia<\/a>, which I adore). Whereas the latter is prone to creating a \u201cblue cheese effect\u201d (which I admittedly like), leather does nothing of the kind.<\/p>\n<p>While some of the previous mods felt \u2013 understandably- like drafts, sketches of a great perfume to come, R6\/T strikes me as a perfectly finished product. If I were say, an owner of a famous niche fragrance line, I would have been proud to include this scent in my collection.  Given its sumptuous feel, its forcefulness and an overall attitude of unapologetic luxury, I would say that R6\/T might be a good fit for the aforementioned Tom Ford\u2019s Private Blend line.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings me to the question of what I would like to be changed in R6\/T. I would like it to be somewhat less robust. I am not asking for an understated scent, but I feel that, on the scale where L\u2019Eau d\u2019Hiver would exemplify the subtle and Obsession would illustrate the too-powerful,  R6\/T edges a little too close to the Obsession territory. If on that same scale L\u2019Eau d\u2019Hiver is a 1 and Obsession is a 10, I want my perfume to be no more than 7. Strange as it may sound, the mod feels\u2026too rich. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chandlerburr.com\/newsite\/content\/emperorofscent\/excerpts\/5.php\">Luca Turin\u2019s comparison of chic and luxury<\/a>, I will say that R6\/T smells luxurious, whereas I would love it to smell chic.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" hspace=\"7\" height=\"171\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i65.photobucket.com\/albums\/h211\/pstblog\/Gardenia_Garden.jpg?resize=171%2C171\" \/>Another change I would like to see in R6\/T is for the yin of leather to be brought down a couple of notches and for the yang of gardenia to be strengthened further. In other words, I want the leather note to become less strong (quite a lot less strong, in fact) and I want gardenia a little stronger than it is now. And then\u2026 you never know, one of the mods from the next batch might really be last one\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Images: Yin and Yang by Peter Sanderson, avalongallery.com; Gardenia Garden by Rebecca Swanson, allposters.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This concludes Marina&#8217;s Round 6 with mod R6\/S and R5\/T. One of the previous two mods had me saying that it was the beginning of the end, one of the last two, specifically mod R6\/T, convinced me even further that Holy Grail is almost within our sight. 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The more I tested it the more I liked\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Made by Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Made by Blog","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/category\/v1\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2006\/11\/new-mods\/","url_meta":{"origin":194,"position":5},"title":"New Mods","author":"no.bi","date":"November 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A quick note on the latest mods: Both Marina and Katie has just received their new mods from the two perfumers. 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