The Best Perfumes of 2000-2009 in Poetry by Cinquieme Sens {Fragrance News} {Perfume List}
Cinquième Sens (Fifth Sense) a Paris- and New-York-based perfume school open to all (not just professionals) who wish to take classes to train their sense of smell and knowledge of fragrance history and marketing (check out their website for a list of workshops) took their quills to pen down two poems in French about the best or most representative landmark perfumes in their views for each year since 2000 in fragrances both in the masculine colognes and feminine perfumes categories.
I thought the lists were so neat, I asked if I could publish them on the blog and in return even got the suggestion that maybe I could translate them into English? Absolutely!
These lists were originally part of well wishes sent for the new year 2010.
English translations are just below the French verses.
Women's Perfumes 2000-2009
FLOWER (Kenzo,
2000) farde son coquelicot d'un nuage de poudre qui
ravit les coeurs
Flower (Kenzo, 2000) makes up its poppy with a cloud of powder which enchants everyone's heart
COCO
MADEMOISELLE (Chanel,
2001) relance les Chypre(s) et donne des ailes à
Chanel
Coco Mademoiselle (Chanel, 2001) gives a second life to chypres and gives wings to Chanel
DIOR ADDICT (2002),
le must de l'obsession dont l'allure fit des dunes ... tel en est le
verdict
Dior Addict (2002) the must of obsession whose allure created sand dunes...this is the final verdict
VERY IRRESISTIBLE
(Givenchy, 2003) : piquées d'anis, des milliers de roses
fraîches irrésistibles !
Very Irresistible (Givenchy, 2003): tinged with anise, thousands of irresistible fresh roses!
Narciso Rodriguez for Her (2004) dazzles people's minds by adding musk to a chypre without any hitch
Miss Dior Chérie (2005): and if a chypre were to be a gourmand...why certainly, yes!
Nina (Nina Ricci, 2006) and her apple of love intoxicate men with forbidden sensations
The couple Fuel for Life by Diesel (2007): Miss Chypre and Mister Fougère, modernized for a rebellious youth!
No.5 Eau Première (Chanel, 2008): muskier, and what if the mythical No.5 were part of our territory?)
A Scent by Issey Miyake (2009) in which the galbanum knows how to get noticed.
Men's Perfumes 2000-2009
LOLITA LEMPICKA au masculin (2000), un conte de fée boisé
sur un voile gourmand de satin
Lolita Lempicka for men (2000) a woodsy fairy tale on a gourmand veil of satin
HIGHER (Dior, 2001) Iceberg de bois et d'aromates, le
mystère d'un parfum venu d'ailleurs...
Higher (Dior, 2001) an iceberg of woods and aromatic herbs, the mystery of a perfume which came from an exotic land...
M7 (Yves Saint-Laurent 2002) ou le parfum avant-gardiste
autour du bois de oud si esthète
M7 (Yves Saint Laurent 2002) or the avant-gardist perfume built around oud wood who is such an aesthet.
KENZO AIR (2003) Une envolée de fraîcheur anisée, un
léger souffle de vétiver
Kenzo Air (2003) a flight of anise-y freshness, a light breath of vetiver
ALLURE HOMME SPORT (Chanel, 2004) pour l'homme boisé aux
accents aquatiques cristallins qui révèlent son corps...
Allure Homme Sport (Chanel, 2004) for the man who loves woods, its crystalline aquatic accents reveal its body...
DIOR HOMME (2005) habille ses bois d'iris et rend ces
messieurs moins homme !
Dior Homme (2005) dresses up its orris woods and takes down these gentlemen a peg or two on the scale of masculinity!
BLACK XS pour HOMME (Paco Rabanne, 2005) : le temps
est venu de fruiter les hommes, les voici à croquer comme des pommes !
Black XS pour Homme (Paco Rabanne, 2005): time has come to fruit men, here they are lovely and to be taken a bite from like apples!
TERRE D'HERMES (2006) couronne de pamplemousse le vétiver
son altesse.
Terre d'Hermès (2006) crowns his highness vetiver with grapefruit
Le couple FUEL FOR LIFE de Diesel (2007) :
Mademoiselle Chypre et Monsieur Fougère,
des parfums modernes pour une jeunesse rebelle !
Le couple FUEL FOR LIFE de Diesel (2007) : Mademoiselle Chypre et Monsieur Fougère, modernisés pour une jeunesse rebelle !
ONE MILLION (Paco Rabanne, 2008), une explosion de bois
ambrés, un succès qui détonne !
One Million (Paco Rabanne, 2008) an explosion of ambery woods, a success that does not know its place!
LA NUIT DE L'HOMME (Yves Saint-Laurent, 2009), le boisé
sensuel orientalisé par la cardamome
La nuit de l'Homme (Yves Saint Laurent, 2009), a sensual woodsy fragrance orientalized by cardamom.
