L'Occitane Eau des Baux

...it's not baby pudding time.

L'Occitane Eau des Baux doesn't have any tricks up its sleeve. This eau de toilette is a straight-ahead amber that comes in smelling good, and stays smelling good. It doesn't hijack you down a dark alley littered with licorice and ylang-ylang, it doesn't twist your melon with a salvo of ozone or men's tears. Eau des Baux keeps it simple by humming a happy little tune peppered with a smidge of cardamom and dry, incensey woods. It is vanillic, but not at the cream-pie-in-the-face levels of L'Artisan Parfumeur Ambre Extrême or Annick Goutal Ambre Fétiche (which isn't an implied criticism of cream-pie-in-the-face perfumes, by the way.) Just know that Eau des Baux is on call as your Johnny-on-the-spot "mall amber". It's never been so easy to smell so snuggly.
Eau des Baux is available from Amazon.com at $44 for 100ml

11 comments:

  1. "It doesn't hijack you down a dark alley littered with licorice and ylang-ylang" -- Vivid, and marvelously to the point. As always.

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  2. Thanks, nathan. I found your compliment vivid and marvelously to the point.

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  3. Katie,

    You ever have a perfume that you like so much, you didn't want to recommmend it for fear everybody will start wearing it? Thank you for letting everybody know about Eau des Baux. One of mine that always gets attention. Why because no one wears it! Now you have let the world know about it. Will see how this review impacts the world! Vegas is up on the agenda again. Last trip Cool Water overload! Fingers crossed you had a impact in getting the Wannabes to give it up! We can only hope!

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  4. Gojira, that says a lot that a connoisseur like yourself has a long-standing spot in your collection for Eau des Baux.

    Haha, yes - let's see how this review impacts the world, shall we? ;-)

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  5. Good evening, America! And welcome to another episode of your Show of Shows, Katie Puckrik Smells!

    The show with the yes's and no's for the nose in the know! Brought to you as always by Baby Pudding Time!

    Baby Pudding Time - the sweetest choice of charming children everywhere!

    You can eat it OR wear it! Baby Pudding Time!

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now, heeeeeeeeeere's Katie!

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  6. That was enjoyable, Stefush. I just read your script aloud in cheesy announcer cadence, and "The show with the yes's and no's for the nose in the know!" bounces right off the tongue.

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  7. My five-year-old enjoys your "baby pudding time," phrase. I'm trying to teach him early how to have a discerning nose, and we watch your reviews together.

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  8. Nora, not only will your young one have a discerning nose, he will have a bizarre way of expressing himself. Hopefully.

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  9. Hi,
    I've just enjoyed watching some of your reviews on Youtube. You mentioned that you like incense type perfumes. Have you tried Eau d'Iparie by Occitane? Very church-like and medicinal (i know nothing but that's how i'd describe it) - i love it. I would really enjoy hearing what you think? Thanks - really love the fun yet informative way you write and present your videos :-)

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  10. Annette, so glad to hear you're enjoying KP Smells. I just revisited my sample of Eau d'Iparie, and it's such a cool, un-mall-like perfume. Gotta hand it to L'Occitane! Myrrh seems more prominent in this than incense - it's nicely resinous and a bit sappy.

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  11. Thanks for answering :-) I've been wearing it again as the weather's been getting colder. And now you've described it - yes - it's resinous! I really like it but i'm still searching for my ideal perfume. I feel a bit like a serial cheater because i think it's love and then i go off a perfume when something different/better/more interesting comes along. I'd ideally want to be love struck by a fragrance for women that has the same effect on me that Terre d'Hermès does when i smell it on a man! Loved your review on that one too :-)

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