L'Artisan Mechant Loup

L'Artisan Mechant Loup is a deep, spicy woody scent which is actually made for a man but is equally gorgeous on a woman. Mechant Loup means angry wolf or big bad wolf or naughty wolf. This fragrance was launched in 1997, created by Bertrand Duchaufour. 

Reviews of L'Artisan Mechant Loup  

From Basenotes - "After reading the ingredients, I got the hazelnuts, and tasted in the back of my mouth, rather than smelled, the liquorice. Lots of honey. And something fresh I don't recognise. I don't think it's cedar, I know what that smells like. For me it's Red Riding Hood flopping down on her towel after a refreshing swim by the lakeshore, still in her swimming costume, in relaxed, holiday mood, her wet skin drying in the sun. Nothing big, hairy or menacing in sight... Very sweet, pleasant smell, but not for me. Still a thumbs up though."

From Makeup Alley - "The world is dark and, contrary to popular superstition, there is no moonlight to speak of. I hide amongst the wet, dead leaves of the forest floor, my hands grip the wet moss and there is fresh soil lodged in my fingernails. I am surrounded by groundfall apples...perhaps some strange hybrid of Cortland and something sweeter. I can smell the humidity in the air and my own cold-damp, frightened sweat. I pull deeper into the brambleberry brush, the last of the wild raspberries cling to thorny shoots. They nick my skin and I know that something is out there that can taste the drops of my blood in the breeze floating throughout the depths of this night. I can hear the chill. My leather gloves are no protection tonight. Something is hunting me; I grasp the musky fur as its largess pummels into me. There is hot breath, the sharp tang of teeth, and scratches so deep into my chest and arms that I cannot breathe. Mechant Loup has me is its grips. My red, woolen hood is shredded and will soon be wet with dew and blood. But is it the wolf's or mine?"

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