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Marian48 on 11/6/2003 4:54:00 PM more reviews by Marian48

Age: 44-55   Skin: Normal   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Brown    

I don't understand this "fragrance"
I want to call it an odor. It smells of mildew, mold, rot. It smells ugly.
I love insense fragrances but from this I got none of the sexy, mysterious scent that I associate with insense.
I didn't associate it with church either.
It smelled of death and decay...unhealthy.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Sissi on 10/31/2003 5:01:00 PM more reviews by Sissi

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Green    

I got this from kind pgarridoc. Why? Why did it take me so long to try this?
I love amber notes. I am usually NOT a big fan of vanilla, but the incense in it adds depth and dimension.
I now am a dark, mysterious, fatal woman. Yes, that's me!

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*TOP REVIEWER* Camay on 10/24/2003 11:00:00 AM more reviews by Camay

Age: 25-29   Skin: Other   Hair: Other   Eyes: Other    

Oh yeah. This smells very dark, old, musty, and damp. Like a leaky, dilapidated house. It's interesting, no doubt, but it's certainly not something I'd want to smell like. I admire those who can find something sexy or beautiful about this fragrance. I guess I'm just not that creative.

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kcornett on 10/23/2003 4:17:00 PM more reviews by kcornett

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Brown    

Very interesting frangrance! I find myself very drawn to it - I can't stop smelling it - as it is everchanging. I find more similarity to L'Artisan's Ambre than Passage d'Enfer, which I also love. On my skin, it is long lasting.

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aprillia on 9/22/2003 2:37:00 AM more reviews by aprillia

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Blue    

Well, I actually didn't buy this product...but if I had, it would have been because it was one of those wear it all the time and forever fragrances.
But, I don't want to smell like a library, even though they're sexy. I don't want to smell like a church, because they're not. Nor a suitcase or an attic.

I get a must, dust, incense and mothballs. So...no. Very interesting, and a daring frag. But not for me!

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*TOP REVIEWER* Eliz26 on 8/29/2003 2:53:00 PM more reviews by Eliz26

Age: 25-29   Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral   Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Hazel    

What a unique scent! I like it, but not a personal fragrance, It reminds of the basement of a Roman Catholic curch. Very musty, and somewhat damp, with lingering wisps of incence. Unfortunately, it became somewhat sour and mildewing smelling on me.

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perfumenut on 8/14/2003 6:00:00 AM more reviews by perfumenut

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Brown    

I had high hopes for this one, me being a lover of L'Artisan's Passage d'Enfer and Creed's Angelique Encens I had expected a mix of these two or something like that. Let me say that after an hour or so, I did smell the church theme but for the first hour, all I smelled were clothes that were left in the washing machine too long before being put in the dryer...moldy and musty! This fragrance would be absolutly unwearable on me for the first hour - I wouldn't be able to leave the house! Although the ultimate drydown was tolerable, I'd much prefer Angelique Encens which has a similar theme but is more pleasant and wearable.

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*TOP REVIEWER* JJ_J on 7/26/2003 7:09:00 PM more reviews by JJ_J

Age: 25-29   Skin: Very Dry, Fair   Hair: Black   Eyes: Brown    

Rare books, crumbling around the edges; incense wafting through the air. Strong, smart, and sexy - my hips swing a little more and my chin goes up when I wear this. A scent to rule the world in! Be warned that this one has no middle ground - you will love it, or you will hate it. One of my handful of staples - heats up the winter nights. Sharp but warm, like sunlight on a pile of autumn leaves.

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Crab on 7/23/2003 4:23:00 PM more reviews by Crab

Age: 56 & Over   Skin: Acne-prone   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Green    

Messe De Minuit is much as I expected!!! It does smell exactly like very dry musty books or musty papers. It reminds me of the smell one gets when walking into houses with dry, rotted wood. Not anything I would ever choose to smell like. The initial burst is delightful, but after that, it's all over as far as I'm concerned.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Elyse on 5/23/2003 7:38:00 PM more reviews by Elyse

Age: Unknown   Skin: Acne-prone   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Brown    

i can't add anything new except this really doesn't last well at all. i knew it was edt, but i figured w/the heavy notes it would last reasonably long, nope.

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jaradsbabyxoxo on 4/25/2003 2:15:00 PM more reviews by jaradsbabyxoxo

Age: 19-24   Skin: Normal   Hair: Black   Eyes: Hazel    

this is the worst perfume I've ever encountered. I ordered the samples, thank goodness before decided or not not buy it which I won't. It smelled exactly like old books and musty. I asked a few people what they thought. They said it was different, but they didn't like it. I rushed to wash it off because it started to make me nausea.

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ellenf on 4/22/2003 10:27:00 AM more reviews by ellenf

Age: 44-55   Skin: Combination   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Green    

This is SL Arabie for the summer.
Same feeling to me...I just don't get the basement/mold/musty smell that others seem to associate with this fragrance. To me it is warm, haunting, and delightful...sort of psychotic, yes, but wasn't it Emerson who said that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds?

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cora-lu on 4/20/2003 7:20:00 AM more reviews by cora-lu

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Other    

I give it 3 for uniqueness, but I would never wear something to make me smell like a damp, mouldy basement, however unusual and interesting it might be.

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*TOP REVIEWER* tigrushka on 4/20/2003 4:18:00 AM more reviews by tigrushka

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm   Hair: Grey, Wavy, Coarse   Eyes: Green    

This is it, the mother of all church incense scents! Haunting, mysterious, ghost-like. Messe de Minuit smells like Medieval damp cold stone rooms, musty old volumes... A true masterpiece, not for everyone, though.

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glassofwater on 4/18/2003 12:06:00 AM more reviews by glassofwater

Age: 19-24   Skin: Oily   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Blue    

Ok, I will give you some insight into Chineseopera's past. Once a long time ago I had a beating heart and the liquid in my veins was warm with temperature. With these things going on, it was natural that a young girl such as myself take a suitor time and again. For five years, the same guy and myself danced around the topic of love. I tell you, it was purely innocent ( well, up until the last soul crushing months of it) He would come to my house every day after school and take a nap together until I had to go to my evening job. It was the most innocent and pure time of my life, I would give ANYTHING to have it back. With that being said, I decided to settle on trying to find the scent that surrounded us. Considering that this took place in a basement-I have been on the search for a basement smell- mold, books, etc. A generous MUAer mailed a vial to me, I waited with baited breath. Maybe I could win him back, who knows? He did clutch something of mine two months ago, and exclaimed "Basement smell!" Anyways, to make a long tragedy short, you can't bottle time. This scent is an attic/basement smell but it's not yours or mine, it's a generic non familiar uninviting sour basement. the quest continues...

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jhonenv on 4/1/2003 1:02:00 AM more reviews by jhonenv

Age: 25-29   Skin: Combination   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Brown    

As a Catholic Girl(TM) and a Former Goth(TM), I was veeeery intrigued by the reviews and descriptions of this scent in Productville(TM). I slept patiently by my mailbox while my MDM Aedes sample puttered along in a really, really slow UPS van. By the time it arrived, I had already gotten several people, including my mom, also a Catholic Girl(TM), involved in the anticipation. I'm sad to report that - for someone who has attended plenty of midnight Masses - MDM doesn't conjure up the same connotations of horror and mystery that my latent goth perked up to check out. MDM smells very much like church incense, which doesn't creep me out or keep me guessing, though it does make me kind of bored and sleepy.

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missytoe on 3/30/2003 11:23:00 PM more reviews by missytoe

Age: 30-35   Skin: Dry   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Blue    

The most unusual scent I have ever laid my nose upon. There is a ride in Kennywood amusement park in Pittsburgh, PA called the Old Mill. It's a really old haunted house ride where you float through the ride in a "boat". This scent reminds me of this experience. Kind of like damp paper, old, mysterious. Not pretty or feminine, and it could potentially creep some gals out, but I keep wanting to try it.

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Danica21 on 3/18/2003 2:21:00 PM more reviews by Danica21

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Hazel    

This DOES NOT work on me. I have to say I hated it , it made me a little nauseous to tell the truth. However its a well-constructed fragrance, and should be sampled as I can see it really working on some people NOT ME! hence the two stars.

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*TOP REVIEWER* impishnature on 3/7/2003 12:53:00 PM more reviews by impishnature

Age: 36-43   Skin: Other   Hair: Other   Eyes: Other    

As a native Californian, I practically grew up at Disneyland...have you been in the Pirates Of The Caribbean? You know that musty smell when the pirates are having a cannon battle? Welcome to Messe de Minuit! It is, hands-down, THE most evocative and intriguing perfume I've EVER had the pleasure of sampling. It's a deeply psychotic scent with a definite personality disorder, it keeps changing every 15 minutes or so (ALL incarnations are wonderful, except for the one little period where it smelled like a nice version of my grandma's dresser drawers.) It calls to mind so many things, ranging from a haunted house to a beautiful, warm mansion or a box full of old dresses stored in a damp attic, but the absolute best description by another poster was it smells like an old instrument case stored in a basement. It's beauty and darkness, and a very dramatic scent. It's not heavy--maybe a little creepy and super moody, but please don't let the descriptions turn you off if that's not your thing--it's a must-sample. I agree with the other poster...there is a definite "vintage clothing store" note to Messe, I don't know exactly WHAT that scent is, but it's there. I also detected no sour notes like mildew, and no sharp notes like cedar or anything approaching it. Sample this through Aedes.com ($12.50 for 7 samples), or through the swap board here at Makeup Alley. Wow, I've been excited by perfume before, but never perplexed, confused and adoring all at the same time. Love it.

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Anokhi on 3/5/2003 7:17:00 PM more reviews by Anokhi

Age: 25-29   Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium   Hair: Blond   Eyes: Blue    

Very weird, but I love this fragrance. Dark places, incense in the church together with cold marble, dust, vintage...these descriptions come to my mind when trying to define this scent. It's extraordinary. Not for everybody as it's really very special, but I like incense. It reminds me of times when I was a child, searching through my grandmas stuff under the roof...

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