My word. Some perfumes leave you breathless, and it becomes immaterial what you may have thought your preferences were beforehand. So it is with the fragrant compositions of Eliam Puente of Puente Perfumes, who made his aromatic debut last year with the exquisite Medusa, one of my top 10 scents of 2022. How does one follow in those footsteps? You create two more swoony potions named Vespertine and Iris Doux.

Iris Doux by @puente_perfumes is the early spring in a bottle.

It is full of light, contemplative, mystical and brings the wearer one with the nature.

Iris Doux welcomes you in its ancient, evergreen woods.

…this is one of my favorite tuberose fragrances I've put my nose in, up there with Fracas and Carnal Flower, but contrary to the mentioned fragrances which I don't consider a soliflor, Vespertine does what is basically an incredible challenge, it smells more like the flower then a fragrance so to say.

Iris Doux is one of those fragrances, that honestly, there's no way I can make it justice with words. Eliam did something a little different here, playing with the cold aspects of the Iris with the warm tones of tropical florals, mainly ylang and frangipani.

Medusa is Eliam Puente’s first fragrance, and blissfully, there are more to come. I was thrilled when approached by this old friend embarking upon a new creative path. Medusa is one of the headiest, most voluptuous perfumes in recent memory, and worthy of a cherished vintage status, with its inclusion of the finest quality materials. It’s dizzingly envoûtant and erotic.

Puente Perfumes Medusa is one of the headiest, most éblouissant scents: a potent elixir bathed in indolic waves of secretive blossoms, underscored by a plethora of vetiver racinettes, inky oakmoss and beguiling civet. The perfumer (much like myself) is besotted with exquisite raw materials and only employs the finest which come to hand. By necessity, these components are costly – but they take you on a journey which can’t be imitated and develop in a manner that makes your head swim. Medusa is so sensual that it must be smelt to be believed.

When something is good, it's good without any justifications, without additives. Medusa and Iris Doux are that good. And what is strange is that both come from a man whom is still experimenting with materials and compositions. He's on the right path. I like the way Eliam plays with the flowers' radiance, with their defying character, and animalic materials, using the latter as a complement rather than a contrast.

VESPERTINE es un homenaje a las flores blancas más utilizadas en perfumería, así es otro de los nuevos perfumes de @puente_perfumes

Pero entre todas ellas la tuberosa es la intérprete con más actuación en esta creación llena de elegancia, adicción y lujo.

Hoy otra vez tengo el placer de hablaros de uno de los dos nuevos perfumes de @puente_perfumes

Y cuando digo el placer, lo digo con toda la fuerza como las primeras notas de IRIS DOUX

Un perfume que ha hecho que me enamore por completo de uno de los ingredientes en perfumería más caros y lujosos.