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Bandit Robert Piguet perfume - a fragrance for women 1. The Bandit Attacks 1. With such a name as Bandit (robber, outlaw, gangster) and with the black packaging, even for 1. No one wants to smell like a criminal right?
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Only the most acute, shrewd perfumista of the period would have understood what this fragrance is all about. My mother never cared for it, although she wore fragrances that one might say have a similar make- up such as My Sin by Lanvin, a perfume I would go on to wear myself. I greatly dislike comparing perfumes or putting labels on them, but to make a point sometimes one has to do just that. Another fragrance that comes to mind is Tabu by Dana. You know, a dark floral, a smoky, musky, leathery and bold statement perfume to wear on a night out, a powerful aroma that does not apologize for anything. I first wore Bandit in 1.
BANDIT ROBERT PIGUET Nose Germaine Cellier Year 1944 Bandit is my signature scent FOR LIFE This is a dark chypre fragrance of solemn & somber tones. The black color/packaging matches up with the smell. In today's context it. The Legend of Belle Starr - Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws: The legend of Belle Starr did not take off in ernest until after her death in 1889. Writers attempting to turn a good story into a sensational.
It was one of my darker Oriental fragrances, and one thing I liked about it was that even with what was then an authentic civet note; and not the civetone chemical recreation, this was not as musky or animalic as I had imagined it to be. The opening notes include citruses, neroli and aldehydes, a very standard opening to most fragrances of the period. The aldehydes are quite strong, and the citrus is fresh and cold.
Then to my nasal detection I sensed the presence of a galbanum. It's green and aromatic, slightly camphorous and beautiful. I love galbanum in perfume. The greenery of this scent embraces Artemisia and a carnation that also smells like it's color is green, like one of those Irish carnations.
This fragrance evokes a masculine carnation pinned on a man's suit. I pictured Oscar Wilde, whose favorite flower was the green carnation. Once the aldehydes have settled down and the citric notes have dissipated, the florals make a brief appearance. This scent can hardly be called a floral.
It has that amazing carnation I'd mentioned, but it's also joined by a powdery rose, and never too powdery, a night blooming jasmine, and a violet. These flowers are not as heady or sweet as most typical floral fragrances. Rather they are sharp, a bit soapy but potent with a violet that can also pass for lavender. It's not a bad floral but these notes are not the main attraction. Once the floral notes fade away, the base notes are unleashed and the bandit attacks. The bandit is nothing more than a civet cat in a Zorro style mask who sneaks up on you and who trespasses on a garden.
It's a skunk that just happens to release a more pleasant scent and not a bad odor or stink. The civet here is wonderful, never mind the politically incorrect usage of civet. The leather note also immediately blends in with the civet. Leather is not my favorite note in a fragrance at all and for the 4.
It took some getting used to when I first wore it. I always thought it smelled like shoe leather but eventually I came to understand it's meaning. This does smell like leather, a black glossy leather or as some have already pointed out, a leather jacket or leather gloves. It's wearable leather. One might also compare the note and it's mood to a dominatrix and her leather get- up. This is a powerful woman in leather who takes charge, feminist, ambitious, charismatic, willful, and incredibly beautiful. She is a CEO, a Prime Minister, President, Queen, head of state.
She is Xena Warrior Princess, Boudica, Kali the Goddess of Death, Athena the goddess of war and wisdom, she is Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. She is Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meier, Hillary Clinton. This is truly a fragrance of feminism. Unforgettable. When you wear her, you're empowered and you feel as if nothing can go wrong.
It's confident and strong. The scent lasts a long long time. The dry down throws up the Oriental notes of patchouli, oak moss, vetiver, incense, myrrh, amber, and resins. This is a spicy Oriental, with musk thrown into the mix. The leather is the reigning accord but the mossy oak wood note and the incense is also quite noticeable.
It has a nocturnal air about it, especially in the last stage. At times, this also reminds me of perfumes like Avon's Occur which share some of the same notes including that coconut and civet, and perfumes like Passion by Elizabeth Taylor and not to mention Paco Rabane's La Nuit. Those unisex/musky/woodsy/incense fragrances of the 8. It was never a flop and it won the hearts of women everywhere. It was a very appealing perfume. Bandit is a complex fragrance, an Oriental floral musk, leathery, seductive. She is a femme fatale, the antithesis of Piguet's Fracas, who is a virginal bride in her white wedding gown.
The Bandit Woman is in black leather, a mask, and she's up to no good. She's waiting for the Fracas Bride to come out of the Church in order to rob her!
The best part of the fragrance is the instant when the fragrance's citrus and floral notes appear to be trampled over by the civet and the darker almost Arabic oud and patchouli/myrrh notes. Because this smells so much like a man's cologne, the idea was you're wearing a man's cologne to an untrained nose who doesn't know it was made for REAL WOMEN to wear. I have not worn Bandit in a long long time. Today the air is chillier and it suits the weather. This is a warm autumn and winter perfume and that civet is cozy like a mink stole. This fragrance matches up with fur coats and I'm wearing one right now.
This is far more full bodied and special to me when compared to the other frags I've mentioned as being some of my old signatures: My Sin and Tabu. This is a fragrance worth your time and money. However do not wear this without having experienced Fracas first in order to see the differences and just how talented Germaine Cellier was.
He has composed such beautiful timeless fragrances: Fracas Bandit Vent Vert, and each have their own personality, moods, imagery and attraction. Fracas is a white wedding (and my wedding perfume), Vent Vert is a green Irish landscape in the spring time and Bandit is a sexy criminal who, even if you put her in prison, she'll find a clever way out of it.