Faberlic by Valentin Yudashkin Rose is an eau de parfum in the women's range, produced as a collaboration with the Russian couturier. Its notes are described in the catalogue.
What a designer collaboration means
Worth understanding, because it is widely misread.
In perfumery, a designer name on a bottle almost never means the designer composed the fragrance. Perfumes are created by trained perfumers, usually at specialist fragrance houses. The designer's role is typically direction, approval and identity — deciding what the fragrance should express and how it should be presented.
That is not a criticism. It is how essentially the entire designer fragrance market works, including the most respected names.
How to judge one
On the fragrance, not the name. A collaboration is not automatically better or worse than a house's own composition. The name tells you about the intended character and the presentation; it tells you nothing about whether it will suit you.
The same testing applies as to anything else:
- On skin, never paper
- Thirty minutes minimum
- One at a time
- A full day before deciding
Eau de parfum in practice
Denser and longer-lasting than an eau de toilette, projecting further. Two or three sprays; in a small office, two.
Apply to pulse points — wrists, the base of the throat, behind the ears — and do not rub the wrists together.
Making it last
Moisturised skin holds fragrance considerably longer than dry skin. An unscented lotion applied first, on the areas you spray, is the simplest and most effective step available.
Applying straight after a shower, to warm skin, helps for the same reason.
Where it suits
An eau de parfum is well matched to evening, cooler weather and occasions. In heat it will project further than intended, so apply less in summer.
Storage
Cool, dark, in the original box. Presentation bottles are often clear glass, which makes light protection more important rather than less.
The full note structure is in the Faberlic catalogue.