Unsung Perfume Hero: Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche (2010) Pierre Aulas and Alberto Morillas + Angels & Demons Draw

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“Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.”-Author unknown.

 Sometimes the most passionate loves begin in reverse, with dislike.  It’s true for some fragrances also. They needed to be understood and once you appreciate their soul, they become a part of your life and you’ll never want to be without them. I feel this way about Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche; The  Fragrance Foundation award winner for best men’s Scent Prestige in 2010, an intriguing creation from Creative Director Pierre Aulas and Award winning Master perfumer Alberto Morillas.

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Pierre Aulus and Alberto Morillas

Ego Facto is a French niche house started by industry legend Pierre Aulas who worked for such brands as Thierry Mugler, Azzaro, Swarovski, Fendi, L'Occitane, Jil Sander, Chloé, Cavalli and Balenciaga as olfactory consultant and creative director. With his global background and expertise, M Aulus decided to start his own brand and works with such scent stars as Laurent Bruyere, Alberto Morillas, Jean Guichard, Aurelien Guichard, Anne Flipo  and  Dominique Ropion. Besides his marvelous array of “les nez”, the “EGOQUIZZ” which can be found on Ego Facto’s website is one of the fabulous things that I’ve encountered. The brand’s icon is the peacock a nod to the elegance and extravagence of a bygone era of colors and contrasts.

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Jamais le Dimanche has for its logo the pitchfork of Lucifer and the wings of a Heavenly angel engraved on it. Maybe this is the best possible way to describe the scent.  We never know if this perfume is an angel or a demon, or both at the same time. All we know is it confuses, seduces and mesmerizes everytime.

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Image First Church of Cannabis

The fragrance opens as an aquatic with watery green notes. After a couple of seconds, cannabis takes the place and the sea portrait imagined becomes a crime scene. No worries… There’s no need to call the police. Cannabis became a popular note in niche perfume industry after groundbreaking Nasomatto – Black Afgano and Geza Schoen’s most underrated Kinski. Jamais le Dimanche is just a different approach around the "marijauna" note and probably the most unique of the bunch. Alberto Morillas brilliantly uses the cannabis note in the fragrance  to provide smoky green depth as it encircles church incense after a baptisim in water.

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Berkan's photo of Jamais le Dimanche (airport Turkey)

As M. Aulus intended, this is a perfume of contrasts. If I had just read these notes, I would have expected a disaster… But after wearing Jamais le Dimanche again and again, I appreciate the originality. Sometimes aquatic notes and sometimes incense dominates the battlefield with green accords as it seeks for new victims to capture. The more I wear the more I like this underrated gem. It’s one of the greatest creations among Alberto Morillas masterpieces Amouage – Opus VII, Givenchy – Pi and Yves Saint Laurent – M7. Jamais le Dimanche is as deep as M7, as dark as Opus VII and a crowd pleaser like Pi…

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Jamais le Dimanche has a tremendous lasting power with big sillage but it’s not an overpowering scent. It is both translucent and opaque; the quality of ingredients differentiates this fragrance from synthetic bombs.   It takes me to heaven for a moment before I descend into the darkness of the Underworld. Join me. İ will be your Virgil.   Notes: Fresh notes, ozone, incense, marijuana accord, balsamic notes

– Berkan Basoglu, Contributor and  author of gurmekokular.com You can follow Berkan on instagram here

Disclosure: from my own collection

Editor’s Note Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche  is available  in  the US at Luckyscent.

Thanks to the generoisty of Pierre Aulas, we have a 50 ml bottle of Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche for a ÇaFleureBon  registered reader anywhere in the world. (if you don't register, your comment is not eligible). Please leave a comment with what appeals to you about Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche, where you live and if you have ever grown to love a fragrance you never expected to adore.  Draw closes 7/29/2015

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20 comments

  • fazalcheema says:

    what a surprise, the moment i read it has cannabis, Kinski came to mind which I have. And it is Morillas creation who is highly talented and who has created the best acquatic fragrance ever in my opinion in Acqua di Gio..thus, I am intrigued how he has mixed aquatic and cannabis ellements in Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche.

    the fragrance I never thought I would eventually fall in love with is Grey Flannel. thanks so much for the draw and best of wishes for the future. I am in the US

  • Joyce says:

    The description reminds me of a piece of music that at first might not seem a preferred genre but then one gains an appreciation for the harmonies and notes. I have sometimes smelled a fragrance instore, not been so keen but for some reason or other tried a sample on my skin and been pleasantly surprised at the unfolding. The reference to aquatic as opening intrigues me and then that piece of cannabis. Will it calm me down? I am a registered US reader.Thank you for a very generous draw.

  • madeleine gallay says:

    LOVE the first photo, sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you.

    Pierre Aulas, his involvement with some of the greatest fragrances … extraordinary career.

    The naughty notes of this sound very sensual and vibrant, yet with the refinement that is here, this could be the best new fragrance of some time.

    I am so excited to read about this. I would LOVE to try this. I remember the very early days of Chloe, so lovely. The hands of this creator are very special. In the US and more than hopeful.

  • Bill S says:

    I admire Aulus and Morillas very much. I had no clue that Ego Facto existed until Berkan’s review of Jamais le Dimanche. Cannabis in perfume I don’t think I have smelled with aquatic.
    The fragrance I didn’t like at first was Alexander McQueen Kingdom
    Now I thinking brilliant of course it isn’t so easy to find
    I don’t understand register reader I guess I am now. I live in Toronto
    Canada

  • benjariell says:

    J’aimerais Jamais le dimanche.
    Intriguing, confusing, mesmerizing, unique, original, contrasting, seducing, deep, dark, translucent, subtle, opaque, quality.
    This is what I like about it, without yet smelling it.

    I had a similar experience as mentioned in the blog. But a little different in that it wasn’t a specific cologne, but a house. In the past, as part of my own quest, I found myself plowing through all of a certain department store’s large, but crappy, selection of colognes. Even though I had already smelled it and passed it up, it was Hermès that kept calling out as if to say, “Pardon, Monsieur! Euh, you will find I am quite good. Give it another try, hein?” It wasn’t just the quality of the scent, it was also the design and display that demanded to be noticed and respected. It helped me to see that there was something better. And since then I have found better still.

    Oklahoma! USA

  • marcopietro says:

    Great rewiew! Jamais le Dimanche description sound very intriguing and seductive to me, I love being surprised and baffled by complex, unusual emotions and evocative smells, just what seems to give this perfume. I hope to try it soon.
    I live in Italy
    Thanks!

  • Steve A says:

    What appeals to me most is the creator is Alberto Morillas. I connect with so many of his fragrances, M7 being an all-time favorite. USA

  • Timea says:

    Very nice review, and I like these pictures too. The perfume bottle is so wonderful, and the notes sounds excellent. I would very like to try this. I live in Europe.

  • Patty P. says:

    I like very much the premise of the review, “Sometimes the most passionate loves begin in reverse, with dislike”. Aquatic notes and incence, yes that appeals to me. This is a generous draw I’d love to win. 🙂 U.S.

  • Francesca says:

    A very generous draw- I love perfume that pushes the boundaries as this one sounds to do-Perfume can really be anything you want to make it- we do know some notes are happy lovers and others quarrel and opposites attract- are these rules? I don’t think so..would really be interested to see first hand how Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche works. Originality to be encouraged and desired. I am an International and registered as well.

  • merlina says:

    I have never smell anything from this brand and the name of Jamais le dimanche is really appealing and I,m curious about the cannabis note. I liked it a lot in Black Afgano and I would like to see how this matches with an aquatic note. I,m in EU (Spain), Thanks for the draw.

  • ring thing says:

    This sounds marvelous, very intrigued by the idea of smoky cannabis surrounding church incense after a baptism in water, especially since incense and cannabis are favorite notes of mine and I would love to smell that juxtaposition with aquatic notes. That love starting with hate thing sounds like a Hepburn/Tracy movie, minus the cannabis, of course. Angel is the perfume that I fell in love with after years of sniffing the tester at every department store I visited. It was repellent but I started craving it and had to have a bottle and have enjoyed it sporadically ever since. Thanks to all for the review and very generous opportunity, I’m in the US.

  • lionceau says:

    Great review. This sounds really good.The name itself has picked my curiosity. Thanks for the opportunity.
    USA

  • hofken says:

    The cannabis-incense combination appeals to me about Ego Facto Jamais le Dimanche. I live in the US and have grown to love Dior Poison My husband gave it to me for our 5th anniversary and I didn’t really like it, but I wore it on all our special occasions and now, when I catch a whiff of it, I love it (although the bottle is long gone)

  • Iphigenia says:

    Aquatic notes, incense, and cannabis what an amazing, mesmerizing mixture this must be… and the name of this perfume “Jamais le Dimanche” something forbidden yet so wanted….. this is the reason that I find it so appealing. Never had a smell that became a loved one after being a no favourite one.
    I live in EU and I thank you for this lovely draw.

  • Lyubov says:

    I visited Ego Facto’s website and guess what – my perfume should be Jamais Le Dimanche!!! I am drawn by its duality and the fresh incense-cannabis combo , indeed.
    I have grown to love chypres and tuberose-centered fragrances, like two of my greatest perfume loves, Aromatics Elixir and Mahora.
    Thank you for the chance!
    I am in Bulgaria (EU).

  • Deena says:

    I rarely wear aquatics on their own, but this one sounds like something I’d appreciate. I love contrast in art, and perfume is no exception. A “hot and cold” quality in a perfume should be very interesting, and the cannabis adds another twist (I enjoyed Black Afgano, so I’m really curious about this one).
    My most intense love-hate relationship has always been with Etat Libre D’Orange’s enfant terrible, Sécrétions Magnifiques (supposed to smell like male, um… secretions). The first few times I tried it (in the height of summer), I gagged. Retched. I was actually afraid and vowed to never again voluntarily subject myself to it. Then, last winter, I smelled a rather pleasant metallic, strangely creamy floral on a friend of mine and was shocked to find out it was my old aromatic foe, Les Sécrétions. Turns out summer is just not its season. I now wear it in the bitterest of winter months, and all that unfolds on my skin is petals on a sun-heated tin roof (and its initial concept makes me feel so wicked :).
    I live in Canada, thanks for the opportunity!

  • JazzBelle says:

    The cannabis notes in an aquatic notes sounds very interesting! I love that a fragrance can be both “angelic” and “diabolical” at the same time. I love complex scents, which is what this sounds like.

    Actually I didn’t like Fracas upon first sniff. Then I grew to love it!

    I live in the USA. Thank you!

  • Greg Sh says:

    This fragrance sounds incredibly well made. Morallis is a genius. It sounds very fresh and anyone would be happy to have it in their collection. Dior Homme Intense is something I grew to love. I absolutely hated it at first sniff hah . I’m in Canada