Purple Fantasy (2000)
by Guerlain

Perfectly nice, very polite, but like Brielle, I was left uninspired.
I like a rose and sandalwood blend well enough but... I want more than this from Guerlain. If I smelled this blind I would think it was lovely and gentle and a jolly good creation from a massmarket perfumer like Coty. I mean - this is what a celebuscent really ought to smell like, as opposed to the ghastly fruity hairspray things some of them put out.

So to sum up: not terrible, but not good enough for Guerlain.

Florals, tea, woods, a touch of citrus, and some spice; where does all of it go? Nowhere!
This was such a disappointment for me, I cannot even say. I had tried so hard to purchase it when it came out and here we are 9 years later still not able to find redeeming qualities with it. I hesitate selling this, keep hoping that I will one day have an awakening of sorts, but I guess I will have to let it go.

All the notes seem to vie for attention at the same time, I could not really discern the head, heart and base notes, but I did not even enjoy the intermingling.

Does a Purplebird love a Purple Fantasy? There must be some truth to color analysis because the answer is, yes!
This sends me to the rafters. An exemplary apricot and sandalwood fragrance. I am sniffing every molecule off my hand. Opens with a fragrant note of green tea with jasmine, coupled with osmanthus and apricot (I describe both notes because they both occur support eachother.) There must be an exotic coconut note working some magic in this formula. The whole is buoyed by a perfect, elegant sandalwood base. I can hardly describe how adddictive this is. It just grows and blossoms as one wears it. The quality is evident. This is deep and three-dimensional. Wouldn't you know, this is hard to find? Why do I have to fall for a perfume that I cannot buy? It was was created in limited edition in 2001 by Jean Paul Guerlain, and reissued in 2005 in Paris. I can only locate a tiny one-ounce bottle of EDT concentration. Purple Fantasy is a dream come true. But, like most dreams, I wake up, and it eluded my grasp.

Wild roses, ylang ylang & a spicy baby powder were the prodominant notes on me. A light spicy floral. This is recommended for evening wear, but for myself it is light enough for day time summer wear. I usually do not like fragrances with any baby powder in them but, this really does smell complex & interesting on me. I don't like this enough to purchase a full size bottle, but the cute little bottle would be nice to add to my collection!

Very similar to Anna Sui to my nose, and heck, even the bottles seem to follow a similar theme. Not a bad scent, but never really seems to go anywhere, and remains a bit too fruity sweet for my tastes. Notes of Green Tea, Bergamot, Seville orange, Apricot, Jasmine, Cedar and Sandalwood.