Reviews of Aqua Allegoria Cherry Blossom (2009)
by Guerlain

At first spritz, this smells like Guerlains' Glittering Cherry Blossom, which is basically Bulgari's trademark tea note, and then takes an indolic turn. After reading Asha's review, I 'get' the hairspray smell she's referring to - her commentary is very good (as usual!), but I will give this one a neutral. Mostly because it has a distinct evolution which is creative and it is suprisingly wearable.

Hmmmmm, I dont reeally get the hairspray as mentioned below but I do get the tea. This is really terribly unintersting. Plain ole tea type scent with a hint of floral notes, possibly cherry blossom but very faint. Not terribly impressed but wearble!

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Cherry Blossom

Notes: cherry blossom, green tea, peach and bergamot (from NowSmellThis)

I am not sure exactly what I should be smelling, but what it SEEMS like I am smelling is hairspray. Powdery, bitter, sour, plastic flower hairspray. I do not smell anything even remotely approaching natural peach, bergamot or any kind of flower blossom, let alone a cherry blossom. CB's opening notes are so much like hairspray, I was starting to wonder if this was a light fragrance intended to capture the Guerlain Insolence crowd. I find the top notes to be so unappealing as to be nearly nauseating. Thank goodness this stage burns off after about 10 minutes. What is left? Tea. Yes, the same tea accord we have seen almost everywhere else, including Bulgari Eau Parfumee au The Blanc and its ilk. I am thankful that I really like Bulgari's tea fragrances, otherwise this Guerlain would be unsalvageable for me. Just when I thought it was a lost cause, the smell of leather and tobacco started drifting to my nose. I thought perhaps there really WAS a tobacco note, and I was about to get excited that Guerlain might have taken some risks with this year's AA offering. Alas, Cherry Blossom gives the impression of being cheap and derivative. It gets marks for not giving me a headache or other allergic reaction, but thumbs down for being boring! As with all the other AA's, longevity is middling, around 5 hours, and it swings toward the feminine side of unisex, mostly due to the tea accord.