Fragrance Reviews by greeneyedlady

I tried AG Songes for the first time today and instantly fell in love with it. The shop assistant who sold it told me that Songes was created to capture the scent of the island Mauritius where Annick Goutal and her husband had spent their honeymoon. It reportedly took her five years to develop it. I don't know whether this story is true or not, but I believe it for one reason: I spent my best vacation ever on Mauritius' neighbour island La Réunion and I treasure my memories of the many different scents of it: frangipani, vanilla, ylang-ylang, mimosa, cryptomeria, geranium, coconut, vetiver and spices, to name a few. AG Songes is the time of my life in a pretty bottle and I find its name (it means 'dreams') more than appropriate.

On my skin, this beautiful flower scent starts out with a daring but pleasing ylang-ylang, jasmine and pepper. Although ylang-ylang and jasmine have never been my favourite floral scents, they are irresistibly wrapped into a bouquet of other florals. Later, the frangipani and non-sweet vanilla enter the stage, accompanied by a little vetiver and different balsamic notes. I always wanted a frangipani scent and here it is. Songes actually has the scent of fresh frangipani blossoms in it and displays an elegant mix of the ingredients mentioned by other thumbs-up reviewers.

I cannot, by any means, detect a rubber smell in this masterpiece. It doesn't only smell great on my skin, but also on my alpaca/silk/mohair coat. Here in Vienna, we had some wet snow today and this smell brought sun and sophistication into the cinnamon, vanilla and rum pre-Christmas atmosphere. A lady who entered the perfume shop while I was trying Songes immediately wanted to try it, too, and by the time I left the shop she was torn between buying it at once or making her husband buy it for her as a Christmas gift.