Basenotes - Reviews by charmian

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Un Jardin Après La Mousson by Hermès

bought a bottle of this the other day after l sprayed the tester on my wrist. it was fresh, spicy, subtle & hauntingly exotic (unfortunately it has no staying power whatsoever, but then l suppose its an excuse for a respray).l have actually visited Kerala which is where the garden after the monsoon is evoked. the bottle is an attractive bleu degrade & the box it comes in is charmingly drawn with a little elephant & flowers etc.
l must be a pretty hopeless sniffer though, because l cant detect any melon notes in this scent - spices,yes -and most of the reviews l've read on here & perfume posse are obsessed with the melon question!!

22nd January, 2010.

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Chypre de Coty by Coty

haven't been able to get hold of any, but may l add an amusing little apercu about coty scents in general here? just been reading "the real tsaritsa" by lili dehn and apparently the 4 romanov daughters all wore coty.olga, the eldest,liked rose the while tatiana favoured jasmin de corse.marie tried a lot of scents but always returned to lilas and finally, anastasia used violette.the tsaritsa used atkinson's "white rose" and an unspecified vervaine as an eau de toilette

26th December, 2009.

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Eau des 4 Reines by L'Occitane

very very disappointing. basically akin to opening a packet of haribos (kids sweets). but l did buy a "room fragrance" because of the prettily shaped bottle which comes with an old fashioned pump squirter in a little net ( like the prada one).
will use it in my wardrobes & when it's empty, fill it with something else.

2nd December, 2009.

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Eau Parfumée au Thé Rouge by Bulgari

light & fresh ( l live in the turkish republic of northern cyprus ) so it needs to be ! should think it's a bit too feminine for a man even though it's unisex. quite lemony at first but sweetens down later. not at all long lasting on me & l dropped my spray on a marble floor & rendered it unusable. smashed the glass to get the scent out & filtered it into an empty floris glass splash bottle. it's quite hard to get scents here except at the airport- if they're not on strike - so l go over the border at the foot crossing into the greek side. there are 3 branches of debenhams where one can get most of the major brands. used to live in london where buying scent was a doddle. how one lives & learns !!!

30th November, 2009.

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