Fragrance Reviews

Fragrance Reviews by La Senora

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Tilleul by D'Orsay

Love it and i'm a brunette! it's spring and summer-y. My husband loves it on me too. The dry down is not non existant just a hush of scent which I love for work. I do not attribute an age to this fragrance but a delicacy. I am a Musc Ravageur person (!) so Tilleul is a real 180 degrees in every way. It's non citrus-y, natrually earthiness is fresh and feminine. So, like wearing the color red, black or violet, it's all about mood and style.
13 November 2007

Le Baiser du Dragon by Cartier

i love it! Have fragrances that approach this drama but this does it for cozy evenings out. I do not wear it at the office. It is so provacative that my husband askes me to wear it when we have dinner in. Alone. defiantely grown up. I never thought I'd wear patchouli in any formula. yet here it is amidst ceder, vetiver, amber, musk. I find the iris and rose is lost on me upon drydown but that suits me just fine.
30 December 2006

Comme des Garçons Parfum by Comme des Garçons

Can't believe I still have this. It's better with time. When first experienced this it was too sweet, even the dry down, Christmas-y and almost too young for me - in my Chanel No.5 and pearls period. with time it's aged (?) so that the spice I was afraid of, makes more sense now. first moments it's definately clovebud, cederwood and cinnamon but the drydown is warm,honey and earthy. it went from being "too much" to being autumnal and warm but also risky. with notes not usually attributable to women's scents. I love it now, wearing it with pearls & gold, sweaters and wool. Although,less is more here.
30 December 2006

Douce Amère by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido

This beautiful scent has a cousin in the Malle scent Musc Ravageur. Both are for adults, both need a commitment. One cannot be ambivilant about the anise and enjoy wearing this. The drydown is beautiful as day becomes evening I don't worry about the scent mutation to chocolat and vanilla, it lingers, changes becoming darker, sexier , still retaining the absinthe. I would be interested in finding out if it's primarily brunettes who enjoy this, doesn't strike me a blond's scent, the reponse to it from workmates (not all men) is very positive. But I wear this for me.
11 November 2006

Eau des Merveilles by Hermès

i wanted to experience this, i has tried it on at the store a while ago and remembered it. on my skin it was a disappointment. very masculine. the more time i gave it the worse it got. vetiver was too much, i expected it to be orange and wood. maybe it would be great on a blond. a blond guy.
01 October 2006

Musc Ravageur by Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle

this is a new experience for me. at first it was extreme, too musky, overt and in your face. this was in a store, i was told to let it warm up on my skin. by the time i got to the office, in the mid afternoon, it changed, it mellowed, got deeper (i don't know the vocabulary of the nose) the change in the vanilla, clove and lavender was great. you must be judicious. It's not ladylike and it's not for girls. this is a truly adult fragrance.
01 October 2006

Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf

too too. it's trying to hard and the drydown is worthless. you need to be really young to pull this off. sense memory of disco in the late 80s, amyl nitrate and all.
01 October 2006
 
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