Journal Intime by Galimard

Galimard JOURNAL INTIME is yet another office-ready inoffensive fruity-floral frag. There are so many of these around today that it seems time to acknowledge their well-defined kind by at last christening them with their well-deserved acronym: ORIFFF. This particular instantiation of the type is very light, vaguely floral and vaguely fruity. Very vague, all in all. Neither unpleasant, nor at all compelling. JOURNAL INTIME could be used to define the word 'meh' by ostension.

Oooh,,,, JACKPOT!!!!

I love this one. This is listed as a citrus, and wow is it ever. This is one of the best clean, vibrant, refreshing openings I've ever smelled. True to advertisment, blackcurrent is what you'll get when you first sniff this.

It then mellows out into a very lovely background scent, giving hte impression that you just stepped out of a shower taken in the middle of a tropical paradise. This one just makes you feel good; it's such a happy, crisp scent.

I have one complaint, however. Probably because it is a citrus it doesn't have the sillage that I'm used to from my grand diva oriental florals. Nevertheless, this is currently my favorite from this house, and next to Apres l'ondee is one of my top springtime scents.