Well, last review for at least a couple weeks.
Unlike most of my previous reviews, this is less than on-the-spot as I've tried this a couple times before.
First of all, this perfume has the most glorious top note I've yet smelled; rich, sweet, dew-covered tuberose flower. Nothing artificial about it; it's as good as holding the real thing. Then things settle down a bit, and green scent gets mingled with a slightly different tuberose note mingled with muguet; cool "white florals". As lovely as it is, it can't help but feel a little pale compared to the incredible top note. This blend, rather like some of the other Frederic Malles I've tried seemed to fade rather than develop after the initial burst. There's no sense of previously unknown base notes emerging, but on the good side, there's no nasty surprises either. Like walking away from a garden, it just slowly disappears.
Very beautiful, very direct; not as unbelievably fantastic as the top note suggests, but even without that note this would be a first class perfume.
Unlike most of my previous reviews, this is less than on-the-spot as I've tried this a couple times before.
First of all, this perfume has the most glorious top note I've yet smelled; rich, sweet, dew-covered tuberose flower. Nothing artificial about it; it's as good as holding the real thing. Then things settle down a bit, and green scent gets mingled with a slightly different tuberose note mingled with muguet; cool "white florals". As lovely as it is, it can't help but feel a little pale compared to the incredible top note. This blend, rather like some of the other Frederic Malles I've tried seemed to fade rather than develop after the initial burst. There's no sense of previously unknown base notes emerging, but on the good side, there's no nasty surprises either. Like walking away from a garden, it just slowly disappears.
Very beautiful, very direct; not as unbelievably fantastic as the top note suggests, but even without that note this would be a first class perfume.
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