Description
The new fragrance was presented in February 2015, and its name is Ananda Dolce and it provides floral notes sweetened with creamy almonds, warmed with warm resins and musk. Its composition follows previous editions with key floral notes delicately sweetened with almond sand fruit, creating fine gourmand effect. The feminine heart accentuates white flowers and almond blossom, resting on amber, tonka and white musk cuddling the skin with warm and sensual aromas. Perfumers of the edition are Jean-Claude Astier and Geoffrey Nejman (co-founder of the brand).
Fragrance Ananda Dolce comes in a luxurious metallic pink flacon decorated with Swarovski crystals, created by Martine Micallef as 30 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
veedoc – :
Shame and the Giant Peach. Like being drowned in unctuous, overscented hand cream, and not in a good way… this one went way past cloying to reach choking point on me. It was likely never meant to be, as peach and sweet gourmands are dangerous territory for me anyway, but even the rather sexy treatment of the almond/white flowers part couldn’t rescue my respect for this from the depths of rippling smothering glug of overwhelming fake peach and some rather cheap-seeming musk lurking underneath.
Definitely reminiscent of a whole range of generic scented house & beauty products, rather than having a distinct identity of its own. I really did like the heart – and it’s made me now want to find a great almond / white flower combo scent- but ugh, that fruit. Chemical peach nightmare. For me. If you’re a big fan of ultra-femme, classically French perfume with plenty of fruit, and/or a peach completist, this may be a prime pick. Sillage huge (aren’t the stinkers always?) and longevity robust (so robust I had to scrub it, to be perfectly honest.)
GermanGRIND – :
I didn’t like it. It has a verify artificial smell to it. Probably the almond. Which is sad. I was hoping for more of a sweet marzipan almond, but it just smells like fake almond flavoring. I also totally get why someone would think it smells like toilet water.
Rhigioush – :
Went into this scent not knowing anything about it – first impression was being enveloped by something heavily sweet and fruity. Perhaps Herbal Essences shampoo and an after shower rub down with the familiar cherry-almond scent of Jergens. Not entirely unpleasant, but too sweet and heavy for my liking. Much more like a bath product than a perfume.However, I tend to fall in love with scents during the dry down, so I decided to wait.
Nothing great ever came from this, though. It stayed peachy sweet, though thankfully muted as time went by. I kept waiting for those base notes of amber and musk to wrap me up, but they never fully came. This isn’t a BAD scent per se…it’s just somewhat weighty and artificial, and far too sweet for my tastes. I can’t even say this one rates a “like” on my list.
shvv48 – :
You’re sitting on the back porch in the evening, munching on a fresh peach, watching some fireflies dance in the distance. Your wife is out there with you in her robe, enjoying the cool night air, having just put on some almond body lotion before bed. Ananda Dolce by M. Micallef.
marsilva – :
I do like this scent, kind of a “pêche melba” but everyone around me keeps telling me it smells like toilet spray. Now either I use very posh toilet spray, or my nose is just more refined. Either way, it is a summer scent as far as I am concerned, with very soft sillage.
Jacky313 – :
I can’t make my mind up about this curiosity. I keep getting wafts of it on my skin and the impression is confusing.
Sometimes it’s the Glade air freshener my grandmother used in the bathroom. Not good.
Then it’s the rubbery vanilla of my 1980s Cindy doll. Nostalgic, but wouldn’t be my first choice for how I want to smell to the rest of the world.
But sometimes it’s the most delightful ripe peach, with a pop of freshly made lemonade and a drop of amaretto. It smells like an early summers day on the Amalfi coast. I want it to smell like this all the time. Go away Glade!
EDIT: I’ve discovered a wicked little secret. Layer this with the cheap-as-chips but very lovely nectarine/vanilla gourmand Fancy Girl (Jessica Simpson) and the Glade vibe disappears. One spray of Ananda Dolce (obvs – this stuff isnt cheap!) and 3 or 4 sprays of Fancy Girl = peaches and limoncello and amaretto in Amalfi. Hallelujah!).
LEXUSNARX8 – :
A lovely peachy fruity scent with some almond.
I’ll update again once ive re-visited this.
sanovich – :
My favourite of all time, you’ll smell like a 1980s doll in the best possible way… apricots, peaches, almonds , shampoo. It’s amazing! Initial blast makes my eyes roll back… divine x
chick2006 – :
Smells like a freshly baked peach and almond pie, with a dollop of fresh whipped cream and dusting of icing sugar.
This is a sweet gourmand scent that warms the skin and leaves a light trail of edible goodness.
I feel as though the almond and peach seem to compete for attention though. Is it a peach pie or almond pie? For me neither is able to steal the show, and both seem to be just too in your face. I agree with others who said it reminds them of a youthful scent.
I tested this twice, and honestly the second time it started to be too sweet for me. Maybe I need to try it again in a different season (I’m trying it in the end of Fall). But for now I’m happy I only had a sample.
gunua-vova – :
I’m not the biggest clean scent fan, but this takes the peachy fresh shampoo I love in By Kilian’s Dangerous Liasons, and sweetens it with candied almonds. It’s THAT GOOD. Creamy, sweet, and fresh at the same time. Next purchase!!! Signature worthy!
timyk – :
I get apple, not peach, and an overdose of white flowers.
Kenigsberg152 – :
Almond and peach are prominent. It is overly “almondy sweet” the first minutes and then turns into a beautiful soft creamy scent. I like it a lot, but not sure I would pay the price tag for it… Too close to the skin to get noticed in my opinion. Short longevity too…
balts89 – :
This is beautiful, definitely very soft; but sadly the longevity is very weak. There is a slight blast of almond when first sprayed, but for me, the almond note disappears almost immediately, becoming a soft floral skin scent. I do pick up a wee little of the peach note, but I mainly get a soft floral. And I have to sniff even harder to smell the musk and amber, so the musk, amber (and tonka) are pretty much MIA here for me.
I think though, if you are hoping for heavy-almond, well, best to test this one first, if you have your heart set on a heavy almond note. The almond note, though rated high, is only there at first spritz for me then poofs.
Anyway… It is a pity that this has such poor longevity. I do enjoy this scent, and it could have easily been a contender for me for a signature scent, but alas, the poor longevity takes this from almost a love to a very strong like for me. I do love that this is unique enough that it does not make me smell like every other girl/woman at the mall or at the coffee shop. But I also do not want to have to spray this every couple of hours. I suppose it is fine for cuddling on the couch, watching a movie with my sweetie, that sort of thing.
To me, what I think of when I smell this is, “this is the scent of a woman”. One of those that “come closer to smell “..beautiful, soft, and feminine. I do not find this cloying. Just very soft. Not heavy on the sweetness really, perhaps on a scale of 1-10, the sweetness here for me is about 2 or 3.
But again, the terribly low longevity. Pity, because this would be/could be an everyday frag for me.
igor8070 – :
Homesweet, have you tried Police Forbidden?
Neassandemi – :
Intense cherry cough syrup and bubblegum for the first 30 minutes, dries down to something more like the listed notes. Very sweet (obviously) cherry-almond gourmand. Cute, but my search for the perfect cyanide scent continues.
LasPapas – :
It does smell like flagrant dolls ! That kind of locum/Turkish delight mixed with something plasticky . I love it!
It must be the combination of almonds with tonka, sugar, and rose petals that give this result, but I don’t see any roses here, it must be the almond blossom . Add to that the velvety and juicy white peach, and you’ve got yourself Ananda dolce. A delightful and youthful gourmand , that somehow escape the patchouli spell that almost every gourmand falls into !
The bottle is absolutely stunning, along with the box, the satin that is rose gold color and the sparkly rhinestones.
The perfume is fruity and gourmand, sinuous yet clean, youthful and seductive. I jewel indeed, carefree and lovely. The silage is low to medium, and so is the lasting power. This is a daytime perfume, it doesn’t have the dramatic power to survive through a night out or incite a hot and seductive mood, It’s rather innocent but it has the charm of a young maden flushed by earthy desires and thinking “what if ….”.
dimakozlov2006 – :
My first impression was of a watered down or really mild cherry cough syrup smell – but I also agree with the reference to plastic dolls (barbie, cabbage patch kid, troll doll – whatever you had) and I find it a soft, sweet, pleasant skin scent for daytime. Doesn’t last very long but the bottle is lovely. I got a great deal but wouldn’t pay full price and I wouldn’t recommend it as a blind buy.
Edit: I sold this for $2 when a friend had a garage sale this summer. Even though I found it pleasant enough, there is literally no time or place in my life where I want to smell like watered down cherry cough syrup and plastic doll heads.
taty8 – :
Overly sweet, common smelling. Fruit and cotton candy. I agree with the previous commenter that there’s a strange Barbie doll scent, like fruit scented plastic toys made for little girls. If you like modern sweet gourmands you will probably enjoy this. Personally, while it doesn’t repel me I don’t really find anything here that I can’t get for a lot cheaper. This is basically an expensive fruity gourmand celebuscent.
tata1831 – :
I love this “peaches n’ cream” scent, mixed with a little bit of fruity shampoo. The almond is there, but it’s a green, raw almond. I am not talking about the kind of almond that is often mixed with vanilla and heliotrope to create a powdery, jordan almond type scent. It’s the polar opposite on the almond perfume spectrum.
This definitely takes me back to Peaches and Cream Barbie from the 80’s. While I love the scent, that is one of my two issues with it–it is a tad less mature of a scent than I typically go for. The second problem is that longevity is really lacking at this price point. I have to apply it every 2-3 hours, or else it fades to nothingness. It’s like a body spray in that sense. I tried to imagine a 10-year-old girl smelling like it, and I don’t think it would be terribly out of place; the scent is so simple, sweet, and un-perfumy. I give the scent itself a 4/5, but longevity is 1/5.
p.s. The bottle is gorgeous in real life. I wish all perfume bottles could be so beautiful.
Buchmax – :
Wow, didn’t even know that I don’t like almond so much!
It starts and stays as a bubble-gum sweet almond/peach with noticeable tonka bean and maybe some amber after awhile, soft and powdery overall.
The first thought after trying the fume – smell of a hand soap used at restrooms of restaurant/bars. Not a cheap one but too strong/artificial/sweet to be enjoyed outside the communal place.
Maybe if I have visited peach/almond nursery during the bloom season instead, I would appreciate this fragrance more..
Unfortunately the quality of AD is pretty good: sillage is indeed moderate and I’m actually sad that after 3 hours it is still playing strong..
I can see many women enjoying and wearing this, esp during the spring or early summer,but definitely not my cup of tea.
yzq407speagoessenda – :
Was able to test from luckyscent. I really liked the softness, and the slight peach and almond. It was a bit too sweet for me, however if the fragrance lasted more than a few moments; I would have spent the money. It’s what I’ve been looking for, something different and wearable for any time or season. If it would only have lasted I’d have that lovely pink bottle on my dresser and myself!
Paraneoxwrofe – :
My God this is cloying! I love gourmands, i am a fan of Micallef in general and I like all the notes listed for this fragrance, yet I don’t think this sits well on me at all. It’s pure intense peach peach peach, thick and syrupy, with a hint of creaminess but not enough to save it. I only sprayed my wrist once and every time I breathe/sniff it my whole throat is filled with it. I couldn’t eat wearing this, no way, nor do I recommend you wear this near anyone who needs to eat. Honestly this is so full on, it’s all-consuming. It’s just too thick feeling, and perhaps the white florals used here are adding to the peach syrup and just making the effect worse. If the sweetness was toned down two or three notches I possibly could have loved this. Still waiting for drydown to sense some amber or musk or just anything to cut through this cloying syrup.
Desatettas – :
I couldn’t wait: I bought a bottle, 100ml €180…incredibly expensive, I made a BIIIIIG present to myself and will put one or two drops on my neck or on my scarf (it’s winter time) just for special days. AD will be gorgeus on summer as well. The packaging is luxurious: a look like pearl bottle with the top surrounded by tiny cristals in a box similar the ones used for jewels. It’s a almondy and fruity, the creamy note is given by musk, but I can’t detect any white flower note.
nik7914 – :
Tryed a few days ago and it was love at first sniff. This jem opens with almonds and two or three minutes later the peach comes out. It’s a real perfumery mainstream: very creamy, fairly sensual, feminine in a comforting way… It’s like a caresse.