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Freevvalker – :
This is another great fragrance by Dame. The jasmine is sweetish, fresh, and green, just gorgeous. The dry down is musky and has a leathery amber note. Very nice!
I’m so glad I discovered this brand. I am continually impressed with the quality and customer service of Dame Perfumery. Highly recommended!
owen59 – :
This starts out so promising, Green fresh jasmine. Then the various woods arrive, making it feel heavy
Tedagreex – :
I am testing a 1ml vial sample of Bergamot, Jasmine, and Labdanum today on a lazy Sunday afternoon. The opening notes of sweet, greenish Jasmine and salty Bergamot are divine. It pairs perfectly with the also salty Labdanum which emerges moments later.
After a few more minutes, I smell some of the other florals, like lily of the valley and violet. Very, very clean. I’m liking it so much I’m trying to decide if I want to buy the 5ml or go all the way and buy the 100ml full bottle from Dame’s website.
Then the musk steps into the spotlight and completely obliterates everything else. Laundry detergent and dryer sheets. Somewhat headache inducing. Not an offensive smell, but just white musk.
Americans seem to have a preoccupation with smelling clean, and this is definitely a clean-smelling perfume.
I really hate to say it, but that the world of perfumery doesn’t need yet another unoriginal and uninspired white musk and that (I feel I’m being traitorous because Dame Perfumery is tied for my favorite house) Mr. Dame’s creative genius doesn’t shine in this scent.
All the notes really do play off each other well, and for that I give this perfume an excellent score. But I want to smell the other notes and not get a faceful of musk when I sniff my wrist.
White musk lovers, the Jasmine and other flowers are very safe, the musk drydown is lasting several hours strong, and you will probably love this perfume
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Top/middle notes: scent 5/5
Top/middle notes: longevity about 1 hour.
aleksii-1 – :
On me, this is a pure POWDER BOMB. A straight-ahead, violet clouds, jasmine puff, rocket-to-the-moon powder. Very vintage-feeling, right off the bat. The smell of the expensive compact your capricious great-aunt lusted after at the department store. Which is not to say it’s old-lady-ish, just classic. As with all Dames, the blending is SUBLIME.
Because of the powder, it reminds me of my much-loved Nanadebary Pink, but without the grounding spice of nutmeg that anchored that scent. I can certainly appreciate the jasmine powderiness here, but I need a certain funk to bring me back down to the ground so I don’t float off into the wind with all the powder particles.
I’m going to try to layer this with something a bit more animalic, spicy, or smoky to make it work better with my chemistry. This is another Dame creation I can certainly appreciate, but that won’t make it into my collection in a full bottle. I definitely recommend a sample, though!
eta: the lasting power on this is low (4-5 hours) despite the very strong opening, so be ready to reapply!
wosqueEurosse – :
So I’m not prone to talking to myself, and was stunned by my own voice– an involuntary “Wow!!” the moment Bergamot, Jasmine, Labdanum hit skin.
Agreed with other reviewers, that this is a super-clean, non-indolic jasmine. A very modern interpretation with no screeching tuberose undertone. Having steered clear of any cistus composition (after bad experience with Bleu de Chanel), I am shocked.. SHOCKED.. how beautifully it behaves in this amazing blend. Violet-Geranium-Ylang are understated, and I cannot pick them out individually. Black currant/ Cassis, which in the wrong hands can take on a ‘cat accident’, poses no problems here. On me, BJL is linear with moderate-to-strong sillage.
When applied, this literally stops Time. Things went in slo-mo like a John Woo film. I parkour off a guardrail, and jump 3 stories down into the driver-side seat of a convertible Corvette. Take off screeching into fragrance heaven. ANYTHING is possible, with Dame BJL.
nnnmmmvvvqqq – :
Oh my gosh, girls, this is a winner, hands down! All the notes blend so beautifully here – with the jasmine (thankfully, NOT indolic) in the forefront. The perfect floral for daytime, especially for work if you are in healthcare. Longevity is 8+ hours, but the sillage is minimal. Sometimes I like a beast like Lou Lou, that enters the room before I do, and stays long after, but Bergamot, Jasmine and Labdanum stays close to the skin. It’s a springtime garden on a sunny day, but nothing overpowering about it. It’s clean, sexy, and appropriate for any time of day or night. Bravo, Jeffrey! Bravissimo!
EDIT: This just gets better and better. There’s a faint trace of salt in the drydown…not the marine type salt, but the salt your clean skin gets after you’ve been sitting in the sun for a while. A very light, musky salt. Mixed with the flowers, this is my new favorite, my new signature. (Sorry, Lou Lou.) There is nothing like a Dame!
Mif-Art – :
Oh, I have to tell you all a little personal story pertaining to this scent. I recently received a sample of this Jeffery Dame Perfumery and brought it along with me when I went to see my maw maw in Louisiana. She had just gone into home hospice so of course I had to go visit my lovely sweet maw maw as soon as I could. On the last day I was there, I spritzed some of this scent on myself and sat with her during the afternoon. We chatted and mostly just sat together, enjoying each other’s company. I did most of the talking, about how much I love her and how I’ll always have my favorite memories of her dancing in the back room to old country music before we had dinner each night. Anyway, during my time with her, she says to me “you smell good!” and that made me so happy to tell her about the perfume sample I received from Scottsdale Arizona. She thought that was really neat and of course thought the perfume smelled beautiful. My sweet maw maw passed away yesterday and her funeral is on Thursday. I plan on wearing this scent and am planning on purchasing a bottle in the near future to keep and wear anytime I want to give love and praise to my maw maw 🙂
Moshatinpavel – :
A light, air, inoffnesive spring scent with just a hint of musk to differentiate it from utterly top-note heavy floral obscenitites so differnetiate it from the smells found in those paper samples in popular women’s magazines. But not by much. Which isn’t to say–I know htis sounds contradictory–that it isn’t far more sophisticated, far mroe superoor from a fragrance connnoseur’s perspepevtive.
Smells like a lean, fresh soap from provence, or perhapws even granada in Spain (the latter perhaps because of the jasmine; the former, the lavender?)
Having seen its constitutuent notes, I am respectful of the nose behind it–combining suhc a symphony with such cohesive results must be no easy feat. But without knowing what went into it, smelling just the result: meh. Not a signature fragrance; not memorable.
ButL I like deep, musky, animalic smells. This it is not. It smells a little bit like vintage lipstick used to smell like back in the day. Quite a lot like it, actually. It is compelling and I like tif ro sure, but I wouldn’t spend money o n it, remember it on somebody else, nor really think of it as somebody else’s signature when they entered a room. IT has a disappointing sillage yet a remarkable longevity, given said limited sillage.
Don’t be put off by how many notes are in the pyramid: it’s one, unified scent, not confusing or too multifaceted. Yet its not at all one-note. It’s like a niche, exciting version of one of those peel-back scents in said magazines Reminds me of chloe perfumes but without the heavy rose element. Smells green to met, with powdery drydown. I can’t think of a good use for it. Maybe…. it wold be a nice smell for a ‘springtime’ laundry detergent for somebody who likes such smells. For your linen drawers, as aliner scent: not as a sexy scent for your lingeries
Although… it’s haard to iamagine that it would annoy anybody, at work or in a more intimate situation .
The labdanum, lily of valley, and lavender are coming out forth to me more and more the longer it stays on (hour oso far).
The reference to vintage lipstick smell–yet. without the spoiled scent that old lipsticks inev itably get–keeps coming back to me. Very fresh. Keen, acute. Sharp but not acrid.
I don’t smell any bergamet, nor any sandalwood, nor any pepper. Nobody would think of sex if they smelled it.
If you love this cent and wanted to make i twork for night, perhaps you could pick one of the fragrance notes in it that you like that find an oild of that scent–say, sandalwood, or even musk, or else sometthing powdery if you don’t want to smell “sexy” in the culture-bound construction of sexy that our western american culture curretly endorses–to layer thi sover, and if the oil worked as base oils are said to, it might even make this Dame scent last longer and bring those notes out.
It’s very clean. I can’t imagine ever remembering or wanting to smell it again. Nothing obsessive or addictive to it. I could see an ad for it with lilacs or springtime light green leaveds in the background and a gazelle like urban model springing across the screen/page with a surprised childlike expression on her face. Life is light, airy, inoffensive If this scent appeals to you, its sillagge vis a vis longevity would make it ideal for work.
For me personally: meh. It didn’t punch me or give me a black eye. I didn’t hate it and come back again to find that I loved to hate it, or anything like that. If what I jus tsaid makes zero scent to you and you liked Lauder’s pleasures, why not try this?
mikha-shevcov – :
This is summer perfection for me! I’ve worn this every single day over the summer and I just love it. It’s scintillating with jasmine, but not over the top, and is just refreshing to have on. Feminine, crisp with a lovely dry down. Dry down is not heavy or syrupy(?), but leaves you wanting more. I always receive compliments and I even compliment myself since I smell so GOOD! I normally like heavy oriental perfume, but this beautiful scent has become a staple in my fragrance wardrobe. I highly recommend!
ykw822Unlogrere – :
I have several jasmine-based frags, but none as unique as this one. I am not good at describing scents, but I agree with Scentedrat in that this has a non-floral dry down. On me it smells as if I layered jasmine on top of Dark Horse, another brilliant camposition by Jeffrey.
All in all, I find this a unique jaz that, because it’s not overly floral, it’s ideal to ease the transition from Summer into Fall … something this Summer fan is dreading.
Beautifully done, Jeff.
Nesty500 – :
I love this one. Jasmine is hit or miss for me, and not a favorite, but this sample came with my order. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a whole different jasmine here! It is fairly gentle, and never gets huge or indolic, which makes it wearable for me. It starts out bright and fresh, and then for awhile it is all clean musky jasmine. Then it surprises me by becoming sweet and almost non-floral in the dry Down. I love this part! It’s just a somewhat delicate, but definitely noticeable, delicious and soft aroma that I can’t get enough of. Beautiful! I burned through my sample vial and now have the trial size. I now have six trial size bottles so I will have awhile to play before I decide which one I need a full bottle of. I’m surprised at how much success I’m having with Dame. They are really working on my finicky skin!
Serg119 – :
I attended the launch party of this fragrance in San Francisco and had the chance to test. What a beautiful, tender jasmine! This is so nice for the warmer weather. What I love about Dame’s perfumes is that you will definitely smell the 3 notes that are listed on the bottle, and this is no exception. The strongest notes are bergamot, jasmine, and labdanum in a 20/60/20 combo. The notes all play so beautifully off of each other.
Something about this jasmine sparkles. It might sound weird, but whenever I encounter labdanum in perfume, it smells like fizzy amber. This is what I smell in this perfume, and it works wonders to uplift the scent of the delicate, breezy jasmine. It has a champagne-like effect; effervescent and refreshing in a way I have never smelled in a jasmine perfume. Exceptional!
I find that jasmine can be a tough soliflore for noses to pull off. Usually with jasmine perfumes, the base goes synthetic/waxy/fake-musky and smells cheap. I did not have this problem with this perfume. It was beautiful, fresh jasmine through and through. The ambery base gives just the slightest perception of warmth and depth.
Very highly recommended for lovers of fresh jasmine soliflores, such as myself. This can easily compete with the likes of Montale’s Jasmine Full and Lutens’ A la Nuit.
Zews121 – :
A breath taking white floral non indolic jasmine! The top is magnificent.
Sensual crisp and dare i say “pure and vivid” the three main notes i detect in the opening are all floral.
Jasmine,lily of the valley and ylang ylang. I can barely tell that bergamot is in the top. Maybe my view is skewed from sniffing the ever powerful bergamot heavy mens fragrances. If it is there it is a wishper my nose just isnt picking up on.
Sensual and soft. slighlty powdered in the middle and dry down. Overall a well crafted scent. Most of the notes are blended together effortlessly.
The main downfall for this fragrance is it’s sillage. It starts off and stays fairly close to the skin. I do get nice wafts of the fragrance for the first couple of hours. But sadly after that it turns to a skin scent.
Don’t take this in a bad way. A fragrance doesn’t have to scream at you to be considered quality. This plays on that fine line of just enough oomph to keep you happy.
This perfume lasted on my skin for about 7hrs.
I think this will fit into someone’s collection and make a person very happy.
A good perfume that could work for most occasions.
Possibly even signature scent worthy.
Just my thoughts on this modern american perfume. 🙂