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tix498Diobtetty – :
Vanilla, patchouli, sandalwood, & lapdanum…. Simply put.
postrelenok – :
Cristina is definitely a patch/vanilla fragrance, although without the sweetness I usually associate with vanillic fragrances. This perfume has a dry, incense-like quality, and I like it very much. Within a couple of hours of application, Cristina becomes a skin-scent on me.
4vk – :
Somehow this smells like an old pirate ship to me, wood, cigars, rum.. Love it!
dmj574InsuffBooni – :
Warning: possibly biased review ahead, please read with a mountain of salt. Or not if you are a patch-head too.
I love Cristina. It was divine Providence that a sample of this sweet gourmand patchouli and I met. Cristina is everything Coromandel failed to be on my skin. It’s THE smoulderingly sexy patch. It’s the sweet, nutty patch. It’s the comforting, chocolate patch. It’s the earthy/leathery PATCH (thanks to labdanum here, another bias of mine). It’s all the highlights of C’est la fete Patchouli/Horizon(or other gourmand patch + Psychedelique/Nobile 1942 Patchouli/Noir Patchouli(insert other earthy Woodstock type here) rolled into one.
It might be a little sweet for guys who aren’t into gourmands, personally I find it on the sweeter side of life; it might be too much of a patchouli for some, but on me and for me it fills in every possible blank. To hell with modesty, I smell gorgeous and I radiate positive vibes in rainbow colours when wearing this!
The icing on the cake? We share the same name, well almost. How could I possibly say no to a full bottle?
The longevity and sillage of Cristina are very very good, it stayed put on my pjs the whole weekend.
P.S: to the angel/minx who included the sample in a swap/split, I thank you but my purse doesn’t.
sachulka – :
I love it for exactly all the reasons Eos does not 🙂 .
To my nose it’s a straightforward patchouli + vanilla with some sweetness thrown in for good measure. It’s not your parents’ patch, but it’s way closer than, say, Dior’s Patchouli Imperial. It is not a light, feminine patch by any means – but I think it’d smell super-sexy on a lady.
Longevity isn’t amazing, at 4 hours or so. It’s pricey juice, so reapplying three times a day could get spendy! Definitely gonna wear my sample a few more times for sure – we’ll see if I pick up a flacon or not.
ichovolop – :
Perfumes can smell very different on one person and on the next, and while I don’t normally write reviews, I don’t want people to ignore this one simply because it doesn’t work for some people. It is lovely on me. A sweet nutty scent that reminds me of walking through the Public Garden in the winter when the vendors are out selling roasted nuts. It really has that delicious roasted sweet and nutty smell. Good projection, good lasting power. Actually my patchouli gateway fragrance, which I suppose is worth something. People have told me that I smell sexy when I wear it, but it’s so warm and lovely I couldn’t care either way. I’m waiting until autumn to decide whether or not to purchase it.
aleksa.dynenkova – :
With a name like Cristina, you’d expect this to be more feminine than it is. This is without a doubt the most masculine fragrance I’ve smelled that is marketed as unisex. Here is what Cristina smells like on my skin: the smell of charred wet wood, something bitter and acrid (maybe birch tar?) a little bit of labdanum and something that might be the earthy facet of patchouli. No sweetness, and no respite from the burnt, bitter, oppressive character of this fragrance. Definitely not for me.