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horivas – :
For what it’s worth, my musk and vanilla hating partner likes this. Since the advertising come on says it is a rediscovery of what a musk/vanilla perfume cam be, it seems to have worked with Dovana at least.
pletcheracx – :
Musk, neroli, and purple flowers. Here I thought I didn’t like musk, but I think I was getting it mixed up with the patchouli in some scents. Dovana is definitely powdery at first, but it becomes a light, sweet musk later on.
boru – :
Clean baby powder beautiful floral soft
I got discovery set and like all
eerngi – :
Clean, musky, soft and powdery. Lasted longer than expected on my skin for such a gentle smelling fragrance. I would consider buying a full bottle of this because if you like powdery, lipstick notes, this is a good option.
Not unisex, suitable for a more experienced wearer, won’t appeal to the lovely young things who go for candy and fruit vibes.
CormCoipExpep – :
I have received the sample pack La Collection Muscs by Sylvaine Delacourte, so let’s review them one by one.
Dovana is very beautiful and feminine; as other reviewers have stated, it is perhaps a tad too sweet to be worn by men, and a tad too mature to be appreciated by very young girls, but I don’t think that they were SD’s intended target group anyway.
Dovana is not your typical musk bomb and, aside from musk, it features several other protagonists, namely vanilla, heliotrope, iris and mandarin orange, that give it its sweetish-talcum vibe. So, this is firmly aimed at lovers of lipsticky, powdery, make-up scents. I imagine that this is what a geisha would smell like.
balormic – :
Lovely, soft and feminine. Reminds me of Ellen by Ellen Tracy via the rose, vanilla and sandalwood. I don’t get much powderiness from the Iris. The heliotrope sweetens the base of smooth white musk. This perfume is interesting in that it rises and falls during the course of the day, You think it is gone, and here it comes again! Very wearable and very close up and personal in an innocent way. Lovely.
mdma603 – :
I usually enjoy soft musky powdery fumes. Perhaps it might suit a younger lady than I, but Dovana was a scrubber for me. I persisted for two hours to see how it developed, because on application it was far too candy sweet on my skin. Not many men could wear it confidently, meaning although labelled so it isn’t unisex.
lyubomyr3000 – :
The combination of heliotrope, neroli, mandarin and iris with musk here blend to form a perfume that is soft yet with a dash of bite that smells not unlike violet to me. A musky fruity floral that is pretty and very wearable – very office safe but also pretty enough for wearing to a dinner date imo. Can’t see that this would offend anyone.
Maxfed555 – :
Fruity-floral in powder form. Like if you converted the shampoo aisle in a department store into powder form – poof! – this is what u’d get.
Okay it’s somewhat more interesting – there’s a nice little tangy aspect to it (ambrette? an aspect of the heliotrope?) and the frag shimmers a bit; it’s not exactly linear.
I’m just not a fan of fruity-florals, and to my nose that’s what this is. The powder was aspect was very original, but not enough for me to make me make an exception.
Demetriushar – :
It has that vintage clean touch. Most likely reminds me of grossmith fragrances somehow with that soapy delicate musk and purple color floral. I can sense some iris sandalwood, soap, and heliotrope with hints of musk. Slight neroli and orange yes.
It’s after all not an animalic rough fragrance, it’s delicate musky fragrance that could be sexy in away.
Shmitt89 – :
It does indeed start to smell like Dove soap after a few seconds upon application. But not in a cheap way. In an olfactory homage kind of way. One expects to smell a resemblance and Dovana delivers in a playful experimental manner. An interesting aspect of this fragrance is that the smell of Dove slowly takes shape. It does not come out that way. And you only get to enjoy this brief homage for a while before it morphs into a different fragrance altogether. For the rest of its life, Dovana becomes a heliotrope-Iris scent, underlain by creamy-coconutty pairing of sandalwood and white musk. What a spectacular performance! Even under such high expectations, Sylvaine Delacourte proves herself a cool virtuoso.
stepan21a – :
I see it as a natural path that after many years behind the creative direction of Guerlain Sylvaine Delacourte decided that it’s time for a brand under her name and with her ideas. And it’s not a surprise for me that she decided to make her first line of 5 fragrances united by a white musk concept. The abuse of musk bases in thin fragrances created a misconception that musks give a cheap aspect to a composition. The fact is that used in the right way they are certainly a force capable of round and exalt the most precious materials and bring unity and softness to a whole composition. This seems to be the idea here and Dovana is already a good example of that.
If you expect a clean functional idea of white musk, you’ll certainly be surprised (or disappointed). Dovana might have a clean component in its smell – after all it was inspired by a soap of Sylvaine’s childhood. The idea in fact conveys a sensation of freshness and purity, but one which doesn’t forget the chic component behind it. It makes me think as if Sylvaine was inspired or motivated to bring some of her projects for Guerlain back and rethink them. I see that the delicate musky sweetness of creations like L’Instant Magic and Mon Precieux Nectar are here, but under a different harmony.
Dovana starts with a sparkling citrus impression, which already has a floral component on it. It moves foward something more bitter and almond like and i appreciate that here, different from L’Instant Magic, the almond blossom impression is neither so bitter or plastic in its aroma. It’s delicate, elegant and gives plenty of space for a powdery and discreetly sweet iris accord. Dovana ends quite simple in a coherent way, with a musky creaminess punctuated by the delicate woody aroma of sandalwood. And altough it aroma is soft, it lasts in a very pleasant way, like a second skin. It’s a good choice if you appreciate Delacourte work with Guerlain perfumes where the muscinade was a major star.
lexios – :
Well, here up Fragrantica shows only White Musk as note. So in the preview comment I did quickly tried to guess the notes, now I have found the official notes on the site.
Ambrette
Rose
Sandalwood
Iris
Vanilla
Mandarin
Neroli
Heliotrope
White Musk
I was not so far… and also: who knows?
vovik-ariya – :
The entire collection is called LA COLLECTION MUSCS but by now i feel to say this is the wrong name
I only tested Florentina e Dovana but this two are talc.
La Collection Talc, should be called.
Every country has a bit different conception of talc, because talc can be actually perfumed in many different ways.
Here in Italy one of the most famous and ancient-traditional talc is Borotalco Robert’s, and this perfume smell almost exactly like the mentioned. Remember me Anna Sui when dries.
Like Florentina, which is similar, I guess to find inside tonka, vanilla, iris, amber, heliotrope, powdery notes, vetiver and contrast notes to rebalance it and provide a not totally ultra sweet suffocating smell like geranium lavender or rosemary, or just rose.
But they play with cottony almondy notes, praline. not properly real oils I presume. As usual.
Nice, traditional talc of ‘800, plus some sugary notes.
pro.pushkarev – :
Powdery iris, backed up by musk. Stays close to the skin.