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Philipa45 – :
Bright and fresh bergamot, zesty lemon, crisp but not sharp, very refreshing. Flowers quickly join, especially magnolia and muguet to form a nicely balanced citrus floral combo that is sweet and invigorating at the same time, gorgeous!
This is backed up by white musk that provides a clean facet to this warm weather/sunny day go-to scent.
Not that they’re similar or redundant, but Eau de Magnolia is doing with magnolia what Lys Mediterranee does with lily.
8/10
nog099JeomiWogkig – :
This is probably the best magnolia scent out there. I love to smell it on my girl. Its so fine and silky and the masterfully added woods and citruses give the whole thing an stable backbone and deepness so its not the typical light and superficial white flower, its magnolia with character and staying power. Tops
crazyz – :
I’m floored. It’s a soliflore to my nose, but what a soliflore. This smells EXACTLY like the magnolia trees in my neighborhood. It’s the first time I’ve literally had an image pop into my mind when I smelled a fragrance.
ENABLE97 – :
Immediately evocative of being in the South (of the U.S.) during or after a rainstorm. Wonderfully rich, vegetable, and floral, but also clearly a fragrance. I like that it’s not literal like so many similar perfumes… e.g., the Hermes Jardin line.
Yet, there’s a Lemon Pledge thread running through it that on some days, and some skin types, takes over, and takes over strongly. I “get” the construction and the narrative, but the Lemon Pledge-y-ness makes this one a risk for the office, or really anywhere else. Try it at the store and don’t wash it off before purchasing — then you’ll know whether it works for you.
With the Lemon Pledge aspect toned down, I would find this one irresistible. Not masculine in any way, but just a good good good good smell. With some sneak attack Lemon Pledge.
melao – :
This is an excellent, balanced citrus-floral fragrance with similarities in composition to the MFK Aquas — citrus top, floral heart, musky base — blended well in a cologne-with-personality-style using quality ingredients.
It is great for tropical Manila weather and a perfect unisex scent to use in the office. With above average longevity and moderate sillage, one doesn’t need to spray too much to have a lasting, uplifting personal scent cloud for up to 7 hours.
Young, modern, and bright, EDM is a scent I hope more will be able to try and enjoy. Try it!
bardak759 – :
If you like lemony magnolia or lemon – it’s for you! Because it smells lemon. As for me, I prefer another magnolia.
10365 – :
It smells expensive, elegance, addictive! Every time I’m excited when I smell it. It is amazing!
sukub3 – :
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a doppelganger of Kenzo Pour Homme, one of my favorite men’s fragrances ever. It is definitely unisex and too masculine for my own taste. It starts out as a beautiful citrusy magnolia, yet the drydown is plastic sandalwood on me. Very close to Magnolia Nobile, too, but that one has the most gorgeous drydown that’s much more feminine. As a skin scent it lingers for 5+ hours.
Duxa – :
I was really excited to sample this after looking for a relatively sweet, unisex floral to add to my collection. However, on my skin, I get hardly any of the greeness or lemon that people mention, instead I get a very sweet floral bouquet, reminiscent of lily-of-the-valley. It’s not unpleasant, I was just expecting to get other elements too, such as woods and citrus. They are there but completely overshadowed by the florals which veer into shampoo/laundry softener territory. Just as Carnal Flower has the eucalyptus, I was hoping for a more masculine element to balance out the florals. I like a unisex fragrance, even those that sway slightly feminine but this is way too sweet and floral for me. I’m surprised the woods and citrus accords are rated so highly above as I would say the white florals are at least double that of everything else.
stark0404 – :
This is my second review for this fragrance. The best unissex perfume in the world. That’s it ! Fabulous
gegam333 – :
I love this fresh and green magnolia, one of my favourite fragrance.
I’m looking for a bottle, contact me if you have it.
Ganjibas – :
Love this fresh, natural smelling magnolia with a light woody base. This is a very pleasant scent, although on my skin rather linear than totally complex. However, a good grab and go scent for any occasion! Have not tried Acqua di parma’s eau magnolia nobile yet but I am excited to compare them two. I am looking for a creamy magnolia but could not find a nice one yet.
+ longevity is max. average
+ sillage is low- medium, if I spray a lot
+ easy to understand and could be a crowd pleaser 🙂
– not worth the FB price though it is not special enough
len4ik – :
One of the best perfumes available in the market. Fresh, classy and expensive smelling. Love it . Definitely unissex.
цукар – :
I really like the way it develops. Starting with crispy citrusy notes, followed by floral accents, and moving on to the woody base. Was afraid the scent will be too sweet, too white flowery, too marmolade. It does not get sweet at any moment. It is green, clean, collected and well behaved. Airy, white magnolia petals, perfect for any weather!
vladimir_iv – :
I expected this to be more spicy based on sniffing from the bottle. The opening is heavy floral, followed by some lighter citrus notes. But into the drydown all I get is a mostly linear shampoo smell (Pantene). Malle scents often take multiple wearings to appreciate so perhaps it will grow on me.
Edit: this is a chypre! The mossiness totally escaped me when I tested it before. It feels a bit lighter and more modern to me than Cristalle (EDT).
TraiptTeefe – :
This fall I gave this fragrance as a birthday present to a chic and feminine friend of mine. She mentioned how she was tired of all these synthetic designer fragrances. She’s not into fragrances, but wanted something natural smelling and more unisex. When I bought it for her, I tried it on myself and I loved it! She praised it too thankfully…
Eau de Magnolia got me all obsessed on this hunt for a good floral cologne I could pull off myself. Funny thing, the following month I got this little gem as a birthday present from my boyfriend. He had NO idea that it was the same as I bought earlier, and I couldnt stop obsessing about. He’s not into fragrances either, but this was his way of trying to impress me. Of all the fragrances he sniffed, he picked Eau de Magnolia. I was impressed. He normally likes masculine designer fragrances.
Eau de Magnolia is refreshing citrus at the top, sweet airy florals come out in the middle and a floral earthy base in the ending. It’s simple, pretty linear, but not boring. It reminds me slightly of Mojave Ghost by Byredo (similar feel, not notes), only this is more natural and slightly more unisex. As a man, I wouldnt say its very masculine, but it will probably make you noticed in a positive say. At least it has for me.
Sillage and longevity very good in my opinion for such a light natural fragrance. Easily 7-9 hours on my skin. Cant’t wait to wear this in the warmer months with a linnen shirt and sunglasses 🙂
Edit: it’s wonderful! A 7 out of 10
Paul1986 – :
Eau de Magnolia has given me a fascinating day and I have been struggling to find a good way to describe it. The first spray is a light citrus, a pretty citrus, very shortly joined by a little greenness. Instead of being sharp, with the citrus, now it feels sour to me. The sourness remains the major note for about an hour and a half on my skin, after which there is a definite change to “sweet and sour,” with a little warm spiciness too. I think that must be from the patchouli, and that is good, because I often dislike patchouli’s effect on a fragrance. Here, I appreciate the warmth of it.
On my arm, the perfume remains “sweet and sour” for another couple of hours, and I find the sourness is tickling my nose, but the fragrance I inhale from the air is softer and sweeter. I am finding the whole thing pleasant, mostly, but I am not certain at this stage whether I will want to wear it again. I can’t quite get hold of the fragrance…I like the sweetness and dislike the sourness, and they alternate in waves, rather cleverly.
After wearing it for five hours, sweetness is winning and even the fragrance on my skin is mostly sweet. I am beginning to enjoy it now, and by the time I reach eight hours I love it. The dry down is sweet, a beautiful floral with a very slight tang to alleviate any over-sweetness. It smells as though there are other flowers present…jasmine and rose, perhaps…but not according to the notes here. We have a magnolia tree in front of our living room window which flowers every year. Now, in this sweet final stage of the perfume, I recognise the scent of the flowers at last.
Projection throughout the life of the fragrance is slight, from my skin, but my husband did notice the sourness in the early stages and I have been able to smell the perfume on myself all day. Longevity is excellent. I have been wearing it for nearly twelve hours now, without respraying, and it is still more than a skin scent.
This has been interesting. I love fragrances which develop along classical lines, so that one is never quite sure what is coming next. I am not sure yet if this is FB worthy for me, as I really do not like the sour notes at the start, but I shall certainly enjoy using up my little bottle.
loadstas – :
to me, this parfum smells delicate and and easy to wear, its not shouting out on the roof top to be noticed, but just very delicate and quiet.
Rem-23 – :
A realistic and shockingly beautiful fragrance of magnolia blossoms such as those I grew up with in the South. I never cared for Frederic Malle perfumes. The prices are high for my budget but a good Fragrantican friend of mine showed me a sample of this scent. I smelled it and I was smitten! Eau de Magnolia smells like raindrops on magnolia flowers and magnolia trees. In The Sound of Music there’s that line from the My Favorite Things song “Raindrops on roses”. Well this is raindrops on magnolia. As it starts, this is a fresh, aquatic, watery floral scent, 100 percent like actually being out in the open air under the rain and catching whiffs of wet magnolia trees and blossoms. So romantic and beautiful.
Notes that caress my nose include green notes, patchouli, not heavy patchouli mind you, the shrub of patchouli or the leaves in keeping with the green theme. There’s no other floral note other than that fine magnolia, but she is not ostentatious nor glamorous. She is very demure and sweet, soapy, like a good bar of soap in a magnolia white color. There’s a touch of vetiver and some musk, and lots of amber. The scent is ultimately feminine, soapy, feel-good and feel-fresh in rain or shower. It’s easy to wear really especially in spring and summer. It keeps me cool and smells so nice.
I have often felt that magnolias are more unisex than gardenia so even the guys can wear this stuff and smell like you’re clean and soapy without smelling super feminine. That being said this is still pretty good for a woman’s perfume as well. It’s exquisite and refined, and doesn’t smell like other magnolia fragrances I’ve worn and I’ve worn them all. Magnolia is my favorite flower. I think this is a big change from simpler scents of magnolia like Avon Magnolia which I also like. This one just takes me away to an almost jungle like setting a rainforest where magnolias are magnified and larger than life. It is not the South of realism but the South of passionate romanticism. Gone With The Wind. Magnolia skin on Scarlett. Rhett Butler would have been all over her had he inhaled this aroma on her at the barbecue.
Gorgeous
superkazakov – :
Sweet light and flowery with a kind of a watery/fresh vibe. Can be unisex but this def veers more feminine to me as it runs more on the sweet side. Longevity is very good considering the how light it is. I’m in like with this but not in love. More for spring and summer and this would be good for the workplace. Overall, I give it a 7 out of 10 stars.
AWSMIXA – :
Leaves of southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 70% + flowers of southern magnolia 30%.
Neon77 – :
Eau de Magnolia has a spectacular opening, very fresh and very citrus with considerable note of bergamot, also detect light touches of fresh aldehydes at this stage to accompany a background of Magnolia completes the citrus note. I feel like the magnolia flower had treated outcropping its citrus and bright side, hidden on a refreshing chypre base (excellent idea Benaim) because when it rises to the middle notes and emerges with all its splendor Bergamot-Magnolia mixture the fragrance reaches its maximum splendor with an excellent result. So far everything wonderful.
Logically when dealing with natural citrus fragrance, usually have a short duration (since natural citrus notes evaporate very quickly) but when you want to extend this type of notes to drying, no choice but perfumer pull synthetic citrus or some aldehydes to get a feel that is lasting citrus.
For this than I speak it begins to when the note of Magnolia reaches its zenith in the heart notes, and begins to appear soft based drying wood, moss and amber. Here follows outcropping that citric but different start character and, here Magnolia Eau acquires other dyes used in this case Benaim aldehydes leaving a citric background with a body similar to a cream aroma. Idea already used by Saramito in 1995 with Gieffeffe Ferre, which rotates more fragrance to more feminine tastes, interesting, for those who like this kind of aromas, not for me.
In summary:
A wonderful fragrance only until the middle notes citric reaching peak of Olympus at this stage, the concept of spectacular Benaim, the rest of the more boring and conventional drying.
Rating: 8
LiLaLu – :
Oh how much I love it! For spring , summer – what an uplifting fresh green and sophisticated cologne 🙂 very feminine – the feeah sweetness that lasts and lasts … Proseco for the nose:-) on a sunny day
yrets59 – :
It smells like lemon pledge in the beginning. It eventually leads to some sort of sappy flowery soapy smell. It is surprisingly basic in composition. I dont think it is bad but it is very basic. It is not, in my opinion, worth the high price tag.
aleksandrmatko – :
Well, magnolia or not, this is a brilliant eau de cologne with a blast from the past and an impact on the future. It’s superbly elegant, flirtisiously ambitious and mostly full of pure, undiluted joy. Wears amazingly well with a laissez faire attitude and brings light to any space the wearer occupies. And it just makes me violently happy!
Thank you mr Benaim..
vishenka_1m1 – :
Eau de Magnolia belongs to my entirely made-up category of ‘jungle floral’.
The image is of a hypothetical magnolia that exists under a rainforest canopy after a heavy downpour, and a sticky/steamy/hazy quality that pervades the surroundings – but absent of a corresponding density and lushness. I’m guessing this was entirely deliberate on the part of Carlos Benaim in order to impart a greater sense of airiness to proceedings.
It’s mostly a pared-down green scent with light citrus and indeterminate earthy elements.
Had I posted this review six months ago I would have been crying foul. Perhaps it’s simply because I hold the Frederic Malle house to a higher standard, but Eau de Magnolia felt too safe, too pedesterian, too inconspicuous.
Having spent more time with it I’ve come to accept its unfussy nature, a fragrance you can take at face value and wear without bother.
In other words, ideal for warm weather. Has good endurance too.
PPSM – :
معمولا کارهای خنک و تابستانی کارهای این برند مخاطب زیادی ندارد به نسبت کارهای گرم و فصل سرد ، حال چه عطار کار کلود النا باشد یا کارلوس بنیام و… این عطر ششمین تست من از مجموعه کارهای فردریک مال بوده و به نظرم در بین کارهایی که مورد تست قرار داده ام کمی ضعیف تر می باشد ، البته اثر ، اثر فوق العاده ای بوده و از همان کیفیت ، دقت و… سایر پارامترهای قبلی این برند برخوردار می باشد ، فقط رایحه ای جدید یا خاصی ارائه نمی کند .
رایحه خنک و کمی تلخ و ترش برگاموت در ابتدا باعث احساس ارامش و یک حس تمرکز در عطر میشود تا شما را اماده حضور رایحه مگنولیا نماید ، به ارامی رایحه گلی ، شیرین ملایم و چوبی ( خیلی کم رایحه این گل شبیه صندل است ، خیلی کم منتها با حسی گلی ، لطافت و ظرافت ) این رایحه به ارامی رایحه برگاموت را از بین میبرد البته برای لحظاتی و عطر کمی ملایم شیرین میشود ، ولی بعد از لحظاتی مجددا برگاموت حضور پیدا میکند ولی دیگر نه با حالت ترشی بلکه با کمی تلخی و حس چوبی در اینجا برگاموت با ترکیب با وتیور و مگنولیا حالتی چوبی گلی و خنکی را ایجاد میکند که در ابتدا حس گلی غالب بوده ولی در ادامه این حس غالب بودن رایحه مگنولیا کاسته شده .
هنر عطار اثر در این مرحله است یعنی رایحه مگنولیا در عطر شرایط بسیار جالبی دارد برای لحظاتی رایحه رایحه ای غالب ، برای لحظاتی بسیار ملایم تر و خنک تر شده و حالتی چوبی و کمی ته بوی مرکباتی پیدا میکند . قابل شرح نیست این لحظات عطر بسیار ظریف و با لطافت و در عین حال با وقار و متین ، رایحه ای که شبیه این اثر باشد البته برای لحظاتی در اواسط عمر Hermes Terre d’Hermes Eau Tres Fraiche این رایحه قابل استشمام است با حالتی گلی و ان هم مگنولیا ، یعنی همان حالت چوبی و حالت مرکباتی اثر را کاسته و به جای ان مگنولیا اضافه نمایید . رایحه ای نزدیک به این عطر خواهد بود ، البته تا حدود کمی ، رایحه تق بسیار ملایم ولی این اثر قدرتمند و با کارکتری قوی تر خواهد بود .
حس عطر : همچون رنگ سفید و صورتی مگنولیا ( بغیر از رنگ زرد ) بسیار ارامش بخش ، ملایم ، لطیف ، همچون نگاه کردن به اسمان ابی با خنکی علفهای سبز و نسیم خنک و صورتی گلها.
Pyclivervefly – :
Fresh, crisp, waxy, lemony magnolia. That’s it.
Uplifting, breezy simplicity, perfect for Spring.
EmilRubin – :
There is always the danger of giving a too realistic name to the composition, the one of not meeting the user expectations about his/her idead of the element that names the perfume. From what i have been seeing from comments i have read, this is a problem that happened with Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia. I read critiques about its citrus aspect, it’s lemon overdose, and this instigate me to search for the gas cromatographic analysis of the elements the flower exudes.From what is described, i think that the perfumer who created Eau de Magnolia was very literal with its smell. the flower is rich in chemical compounds that would give her a citrus, green, herbal aroma, with a green bitter lemony rose nuance (probably due the high percentual of geraniol). And it’s exactly this way that this fragrance start on my skin; little by little, it makes the transition to a more creamy floral, with the white floral idea enchanced here, a transition from a magnolia aroma to something like jasmine or honeysuckle. In this point i notice that there is a very classic inspiration on this creation: Eau de Magnolia revisits the citrus floral chypre cold structure of Cristalle Chanel (specially in the EDP version), giving it a greener aura and putting more emphasis on the citrus side of the idea. To me, it’s the kind of sober and elegant floral chypre that is not much made anymore and that impresses me due its harmony in its aroma, not strong neither delicate, and its great technical aspect, good diffusion on skin.Altough its critiques, i think it’s a very well successful Frederic Malle.
monster2011 – :
Magnificent creation of Carlos Benaim, for Frederic Malle’s Maison.
It’s like a classic “Eau de Cologne”, fresh, sparkling, refreshing with citrus opening and of course with magnolia floral note as its centerpiece.
Again, it is very fresh so no dense and very powerful perfume is expected. It is also somewhat linear. In its half-finals, can be detected notes of vetiver and patchouli, rather light but well perceptible.
The sillage is rather moderate (which does not seem bad) with good longevity, for the style of fragrance that is (more than 6-7 hours on my skin).
The quality and “naturalness” in the components is outstanding.
It is a simple fragrance, with few notes and cheerful, which can lead perfectly with jeans and shirt. It really is the style of fragrance that best fits me my personal taste.
Love it !!!
Maike – :
I was really looking forward to a green Magnolia. Especially by Malle it promised a lot…
The first blast is fine, a vivid floral (rosy/woody/oakmoss/bergamot), then there comes a well tempered but unsurprising cedar&oakmoss-driven quite sweet middle part and dry down. It doesn’t develop much, instead it gets flat, though it stays intensive without much complexity.
It feels, as if FM had wished for a “Cologne de Magnolia” that has more lasting power than a normal citrus cologne….
It indeed has, but for my nose, swapped for a lack of a natural playful- and vividness.
Obviously Head Space is, from a scientific viewpoint, an interesting method, but I miss the suave, deep and above all comforting sound of a natural flower material. First thing to say is, that there are many species of magnolia trees…
The magnolia flower material destilled in my collection (Michelia alba) is touching because it is soft&sweet but still complex and edgy, a bit like flower-jam, but still it is very different from the real smell. And I must confess, it has some disturbing facets, that I have difficulties with (it’s scratchy…and I haven’t found out yet, how to combine it).
So I perfectly understand the wish to capture the undistilled scent of the flower.
The magnolia tree that you would meet in France (the grandiflorum one) exudes a hyper-receptibly strong, fresh, vibrant, totally divine scent.
Eau de Magnolia tries to clearly mimic the latter, which I recognized passing by old trees in Le Mans. It actually feels a bit like a technical reference, a good one, but without the magic of complexity and this strange suddenness that the flower has. So maybe I have to simply skip the idea of magnolia.
But then, for me, it competes in the section of green & vivid, hybrids between chypres and colognes, where Mito and Cristalle are the more interesting choices.
It will be fine on hot summer days, though.
Chameleon1452 – :
Very green & zippy to start, I get a tangy bergamot and grapefruit skin with a under layer of vetiver & warm patchouli. Maybe a fleeting hint of magnolia, it’s too short to tell! Long lasting, very strong and nice. Big like, not sure if it’s a love yet…trying again!
EDIT > after repeated wearings this week, well, i’m big time in looooooove. There’s a something something. A joyful, bright & complex floral citrus. Hard to put into words, it’s just gorgeous and smells really divine after warming on the skin and especially left on clothes! Oh no, yet another want…thank you, thank you FM 🙂
EDIT 2 > well now, this is a new top fave. Lemony, citrusy, uplifting, fresh and joyful. Lemon and bergamot intermingling beautifully & highlighting the soaring notes of magnolia. I get you now dear magnolia and promise to love you forever! As for the patchouli, vetiver and oak moss base, they are mellow and to me, are there but not too strong and just right (great because some patchouli & vetiver are usually stingy to my nose!).
evo_vi_rs – :
Tried this recently and would concur with the opinion that its nice but just ok.
The opening few minutes I can detect the bergamot and the subtle magnolia jockeying for position.Cannot readily detect any twists and turns in the mid notes,like vetiver,oakmoss etc, to compliment the subdued and cautious opening stanza which is more the pity as it needs some sort of variation.
I found it rather linear and lacking the wow factor and stamina of other Malle perfumes such as Geranium Pour Monsieur,French Lover and Carnal Flower to name a few.
This is more a light,read lightweight, white floral with not much else going on and indeed it may smell amazing on others but unfortunately not for me.
rillnsonefre – :
Eau De Magnolia is elegant, beautifully snug, warm and intoxicating. The magnolia in all its glory. Eau De Magnolia is the confirmation of the seriousness of the Maison Frederic Malle, coming out with a new amazing scent each year. Infact it is not possible do, as many blazoned perfume houses, churning out dozens of generic perfumes per year, however also very expensive, and pass them off as masterpieces! A round of applause to Malle.
Блог о путешествиях – :
No, this magnolia is not sweet or creamy. Its airy, green, paired with vetiver and bergamot for a fresh cologne vibe – just like the name indicates. From the base peeps old style moss and patch, but the amber that is there gives enough sweetness to soften the green and accentuate the delicate flower. The mastery is in the balance, and I respectfully but totally disagree with reviewers finding it generic.
It’s isn’t as” dramatic” as some of Malles showstoppers, but I believe it will find it’s followers in time. Could easily be worn as a daily treat as someones signature. Good lasting power as well. To me, it’s qualities gives me the same feeling as Vetyver pour Elle (which I love). Wish I had a bottle already!
Tatiana_B – :
This is one that you have to try a few times before reviewing. The first application I just didn’t smell much at all, but by the third try it bloomed in all its glory and glorious it is indeed.
An extremely feminine fragrance it is soft and intimate and definitely headed onto my fb wishlist!
PTAHA – :
BTW, Fueguia has a really nice magnolia fragrance in their line-Agua Magnoliana. Might be worth a sample from Luckyscent if you’re looking for a more true magnolia scent.
inside.str – :
I like the Jurassic Flower room spray so much better. This starts of quite citrusy and moves to magnolia (faint) in the heart notes & a woody dry down. The moss is nice but you only smell it (again faintly) in the top & mid notes. To be fair, I tested this on paper only but I wasn’t impressed, particularly with the dry down which happened pretty quickly. This also contains BHT which I avoid in my perfumes, skincare, food, etc so I guess I’m glad I didn’t fall in love with it.
tvictor468 – :
I’ve been testing Eau de Magnolia for the past week and I understand why the majority of reviewers is disappointed. I too was expecting a richer interpretation of magnolia. Something creamier perhaps. But the truth is that what you get is a cologne-ish version of magnolia, done in a luminous way. It’s sparkling. It’s something that I believe could have been created in the 70s as a very elegant eau. What you get here is a very smooth magnolia, drenched in bergamot and vetiver, providing an uplifting sensation to hot days but also balmy nights. Don’t expect more because you will more likely be disappointed. Malle is known for making his florals light, like Lys, Carnal Flower.. But approach with an open mind and you will get a sparkling summer floral, with a very decent longevity and sillage. (Around 8 hours on my super dry skin)
Bottom line, like I said elsewhere, Carlos Benaïm has done with his magnolia what Rodrigo Flores did for Arquiste with gardenia for Boutonnière n°7, take a floral with a prominent and intense smell and turn it into a cologne version. If you’re looking for a more creamy magnolia I’d suggest Goutal’s Un matin d’Orage in the new edp. There you will find a magnolia done in a similar vein to Le Labo’s interpretation of lily in Lys 41; creamy and sensual with a hint of vanilla dessert. For me, there is room for both magnolias as each one offers a glimpse to different aspects of the flower.
siet – :
What a great disappointment. I had expected the magnolia note to have prominence, but to my nose, it smells mostly of bergamot, white flowers, patchouli and vetiver. No magnolia, not even a whiff. Comparisons with Acqua di Parma’s Magnolia Nobile therefore baffle me.
Assort – :
I couldn’t resist and aquired a FB of this beauty.
I sprayed it on my silk summer dress and now I am wearing magnolia petals.
Love!
BrunoX – :
Magnolia flowers smell fantastic and I had high hopes this would smell more like fresh magnolia than it does because of the name. That’s the first bit of bad news. The second bit is the opening is somewhat like lemon Pledge. Having said that, this is a fresh, sweet scent that turns arguably masculine.
jekakolibab – :
I was normally going to buy it, because i really wanted to have a pretty magnolia floral. It is a beautiful hesperidic, green magnolia chypre interpretation : don’t expect a lush magnolia, no it opens very citrusy (bergamot, grapefruit) and what you get is an “abstract” almost ethereal magnolia, more the aroma’s from the early blooming flower buds, green, crisp, rather than the rich intoxicating scent of full blooming magnolia’s. The reason why i changed my mind finally is that it reminded me a lot to Cartier Baiser Vole, even if they don’t share at all the same notes, at least on my skin, it sounds weird i know. A very unexpected twist indeed and i ended to buy another beautiful magnolia, the Annick Goutal’s “Un matin d’orage” but that is a different story :-). To conclude, it is a very nice fragrance and if i did not have 2 Cartier Baiser Vole family members, i would have bought it.
igorь – :
Just tried this at the shop on Madison Avenue. I wore Chanel Cristalle in high school and college and it just doesn’t work for me anymore, Jo Malone Orange Blossom for the past few years, but that also was not working on me. This is a more sophisticated and elegant alternative – the way I wanted Cristalle to smell on me with the freshness of Orange Blossom (even though there is none in the fragrance) plus it smells a bit like Jurassic room spray which I adore. Mostly it’s just making me happy – now I just have to pay for it.
jjv445bedyWelty – :
I tested this yesterday at Liberty London – they have a tester bottle there.
I am afraid I am not sure what magnolia smells like, so I cannot compare it to the real thing. At first it goes on all fresh green floral, it even has an aquatic facet. While it was very pretty, I was not too impressed, I even found it a bit sharp . But two hours later, oh wow: the wood and oakmoss come out; it’s still nothing heavy, but it is oh so gorgeous! I found it reminded me of Cristalle, although they smell differently; they share the feel.
I am not sure about sillage, but longevity was great: I could still smell it on my wrist 8 hours later after a hectic day traveling. Iris Poudre which I had tested on my other wrist was long gone by then.
Eau de Magnolia is just lovely. It is definitely a late spring/summer scent. Would not splash out on a bottle now, but who knows? It may be in the future.
Edit: I am now enjoying my 2 ml sample and have been testing more thoroughly All of the above are still valid, just wanted to confirm that on me the longevity is indeed great, even on very hot and humid days.
FERID_IMAN – :
Can’t wait to try this! The same perfumer did FM’s Jurassic Flower room spray which I love. Sounds like it might be similar. Wonder when Barney’s will get this.
tolius – :
I smelled it in COW perfumerie in Stockholm a fortnight ago. Did not know what it was then; the sales persons just said that this was to be a new scent from Frederic Malle. But refused point blank to name either the nose nor the name of or the notes of the perfume.
I could not make out what kind of flower it was, but it smelled kinda “pure white flowers”. Not powdery at all, but kind of “moist or wet” it you get my drift. A little bit lemony, but without any acidity in it.
Yes Lisa o, green vegetal magnolia fits the bill I think (although I couldn´t make out what kind of flower when i first smelled it. Magnolias do differ in scent; some more lemony, some with more or less scent).
In retrospect, might remind a bit of Chanel Beige…?
velyar – :
a green vegetal magnolia is something I’d really like to wear…hope it is like that!
the headspace method makes me curious, I know how essential oils of magnolia flower and leaves smell, very sweet, narcotic even, a bit fruity, like jam with green and leafy aspects- different than the fresh flower.
this headspace magnolia is obviously then not about the distilled material of the flower but kind of a puzzle of the combination of fragrant molecules the real, fresh flower exudes. so, should be a light and fragile side of magnolia and more aquatic than the essential oil…