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aleks-redis – :
Starts off like Eau d’Hermes, transitions into a mix between Rose 31 and Portrait of a Lady, and ends with a beautiful and smooth wood note similar to the one in Bond No 9 Brooklyn
vkontakte456 – :
I too get the cumin note. Strongly. But unlike others, I hate cumin in fragrances! It never turns out well on my skin.
The rest of the fragrance stays sour and pungent on me. Must be the litchi and violet leaf?
Whatever the mix is in this perfume, it does not smell good to me! Even after an hour of putting it on, I still can’t take it.
Valdiss – :
Am I the only one who gets a beautiful cumin note?!
In fact I told the SA I love cumin in fragrances & she recommended this.
My only regret is that I didn’t purchase the bigger bottle.
One last thing is this reminds me of rose 31,not identical but similar enough to be called cousins imho,but different enough to where I need both in my collection.
Дима221 – :
French Affair begins beautifully with a fruity citrus-rose. I think most people will find this skews masculine, but I enjoyed wearing this and plan to do so again. After that bright opening, this fragrance dries down to a burnished trio of oakmoss, vetiver, and patchouli. By the end of the evening, I couldn’t stop sniffing my wrist. For people who love oakmoss and vetiver, this one is a must-sniff!
coardorry – :
fruit sweet vetiver.
The vetiver shows at the beginning with oakmoss, violet leaves, and bits of cedar wood & roses. The calm down, the litchi patchouli blend shows quite clear and the violet leaves as well comes out to be uplifting.
It’s kind of that masculine labeled fragrance plus sweet litchi and violets. Umm.. meh!
Edit (18th Dec 2017) Well, i regret the meh above, as the above review was based on a plotter but now i do have the whole sample.After applying it on my skin, i kind of like it now although i am not a vetiver lover BUT the rose, litchi, oakmos and violets leaves are changing the mix quite well! it has that harsh yet sweet tingly effect when applying on my skin! as i keep sniffing litchi roses as a sweet with the tingly violet leaves, and some harsh cedar, vetiver, and major oakmoss. It is not a masculine labeled fragrance, it is quite charming actually. the 2nd fragrance i like after “Oud Vendom”.