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Appatarly – :
estremo gourmand: sa di biscotti al burro. per me è troppo!
praktik55 – :
UPDATE: This smells almost exactly like Biko, a filipino desserty thing. It’s like a thick sticky rice pudding with a caramel coconut awesomeness on top.
Original review: I feel like the bergamot in this makes it smell a little bit like puke at first. :-/
BUT OTHERWISE I think this fragrance is reeeeallly good. Definitely foody, sweet, biscuits yes, just as others have said. And a delicate floral trace. Something vaguely soapy, as well.
Just have to get through the first few seconds and then it’s happy sniffing.
Индрик – :
Mmmmm! Yummy, buttery, sweet shortbread with a hint of caramel, vanilla, and citrus. Just delicious! This is definitely a more sophisicated gourmand, and it’s quite nice. As the shortbread starts to fade, the flowers emerge and it’s quite nice because they are not overpowering. For someone who dislikes strong florals, I find this one a winner 🙂 I don’t think it’s full bottle worthy, but I am very much in love with my sample and I would consider buying a small decant.
Витто – :
OH EM GEE !! this is delightful. I agree with the previous commenters. creamy vanilla, tea biscuit, shortbread… caramel… exactly as the notes are stated. I love sweet fragrances. I’m curious to see how long this one lasts on my skin. The Tiare flower is there too, I just caught it! It has now taken over the creamy vanilla-caramel. The sandalwood is subtle, just how I like it… more of an accent off of which the other notes are framed. Wow, I REALLY like this one.
МАТЬ-МАТЬ – :
what happens to me,i don’t like the new fragrances with sugar ,an more sugar ,but curiosity kills the cat: i try this one ,(in oil version)….poua,candy is back ,i’m in the film “charly and the chocolaterie”…..but ,times is passing….my skin seems so quite and sweet,”caramel” go back and i can smell just a little touch of tiare flower mixed with a beautiful ,sunny vanilla;ok …….i’m in love.honey 😉
tannachka – :
Gaugain-Tuan is an orgy of shortbread biscuit, sweet vanilla cream filling, a little bit lemon cheesecake’s lemon-ness, really discreet chocolate and nuts combined (think those Ferrero chocolates) smell and a dash of floral undertone.
Firstly it gives me a really similar feel to Black Orchid, in the slightly moist, watery biscuit way; but then the scent is more similar to Bois Vanilla in the nice slightly dry and sweet, really sweet woody-vanilla fashion.
Gaugain-Tuan goes quite linear from here, just more ‘cuddly’ because it gets more warmed up on the skin, and slightly more vanilla-y, and I start to get more used to it.
Personally I love the smell and wouldn’t mind if I smell it all the time since I have a really sweet tooth. However, it is really gourmand and foody, somewhat it doesn’t smell like the conversional gourmand perfumes, and some honest suggestions from my friends told me that Gaugain-Tuan is too close to real sweet food and I should avoid wearing it in a normal amount in the public, otherwise it might make me smell as if someone smashed a big gourmand cake on me.
With regards to the discription here, I don’t find it a creamy tropical escape, to me, Gaugain-Tuan is more like a real sweet approach, a TM’s Angel in its simplified version and takes the edible food part, and amplifies it, then it is this Gaugain-Tuan.