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bogoraz – :
My Sin is a sexy delight I only wear at home because I treasure my little bottle of it and don’t want to waste it on the public where it would be misunderstood. Indeed it does smell very provocative and immediately brings to mind laying in bed with a lover after certain activities. This scent is far more lascivious than Bal a Versailles, in my opinion. Both are gorgeous scents but I can wear a spray of BaV in public and not feel too self conscious.
Suggestive as it may be however, My Sin is so smooth and warm and comforting I can’t help but wear it after a bath sometimes as warm skin really brings out the beauty of this fragrance. It lasts all night and becomes a sweeter, less scandalous scent in the morning, like Arpege without the bitter note, or even Chanel No 5 with more civet. Either way it is gorgeous and definitely unique despite the similarities to those two fragrances.
If you love a good dirty, sexy, skanky scent that would make a Tabu wearer like myself blush, try this one out. A good bottle can be hard to find since it was discontinued 30 years ago but I lucked out and found a sealed box for cheap…so I treasure it and use very lightly. What a gem.
Carodopay – :
Hot damn, while getting pounded with an April 14th SNOW storm– at least I had my My Sin to look forward to. Rain, sleet, or snow– USPS delivers! (about 2 feet of snow fell)
I eagerly decanted my vintage splash bottle into a 5ml atomizer AND– heaven. The perfect vintage scent. Hot damn. (My vintage splash doesn’t say EDP or EDT, just My Sin from Eau de Lanvin). This is mostly floral, animal musky sexy skank with some sweetness. It’s like vintage Chanel No. 5 cologne with a splash of Avon Occur for the extra animal civet & honey/sweetness/incense/sandalwood. Maybe a hint of Joy too. It’s skanky in the BEST way. This is perfect! It’s not chypre, it’s not oriental… it’s just WOMANLY PERFUME from a time of elegance and luxury. The woody and floral blend flawlessly, everything is so well blended. You don’t get a blast of aldehydes like No. 5 or other vintages. It’s somewhat sweet in a way. Hard to describe, you just have to wear it!
This animal musk/civet is sooo elegant, it’s not dirty skanky like Animale. It’s not the dirty smell of a female who just had sex, put it that way, haha. There is also nothing earthy about this.
I will get to know My Sin REALLY well after today when I get a FULL 1oz extrait!
I just put my Extrait on. I’ve always been so disappointed with extraits and their poor sillage/potency. This should be nuclear! This should burn my nose hairs! But it’s about even with the sillage/potency of the regular splash I have.
It’s floral- full and creamy/waxy floral much like Joy. I do get aldehydes in a bright full way now, but not screaming. I get nothing spice or herbal. I get bergamot, aldehydes, ylang ylang, rose, lilac, and then a smooth creamy layer of vanilla, musk, civet, sandalwood, incense. This is sooooo perfect and dreamy.
A little smoky on the drydown. Powdery, smoky, soapy, dusty floral musk. So hard to describe because it’s just smooth and beautiful. I *may* prefer No. 5 tho. It’s louder/more noticeable. This is wearing close to skin after 2 hours. 🙁 And the splash (non extrait) lasted about 2 hours on skin too. However, I sprayed/applied that splash to my clothes and it lingers all day.
I still say it’s 75% vintage No. 5 with sweet honey/animal/incense/sandalwood much like 25% Avon Occur, Bal a Versailles, Tabu, etc… but just a hint of those. It’s that extra bit that sets this apart from No. 5.
safo – :
HOT DOG! I looove vintage perfumes and considered this a Unicorn. Hard to rind, expensive when you do find it. I love Arpege (recent bottle).
I was interested in a vintage Miss Dior on ebay, and while talking to the seller, he noted the bottle was cracked, and the leaked smell was rotten. So he didn’t sell it. It belonged to his grandmother and was never used. Her collection of used perfumes was going to be thrown away. He asked me if I could like her collection for a very small price.
The first sale for $25 total included… a FOUR OUNCE of My Sin that is full! OMG! The holy grail unicorn! I finally get to smell this in it’s vintage form! It’s boxed, from a closet, so I think it should be fine! I’m soooo excited! It comes tomorrow!
The first sale of his Gran’s also included Replique EDT (I have) and a vintage EDT of Samsara- which I only have in current EDT format.
Then the 2nd portion he sold me includes an original 1.7 Chloe, old L’Origan, vintage L’Air du Temps, vintage Ciara and something with only Russian writing. I’m beyond stoked! I will update a proper review on My Sin soon!
I then went to ebay and found a 1 oz extrait of My Sin for $44!! Full! I’m over the moon with happiness!
aliks8817 – :
One of the most fascinating and complex perfumes of the 20thc, and with a rather outrageous name (originally called “MON PÊCHE” in French, perhaps the most outrageous name in all fine fragrance, surpassed only by Tom Ford’s FUCKING FABULOUS), MY SIN sails in on a sharp aldehydic/citrus note… curiously leavened by a slightly aromatic clary sage; which evanesces quickly to reveal the dark floralcy of the heart. An “old” “varnished wood” quality is always there, courtesy of oak and styrax, making it similar to that other Lanvin classic, ARPÈGE. But where ARPÈGE is mature, very put-together, Appollonian and somewhat austere, MY SIN is more blatantly sensual, less controlled, Dionysian with dusty-dark, throbbing, nocturnal-smelling florals like daffodil, narcissus, neroli, iris, jasmine, and ultimately, a glowering purple-black accord of tuberose, ylang-ylang and lilac. All united by a pronounced musky base of deermusk, costus root (with its curious smell of unwashed, oily hair), ambergris, oldschool nitromusks and civet, which add to the floralcy’s lowing, crooning, swarthy beauty. There is also surely a honey note present. Perhaps the scent’s slyest note is a phantom touch of Peru balsam in the heart, whose nutty, savory green olive character parries the grape-y sweetness of the lush floralcy. It’s only in farthest drydown that the warm sandalwood avows its incense-y presence; it’s what remains when all else has faded.
This scent smells like something a youngish femme-fatale might wear, like a young Lauren Bacall, Joan Crawford’s bratty daughter in MILDRED PIERCE, or Kathleen Turner in BODY HEAT, or Faye Dunaway in CHINATOWN. Little Edie Bouvier Beale at her Pierre debut. Maybe even Glenn Close in FATAL ATTRACTION. It is pure, musky, sensual attraction, with no frilly, girlish notes that say, “No, I’m just kidding.” MY SIN is definitely not kidding… it’s not cheering, really, it sets its tender trap, almost with an air of Film Noir danger to it. Modern youth might call MY SIN “old-ladyish” because of its oldschool swank… but I read it as a woman in her 30’s or 40’s… a cougar. Not for office or church or the PTA. Wearing strapless black velvet with low sweetheart décolletage. Long-lasting, with a surprisingly restrained sillage… it’s designed to hug the skin…and purr away. Discontinued in 1988, but bottles of it can still be found on eBay.
Zmej9321 – :
This perfume IS a sin. First thing I smell is this cheap-ass “aged in wood” vodka I drank the first time I got horrendously drunk. Next is dried out, rotting skin beneath the fur of an old, hard mink stole. The scent burns my nostrils. It smells like something a double chined, busty, overgrown gold-digger-turned widow from the 1930s would wear with ropes of pearls and over applied waxy lipstick. Basically the witch from Howls Moving Castle. Something about it also reminds me of like a peeling linoleum bathroom in an OLD rinky dink gas station. It fades down to a sour baby powder odor with just a faint aroma of the opening lingering. But I like it? I like how weird it is. I like how OFFENSIVE it is. I feel like a fat, wealthy, no-fucks grandma that is rude to everyone but everyone is too intimidated to defend themselves against her. They know she’ll die soon and leave behind a pot of money (and she knows they know it too.) I feel like I can be obnoxious with this one. It makes me feel bitter and like I’m going to die soon, like I’m filled with memories of a dead husband, stuck in a dead world, forced to listen to shitty reader’s digest symphony versions of 30s music that wasn’t meant to be sentimental but played like it. Idk.
Александр5645 – :
@ lamariposa Maybe the “sin” was an adulterous relationship the evidence of which is displayed on the bottle :o)
cinemen – :
3 hours into the Eau de Lanvin… My first wearing… OMG! I´ve found heaven. Bought it today, went out with a young lady tonight. Nothing in my fragrance wardrobe would have been a better choice.
I´m already loving it.
Guestweb – :
I just bought a 2oz bottle of Eau My Sin from Ebay – looks like it’s batch no. 77. It came sealed and with a cute little atomizer puff! It smells brand new, as it was sealed it it’s box and never had been opened or exposed to light, so I feel like my review is for an unsullied vintage – it is not the pure parfum so it is lighter than what I imagine the My Sin perfume would be, but it’s a fabulous scent! I feel like this can EASILY be worn today.
It’s musky, powdery, I don’t get any woods from it. It does not seem super animalic to me once I’ve sprayed it on my skin, though I can smell it out of the bottle. It’s not like I’m used to civet based perfumes smelling. More like a vintage laundry musk sort of smell, if there was ever to be such a thing, if that makes sense? It’s very nice and very wearable! I can see myself using this for every day or just when I want a comforting, soft smell.
Enascallolo – :
Today I received a vintage bottle of Eau My Sin, maybe considered the EDT version of My Sin!! I immediately splashed som on my both arms, it’s a splash 200ml bottle, a kind of treasure. It seems lost most of the top notes of the bergamot-lemon-niroly and kind of mingled with the musky-creamy base, creating a non identifiable cocktail, but I’m sure there is a violet leaf note that is classy and giving the “soliflore” kick that was famous during pre-flapper era. Noticing that, my nose is sure this is not a sinful scent at all, to the contrary , it is childish and innocent. The smell reminds me of a mixture of YSL “Paris” + Oscar de la Renta “Oscar”. If you a fan of this kind of powder, then Eau My Sin will suit you, if you hate powder with som touches of green notes, then stay away. For me, it’s a heaven in a bottle, but I might layer it with a simple citrusy cologne, just to bring back som of the lost zest, although the aldehydes are still very strong and bubbly to a degree that they lasted for more than an hour. Another similar perfume: Happy Diamonds by Chopard.
gew201speagoessenda – :
I began wearing this at age 15 and it was my signature scent for many years…until I found KL by Karl Lagerfeld. Such a crime that a gorgeous perfume like this is obsolete.
Labarum – :
Why on earth was this magnificent perfume discontinued? It was (is) the queen of all perfumes with the best name and bottle ever.
turovets70 – :
ABOUT VINTAGE MY SIN
I remember that this fragrance was still selling in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. In those days fragrances never became “old” and although newer scents were being sold, the old was still there to tempt you if you hadn’t already experienced it. I never knew about this fragrance. My mother never wore this.
It’s in the same exact shape as the original Arpege but the two fragrances could not be any more different. Arpege is sweet and delicate, powdery and a dream of white flowers. This is hardly a floral and the musk and civet are the dominant scents. It’s nocturnal and something to wear in the evenings when you have put aside Arpege which can be worn in the day time. The same woman who wears Arpege might also wear My Sin but only if the civet and musk and leathery innards do not offend her.
I purchased this fragrance in Paris in 1953. The scent was an aldehyde floral musk with a heavier emphasis on the civet. It was skanky, aromatic, dark, Oriental, exotic, sultry and sexy. It seemed to me that it was like a perfume for a mature woman who had a secret. She is betraying her husband with a lover. She is promiscuous and has a thing for rogues and men who are not of her social class. The scent can be compared to the musk in Bal a Versailles or Bandit.
This is all about the leather, the musk, the civet, as well as the woods. In the dry down it’s musky-woodsy. The dry down was the experience we remember and enjoyed about this scent. The notes on which it opens and the heart were not anything special. In fact it can pass for Arpege before it reaches that diverse dry down. It’s Arpege with a darker and muskier finish. The woods are also quite strong and swim with the musk.
At times, however, this scent can be spicy and powdery. The powder is not as powdery as Arpege but the musk can feel a tad powdery. The vetiver is quite strong. There might also be moss. It’s a chypre in some ways and a civet in others.
The mood is seductive. It feels like you have to wear this every time you go out of the house in provocative dress (for the 40’s) and you meet with your secret lover. You’re in bed for days and days and don’t rise from bed not even to shower. The skank factor and the dirty sexiness was innovative at the time. The only other perfume that was like it was Tabu by Dana Bal a Versailles or even Schiaparelli’s Shocking. They were never my favorite kind of fragrances because I didn’t see them as Orientals and were bigger on musk but they are nevertheless amazing.
No perfume out there today can remotely smell like My Sin.
My Sin is unique and a fragrance of sins long ago.
la8989 – :
Sexier version of Arpege, muskier, mossier, mature. It was my grandmother’s signature perfume. It was the kind of perfume that made a bold statement. This was a Lanvin so it’s very unusual to have called it My Sin. It was sold to American women who wanted to wear “naughty French perfume”. in an episode of I Love Lucy, when Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel sail away on an ocean liner to Europe, Mrs. Trumble, their elderly neighbor lady, asks Lucy to bring her back a bottle of My Sin LOL My grandpa loved it on my grandma. My Sin is a mixture similar to Arpege and Chanel No. 5. It smells a lot like No. 5 as it shares some of the notes like aldehydes citrus ylang jasmine rose moss and musky civet. There’s balsam and spices and it has an Oriental nature as well. This is pretty powerful stuff. The bottle is either white or gold and looks just like the round Arpege bottle. The two scents are interchangeable. It’s a pity this perfume doesn’t get as much praise and attention as it deserves. It’s not for everybody but it’s one hell of a vintage perfume. It’s aldehydic floral and woodsy and musky, it has so much going on for it that it would have been the Chanel Coco Eau de Parfum of it’s day. This is a seductive musk so if you are big on musk this goes from citruses and neroli to floral touches of jasmine ylang rose to cloves moss and musk. It’s a chypre that lasts for days. It smelled fantastic on my grandma. I love you grandma Maggie.
downc – :
MY SIN
LANVIN
GROUP FLORAL MUSK
NOTES: aldehydes neroli bergamot lemon sage jasmine narcissus ylang ylang cloves orris root rose lilac lily of the valley vetiver musk oak moss styrax woods civet tolu balsam
SILLAGE: Heavy Radiates Within 6 Feet
LONGEVITY: Very Long Lasting 6 to 12 hours
REMINDS ME OF: CHANEL NO. 5 BAL A VERSAILLES JEAN DESPREZ
If you wear Chanel No 5 and Arpege you would find this fragrance comfortable and easy to wear. This is an aldehyde floral but there’s a twist: it has a lot of musk and civet, animalic accords. It does wear like Arpege as it has the same notes and of course it’s the same nose and designer Jeanne Lanvin. The bottle even looks the same. One could easily mistake it for Arpege. But this is a more nocturnal creature. It has the flowers of jasmine ylang ylang and rose similar to Arpege but the scent turns into a big oak moss and a lot of musk. It’s a skanky dirty animal like the one in Bal a Versailles. You might even describe this as a barn yard scent. But in a good way. This fragrance is sexy, seductive, aromatic. It is supposed to smell of sin hence it’s moniker. It’s pretty interesting how it can also wear like Chanel No. 5 since No. 5 also has that same musk if we’re talking the vintage cologne. Chanel’s No. 5 is the naughty vixen and No. 22 is the angel. In Lanvin’s perfumes Arpege is the angel and My Sin is the imp. This is very sexy. I found it to be bold and even unisex. A guy could easily wear this and because of that musk it can just smell like a guy’s musky cologne to others. Very much a shape shifting type of animal. It can be feminine and alluring but it has a bite. Gorgeous fragrance. Unfortunately it’s very hard to find as Arpege sells like a hotcakes and hunting down a vintage bottle of My Sin is like looking for the Holy Grail. I have my hands on my mother’s old My Sin which she stopped using. It has lost it’s freshness and it’s flatter but the essence is still there. It’s also very balsamic and oily. Just a dark and very mysterious sexy night time cologne for sex. Sin doesn’t smell that bad. Let’s sin again and wear this perfume.
enlidwina – :
My Sin.
Review of vintage bottle 4oz eau De Lanvin.
Good girl gone naughty.
Its aldehyde civet opening is lighter than No.5 and much more enjoyable. The florals spring forth from the opening in classy ladylike fashion. Yhe drydown grounds you with its musk , woods and gentle civet. Not a harsh note to be found but rich smoothness through this journey.
Soft, plush, and elegant. Real rose de Mai and jasmine, four authentic musks to attain its powderyness. The same template as joy but better arranged. Natural perfume at its best. The minute I smelled this I knew I was a goner and in love with it. Its softly sexy, not the roaring femme fatale, at least in the eau concentration. To me its a warm elegant purring sex kitten
Extrait: Aldehyde naroli, clary sage, bergamot opening, then the lilac..my god the lilac!, jasmine, Lilly of the valley, rose, and ylang heart is just gorgeous. A faint hint of spice (clove?) peeks in through the flowers. The orris root, musks, vetiver, civet, vanilla, base gently seeps up through the floral heart. Gorgeous.
Parfum Spray:
Aldehydes, leather, black cat fur smell, floral notes seep up, then drydown..beautiful vairation.
If you aren’t into civet, get the Extrait. Its better blended into it than the Eau. But if you like animalics the Eau is just as beautiful with its florals, just a little different. Both together is magnificent..
baycalso – :
I interchange Chanel nr 5 eau première with My Sin whenever I tire of one or the other, because they both fill that classic, ladylike, statement slot in my everyday olfactory wardrobe, I reckon. Notes are pretty similar it seems, though if Chanel nr 5 Eau Première is (hope of) romantic love, then Lanvin’s My Sin is the scent of romantic love bordering on and tipping over into lust. The pretty white gloves are off!
GreedDV – :
My Sin is the bad girl version of Arpege. It’s what Bandit is to Fracas. This has the same notes as Arpege and there are some similar aspects but in the end become 2 very different animals, animal being the key term. This is an animal, raw, lusty, earthy, feral and strong where as Arpege is a soft sweet little angel. The fragrance can be worn by the same woman but she will experience different moods. This opens with aldehydes the same way Arpege does and with neroli and citrus. The scent then progresses into flowers: ylang ylang is clearly the most dominant note. There is jasmine rose lily of the valley and narcissus. The same flowers as Arpege. However it is at the base where all the differences occur. The foundation notes are heavier with spicer and more masculine touches: vetiver, woods, balsam, and lots of musk and civet. The civet is what makes this thing an animal and more like a seductive aromatic fragrance. This doesn’t smell bad it’s just more like having spent days in bed with your lover and neither of you have showered. You smell of sin, of living in sin, of pure carnality and sex. Think Bal a Versailles, Boudoir, scents like that. This is really strong stuff and I love it but I find it unnecessary since it starts the same way Arpege does. I prefer Arpege which is my signature scent and my all time favorite fragrance so to me this feels like a sacrilege. But I have it and I wear it and it smells better in cold winter weather. I’m wearing this now with my fur coats. The bottle is exactly the same shape as Arpege. I put them next to each other side to side on my dresser table.
ALMAZz – :
I have waited many years to get my hands on this beauty, and finally I can covet her fragrance.
It is so naughty smelling! The general parlance is ‘skanky’ but this is too sophisticated to use that word.
It really does smell like a lady that has been sinning, she lays on her silk sheets in the aftermath of an illicit affair, she combs her fingers through her lover’s hair.
She smiles devilishly, their body warmth rises and brings all the aromas of love into the air. This is my sin.
louddyerusy – :
So nice, cat adverts!
exotic-style.ru – :
Wild. Reckless. Untamable.
Whoa indeed. This is a very
DELIBERATE perfume to say
the least. Used strategically it
can work. But in the hands of
the reckless…disaster. Peace
999kir666 – :
The house of Lanvin made some astonishingly beautiful perfumes back in the day. The vintage ones I have been lucky enough to get my hands on have held their shape well. I can’t decide which I prefer, My Sin, Arpege or Via Lanvin, (anyone remember that gem?), or any of the others they made come to that. All were and still are gorgeous. I work in a perfume store and I have to say that none of the modern perfumes there hold a candle to any of the vintage Lanvin ones that I’ve tried. In fact vintage Lanvin, Rochas and Caron leave everything else standing as far as I’m concerned.
wolframmen – :
I’m not really sure how to give a review that would do justice to My Sin.
I see My Sin as either being completely majestic and only fit for a queen, or on the contrary, being the classic bad girl.
Warm, powdery, smoky, soft incense is what makes My Sin almost etheral, but that crazy civet screams, “You couldn’t tame me even if you tried!”
My Sin is bewitching, mesmerizing and adventurous, and it’s definitely not a perfume like any on the shelves today. It’s not for the faint of heart, and it can have a tendency to be polarizing, but either way I love it!
I have to agree to what another reviewer said, this is Marlene Dietrich in a bottle.
dahragPhabe – :
This reminds me of the movie Practical Magic. Of Sandra Bullock’s character Sally in particular. Of the two bewitching (both in magical and personality) Owens Sisters, Sally is the more quiet of the two. Hiding beneath a curtain of shyness that blinds her to her own charms.She is naturally wise, sultry, and very elegant and her humility despite it making her more irresistible to men. A fact that the more gorgeous of the sisters, Gilly, envies in disbelief.
This smells very old, yes, but a beautiful old. Like a woman who perhaps didn’t have it all, but knew how to appreciate every moment in life. Her place to relax would be a wooden vanity, with her face powder, rose water, and a gas lamp. It smells just like those things too. It does have a teeny tiny turpentine scent, but that’s mostly because at this point, most bottles are terribly aged. That’s the aldehyde I believe.
My great grandmother, Lydia, was an anglo-italian who emigrated to the Caribbean in the late 1920s with her brother. This was her signature perfume. She had strawberry blonde hair, a curvy body, dark green eyes and a personality that couldn’t be contained. She lived a long, colorful life filled with ups and downs, and many, many lovers. My great grandmother’s fame wasn’t from any of this, it was for her generosity. Everyday until she died, she would make a big pot of whatever she planned on eating that day and bring a bowl or plate to anyone that needed it. It broke my heart and everyone around her to learn that she herself died of starvation, because she felt she could no longer eat. She left her house as beautiful as it always was. In her room, where they found her in her bed, was this perfume, a bejewelled hair comb, and a picture of her parents, who she was forced to leave behind when she moved. She lived to 93. I barely knew her, I don’t think I ever got to meet her, as I was a child when she passed and she lived in the other side of the country. But I feel through this perfume, her journals and her legacy, I have come to make a picture of her that I feel is true: She was a woman, loved like one, and lived like one too.
bezdoz – :
Outstanding perfume (vintage type). One of the notes not listed is costus root oil – it is very dominant from the beginning to the dry down. It fits perfectly into this amazing blend of animalics. Another note not listed but also very dominant (more so than the civet) is ambergris – after about 10 minutes of the dry down a very sharp salty sea ambergris note pops out. I can only imagine how much of the real thing went into the vintage version of this amazing perfume.
romashka-mai11 – :
VERUSCHKA is a stellar in the ad above.
her pose ,her gaze ,her dress is exceptional.
the golden bottle looks stunning.
dliyvol – :
I am truly grateful to fellow Australian Christine for having sent me a generous sample of My Sin in the pure parfum. I have enjoyed wearing this fragrance immensely, it was all I expected and more.
My Sin is the epitome of luxury, warmth and sensuality. It has that powdery, animalic aroma that I wish was present in Chanel No.5. My Sin is much sexier than anything by Chanel. Forget Marilyn Monroe, My Sin is more of a Bettie Page.
This fragrance can be rather heavy when worn during the daytime, so I opted to use up my sample by wearing it to evening events, to bed or on extremely cold Winter nights. Admittedly strong aldehydic scents such as this one do seem dated in today’s market but that won’t hold me back in the least. My Sin could be grouped together alongside other classics like Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme, Miss Dior, Lancome Magie Noire and Chanel No.22.
The most dominant notes to my nose include aldehydes, civet, ylang ylang, musk, orris root, jasmine and styrax. It’s the perfect blend of dirty and sweet. After multiple wearings I am very much addicted to My Sin.
In the pure parfum the sillage packs a fair punch, with the longevity an impressive ten or so hours, even better lasting on fabric. My Sin was my sinful choice for my 25th birthday celebrations in a Sydney penthouse. It was a fitting scent for a luxurious occasion.
nesalvador – :
I was thinking this perfume would portray the femme fatale leatherette, but it didn’t. Instead, I got powder, ylang-ylang, vetiver and civit wrapped in orange blossom with a dry down of spicy, wood and some earthiness. Turns out that My Sin is enchanting, bewitching, sexy and mysterious.
This was the vintage Eau de Lanvin which doesn’t seem to last more than a couple of hours on my skin, so I also sprayed this on my clothes. After wearing this today, I am on the hunt for the extrait.
bizerarie – :
Love, love, love, LOVE this! On my skin the LoV, lilac and narcissus are forward, as is the wood. Rich aldehydes and a touch of civet. Spring just got funky!
In winter I yearn for the blossoms to pop. Starting in January, I pull out the dainty spring florals, just to give myself a little hope that winter will end. But by the time the blossoms actually pop, I’m always wishing for something with a bit more kick.
I found my perfect Spring evening scent in Nacre, and now with My Sin, I have my perfect Spring day scent. Fresh, soapy, a little bright, a little crisp, and a little bit of “no, I’m not a good girl” civet. I am now ready to take on the world!
They say spring comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion? My Sin is the reverse. L-O-V-E it! (For the vintage formulation EDP)
FriendCharlotte – :
Grease’s Rizzo has been smoking in the boys room again. She is dangerous, fast, and a little sleazy on the outside, sparkling with a heart of flowery goodness on the inside. Welcome to the vintage edition of My Sin.
jabul – :
I love reading all these reviews. Everyone is so eloquent…
I was looking to see if anyone else smelled something that reminded them of very ripe fruit (almost more like fermented fruit really) that gradually faded during the drydown. It doesn’t appear so. Hmmm…
I did see that many people smelled a delightfully soapy, refined, soft but fizzy quality in the late drydown and I also experienced that. During the drydown I also smelled something that reminded me of a wood-burning fireplace…
It’s so interesting to see how fragrances tell different stories depending on skin chemistry. And, I think for masterpieces like My Sin, this is especially fascinating.
fcvgzqrSAZc – :
Thanks to a Fragrantican Friend I had the possibility to wear My Sin in the vintage extrait formulation a few times now, and I think it’s time to review it. As others described, it starts off with very pleasant, correctly dosed aldehydes underpinned by wonderful quality florals. To my nose extremely indolic jasmine and rose are the most prominent of these. In the first half hour My Sin is outrageous: it is dark, sexy, almost menacing yet irresistibly alluring to me. The amount of indole and civet balances on the verge of offputting, but never quite gets there (as it did for me in vintage Joy extrait and Narcise Noire that I had to scrub). In this early stage My Sin gives an impression of fur and cigarette smoke mingled with great quality perfume, immediately bringing a femme fatale from the first part of the 20th century in mind, holding a foot long cigarette holder, clad in mink and nothing else. In a while though, the fragrance pulls its claws back and starts purring: it develops into an absolutely lovely, soft, comforting soapy floral fragrance with – I must agree with lovingthealien – notes reminding me of cat fur. In this stage the fragrance is not sexy or sultry to me any more. In the later drydown the musks take leading role, making it even more pleasantly comforting in a way the scent of your lover’s skin is comforting when you bury your nose in his neck at night.
On the whole a lovely, interesing fragrance, maybe somewhat an acquired taste, from a time long, long gone, when perfume was a companion and not a commodity.
On my skin both sillage and longevity are good.
Parovoz7 – :
Whoa….! My Sin…..use responsibly!
dasboot6 – :
This review is based on a tiny decant of the vintage EdP. On my skin and to my nose, I get short-lived aldehydes with some florals. It then dries down to civet. I would say it’s in the same vein as Habanita EdT or vintage BaV EdC but without the aldeydes on top. Projection and longevity are moderate on my skin.
voronkumer – :
What a beauty! I just got a vintage bottle of My sin Eau de Lanvin and it is amazing! Very old school french perfume: aldehyde, civet, flowers and wood all so beautifully blended together. I was expecting a dark heavy perfume and the opening is but it slowly settles down into a soft powdery floral beauty. Will definitely try to find the extrait. I am hooked now!
neron13 – :
I recently added a bottle of the vintage extrait to my collection, and today, my first full experience of this scent in extrait formulation, I have been stunned by the beauty of My Sin. I don’t perceive some of the notes listed here (vetiver? lilac? really?) but I don’t miss them one bit. My Sin is so complex and beautifully blended, analysis seems to be beside the point. For me, the extrait resonates with jasmine, rose, orris, musks, and sandalwood. There was a little civet at the start. Kmarich’s phrase–“lost temple incense”–captures the mood of the extrait drydown perfectly. I have some 1950’s cologne nips, and in that formulation, My Sin seems a very different thi