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qkztymngiyb – :
I love Lavender Illusion, It’s like a fresh bath ! You will smell freshly bathed in this perfume , it’s phantastic. Lavender takes its traditional way with a soapy fresh unisex note but has a nice fruity sweet twist with a touch of pine in it. The musk and the pine is so good to me I can’t get enough. The lavender and the fruits together is so yummy and aromatic I could smell this all the time. My brand new bottle is already a quarter gone , I prefer it to lavender on the rocks and I slightly prefer it to my favorite lavender perfume, Jersey. The only thing that needs improvement with this one is longevity in my opinion. I respray this all day long , I either get so use to it or it blends so well with my body chemistry,,,or it’s just somewhat weak. Getting lots of compliments with it , so people must be able to smell it. When I ask them how they would describe the smell ,they say , freshly bathed , schampoo, aromatic ,just clean and sweet and simply good.
woop – :
When one thinks of tricks of magic and illusionism it has to be considered that you can not judge everyone equally. What a party magician does, for example, will hardly be sold like one of a celebrated and more expensive magician, like the tricks a David Copperfield does. As much as you may have tricks whose mechanics are known, the surprises and refinement make the difference. Apparently Viktor & Rolf understands as little of perfume and magic, since their Lavender Illusion is a half-mouth switch sold as David Copperfield’s budget.
The idea of the illusion here is to make the lavender beyond its aromatic and fresh connotations and add a floral aspect. To this is given exotic and pompous airs with a new and little explored ingredient: citrus caviar or finger lime, which is an exotic fruity species where the inner part of the fruit resembles caviar roe that explode with a citrus aroma on the palate . Finally, the perfume promises a contrast between hot and cold sensations.
In practice, Lavender Illusion is so poor that by comparison makes Sage Spell look luxurious and exclusive. I really wonder how anyone not questions that massively combining a lavender, a musk base and a fruity opening will bring distinction, luxury and magic? It is as if Natura (brazillian masmarket brand) had rescued its most popular perfumes, improved the formula a little and charged much more.
The use of finger lime here is an example of something that I criticize when I see exotic notes in perfumes: they almost always are ther more in theory than in practice. We have a fresh, good citrus, but nothing exotic, which is followed by the fruity and more acidic aroma of the cassis. The lavender comes soon after, a lavender that is certainly of quality but that new has nothing new to say since what it explores is its fresh and aromatic side barely touch the floral. The woody aura is the same rustic, woody and ambery scent that appears in other perfumes, but rather moderated here, leaving room for musks to take up the base and make the scent practically close to the skin and a whisper. The only illusion I can see here, and one very poorly made, is to try to pass a perfume which is cheap in its idea with exoticism and quality of materials. For 220 dollars, that sucks.
Wratebiapyrap – :
I really like this, it’s very different from the usual offerings. Centred on Lavender this fragrance is beautifully balanced and works well, while not getting too ‘old lady potpourri’ with the lavender. The addition of blackcurrant and citrus lifts it really nicely (no caviar! as others have pointed out). On me the berries shine through a lot, but that’s because my skin amps up fruity notes.
As it’s unisex I sprayed it on my partner also and it works well on men too, it’s light and airy and more gentle than lots of men’s colognes. On his skin it’s more lavender and pine. It’s interesting to see how it performs differently on different people.
It’s a lovely fresh scent, it has good longevity and sillage initially for the first three hours is good, after that it can disappear, rather to a skinscent. Sprayed on clothes it lasts longer. I don’t get much musk in this, it’s worth trying just to see how a lavender scent can be done well. So if you see it give it a go! The rose one (called Dancing Roses) is very good as well.
I wouldn’t recommend a blind buy on this and I got mine at a heavy discount, the price point is way too high in my opinion, even though it’s a beautiful bottle and scent, it just doesn’t perform enough to warrant the cost.
slonik – :
There are no fish eggs in this. It’s a fruit.
glycleBet – :
What an interesting take on lavander!! With the addition of black currant, this is a softer and sweeter lavender, lovely …really unique!! I love black currant, and they are smelling real good in this one…it is more feminine to my nose, as the vibe is rounded , it isn’t so aromatic anymore
It is like stuffing your nose in a bush of black currants, carrying lots of lavender plants.
The two mix so well together !! really liking that one..it is unlike anything I have smelled..it has a fruity undertone too, very very likeable !!
But I wouldn’t pay what they are asking for it…
z.zapodd – :
Isabelle fr is right! The fruit is also known as a ‘finger lime’.
babaka – :
Hum … I’m afraid that there is a confusion concerning the notes. “Caviar lemon” is not lemon+caviar, but the name of a specific fruit (microcitrus australasica) which is the hottest new thing in French cuisine …