Description
Chanel launches a new edition within the collection Les Exclusifs de Chanel in March 2015. It is a feminine scent called Misia, named after Misia Sert, a good friend of Coco Chanel and pianist of artistic origin who owned a saloon in Paris and was a muse for many artists of that period. The fragrance is for the free, modern and confident woman.
The composition was created by Olivier Polge, and it represents his first venture for the house of Chanel. Olivier Polge is the son of Jacques Polge, who has been the official in-house perfumer since 1978. Powdery notes of violet, iris, orris root, Turkish rose and rose from Grasse evoke the era of the 1920s. The warm and seductive base is made of notes of benzoin from Laos and tonka bean. The fragrance is powdery, floral and reminiscent of the scent of expensive makeup.
Available as 75 and 200 ml Eau de Toilette.
grinox-m – :
I feel expensive when I wear Misia. A lovely, powdery violet, a powder compact or a bright red lipstick sitting on a lady’s makeup table. It’s truly a beautiful fragrance and one of my personal favorites. There is not much sweetness to this scent, but it is bright, pretty and classic smelling.
uroki – :
I’m so glad to see that this fragrance is finally getting the love it deserves. I sampled this and fell in love with it the week it came out. I kept my cool in the shop and talked myself out of the purchase, telling myself that I should drain a sample vial or two before taking the plunge. Upon returning home and reading reviews by a few prominent bloggers, I was dismayed to find that the community was pretty underwhelmed by it. What was I smelling that they weren’t? Luckily, I trusted my nose enough to get myself a small bottle (and to subsequently snap up two 200-mL bricks of the EdT during the Great Chanel Panic of 2016), and I haven’t tired of this fragrance since.
The opening is deliciously boozy, smelling of some fantastical cocktail of brandy, violets, raspberries, and lychees. Then the rose and orris kick in. My God, the orris. I have been on a quest to find another orris perfume that moves me in the same way, and none have come close. After an hour or so, the tonka and benzoin come through, and the perfume lies beautifully close to the skin in a resinous haze. None of the lipstick-accord perfumes out there come remotely close to this; most feel two-dimensional in comparison and don’t achieve the depth that I smell here.
What I love most about Misia is her versatility, a certain chameleon-like nature that I have found in few perfumes over the years. I have worn Misia in every season and in every possible mood and have never felt like I wasn’t properly scented for the occasion. The super-feminine combination of notes teeters toward the trashy, campy abyss, but that beautiful orris note and hazy drydown reel it back in and remind you that it’s still a Chanel. She’s perfect with hot-pink nail polish and heels, or with pearls and a classic flap.
Or with all of them – why not?
terpilgopr – :
Powdered violets. Smooth, elegant, perfectly poised. Really exceptional; I can see what all the hype was about. This is a somewhat old fashioned lipstick-y perfume (*not* fragrance, Misia is definitely a Perfume with a capital P). Glamorous without being gaudy. Comparable to SL’s monumental Iris Silver Mist but with a completely different feel; while ISM is cold, almost inhuman, Misia is merely lofty. Not ice queen lofty, just a little removed from the common hoi polloi. Marlene Dietrich in a bottle. I really like this but I don’t think it actually suits me. I’ll stick with Nightingale by Zoologist or Malle’s Lipstick Rose when I want something powdery and old fashioned.
asyclansilt – :
This is everything everyone has said… makeup.. violet.. sweet.. powdery. But there is one thing about it that I can’t exactly describe.. it feels like a hole. Like hole in the dirt in a forest where there is no bottom. It’s just my immediate feeling whenever I spray this. It’s seriously magical. The EDP is missing the never ending hole in the forest. It’s a shame this one got reformulated. Now it’s just a great smell.. but the alice in wonderland ish feeling is gone.
sasha09 – :
This is very pretty, but all I can think of when wearing it is parma violets candy. I love that candy, but I don’t feel like spending a hefty whack of cash on something that makes me think of cheap candy. Not that it smells cheap, it’s just the association there. If you don’t have candy associations you’ll most likely be ok with this!
Having said that, the sweet candy quality does level out a bit after a while so I can appreciate the flowers more.
vasekd1 – :
I’m surprised that nobody notices the very present Lychee note, I guess you people don’t eat the fruit. Well I love me some lychee fruit, I always buy it at my local asian market and if you notice a slight twangy, sweet, wine like grape smell, that’s the lychee and it pairs so beautifully with the violet and iris. This is a fantastic fragrance that I’m so proud to have in my collection. PEOPLE! Do yourselves a favor and go find some Lychee fruit, the fruit is amazing as is this perfume.
9valdemar – :
Just tried this today. Very pretty, if it has an aura it would be light blue- violet. I love the orris, violet, slightly powdery aspects. Gentler than Prada Infusion d’Iris and not metallic like Balenciaga Paris. I definitely get the high end old fashioned make up vibe. Its not big sillage or very projecting but I’m not a big and loud fragrance kind of girl.
Love it.
kwa517bedyWelty – :
First straight away after the opening is giving me the aroma of brandy and red wine. Balsamic vibe is so intense. What I get the most are balsamic and violety powdery scent. Nevertheless, I still can get little touch of floral and tiny tiny sweet. Aldehydes in the opening is a bit strong but not much as N°22, powdery, iris and violet coming up to bring the real scent of rich violet, rich makeup and lipsticky vibe in the 80s, it is so majestic, elegant, rich and warm. It is not a powerful scent if compare to Chanel N°22, I get 6 hours on my skin but it last amazingly on my clothes, it last 3 days on my cap and scarfs.
dmitriy77 – :
Misia Sert a Polish pianist fav girlfriend of Coco Chanel.
I don’t know where to start it.
I love the love story behind the pretty name Misia… it sounds so European and adorable… I am speechless…
Incredible high class of French aristocracy… artists… lovers and passion, Art and high end lyrics. . .
Of course you have to know Misia…in my opinion is one of the strongest from the whole collection.
do I feel scent of cosmetics.. till yesterday I was thinking I don’t… today I have checked my sprayed top.. and what I feel is..a red-orangy pomade from the end of 70 back to Poland.
It was in black round box and this is smells like this …
When I spray it… I feel kind of citruses.. and medicine type of perfume like.
I don’t know what and how I say it but this is what I feel.
Spray after 12 h is good. It’s classy it would smell great on a man playing…. golf somewhere in Fairmont hotel… back to Princess Dr in Scottsdale…
It’s definetly scent of PAris.. and wild times of …Toulouse Lautrec… Redon… and… other artists enjoying all kind of passions …with poems.. and paintings..
I like how classy it is…and how much French it is.
I see …paintings…Paris.. Russia… and atelier… maybe changing room… somewhere behind the cabaret scene….
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Unique…not for everyone … and don’t force yourself… to love it… just because you want to follow up with Exclusifes… from Chanel house…
It’s for a very specific of audience… and …users…
it’s so unique… I am happy of the price…because I won’t feel it in mainstream….. as I do Madmoiselle….
Different…”level” and I mean it.
If I look at the biography of such a talented … Misia Sert.. I can imagine how incredible persona was she. ..
This scent is like her biography .. . . Love and Storms… high end music… it’s like the moment … she put her finger on her piano.. and started…composing her emotions .. in to the Music…
You need this moment.. as pianist need… before he starts to play.
When you are in symphony orchestra… you can see a pianist…
She sit… it’s quiet.. and then she starts.. you need these seconds… of… focusing… before you spray it…
Later… just be.. and let it tell you the story…….
bizon1234 – :
For me a beautiful parfum of violet and rose flowers. Smell like expensive boudoir parfum dresser table with cosmetics of lipstick eye make up and body powder talcum powder face powder toilet water made of Bulgarian rose and violet. This is sweet and soft and so feminine. When I first try on this parfum I smell the lychee and peach fruity candy smell. I smell later the violet and the roses. There is also many iris flower. Powder. Musk. Simple but elegant. This parfum is for mature woman who is age 27 to 50 or more. But the lychee and peach sweet fruit makes it so innocent and for girl so young girl can wear it too. Smell good for spring time and it’s soft for lingerie and wear to bed. Sexy.
vikusia605 – :
This is delicious! I love it so much. I really like Lipstick Rose but this is more sour and rich than Lipstick Rose in my opinion due to aldehydes. If you like powder touch and class perfumes you shoul go for this. But if you want to smell like lipstick and fancy, you should go for Lipstick Rose. For powdery make-up, mature and mystery touch, go for Moulin Rouge by Histoires de Parfums.
elz431intitytek – :
I am currently loving Iris and Violets and this is just an amazing scent for me.
lasto4ka-20 – :
Misia is simply beautiful. I have searched everywhere for a perfect violet (Guerlain, Serge Lutens, Tom Ford, Balenciaga…) and finally I found it here.
So, for me Misia is violet-centric. It’s not as sweet and metallic as Lipstick Rose, and more powdery.
It has good staying power and moderate sillage, but I can always smell it on myself, and on clothes it lingeres for weeks.
A full bottle is on it’s way to me right now 🙂
VALITRON – :
I was looking forward to this because of Lipstick Rose comparison, I wanted to try Chanel version of makeup/cosmetic perfume.
It is a straight forward violets, soft powder, and hint of iris. Very simplistic, no lasting power whatsoever. And it does not smell like cosmetics at all.
I have a violets perfume I purchased in France years ago and it is simple plain violets in a nutshell.
Also, I don’t find typical Chanel base here, I could not tell this is Chanel at all, unrecognizable.
For a price tag not worth it. Could’ve been done better, Chanel and cosmeticky/lipstick scent, this is definitely NOT.
Geonanors – :
I was dying to smell Misia from the Les Exclusifs de Chanel line for ages because I, for one, love all things redolent of iris and powder and vintage cosmetics. I finally got my greedy little hands on a decant…and I just like it. I can even say that I like it a lot. It’s really, really pretty and definitely Chanel quality.
But it’s not a LOVE the same way1889 Moulin Rouge or Lipstick On were for me upon first sniff. On my third wearing of Misia I realized that this particular combination of violet and iris smells like Chloe Love and Bvlgari Pour Femme, both of which I own.
So because of this, my pocketbook will be spared the expense of shelling out for a full bottle of Misia. Let’s just hope for my bank account’s sake I don’t love Lipstick Rose by Fredric Malle when I finally get the chance to test it!
patronura – :
An olfactory dream!
I keep coming back to this one. Despite my insistence, to my ever weakening will, of it being too similar to other fragrances, Lipstick Rose, La Violette, Parisienne… It matters not at all when I spray it. In the cloud of such a beautiful fragrant experience, similar seems far from the same.
I can smell almost all the notes, which is a pleasant surprise. They are clear and expressive. The violet and distant mimosa are delicate and feminine, the powder make-up like and the lilac just enough to add depth, the wood, structure. The aldehydes, I don’t smell, but I feel the lift they provide to the florals.
Misia is neither linear nor is it overly complex with layers of development. The changes (and there are changes) are subtle as the day progresses, but you never lose the initial burst of beauty caught on first spray. The pretty remains pretty. Pleasant. Perfect.
I find myself smiling when I smell Misia. It’s not whimsical, not exactly, but it is a fragrance for daydreams, one for what ifs and maybes. It’s a fragrance to remind us take everything in. To smell every note, to hear every lyric…to dream.
Crazy, I know, but true nonetheless.
dimidrol6 – :
A beautiful, balanced blends of floral and powdery notes. I agree with many reviewers here, it smells like luxurious high end makeup.
very feminine fragrance for an elegant, confident lady. i feel like its not meant to make a statement though. a confident lady doesn’t need to scream for attention.
a close to the skin scent. for me i would use this in colder days because of the sharpness of iris and violets.
finally the delicate name, Misia..so pretty.
evgeny.latahin – :
Misia EDT is a gorgeous makeup scent with sweet violet. Reminds me of the smell of the Guerlain Meteorites powder pearls, those beautiful pastel colour pearls you use as blush, very girly and feminine. The EDT version is light and airy, perfect for a perfume that was inspired by the world of Russian ballet.
den84 – :
Looking to trade a full older formulation of No 22 from 2011 in the 200ml bottle for the same in size in Misia
varloon – :
I’ve only tried it once, but I’m got a hellava love for Misia. Vintage makeup powder indeed. Violet, iris and rose. Very powdery, slightly green, floral but very soft in character. It is elegant, refined and totally Chanel. Olivier Polge has done a masterful job. It won’t be popular with everyone, because Misia is niche quality and not mainstream taste. The EDT didn’t last long on me – 1 hr projection, and several hrs as a skin scent. But the good news is (I was informed by the Chanel counter specialist) that this, and all Les Exclusifs now come in EDP and parfum! I will probably be buying the parfum, as I am a big fan of “dabbing” on old fashioned Chanel scents, like No. 22. Misia takes me on a journey and transports me. It makes me feel like I am back in the Edwardian era, wearing an S shape corset in a white dress with lace upon lace, parasol and gloves, and a mauve wisteria blooming in the background…
Update: I just read a review of Misia on Kafkaesque blog. The author said that like Coco Chanel herself, Misia Sert was a junkie and a Nazi! I didn’t believe it at first, but there are reputable sources given. Misia, best friend of Chanel, was heavily addicted to opiates (morphine mostly) and spent a lot of time with Coco – going to parties, shooting up, and having lovers from the Gestapo. Coco was a raging anti-Semite, even though Misia wasn’t, and they fled to Switzerland after the war to avoid justice inevitably catching up with them. The brand, Chanel, keeps this history firmly under wraps – but then they launch a fragrance called Misia? What were they thinking? They only want us to know the glamorous side: fashion, style, culture, music, art, etc. But in all honestly, it has not clouded my opinion of the brand. It is so much more than that. The brand is not Coco Chanel; it only started with her. Today it is owned by two Jewish gentlemen. Quel destin!
windik007 – :
I’m not sure what I think of Misia. It too sweet and yet there is something that makes me want to spray it on my wrist. Too sweet – gorgeous – too sweet – gorgeous. Confused. I think I’m good with the sample – no bottle to buy in sight.
Vet inte vad jag ska tycka om Misia. Den är för söt och ändå vill jag spreja den på handen. För söt – underbar – för söt – underbar. Förvirrad. Tror jag nöjer mig med provet, kommer inte att köpa flaskan.
gaft – :
I loved Misia from the first moment I smelled it, but I understand why people aren’t loving the powdery quality – powdery perfumes can feel outdated or overpowering depending on the formulation, and it’s such a subjective experience – but I think it has a lovely, experiential element which serves a purpose for its existence.
It smells like makeup, and I think the powdery notes are completely appropriate and lovely in this case. Imagine sitting in a pretty, old-timey boudoir, looking at a dressing table: a bottle of a sweet, violet soliflore perfume, a small round box of delicate pink face powder, the waxy, slightly floral smell of lipstick, dried rose petals tied up in a sachet in a lingerie drawer.
My first impression was a flashback to when I was first discovering makeup and perfume as a teenager, sitting at my vanity, trying to figure out how to become elegant and beautiful. It smells like a fantasy trip to a bygone era, almost like a “missing link” between the delicate, floral scents of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the complex sensuality of 1921’s Chanel No. 5. Misia feels like a central point between the two, and while it’s not something I can wear every day, there are many occasions where I find myself feeling like nothing else will quite cut it.
Tiana – :
Too powdery/ dusty for my taste. I like my fragrances a bit bolder and louder. I can make out rose and aldehydes in this one but they are muffled by all the powder/dust- which is the iris note coming into play, I believe.
merstenfacker – :
I get rose and aldehydes and iris, but they are muffled by a thick layer of powder/dust. I typically prefer ‘bigger’, ‘louder’ fragrances, which is why I view Misia in this way. To me, if you removed the powdery, dusty, stagnant layer of this fragrance, the true notes would shine through.
Борёк – :
Oof, this does not work on my skin. Probably the powder is to blame. As I sprayed I distinctly smelled a whiff of lily of the valley. And then it was gone, so was anything pleasant about this scent.
Right now I can barely smell it (thank goodness) and what I get is sharp edged and mostly smells like makeup, not a scent I enjoy. This one is a scrubber.
6160 – :
Wearing Misia proved to be a big surprise, but still a familiar smelling Chanel. Familiar because of the prominent iris note that seems to lurk in most of the LE line. But otherwise, fairly different from the perfumes they’ve released lately.
The violet is very smooth, more waxy than floral (to me it smells like Chowards Violet Candy.) It counteracts the powder and iris, violet on top, dark iris, orris root powder on the bottom. I smell very little rose, much less a fruity rose that others are getting. (I can’t really pull out any of the fruit notes listed.) The base notes on my skin are surprisingly vanillic, I get a lot of vanilla, tonka bean, and a dark resin. The powdery nature of Misia never goes away.
The happy surprise is the longevity! This lasted a full day on me, I gave it one touchup spritz halfway through, but otherwise I could smell it on my person for over 12 hours, it smells great on clothing too. It is a skin scent, but not in the usual–“I can’t smell my skin scent” type of thing. It just wears close to the body.
The character of this perfume is kind of somber, dark, and silent. It is very serious, like you should wear it to museums or when reading Tolstoy. Maybe that’s why others are feeling Misia as vintage, it does have an antique vibe to it. I like this very much.
verson1986 – :
Misia doesn’t remind me of any particular scent, but of another era. It is Edwardian, maybe late Victorian, full dress. Lace petticoats, tulle fabric, must be a violet color. Her boudoir…gifts of love. A violet nosegay, love letters, silver locket and powders. I love this fragrance so much for it’s vintage feel, so elegant and refined. My Grandmother would have loved it too, it reminds me of her which is one of the reasons I love it so much…gorgeous. Powdery violets all the way.
This is Oliver Polge’s masterpiece. It is the vintage face powder perfume I have always been searching for…
Misia is exquisite, classy and uniquely Chanel…the lady behind the empire would approve…
Another one shooting an arrow straight at me…an instant love.
Misia is vintage refined face powder to me I don’t get any waxy lipstick at all…just perfected face powder from the 1920’s sitting in an art deco powder jar. And the prominent iris in the beginning is stunning…where that gorgeous twilight violet color that takes over the evening…
This one is so precious too me
phyclalry – :
Sweet, soft scented clouds of powder waft into the air from the inside of this Chanel bottle. It’s violets and roses, irises and sweet peach and litchi. It’s a floral fruity gourmand. There’s also plenty of vanilla for us vanilla addicts. The benzoin and orris root are probably responsible for giving it that heft and first class quality we expect in Chanel. But it’s almost like the Chanel version of Dior’s Poison Girl. This is a vanillic rose. Love how sweet and girly it is. It also has mimosa which smells more like a heliotrope. The scent lasts a long time all day on me. Great to wear during spring seasons in the day time. Formal and informal. Beautiful. Classy.
Achenrt6 – :
This is unique… Not everyone’s cup of tea but I find it enchanting. Powder is not suffocating, rose & fruits are not sweet, violets are not dull. In my opinion it is blended and balanced so well, incredible. But why, oh why such a poor longevity??? Not mentioning the price, such a gorgeous fragrance deserves to be enjoyed for longer than 30 min, honestly! So frustrating. The shop assistant today told me the way to make it last longer is to apply Chanel fragrance-free body cream and them spray the fragrance on the top of it… I said ok and tried it this way in the shop. It lasted 1 hour. Better but still does not look like worth the price and the effort. which is a shame because the scent is BEAUTIFUL.
EDIT: I am a happy owner of this beautiful fragrance! Could not resist. Impossible.
groomogma – :
The breakout character here is pressed powder-orris, cutting through sweet, rosy violets with my beloved carrotiness and a hint of Bois de Violette’s ethereal cedar note. It’s amazing, really. However. I wouldn’t exactly call longevity and sillage “poor”. I would just downright call them “sad”…
Edit after more wearings: the longevity is better than I first thought, up to 6 hours on a good day – but only as a skin scent, as in “jamming nose on skin”-scent. Damn.
natafka – :
This fragrance is a fruity rose with powdery “make up bag” qualities typical of 1980’s perfumes for women. However I don’t find it to be too powdery. It starts off with soft aldehydes and quickly leads into the fruity notes of peach and litchi. Very sweet. The rose is the dominant flower here although the iris/orris is giving it that powder. A violet and mimosa are also there. So this is a powdery floral, sweet, fruity, feminine, delicate and subtle. The dry down is vanilla and benzoin, very long lasting. I thought it was very nice and not at all like any of the other Chanel fragrances. If you can find it on ebay or at the Chanel store don’t hesitate to buy it if you like powdery floral scents. The scent lasts a long time and it’s perfect for spring and summer to wear as a day time formal scent, something to wear to a nice party or restaurant but it’s also flexible and can turn into a sweet nice evening perfume. I don’t think Chanel would have worn this herself because it has no wood and usually when there is too many flowers especially iris and rose (this has two notes of rose) it becomes powdery. But I like that. Smells great and feels vintage
LoonnaFen – :
Debut fragrance after Oliver Polge joined his father to the Chanel family. It reminds me so much of those perfumes that falls into the “lipstick” category, Lipstick Rose from Frederic Malle, French Kiss from Guerlain… Yet Misia has a bit more of its Iris/Orris quality, which is more delicate, different and natural.
yel2low – :
Not really fair to compare with Lipstick Rose which is a very plasticky kind of scent compared to Misia – which is definitely more complex in its dry down – less sweet , more serious . Highly reminiscent of the backstage makeup smells of the Ballet Russe – all the melding of face powders and lipsticks and violet scented colognes of the 1920’s – its very of its time i.e. the 1920’s .
I do love this but I spray all the exclusifs on my clothes rather than on my skin – its the only way they work for me – I often spray a scarf and wrap it round my neck to take regular inhalations during the day – this way Misia lasts .
I cracked up when I rang Harrods to buy it and the person on counter called it
” Miss-ee-ya” – its “Meesha”
I love the Exclusifs but I deplore the longevity of all of them – they really are heavenly but on skin last about an hour at best – Chanel needs to increase the longevity to justify the price or create proper eau de parfum rather than just toilette water .
SumoTigerCat – Chanel had a muse , a friend , maybe even a lesbian lover and she was called Misia Sert, long, long before Christian Dior entered the picture – perfumes are often named for muses or family members – even the very old Guerlains like Jicky . Its nothing new so I don’t get why you think its “copied” – its just what it is .
tenfox – :
Tried it yesterday in London’s most luxurious perfume place on the 6th floor, closest to heaven you can possibly be.
Just like CHANEL #5 was the fifth take on creating a new ground-breaking abstract floral at the time, MISIA might be the former’s more powdery sister with added Mimosa and Parma Violets.
It is pleasant and it is radiantly yellow, like a Mimosa tree in full bloom. Yes there is a slight lipstick note, but it is not the same as F.M.’s “Lipstick Rose”.
The aldehydic volume is loud but in a well balanced way like a fat bass of a smooth soul record. The talcum powdery note makes it very old skool but luxuriously so.
The picture I have in front of me is a youthful Aretha Franklin in all her vocal prowess, circa 1978, or Donna Summer in a yellow raw silk dress with matching hat.
It would work well in a Jazz Club or a wedding in a very early and cold April, when snow might still be possible.
It is the ultimate comfort scent for a special occasion or when you need to feel enveloped by warm raw silk and/ or a fat bass-ed soul record.
This is balm for the soul.
9/10
crazylion – :
Yes, very creamy, comforting and sweet fragrance, not very different from Lipstick Rose, which I had the chance to smell already.
sstoma – :
Elegant light floral that is close to the skin. I love the soft violet used and it works best as a clothing perfume because on skin, it lasts about 5 minutes and then the drydown, which you literally have to press your nose to your skin to smell anything at all, and then it’s completely gone in about 30 minutes.
Still, the scent is unmistakenly lovely and elegant.
SSSDragoSSS – :
Very pretty scent but not a full bottle purchase, yet. While it got many good on-line reviews and is on some “bests” lists, I also appreciated Kafkaesque’s unusual, brave, and illuminating review.
rodo – :
violette poudrée sur fond de chanel 5, particulièrement agréable quand on en met peu et pas tous les jours… un charmant sillage indissociable d’un gant en cuir..
gnus09 – :
violette poudrée sur fond de chanel 5, particulièrement agréable quand on en met peu et pas tous les jours… un charmant sillage indissociable d’un gant en cuir..
neverdead – :
This has to be a short sweet review, for a short sweet scent! Dew-soft violets, irises underneath, all very delicate, and I speak as a person who doesn’t usually like violet or iris notes. Still, I could appreciate the art that goes into making a fragrance resemble rain soaked flowers for the five minutes it stayed on my skin. Literally, five minutes, no exaggeration, I was walking towards a clock in the same room in the department store, and by the time I had reached it, there was no trace of Misia, no basenotes, no drydown, nothing. Never has a scent disappeared off my skin so quickly. Is this what evaporating money smells like?
Nuflareepseus – :
Such interesting notes! I’ll be happy to try this perfume and enjoy it!
kuhta_sanya – :
Не съм виждала този парфюм в България,но по описанието на пирамидата на аромата предполагам,че ще ми стане един от любимите.В моята класация са Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta
,Chanel 19 poudre,Guerlain Shalimar Initial,Balenciaga Paris,Thierry Mugler Alien
Aerohoplenerihho – :
OH, DEAR MISIA!!! WHERE ARE YOUR FEET?
Beautiful scent with a grand opening of Iris on a bed of roses which mellow down to a quiet accord of a powdered compact.
Sadly that’s basically it. NO FEET–I don’t really smell basenotes. Doesn’t last long either, but I love this scent nonetheless.
ixk652Negeltzex – :
I love this. it is beautiful.
uplifting, violet rose, ladylike, Chanel.
Definitely a lipstick note throughout this, plenty of Chanel roses, aldehydes, soft leather, beautiful iris, violets galore (a plasticcy greeness with the violet), softly powered, softly sweet. i haven’t tried lipstick rose, so can’t compare. There is a strange stage when it has a feint whiff of TCP (weird). I am putting this down to me having a cold and not on top form sniffing-wise.
here is what i think about the violet centric perfumes i have tried:
Annick Goutal smells like an Annick Goutal violet (the most similar violet to the Misia violet imo)
Après L’Ondee smells like a Guerlain violet (more old fashioned, sweeter and otherworldly).
She Wood smells like a DSquared violet (woodsy aquatic)
Prada No.7 Violette smells like a Prada violet (iris and leather, verging on unisex, with wafts of powdery violets).
Galliano smells like a Galliano violet ( incensey voluptuousness).
and guess what?
Misia definitely smells like a Chanel violet!
i have loved every les exclusifs so far and Misia is no exception.
And i do think that iris and violets combined, might be my favourite whiff of all time.
edit: i can’t stop wearing this…i really can’t. it is utterly enchanting and luscious.
pvladimir81 – :
The first time I tried Misia I felt less than impressed. I wrote it off as a nice violet scent, but nothing I hadn’t encountered before; the notable difference being Misia’s outstanding quality of materials used. I let it run its course on my skin, thinking I wouldn’t try it again.
I was compelled, weeks later, to give it another chance and, so it goes, I found love the second time around. Was it the weather? The first time was on a warm, very dry day, and the second on the first cold day of Fall where I live, after rain. Whatever the reason or season, Misia sent me into a state of rapture.
This fragrance is like layers of tulle. The notes of candy-like violet, gentle rose and powdery make-up billow on top of one another, lightly fluttering and shifting; distinct pieces gracefully floating into a structured shape. Misia feels cool and warm, making me envision the orris/iris and tonka & resins pirouetting around one another with perfect balance.
Misia is gloriously “old-timey” and theatrical, and it evokes the thought of my favorite kind of woman – strong-minded and clever, while embracing absolute femininity. Perhaps this is what Misia herself was like? In any case, this fragrance fits a range of personalities, from exuberant to reserved. I am SO happy this fragrance exists 🙂
Moulksausia – :
Smells like lipstick… but in an interesting way.
FNJames – :
Heavy violet, a touch of rose, and a little musk. Very feminine and playful. Smells like violette pastilles mixed with waxy lipstick. Wonderful!
The first burst of fragrance, which is short-lived, is a beautiful, sweet, realistic blend of raspberry, peach and lychee. Smells like candies for a second or two.
I love lychees, and I don’t care if they are fresh or canned. If I see them, I gobble them. Every single time I come across a perfume that claims to have a lychee note, it is not realistic at all. Misia is the first time I ever smelled lychee that was 100% accurate. While the other fruit notes fade away, the scent of lychee remains on my skin the entire time. It blends effortlessly with the scent of violet. I am amazed at the genius of that pairing. On my skin, and to my excitement, lychee is one of the strongest notes. I LOVE that and will probably buy a bottle just for the lychee!
It absolutely belongs in the Chanel lineup. It is a finely crafted perfume and seems destined to become a classic.
papik01 – :
this is the epitome of “old lady” scent. in an artistic sense, a very very nice composition, but in the real world, not good at all.
maksim0812 – :
I adore Chanel No. 5 and have for years. I had a full bottle of Bois Des Iles a few years ago. I have obtained samples of No. 22 and of Misia. A