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valera21 – :
Starts out nice and interesting, but quickly turns disappointingly boring and nondescript.
RotidE – :
I suppose it must be the tuberose that ruined this scent for me. Too retro and not enough paradise–not a place I’d care to return.
mazzer – :
I like this quite a lot, but it does a strange thing on me as its worn.
It starts with cheerful, bright, citrusy, tropical tuberose. After the citrus notes wear off (quite quickly, as citrus notes obviously do), the tuberose seems to vanish as well. I’m left with quite an old-school vanilla and sandalwood oriental, which lasts for a very long time on me. Both the opening and the drydown are things I enjoy, but it feels almost jarring how different they feel from each other. However, it’s very nice indeed on a warm summer day.
stephen67 – :
Very beautiful fragrance so, I’m fall in love with Paradise Lost. Somehow very sexy and charming! I have a full bottle and wearing it in summer time (expecially when I go to beach). Tropical, sexy and really beautiful. Big thumbs up!
alex-2011 – :
Essenza lineare, con uno sviluppo molto equilibrato.
La sua è una florealità che apre accompagnata dal lime ma che sa velocemente essere matura, piena, rotonda.
La presenza del sandalo e della vaniglia la rende morbida e zuccherina, stimoldando il desiderio di addentarne i petali più che annusarli.
Un fiore moderno, ammaliante, che sa di evasione verso paradisi tropicali.
Il seducente gioco del rincorrersi immersi nella natura di un’isola, osservati unicamente dal sole e dal mare.
Libero da vincoli stagionali o fasi predefinite della giornata.
8.3
mehan – :
I do not agree with most of the reviews here – my experience with this fragrance has been very positive. Ironically, most of the notes I am smelling are not listed, but they are rose, perked up with a little white pepper and the listed jasmine and vanilla. Very feminine and demure. Suitable for the Mad Men type of office setting. Would wear nicely in the colder weather I think.
baltur – :
I would be ecstatic if heaven had this perfume! A powerful and carnal essence, crystal flowers everywhere. Oh my god, a truly paradise, I love it! One of the best perfumes by Keiko Mekeri.
dionis84 – :
Who would have thought that tuberose dominated perfume would last such a little time – barely 4 hours. Silage was in the traditions of KM perfumes – close to skin.
“Paradise Lost” is a very tropical tuberose perfume, I could swear I get datura out of this even though it’s not listed. I did enjoy wearing this creation, but I did not enjoy the fact that it fades away so quickly leaving me with just a vanilla – musk.
Even though this might appear pretty to tuberose lovers, I do not believe this is worth the price tag.
hravn22 – :
This is a pretty scent but it moves quickly to a middle of the road mass marketed type of musky slightly sweet jasmine/tuberose fragrance. It is pleasant and I will certainly use the rest of my sample, but it smells most like Rihanna Rebel Fleur to me, which also brings nice thoughts of the beach and the flora around the beach. I would not spend $ on a niche when I can get almost the same scent at a much lower price in a more mainstream scent.
GorisGob – :
When I read the words Paradise Lost I am immediately transported into a tropical island, like the one Brooke Shields landed on in Blue Lagoon.
But that is where the associations end.
This fragrance is a sweet and pretty floral that is more giggly girl in a beach robe than birth of Venus babe. Think ‘Gidget’ (from the 60s show) or ‘Maryanne’ from Gilligan’s Island and you are getting close. l smell pigtails, prettiness and most popular girl.
The opening in truth is more redolent of a bakery next door to a florist than a tropical island hide-away at sunset. I smell miniature pink cupcakes with vanilla frosting, candied lime and spring flowers.
Thankfully the sweetness is a passing phase. When the fragrance moves into the heart, it becomes more musky vanilla with a floral middle, thanks to the tuberose.
I like it here, but like most Keiko Mecheri fragrances, the composition is really sheer and delicate. Almost ethereal. And because of this, the sillage does not smack you in the face (a good thing) and the perfume possibly won’t power on well into the evening (not so good).
Unfortunately, the dry drown is a short-lived affair. After 4 hours, this fragrance has almost disappeared, if not for a hint of musk sticks and vanilla. I don’t get a lot of sandalwood in the base, although it is noted in the base notes. It seems the vanilla along with the crystalline musk have the upper hand.
Keiko Mecheri does make some great fragrances, although Paradise Lost is a bit ahem lost on me. Kinda of like Maryanne from Gilligan’s island, likable but not memorable.
Mifywitiext – :
“Paradise Lost” is a somewhat odd name for a perfume, and Keiko Mecheri’s creation does have a scattered, cacophonous quality to it, making me feel that paradise is not just around the corner, or even within reach far off in the distance. Somehow this combination of citrus, tuberose, jasmine, vanilla, and ambergris adds up to both less and more than the sum of its parts. I cannot pinpoint exactly what is wrong here, but let’s just say that this is a very atypical composition for the house of Keiko Mecheri, in that it is somewhat loud and overwhelming, like a weird cross between Giorgio of Beverly Hills GIORGIO and Elizabeth Taylor WHITE DIAMONDS. Okay, that might be a bit harsh. (-;
It may be the tuberose combined with all of the other hard-hitting notes which conspires to make this wearer feel a bit uncomfortable. I recently tested Bond no 9 CENTRAL PARK WEST, which had a similar effect upon me, although the notes were quite different. There is a bit too much florality going on here, and it’s sweet to the point of being cloying in the opening, while it is persistent and just plain brash in the drydown. This style is familiar to me from the La Praire Life Threads series, some of the members of which are flashbacks to the 1980s.
PARADISE LOST is not at all what I have come to expect and admire from the house of Keiko Mecheri. I think that it would work for those who like VERY floral, in your face perfumes, but there is no way that I would classify this as unisex. No one with tuberose issues will find a friend in this perfume.
chipa – :
This starts out smelling like juicy musk lollies. Sweet, slightly floral and rosey. Then it develops into a strongly animalic scent. Ambergris is quite prominent at about 4-5 per cent and there also another note, perhaps coumarin… and I get a bit of cashmeran.
If you like the earthy aroma of an animalic ambergris mixed with musk lollies – this one is the go to fragrance!
sc777sc – :
This is one of many perfumes inaptly named. “Paradise” conjures images of tropical settings dripping with fat tuberose and dewy orchids, which is not what you’ll get here.
Ever see a picture of Socotra? There’s your inspiration for “Paradise Lost.” This is a sparse, musky, semi-arid Eden off the coast of Yemen, famous for its unusual vegetation. It’s been isolated for so long that it is rendered other-worldly, as there is no other place like it.
“Lost” is more of a masculine scent. A hot, raspy note destroys any visions you may have of swaying palm leaves, and the herbaceous dryness will leave you longing for a coconut daiquiri. The perspiration and warmth of your bosom will bring out the middle notes.
This scent is as interesting as Socotra itself. The contradictions are fascinating, never getting too cloying or too ‘cologne-ish’. As I wore this images of ‘Sublime’ sprang to mind, so I took a peak and saw that it too has a green opening, white floral middle and complex base. The two share similarities.
I look forward to wearing this a few more times, it is a refreshing change from the typical post card fragrances so quickly hitting the market.
andrei1409 – :
Paradise Lost is not my favourite creation from Keiko Mecheri house. First of all, it is based on a few notes that have been heavily exploited before and which provide an extra challenge for a perfumer, if he wants to create something different, that it. Moreover, tuberose is a very strong note in most compositions, and finding notes to accompany it and not disappear seems a difficult part- at least I judge it from the tuberose based scents I have tried so far.
In Paradise Lost tuberose is found in company of citrus, sandalwood and jasmine. For me personally, hardly a thrilling combination. And the scent somehow falls flat- after the first spray it just lingers somewhere in the background, lacks presence, and above all, does feel a bit as a remake of something a lot more interesting. Definitely not the best from a a house that has let out so many great creations.