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Ehliman_777 – :
As others have noted, it doesn’t project very far, but up close, it’s heady and lush. Best guess, there is gardenia, jasmine, mimosa, sweet olive (aka osmanthus), rose, honeysuckle, tuberose…and a soft woody base of sandalwood, cedar, and perhaps vetiver. Some greens and a bit of aldehyde on top. Very pretty and lasts a long time (I’m guessing the sample vial is EdT). The osmanthus gives it a warm, apricotty note–I recognize it from having sampled Bourbon French’s Olive Blossom perfume.
It’s been a long time since I wore Guerlain’s Jardins de Bagatelle, but I’m reminded a bit of that (another lush white floral with a hint of aldehyde and a woody base), only this is easier to wear, softer, lovelier in late drydown, and more than likely hasn’t suffered from cost-cutting reformulation (unlike the Guerlain).
victor2505 – :
Floral and green goodness. It definitely needs to rest after the journey (if you get it by mail) so try to be patient for a few days. Rich but not overwhelming. Sillage is soft and stays close to the skin but it is noticeably present if you are in hugging range.
It lasts a good six to eight hours on my skin (in the heat). Perfume of Paradise is not sweet in a sugary/gourmand way but it is sweet in a natural, floral way. I really like this. I have the travel cologne but I bet the pure perfume is out of this world.
EVGENYMOBIL1 – :
This is gardenia all the way, softened with a dewy rose, a little sandalwood and a yellow flower in the ylang or grangipani family. Hot, quiet, enveloping, ridiculously fleshy and indolic, almost suffocating—like a jungle you have to let yourself be prey to, where the air is liquid and the light is scarce.
Sillage from one puff is discrete, but the power in close range is almost palpable. Stays, in diminishing sequences, about 10h on my skin.
An anachronistic organic apparition in a sea of metals and glass, heavy and pulsating and hard to ignore…You can feel your heart beat in your eardrums with this one.