First encounter: "Hmmm, it reminds me of
L'Eau Papier Eau de Toilette, just fruitier. I'll remember that."
Second encounter: "This could also be the sweeter version of
Bal d'Afrique Eau de Parfum. Quite nice."
Third encounter: "No, this is
Gypsy Water Eau de Parfum with peach instead of juniper! But it doesn't matter, it's great, doesn't cost much, I'm taking it with me now."
I have not regretted the purchase. Here, Jérôme Epinette has created a beautiful, complex, and rich fragrance for a small budget, about which mysteriously no one talks. The peach jumps straight into the nose, ripe, juicy, and warm. At the same time, a warm, slightly woody-skin-like musk-Ambroxan base unfolds, softening the fruity sweetness. Add to that a bergamot freshness and the overall picture is rounded. Fruity-Woody-Creamy-Sweet. No great development: The fragrance is present, with all its facets, and remains, only the peach loses prominence, ultimately it simply fades away quietly.
That sounds a bit exhausting and loud when I read it now, but wait! The fragrance is quiet and understated, close to the skin and not very long-lasting (we already mentioned the Byredo references), but that also fits the overall impression here, as the quiet, fleeting nature of the fragrance acts like another mosaic piece of its complexity; it doesn't want to stand out, giving it a thoughtful, melancholic quality.
A pleasantly subtle companion for warm summer evenings, I can also imagine it well in autumn, in winter it might be overwhelmed by thick wool sweaters.
Conclusion: A pleasantly understated, profound, and hard-to-categorize beauty for little money, a serendipitous find that has truly made me happy.