A floral / patchouli partnership from the drugstore
I received this perfume as a gift from one of my mother's friend who came down from France to Canada and brought along a few gifts for me including fragrances (she heard I loved perfumes). Unfortunately, the first one was a flop as I immediately got drugstore vibes from it. I was, thus, wary when trying out this one and... although it won't remain in my collection, it was a more enjoyable moment.
It still does have that drugstore vibe, but a little less cheap on the nose. Very strong floral notes with a small tinge of freshness. It has that weird synthetic powderiness that was ok, but brought down my experience of it. It has a warmth to it that goes surprisingly well with the floral notes. Unfortunately, there's a moment where the fragrance turns itself over to patchouli and the scent almost overwhelmingly becomes patchouli. It ends up easing up a little, but the patchouli has the biggest spot with the floral notes and the freesia acting as support. Weirdly, the deep drydown is that of vanilla (which is not listed in the notes), a sweet, feminine, almost-powdery vanilla with a tinge of patchouli musks.
It's a sweet gesture from the friend's mother but unfortunately, it wasn't my kind of fragrance. Will not be keeping it into my collection.
