Alizée Detaille

Yes, it's already mentioned here as a fragrance twin. But it really is true. It smells exactly like Samsara (I'm referring to the current EdP). Samsara is, like this fragrance, a sandalwood-based perfume, with a very soapy, very strict jasmine note. I perceive the result as madam-like, conservative, and it also strikes me as very loud, shrill, screechy, and unappealing. It must be this strict soapy quality that keeps me at a distance from the fragrance - or rather, from the two fragrances, Samsara and Alizée. Despite the wonderful sweet-aromatic sandalwood. Ugh, sandalwood scents that have exactly this balsamic, almost creamy and sweet sandalwood accord have all been too stale, too loud, too furniture-like-woody, too something for me. Bois des Iles by Chanel could have been my sandalwood fragrance, but ultimately it was too aldehydic for me. I had a certain, albeit restrained hope for this one, but unfortunately, it was nothing. What a pity.