Top Notes 
Calabrian bitter orange
Sicilian orange
Heart Notes 
Grasse rose
Neroli
Turkish damask rose
Base Notes 
Venezuelan tonka bean
Vanilla
10/16/2023
Julipet
45 Reviews
Julipet
3
Poisoned Apple for a Modern Snow White
I love this. Definitely a sweet, gourmand scent. Vanilla and caramel in this are delightful. Every time I sniff my wrist, it's like licking a lollipop. It brings back childhood memories. I don't perceive Poison Girl Eau de Toilette as "sexy", as marketing would suggest. Maybe it's a metaphor, like "Candy shop" and "Milkshake"? If it is, it's too subtle.
Light and enjoyable enough for every day and every season. However, smells more fruity in high humidity. It rained yesterday and I finally smelled those oranges. It isn't as long-lasting as other vanilla scents I own. Still, the next day I still can smell faint traces of rose on my hair. On my skin it lasts until the evening.
Many people dismiss this fragrance and say it's too common and simple. That it doesn't hold up to its ancestors in the proud Poison line. The most common argument I hear from perfumers and fans is that this one just caters to popular tastes, while all its predecessors went against the trend and became iconic because they were so different from what everyone wore at the time.
Maybe that's the message? Maybe this time, Dior decided not to create history, but to capture the zeitgeist? Making something that isn't "special" or "different", but quintessential, characteristic of the time we live in? Because in 21 century, not perfumers decide what is "in" right now, but consumers, with their phones, reviews, and - most importantly, their purchases? It's like when couturiers take looks from the streets and elevate them to high fashion.
Modern consumer doesn't need to be told what she is supposed to like. She knows what she wants and she wants sweet fruity-gourmand goodness that is still light enough for all seasons. Because she wears perfumes not to seduce, but to improve her mood, to enjoy herself. Maybe that's why cherries, pineapples, strawberries, almonds, coconuts, and lollipops reign supreme for so long? Maybe that is why even violets and rose petals are sugar-coated and caramelized in the most popular fragrances?
Yes. Poison Girl is a candy. But it's a quality candy. It's an exclusive hand-made candy from a "Toffee Nose" boutique. It isn't mystical, it isn't dark. But it makes its cheerful "commonness" a statement, sticking it to snobs.
All in all, I believe it has a right to be in a Poison line. Sugar is a poison, too. Modern Snow White isn't poisoned by an apple soaked in deadly concoction. She doesn't drink from a greenish phial with a skull-and-bones motif. She doesn't eat Datura leaves. She willingly poisons herself by consuming sugar, colorants, artificial flavorings, and other things that might taste like fruit but are anything but.
Light and enjoyable enough for every day and every season. However, smells more fruity in high humidity. It rained yesterday and I finally smelled those oranges. It isn't as long-lasting as other vanilla scents I own. Still, the next day I still can smell faint traces of rose on my hair. On my skin it lasts until the evening.
Many people dismiss this fragrance and say it's too common and simple. That it doesn't hold up to its ancestors in the proud Poison line. The most common argument I hear from perfumers and fans is that this one just caters to popular tastes, while all its predecessors went against the trend and became iconic because they were so different from what everyone wore at the time.
Maybe that's the message? Maybe this time, Dior decided not to create history, but to capture the zeitgeist? Making something that isn't "special" or "different", but quintessential, characteristic of the time we live in? Because in 21 century, not perfumers decide what is "in" right now, but consumers, with their phones, reviews, and - most importantly, their purchases? It's like when couturiers take looks from the streets and elevate them to high fashion.
Modern consumer doesn't need to be told what she is supposed to like. She knows what she wants and she wants sweet fruity-gourmand goodness that is still light enough for all seasons. Because she wears perfumes not to seduce, but to improve her mood, to enjoy herself. Maybe that's why cherries, pineapples, strawberries, almonds, coconuts, and lollipops reign supreme for so long? Maybe that is why even violets and rose petals are sugar-coated and caramelized in the most popular fragrances?
Yes. Poison Girl is a candy. But it's a quality candy. It's an exclusive hand-made candy from a "Toffee Nose" boutique. It isn't mystical, it isn't dark. But it makes its cheerful "commonness" a statement, sticking it to snobs.
All in all, I believe it has a right to be in a Poison line. Sugar is a poison, too. Modern Snow White isn't poisoned by an apple soaked in deadly concoction. She doesn't drink from a greenish phial with a skull-and-bones motif. She doesn't eat Datura leaves. She willingly poisons herself by consuming sugar, colorants, artificial flavorings, and other things that might taste like fruit but are anything but.
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