I had been searching for some time for my perfect lily-of-the-valley and hyacinth perfumes. Bas de Soie by Serge Lutens and Muguet Fleuri by Oriza L. Legrand were the frontrunners in those categories, but after smelling this re-release, they have been pushed to second place.
It captures the clean and pure essence of those tiny bell flowers nestled among crisp leaves, accompanied by the slightly spicy, intensely green notes of the trumpet-shaped blossoms (in my mind, these are white muscari hyacinths). It certainly possesses a faint acetone-like quality which doesn’t bother me at all; actually I think it enhances both floral notes.
Only very few of Kurkdjian’s creations are to my taste (notables being Guerlain’s Rose Barbare and Dior’s New Look from two years ago), and I was genuinely surprised by how much this version improves upon the 2009 Diorissimo, especially since I dislike heavy ylang ylang sensation.
