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Very helpful Review
Up on Melancholy Hill
When I first discovered this fragrance, I came across a YouTube video that explained the meaning of “Fleur de Peau”. Fleur de Peau translates to “flowering of skin” or “skin flower” (ahh French people, do not come for me oo - I am just a Ghanaian girl who loves French perfumery). If you’ve ever heard the description “wears their heart on their sleeve”, this has a similar meaning. Fleur de Peau represents a person who is so in tune with their emotions and feelings to the point that it begins to grow on the surface of their skin, like flowers. It may or may not be a good thing to be overly emotional, but that kind of association with this scent is what made me fall in love with it deeply.
As someone who does not like powdery scents, this is up there with one of my absolute favorites. FdP is clean cut, sharp, fresh, but still cozy somehow? It’s very melancholic, which makes for the perfect “sad girl, rainy day” scent. It is not at all sweet or warm, but rather, dry and cold. It’s absolutely stunning. Compared to other scents within this group like You Eau de Parfum and Sonic Flower, FdP truly captures the sadness of evoked by this scent and is much more complex than the others. It’s one of my favorites out of Diptyque, but I do understand not everyone will like/love it.
Not only is the scent gorgeous, it’s one of the better performing Diptyque’s as well. It lasts pretty much all day on me (especially when I spray on clothes), and has a nice, strong sillage. I will always keep a bottle on hand for the days I’m not feeling the best but still want to smell nice.
As someone who does not like powdery scents, this is up there with one of my absolute favorites. FdP is clean cut, sharp, fresh, but still cozy somehow? It’s very melancholic, which makes for the perfect “sad girl, rainy day” scent. It is not at all sweet or warm, but rather, dry and cold. It’s absolutely stunning. Compared to other scents within this group like You Eau de Parfum and Sonic Flower, FdP truly captures the sadness of evoked by this scent and is much more complex than the others. It’s one of my favorites out of Diptyque, but I do understand not everyone will like/love it.
Not only is the scent gorgeous, it’s one of the better performing Diptyque’s as well. It lasts pretty much all day on me (especially when I spray on clothes), and has a nice, strong sillage. I will always keep a bottle on hand for the days I’m not feeling the best but still want to smell nice.
2 Comments
Ringtale 3 months ago
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I like your review. I think I saw the same video, it's a portugese expression for emotional persons. I love the scent too! It's beautyful! I don't feel sad by it, but certainly moved and touched, like when listening to beautyful music. I do sense some warm sweetness in it though, like warm cotton or something. Anyway, very lovely!
Nanaafromgha 3 months ago
I learned something new today! And I agree, it moves and touches me in a way that many of my other scents don’t. Love the way it wraps you up like a blanket.