Portrait of a Lady Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle 2010 Eau de Parfum

Yes, we are all getting older, every second, minute, hour... I don't know what metamorphosis I have gone through or am still going through, but somehow I have the feeling that the very fragrances or scents that I used to detest are now gradually becoming more and more my favorites. I had a similar theme in my last review about oud. I don't know why, but when I used to think of rose fragrances, I always had the association of a very old, well-heeled lady putting on all her jewelry on a Sunday and overdosing on rose perfume in a coffee is her black forest cake, in other words, I loathed fragrances that smelled like rosé, nothing against old, well-heeled ladies, you guys are awesome! in case anyone reads this review, I've never met either of my grannies, so I'm free as far as a surrogate grandma is concerned ;)

Back to the fragrance, lately I've been extremely into scents with rosé. Since I'm relatively young in this scene and my first fragrance was MFK oud Satin mood, I wanted something not so sweet and I found it with this fragrance. For me it's an almost exclusively rose scent, strong at the beginning and in the middle something slightly smoky is added, but the rose is always in the first place for me, but a beautiful rose, not sweet or penetrating at any point. I also smell something that reminds me of the past, somehow a scent that I associate with a freshly sharpened pencil. For me it's more masculine, I can also see it on a woman, but I think (I'm male) that it's more suited to a man. Unfortunately, I can't smell the raspberry at any time.