Top Notes 
Green mandarin orange
Galbanum
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Rose
Base Notes 
Champaca flower
Tuberose
04/30/2013
Gold
541 Reviews
Gold
4
Insect repellent
The German company "Florascent" is not a favourite house of mine. They claim their ingredients are all natural (well, they probably are), but the results they come up with are disappointing.
In a certain way, I'm glad that the sharp, biting citrus scent called "1er Mai" is such a bummer. (For very personal reasons, the 1.5. will never be a happy day for me again, because three years ago, on the 1st of May, something terrible happened. But I don't want to expand on that).
Back to the fragrance: I find it hard to call it a perfume, the best way to describe it would be "insect repellent". None of the nice components mentioned in the pyramide are actually there, apart from galbanum and green, acid mandarine. I normally adore galbanum - so don't tell me it's the galbanum which ruined the fragrance for me. This "1er Mai" is simply vile allover.
One of my ecologically-minded friends gave me a bottle of this "all-natural" scent in 2008, but nobody in my family even wanted to use it as an air freshener. We had to secretly dispose of the vessel in a powder-room of a restaurant... can you imagine? I normally collect perfume bottles, but this one... no way.
In a certain way, I'm glad that the sharp, biting citrus scent called "1er Mai" is such a bummer. (For very personal reasons, the 1.5. will never be a happy day for me again, because three years ago, on the 1st of May, something terrible happened. But I don't want to expand on that).
Back to the fragrance: I find it hard to call it a perfume, the best way to describe it would be "insect repellent". None of the nice components mentioned in the pyramide are actually there, apart from galbanum and green, acid mandarine. I normally adore galbanum - so don't tell me it's the galbanum which ruined the fragrance for me. This "1er Mai" is simply vile allover.
One of my ecologically-minded friends gave me a bottle of this "all-natural" scent in 2008, but nobody in my family even wanted to use it as an air freshener. We had to secretly dispose of the vessel in a powder-room of a restaurant... can you imagine? I normally collect perfume bottles, but this one... no way.
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