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Laskarina Frapin 2017

7.2 / 10 28 Ratings

A perfume by Frapin for women, released in 2017. The scent is floral-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Woody

Fruity

Sweet

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Grapefruit

Pink pepper

Pear sorbet

Heart Notes

Bulgarian rose

Orange blossom

Base Notes

Ambrocenide®

Ambroxan

Frankincense

Black pepper Iris

Iris

Perfumer

Amélie Bourgeois

Ratings

Scent

7.228 Ratings

Longevity

7.321 Ratings

Sillage

6.721 Ratings

Bottle

7.832 Ratings

Value for money

7.212 Ratings

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/18/2023

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Venusia
46 Reviews

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Venusia

4

The Girl and the Sea

The title of this review is meant to evoke a postcard from an idyllic coastal town.
This fragrance is perceived very differently. Every review I have read sounds different.
For me, it is a bright and airy combination of ripe pear, yellow rosebuds (which are slightly open, enough to hint at the sweet-fresh green scent) and fine incense; in the dry-down, a touch of powdery, slightly peppery iris, and barely hinted grapefruit bitterness, all rather one-dimensional but interesting and not boring at all. These notes blend like the aromas in a southern market in midsummer - ripe fruit, green-sweet, slightly overheated flowers, spices, freshly processed wood, ... a bit of dust. Summery and fine, without coming across as really fresh or citrusy. I can't sense anything musty here.
I envision Laskarina as the first fragrance for a young girl (as a first name it could suit her), wearing a white sun hat and a dress with colorful polka dots, walking alone, singing her youthful dreams, towards a beach near the market, where the breeze flutters her light dress. Quite feminine with good longevity and discreet sillage.

12/20/2020

5.5Scent

Rubia
10 Reviews

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Rubia

4

Why?

This is one of the most boring things I have ever smelled. It is sweet, it is floral, it is nonspecific. Nothing stands out, I can't identify any of the notes, except maybe something rosy. I smell no bergamot, no grapefruit, no pink pepper, and no incense. Also no pear, unless "pear sorbet" refers to something like Del-Monte-Williams-Christ canned fruit. But even then, there's more sugar syrup than fruit here. As I said: There is something rosy. Unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with the pyramid candidates iris and ambro-XY and orange blossom - my nose still needs to train on typical reference scents.

For me, this is a fragrance that does nothing wrong, but also nothing right. It is like pictures in a doctor's waiting room: pleasing, uncontroversial, lowest common denominator, banal. Laskarina is not cheap. If I had bought the bottle instead of just getting a sample, I would feel like I had purchased an expensive Louvre ticket, only to end up in the IKEA poster section.

Why does one produce something like this in the perfume niche instead of for deodorant and fabric softener?
And is Laskarina high-priced because the ingredients were sourced sustainably, fairly, and skillfully? If so, it is a pity that nothing more exciting was made from them. Sustainable, fair, and skillfully can also be found in Weleda deodorant or organic essential oils.

I tested a 1.5 ml sample, and every time I smelled it on skin or paper, my first thought was: Wow, how boring, how cookie-cutter, like the class crush from the parallel class. Admittedly: My novice nose is probably missing all kinds of craftsmanship and subtleties here - but how quiet would it be in the perfume forest if only the experienced birds were chirping?

In short: I would find a bold fragrance that misses the mark much more interesting than this sweet-floral blah.