Difficult Synthetic LOTV Opening
As much as I want to like Jean-Charles Brosseau JASMIN-LILAS, I find the opening very difficult to endure. The lily-of-the-valley rendition used here is unfortunately the same as or similar to the one featured in Coty's ghastly reformulated MUGUET DES BOIS, which to me smells like paint thinner. Here, the lily of the valley note is tempered quite a bit in the drydown by the strong jasmine note, but there is always the lingering memory of paint thinner-cum-lighter fluid which I find somewhat problematic and even annoying. The opening couple of minutes are really hard to bear, and I find myself basically holding my breath to survive. However, the fragrance never delivers enough niceness to warrant the wait, it seems to me.
Perhaps this composition would work better in hot weather, applied outside, so that the solvent-y aspect could evaporate quickly away, giving a swifter development to the drydown and diminishing the waiting period for a decent perfume to emerge. I'll try again when summer arrives. The jasmine is very nice, but all things considered, I'd rather wear a strong jasmine fragrance without this particular lily-of-the-valley note, which to me is not pleasant at all. I love the bottle and even the green color, and knowing that Pierre Bourdon created this perfume, I really wanted to love it too. But I don't.
Perhaps this composition would work better in hot weather, applied outside, so that the solvent-y aspect could evaporate quickly away, giving a swifter development to the drydown and diminishing the waiting period for a decent perfume to emerge. I'll try again when summer arrives. The jasmine is very nice, but all things considered, I'd rather wear a strong jasmine fragrance without this particular lily-of-the-valley note, which to me is not pleasant at all. I love the bottle and even the green color, and knowing that Pierre Bourdon created this perfume, I really wanted to love it too. But I don't.