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Alchimiste - Garden of Zen by Jean & Len

Alchimiste - Garden of Zen 2017

Sunnyblack
04/20/2018 - 12:34 PM
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8Scent 4Longevity 2Sillage 8Bottle

Yesss! It is it!

...for me at least. THE dupe of Mr. Li's garden!

While shopping, I found myself helplessly standing in front of the perfume shelf at the drugstore again today. What to do? Hmm... they don't cost much, so I closed my eyes and with my right index finger made increasingly smaller circles towards the colorful bottles until the circle became a point. Eyes open! Aha! Never seen before. Jean &... what...? Garden of zen... Well then. While the spray dries, the little story on the bottle brings a smile to my face: so this is what this scent wants to tell us, oh I see...

I start sniffing! Ah, nice! Spring and sweet citrus flowers. Wait a moment. I know this! It took a while for me to recognize the Hermes scent.

Only when I got home did I read here on this page that I'm not the only one who sees this similarity. I wasn't surprised by the controversial discussion about this similarity (that's always the case...:-)), but I was more surprised that I can't read anything in the fragrance pyramid that corresponds to what I can sniff out, and that after 3 hours I can still press my nose against my forearm but simply perceive nothing anymore.

What a shame, because I actually find the packaging of this brand very appealing and the scent really smells nice like spring... hmm, actually
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2 Comments
DasCroeDasCroe 2 years ago
On my skin, Mr. Li is a bit drier, dustier, and definitely has more jasmine. But I get what you mean; it made me think briefly of Lagune from the Jardin line.
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Enni91Enni91 8 years ago
Your writing style reminds me a bit of mine. Casual yet insightful. It makes me eager to try it out :) So the garden trophy goes to you.
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