07/28/2012
Sherapop
1239 Reviews
Sherapop
An aptly named perfume...
"Paradise Lost" is a somewhat odd name for a perfume, and Keiko Mecheri's creation does have a scattered, cacophonous quality to it, making me feel that paradise is not just around the corner, or even within reach far off in the distance. Somehow this combination of citrus, tuberose, jasmine, vanilla, and ambergris adds up to both less and more than the sum of its parts. I cannot pinpoint exactly what is wrong here, but let's just say that this is a very atypical composition for the house of Keiko Mecheri, in that it is somewhat loud and overwhelming, like a weird cross between Giorgio of Beverly Hills GIORGIO and Elizabeth Taylor WHITE DIAMONDS. Okay, that might be a bit harsh. (-;
It may be the tuberose combined with all of the other hard-hitting notes which conspires to make this wearer feel a bit uncomfortable. I recently tested Bond no 9 CENTRAL PARK WEST, which had a similar effect upon me, although the notes were quite different. There is a bit too much florality going on here, and it's sweet to the point of being cloying in the opening, while it is persistent and just plain brash in the drydown. This style is familiar to me from the La Praire Life Threads series, some of the members of which are flashbacks to the 1980s.
PARADISE LOST is not at all what I have come to expect and admire from the house of Keiko Mecheri. I think that it would work for those who like VERY floral, in your face perfumes, but there is no way that I would classify this as unisex. No one with tuberose issues will find a friend in this perfume.
It may be the tuberose combined with all of the other hard-hitting notes which conspires to make this wearer feel a bit uncomfortable. I recently tested Bond no 9 CENTRAL PARK WEST, which had a similar effect upon me, although the notes were quite different. There is a bit too much florality going on here, and it's sweet to the point of being cloying in the opening, while it is persistent and just plain brash in the drydown. This style is familiar to me from the La Praire Life Threads series, some of the members of which are flashbacks to the 1980s.
PARADISE LOST is not at all what I have come to expect and admire from the house of Keiko Mecheri. I think that it would work for those who like VERY floral, in your face perfumes, but there is no way that I would classify this as unisex. No one with tuberose issues will find a friend in this perfume.
