In Flames La Rive 2015

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7.7 / 10 143 Ratings

In Flames is a popular perfume by La Rive for women and was released in 2015. The scent is sweet-floral. It is still available to purchase.

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Main accords

Sweet

Floral

Gourmand

Fruity

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aquatic notes

Hazelnut

Orange

Heart Notes

Heliotrope

Exotic fruits

Jasmine

Melon

Rose

Sandalwood

Pineapple

Base Notes

Vanilla

Dry woods

Amber

Coconut

Ratings

Scent

7.7143 Ratings

Longevity

7.1127 Ratings

Sillage

6.9127 Ratings

Bottle

6.7136 Ratings

Value for money

9.340 Ratings

Submitted by Michael, last update on 14.05.2023.

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/15/2020

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Liny

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Liny

Very helpful Review 13

The other day in the drugstore, looking for bargains..

Since some clones are quite wrong, I like to have your estimated perfume ratings at hand when testing to be able to make a preselection. This is what appeared on the well rated and available on the shelf of La Rive.

One... no two... Get me some test strips. First the La Rive, then the original. I was already flabbergasted. The top notes were almost identical in direct comparison and especially the hazelnut was clearly perceptible in both. I found this hazelnut note to be special and was, besides the price, the reason why I bought it spontaneously.

When I applied it to my body I was a little disappointed, because instead of the hazelnut I only took flowery notes and the jasmine note was the one I didn't like much. After about 10 minutes, relief sets in, the rose joins in and I feel as if I am lying freshly creamed in a flower meadow. A state to linger in, everyday stress byebye, serenity come around.

Yes, In Flames, you and I have become friends. You were not quite what I expected, but you are doing me good and I am happy to have you ☺️.

01/29/2020

6
Bottle 5
Sillage 6
Longevity 2
Scent

MarieTheres

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MarieTheres

Very helpful Review 7

Neither you...

...nor your big sister are my case. Rarely do I get carried away with such statements, but this smell stinks. What disturbed me about Olympea was the salty vanilla or whatever that was, which is not present here. So I thought I might like In Flames, but I don't. He scratches, he smells kind of pompous and totally penetrating. I had sprayed him, put a sweater on him and then quickly realized that he was not for me. But the sweater smelled of this horrible water the next day, so I put it into the laundry right away. There is actually nothing more to say - we were, are and will not become friends!

12/16/2019

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 5
Scent

Sternanis

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Sternanis

4

Low sodium food

Of the three Olympea clones I have tested so far, this one has the least to do with its model.

The somewhat nasty, but also characteristic "salt note" in my nose (I find it rather sweaty, but slowly make friends with it - but that's another topic), which makes the scent recognizable, can only be guessed at easily. In the first 5 minutes it has at least a bit similarity with Olympea after approx. 2 hours.
The cold, aldehyde-like flowery "overtones" from the original, which remind me of Gabriela Sabatini, are also missing here.

The fragrance process disintegrates into two phases that do not fit together at all, and the transition is strange and inharmonic. The first is flowery (usual jasmine rose mix, much shallower than Olympea) with a bit of fruit compote and hairspray notes and reminds me of LVeB, the second is a base that smells almost the same as the Black Opium clone (with a hint of... coconut??).
As if someone at LR had tipped two old dupes together and said: "I got it!"
The version of Keshi is much better copied (but unfortunately not always available, seems to be a kind of promotional item), although unfortunately with more fruit (too much melon) and less flowers.

As an independent fragrance, I don't find it very special either. It is neither a good copy nor a good perfume, and as neither of them has any recognition value.
But it's not particularly bad either, but fits seamlessly into all the cardboard vanillas with this pseudo rugged artificial note that have come out in recent years and cost more than 10 times as much for the most part.