I received this perfume as a gift from one of my mother's friend who came down from France to Canada and brought along a few gifts for me including fragrances (she heard I loved perfumes). Unfortunately, I think she bought the perfume straight from a France drugstore 'cause these are the vibes this one is giving me.
Screechy, synthetic, overwhelming, not well-dosed. I like to think of myself as having missed the snob train for fragrances, but it's undeniable that my nose has grown throughout my journey and this one screams cheap drugstore dupe. Nothing bad per se, but definitely not my kind of fragrance and I'm just not there anymore. It smells of undescript tropical fruits and vacation with a healthy topping of florals that give off a fresh, sweet scent with some powderiness. The problem lies in the base notes where it's all things artifical, screechy, synthetic and just frankly overwhelming. I get a cold freshness that's very synthetic, with a cheap drugstore-like vanilla, some synthetic muskiness and a powdery, wooden sandalwood. The base notes end up completely overwhelming the rest of the fragrance after about 10-15 minutes on my skin.
It was a lovely gesture and I appreciated smelling something that's not readily accessible for me, but this will not be making it into my collection and I will be decluttering it.
