06/20/2023

Julipet
45 Reviews

Julipet
1
Watercolor purple... or am I imagining it?
I bought a decant of this and at first I thought that I got a bad sample that wasn’t stored properly and turned, because I barely could smell anything. Do you know the feeling when you perceive something dense in your nostrils and you understand that it must be a smell, but you cannot “read” it, no matter how you try? That’s was my first experience with Amethyst Eclat. Although when I asked my husband to sniff my wrist he said that is smelt like candy, so it must be me “glitching”, not the sample.
A few days later, upon second application, I do feel something sweet and faintly fruity, but I still don’t “read” it clearly. I think I do get the pear, light blackcurrant, and musk notes. What I do manage to catch reminds me of Jeanne Arthes Boum Candy Land, which also comes in a purple bottle, so maybe it’s not a coincidence. I must say, the original Amethyst feels very gentle and transparent to me, a kind of “barely there” fragrance, so maybe it was to be expected that I wouldn’t be able to smell the “lighter version” of it.
I think there is something with the Lalique formula that makes me “nose blind” to it. When I tried “Perles de Lalique” I couldn’t distinguish flower notes there, only patchouli and pepper - and it was an official tester, not a decant.
Anyway, sorry for a not very informative review, but hopefully, it will help anyone experiencing similar anosmia with these frags to not feel alone. I wanted to try Lalique Amethyst series very much, because the notes sounded lovely in each of the three, but so far I drew a blank after a blank. Maybe Amethyst Exquise (supposedly a “darker, more intense” version) will be it for me? I do love blackberries and purple fragrances so much!
A few days later, upon second application, I do feel something sweet and faintly fruity, but I still don’t “read” it clearly. I think I do get the pear, light blackcurrant, and musk notes. What I do manage to catch reminds me of Jeanne Arthes Boum Candy Land, which also comes in a purple bottle, so maybe it’s not a coincidence. I must say, the original Amethyst feels very gentle and transparent to me, a kind of “barely there” fragrance, so maybe it was to be expected that I wouldn’t be able to smell the “lighter version” of it.
I think there is something with the Lalique formula that makes me “nose blind” to it. When I tried “Perles de Lalique” I couldn’t distinguish flower notes there, only patchouli and pepper - and it was an official tester, not a decant.
Anyway, sorry for a not very informative review, but hopefully, it will help anyone experiencing similar anosmia with these frags to not feel alone. I wanted to try Lalique Amethyst series very much, because the notes sounded lovely in each of the three, but so far I drew a blank after a blank. Maybe Amethyst Exquise (supposedly a “darker, more intense” version) will be it for me? I do love blackberries and purple fragrances so much!



Top Notes
Blackcurrant
Raspberry
Nashi pear
Heart Notes
Magnolia
Peony
Bulgarian rose
Base Notes
Musk
Blackberry
Violet wood




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