No.13 - Nouvelle Vague Maison Louis Marie 2023 Eau de Parfum
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Another coconut scent
Maison Louis Marie passed under my radar since they make perfumes from a familly I don't have any affinity with (mainly woods and spices). When this one arrived with a Sephora order, I was intrigued. Having been lately on a coconut oriented hunt to add coconut scents to my collection, this one could very well fit the bill!
I already have two coconut-oriented scents in my collection: a floral coconut fragrance and a creamy almost lactonic coconut perfume. Both do not have the sunscreen vibe. The day before I tried this one, I had tested Soleil Blanc Eau de Parfum at Sephora so when I sprayed MLM's interpretation, my mind immediately went to Tom Ford's perfume. Both are quite similar. They have the same sunscreen, creamy and lactonic coconut vibe, like a walk on the beach as the sun is setting while the sunscreen fades lightly on your skin. It's a calm, soothing fragrance, one that is light and airy, perfect for summer... It's a lovely interpretation of coconut and a less-expensive alternative to Tom Ford's.
To be honest, even though coconut water is listed as a top note, it stays throughout the duration of the perfume. It's quite obviously the star and the other notes tend to disappear beneath it. Never smelled the lemon or the lily of the valley. Agave and tuscan fig does lend a non-descript fruity aspect at one point, but the tonka bean is the strongest in the middle notes, giving everything a more powdery, vanilla-like aspect to the omnipresent coconut accord. The base notes round everything off with a woody, warm accord.
Overall it's a nice fragrance and, like I previously mentioned, a nice non-expensive alternative to Tom Ford's interpretation. I brought my wirst to my nose quite often, but it still won't make the cut: the sunscreen vibe is just too obvious to me. A lovely perfume nonetheless for those who don't mind this!
I already have two coconut-oriented scents in my collection: a floral coconut fragrance and a creamy almost lactonic coconut perfume. Both do not have the sunscreen vibe. The day before I tried this one, I had tested Soleil Blanc Eau de Parfum at Sephora so when I sprayed MLM's interpretation, my mind immediately went to Tom Ford's perfume. Both are quite similar. They have the same sunscreen, creamy and lactonic coconut vibe, like a walk on the beach as the sun is setting while the sunscreen fades lightly on your skin. It's a calm, soothing fragrance, one that is light and airy, perfect for summer... It's a lovely interpretation of coconut and a less-expensive alternative to Tom Ford's.
To be honest, even though coconut water is listed as a top note, it stays throughout the duration of the perfume. It's quite obviously the star and the other notes tend to disappear beneath it. Never smelled the lemon or the lily of the valley. Agave and tuscan fig does lend a non-descript fruity aspect at one point, but the tonka bean is the strongest in the middle notes, giving everything a more powdery, vanilla-like aspect to the omnipresent coconut accord. The base notes round everything off with a woody, warm accord.
Overall it's a nice fragrance and, like I previously mentioned, a nice non-expensive alternative to Tom Ford's interpretation. I brought my wirst to my nose quite often, but it still won't make the cut: the sunscreen vibe is just too obvious to me. A lovely perfume nonetheless for those who don't mind this!
Telekinec
