Les 4 Saisons - Hiver by M. Micallef
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Martine Micallef
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Les 4 Saisons - Hiver 2003

7.3 / 10 130 Ratings
A perfume by M. Micallef for women, released in 2003. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral
Spicy
Sweet
Oriental
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Elemi resinElemi resin OrangeOrange LemonLemon
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang VioletViolet JasmineJasmine
Base Notes Base Notes
MuskMusk CedarwoodCedarwood VanillaVanilla

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Ratings
Scent
7.3130 Ratings
Longevity
7.796 Ratings
Sillage
7.292 Ratings
Bottle
8.2104 Ratings
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Esther19

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Winter Color Seeker
Here it certainly wasn't the bottle that attracted me: I can usually do without golden paintings and rhinestones! But: This fragrance is, so to speak, a true gem in my fragrance cabinet.

The opening is already a delight: I doubt that the notes listed in the top are complete. Many fragrances open hesperidic, but here the orange and neroli are downright full-bodied, rich, ripe - and I think the iris is already pushing its way in. A shimmer and softness at the same time, a fruitiness that has nothing in common with sharp, artificial penetration.

Hölderlin laments in his poem "Half of Life"

"Alas, where do I take, when winter comes

The flowers and shadows of the earth." (1806 - no worries about copyright)

We miss colors in winter - those who go outside notice that there are indeed splashes of color even in winter: evergreens, red branches, moss, brown buds, tree fungi, edible winter mushrooms, and sometimes even a few cheeky little flowers, colorful shrubs. You just have to look closely. Here you have to smell closely, and it's hard for me to name the details:

The scent is full of colors and warmth - and yet composed in such a way that it fits into winter: lightly semi-oriental warming, but not contrastingly shrill. The "spices" are "missing," yet I don't miss them at all here. If I imagine it in colors, there are many shades from yellowish to ochre and brown, muted dark red - and anthracite speckles, always woven together differently. Some paintings by Klee are done this way. All transitions are soft, ylang-ylang and soft jasmine seem to be the centering gentle forces that integrate, embrace, and do not intend to show off, but rather rise in common sense, and a dry musk serves as a supporting element for fluffiness as well as for a transparent stability. It leans towards the more powdery-elegant fragrances like "Cornubia," the latter being significantly spicier. This relative restraint, if one were to take an oriental as a benchmark, does not turn into arbitrariness! Definition of this winter fragrance: No oriental broiling heat, but gentle, intelligent emphasis on winter colors. Subdued refinement. A candidate for repurchase!
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Turandot

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Turandot
Top Review 26  
happy winter days
The winter fragrance from Micallef offers me another olfactory surprise, as I have yet to smell a perfume that is both fresh and warm, lush and light at the same time.

The scent opens with spicy citrus aromas, mind you, aromas, not the sour citrus freshness we usually encounter in top notes. The floral heart with a hint of cinnamon brings the warmth, and not just after the opening, but it glides seamlessly into it. The iris adds a powdery touch to this heart note and rounds the fragrance off beautifully at this stage.
It evokes the feeling of a cold, sunny winter day when one is - for whatever reason - happy. Cold nose, but warm at heart! It is an exceptionally friendly scent. The transition to a soft-woody finish is hardly noticeable; there are no breaks, everything flows harmoniously into one another.

I find it remarkable that this winter fragrance does not use the usual ingredients. It works without the typical Christmas gingerbread spices, without the otherwise inevitable vanilla, and the Orient did not need to be called upon, aside from the hint of cinnamon.

This is a winter perfume that paints pictures without kitsch and brings us the beautiful sides of the cold season to mind, or rather, to our noses. While I may want to enjoy spring for now, Les 4 Saisons - Hiver is on my wish list for next winter.
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Florblanca

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The Summer That Was a Winter...
This summer is somehow... crazy. After two days of 30°C, days of rain and 16°C follow. For me, it's a good opportunity to test a fragrance called Winter even in summer.

The opening is simply stunning. The citrus fruits and neroli blossoms combined with honey and soft wood sweep around me. Oh, how beautiful it is.

But it doesn't stop there; it gives way to flowers. Clearly jasmine and ylang-ylang, and yes, the iris adds its powdery touch. I can't perceive cinnamon, but it might be the warmth in the heart note.

This is such a beautiful, lush, voluminous, warm, sweet, and cozy fragrance, far too precious to be worn only in winter. I believe that in temperatures like today, at the beginning of spring and especially in autumn, it makes the days sunnier.

And even more so when the base sets in. One would want to open a nice bottle of red wine, light the fireplace, take out some delicious truffle chocolates from the fridge, and comfortably sit in front of the fireplace to enjoy and cuddle.
This softness, spiciness, and sweetness, in wonderful harmony with the wood, is simply gorgeous.

This fragrance is a must for all lovers of gourmand scents. I dare say it is the most beautiful of the Les 4 Saisons series by Micallef.
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Nasowas

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Nasowas
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Adult Gourmand
The opening is briefly fresh, soft fruity orange with sunny neroli blossoms.
This only lasts a short time, as a heavy oily ylang-ylang pushes forward, which I find to be dominant, accompanied by gentle, non-indolic jasmine and a hint of warming cinnamon.
This phase lasts quite a long time; you can tell the quality of the ingredients, as with all the Micallef fragrances I have tested so far, but personally, it is too much for me.

The base is creamy, warm, soft, powdery, deliciously sweet, with vanilla, almond, and sandalwood.
The cedar saves it from becoming too sweet/sticky.
I would classify it as an adult gourmand fragrance and find the name well chosen.
The longevity is very good, and the sillage is perceptible from good to very good.
A must for lovers of this genre.
Unfortunately, not for me.
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Snowflake

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Snowflake
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Fleeting Fragrance
From the notes, I expected a lot, but on my skin, it turned out to be rather insignificant. It starts off citrusy fresh; I don't smell any cinnamon, then in the base, it develops a slightly almondy, vanillic foundation, but it is TOTAL weak, I could hardly perceive it after about 1 hour.
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Like butterfly wings
brushing snowflakes
golden blossoms.
Light behind frosted glass.
The warmth of a child
in my arms.
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Childhood memories with warm sunshine in a quiet winter setting, wrapped in Grandma's violet embrace.
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Yellow sun power of "epidOr" shifted into sluggish, thick ochre. Rich floral sweetness, warm wood, gray cloud fluff. More autumn than winter.
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Green, herbal, resinous, then beautifully dominated by musk, a floral blend, slightly mastic-like, almond-bitter. Balsamic-resinous, slightly herbaceous, creamy.
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5 years ago
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What a fine vanilla scent with a radiant neroli topping and a deep floral spice that almost hints at cinnamon and warm woods.
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Sun in December
(Deceptive) warmth
The gaze into the blue sky is sweet,
into the brown leaves full of melancholy
Longing for summer blooms
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10 years ago
5
Reminds me of my first perfume love "Loulou," as if it grew up (aged? ;-) with me. A lightly sweet, soft cuddly gourmand.
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9 years ago
5
Such a great, almost gourmand top note, then it gets a bit more intense, but suddenly these monster flowers came in and gave me a headache.
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8 years ago
4
1:1 Loulou! Retro-Oriental with a kick! Balsamic and captivating, lush. My friend thinks it's biting - "smells like aggressive wood polish."
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Great! Association of a warm autumn day, the leaves already changing; a rich yet transparent scent full of fruity-floral *
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