Le Jardin d'Amour Max Factor 1986 Eau de Toilette
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A past secret love...
In the late 80s, I sniffed this fragrance in a store. I found it incredibly sweet back then! Initially too sweet. But it didn't let me go! It reminded me a bit of the long-evaporated mini rose perfume that my mother had given me as a child (see my comments on "White Rose" and "Elisabethan Rose"), which I have mourned all my life. Well, in the end, I did get the little bottle (visible in the photo on the right). But I only ever sniffed it at home and back then I didn't dare to wear this intensely sweet fragrance in public. O.k., I was still young and I was more concerned about what total strangers might think of me. Today, fortunately, I've become a bit more self-confident, following the motto: once the reputation is ruined...
The old bottle is tipping over, so I recently had to get a new one, the even smaller bottle with the red cap.
But...
First, this specimen is also not quite pristine anymore, and second: I don't find the fragrance so sweet today! It definitely has a spicy aspect. Oriental, but only minimal. The enthusiasm from back then is no longer there. Today, I know (also through Parfumo) so many other great rose fragrances that I only partially mourn this one.
But I should have had a bit more courage back then to wear it more!
Addendum 1 (17.11.15):
There apparently are 2 versions! I reordered the new version (matte bottle with red cap) - it is unspoiled, but more of a spicy rose fragrance! My old perfume (flat shiny bottle with a flower on the cap) shows an incredible sweetness after the tipping note has evaporated. I reordered this version yesterday in Canada (!)
More info to follow after delivery!
Addendum 2 (29.11.15):
The flat bottle from Canada has now been delivered. The flower pattern on the cap looks a bit different than on my old specimen. The fragrance seems a bit sweeter to me than the current version with the red cap, but it doesn't reach the sweetness of my first specimen. Apparently, there have been several changes in the composition over time.
Conclusion: the fragrance from back then is now apparently truly irretrievably in the past!
But with such statements, I'm not alone here...
The old bottle is tipping over, so I recently had to get a new one, the even smaller bottle with the red cap.
But...
First, this specimen is also not quite pristine anymore, and second: I don't find the fragrance so sweet today! It definitely has a spicy aspect. Oriental, but only minimal. The enthusiasm from back then is no longer there. Today, I know (also through Parfumo) so many other great rose fragrances that I only partially mourn this one.
But I should have had a bit more courage back then to wear it more!
Addendum 1 (17.11.15):
There apparently are 2 versions! I reordered the new version (matte bottle with red cap) - it is unspoiled, but more of a spicy rose fragrance! My old perfume (flat shiny bottle with a flower on the cap) shows an incredible sweetness after the tipping note has evaporated. I reordered this version yesterday in Canada (!)
More info to follow after delivery!
Addendum 2 (29.11.15):
The flat bottle from Canada has now been delivered. The flower pattern on the cap looks a bit different than on my old specimen. The fragrance seems a bit sweeter to me than the current version with the red cap, but it doesn't reach the sweetness of my first specimen. Apparently, there have been several changes in the composition over time.
Conclusion: the fragrance from back then is now apparently truly irretrievably in the past!
But with such statements, I'm not alone here...
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5 Comments
The new one is creepy, not good at all :o/