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Notes05/21/2014
Belgwen
94 Reviews
Belgwen
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Classy, Heady, and Luxurious
For me, this is what a true French perfume should be... Smooth, feminine, and true to its characteristics down to the last whiff.
This is such a sweet perfume that, if done wrong, it could have been cloying like BS Fantasy or Guerlain Insolence EDT. But the perfumer Karine Chevallier blended this with such mastery and obviously used such quality ingredients that it can stand on the edge of over-the-top sweetness and never fall off to the cloying side.
It opens with a burst of blackberry, passion fruit, and black currants. On my skin, all of the fruits were well balanced. I could pick out each of them but they were all present with equal strength (Amazing... How DO they do that??)
Top notes lingered longer than any perfume I’ve tested. In about 30 minutes, the peach, cherry, and true jasmine scent kicked in. The peach, cherry, and orange flower were well blended. None of them really stood out; rather played a "side-kick" role. So the star of the show (at least on my skin) was the sweet fruity jasmine at the heart phase.
The dry down was peachy vanilla mixed with honey that had a milky quality. I felt like I was smelling fruits dipped in warm almond milk with honey.
Sillage: Excellent! I left a faint trail of gourmand fruits everywhere I went.
Staying power: Excellent! 6-8 hours.
This is such a sweet perfume that, if done wrong, it could have been cloying like BS Fantasy or Guerlain Insolence EDT. But the perfumer Karine Chevallier blended this with such mastery and obviously used such quality ingredients that it can stand on the edge of over-the-top sweetness and never fall off to the cloying side.
It opens with a burst of blackberry, passion fruit, and black currants. On my skin, all of the fruits were well balanced. I could pick out each of them but they were all present with equal strength (Amazing... How DO they do that??)
Top notes lingered longer than any perfume I’ve tested. In about 30 minutes, the peach, cherry, and true jasmine scent kicked in. The peach, cherry, and orange flower were well blended. None of them really stood out; rather played a "side-kick" role. So the star of the show (at least on my skin) was the sweet fruity jasmine at the heart phase.
The dry down was peachy vanilla mixed with honey that had a milky quality. I felt like I was smelling fruits dipped in warm almond milk with honey.
Sillage: Excellent! I left a faint trail of gourmand fruits everywhere I went.
Staying power: Excellent! 6-8 hours.
