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Love Potion (Eau de Parfum) by Oriflame

Love Potion 2011 Eau de Parfum

DogiCoco
02/13/2025 - 06:37 AM
2
5.5Scent

Chocolates and strawberry hairspray

Dark, booze-filled chocolate pralinés and valentine's day vibes.
I like the chocolate note, which is nicely done and not too sickly or waxy like in some other perfumes, and the general idea of the scent, but the overall execution leaves something to be desired.

I could have sworn this had a strawberry note, or at least some other red fruit note in that vein, but the only listed fruit is mandarin, which I don't get at all. To me this smells like overripe strawberries and unfortunately also somewhat like hairspray. I suspect it's the rum note that has gone wrong. I do smell rum, but there also is another alcohol note that doesn't smell drinkable and has an unpleasantly synthetic touch.

This is better after is has dried down and the alcohol has mostly burned off. Then Love Potion becomes a nice, warm, vanillic and still surprisingly fruity scent. At this stage I kind of get the comparison to Amor Amor's drydown, even though I don't find these two very similar all in all.

For a perfume with so many heavy gourmand notes, this is rather light with moderate performance. The opening is intense, but it quickly turns weaker.
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