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First impressions of Blueley, sorry I mean Greenley.
Another dive in to the Parfums De Marly discovery kit today and i am testing Greenley.
So far this will be my fourth test between the discovery kit and 2 free samples I got with it of which I have tested, Pegasus, Layton, Pegasus Exclusif and Sedley.
Sedley has my attention for spring and summer next year and I bought a bottle of Pegasus Exclusif in time for us getting in to Autumn.
Will Greenley be a full purchase also?
The opening is very light and fresh, but not weak. I get all the notes mentioned and after a few minutes it settles in to a strong projecting apple which after wearing YSL Y EDP yesterday was an excellent nice welcome, as even though people are reporting that they feel this is synthetic, it can’t be any more synthetic than the apple in Y. So, I have to say I am happy with the apple in this.
I have seen people say that PDM is a designer house labelled as niche but when you go from wearing YSL Y EDP to Greenley the next day you can tell the difference in quality right away. Does it warrant the price of some of their products? Absolutely not. I think they should be knocking off about £80 from this fragrances.
Having said that I must say that I was put off of green fragrances after I got HUGO BOSS Just Different, if any fragrance deserves the title of Greenley that’s the one right there to give it to. On a good day when I can fully smell all the notes Just Different is actually not too bad but it’s just not tuned to my personal taste. Greenly on the other hand may have just swayed that opinion on green fragrances, or has it? Keep reading to find out why there could be a question of why this may not change my thoughts about green fragrances after all.
I feel like with the two fresh fragrances I have sampled so far where in Sedley, the spearmint note is the star of the show, here in Greenley the apple is the star and both fragrances feel exceptionally refreshing and would be great to wear on extremely hot days bringing a feeling of fresh, cooling, relief which I experienced with Sedley just last week.
So, now on to the question of, shall Greenley make the list of full bottle purchases along with Pegasus Exclusif which I bought instantly after wearing it, or be placed in the next best thing, the wish list along side Sedley?
It’s the middle of August now and for me here in Scotland where don’t get me wrong, we maybe are known for rainy weather, however when we get hot days in the Summer it can get very hot, but usually we are leaving that kind of heat behind by the time we get in to September so sadly Sedley and Greenley are on the wish list for now unless I come across some amazing deals over Winter because I must say I find the best time to buy Summer fragrances is in fact during Winter when the deals on them seem to be better presumably because they know it is out of season.
Back to the topic of how it smells. Since I started writing this I am starting to feel the apple note is not the solo act up on the stage all on its own anymore with the spotlight on it and it alone. Now I feel the warmth of the Amber wood and this has now become a duet as both share the stage equally with neither outshining the other. It’s nice, I like this! Projection is still good but not as strong as when the apple was the solo star. The cedar wood is also making an appearance but I am not getting any of the violet so far. I am going to take a tea break to allow this to develop further before writing any more.
And I am back, oh sorry i didn’t offer you any tea, how rude of me lol.
While I took my tea break i began to slightly notice that violet note which is a nice accompaniment making the fragrance slightly more interesting imo. Violet when done right is a note I enjoy very much in the likes of Dylan Blue which leads me to my next thought. I have to agree with another reviewer’s opinion that this is maybe a Blueley dressed up in a Greenley looking bottle, but that doesn’t put me off in the slightest. I love “Blue” fragrances and I could honestly see me buying a full 125ml of this for sure now and replacing my YSL Y for next summer. This is why I said at the start this won’t be the fragrance that changes my mind on green fragrances
Sadly, at the 3 hour mark this becomes slightly smoky on my skin, I wasn’t sure at first if my mind was playing tricks on me as it is sitting very close to the skin, but I am indeed getting smoke with little whiffs of apple. I am now very bored as I feel like I am wearing Aventus but with apple instead of pineapple. Honestly this kind of scent bores me to death. I am fed up with these kind of scents and it is only because of the first three hours that I rate the scent so highly.
So, from going from thinking this would be my least liked PDM fragrance it had ended up one of my most anticipated purchases for spring next year possibly pushing Sedley aside, no not off the wish list but down a step on priority at least, or so i thought before that three hour point where everything I was enjoying turned in to one of my least liked kind of scents, yes even lower than green scents like Just Different. Like we needed another two note smoke scent. They could have done so much more interesting things than turning in to this, I am shaking my head and shrugging at what to say as I edit this I information in. I went from feeling joy and thinking I had found something I would buy next year to, oh great, one of these again…..
I think many people would enjoy this fragrance as it is very easy to wear though and many people like Aventus and the scent we got prior to this smoke and fruit done to death stage is very pleasant.
Projection is not as strong anymore but I did notice a huge difference in performance with the full bottle of Pegasus Exclusif compared to the sample. It seems to vary a lot. Just as you think it is becoming a skin scent suddenly ten minutes later you have a strong projection once again.
Well, once again I have been taught not to judge a bottle by its cover.or in this case colour lol. The title and colour is clearly all about that apple note but it does indeed come across as a blue fragrance, but a very good one with good quality.
Scent: 8/10 then 3/10 after the 3rd hour.
Projection for the first hour 8.5/10
Afterwords closer to a 7.5/10 ,BUT i have noticed that the apple note will push itself to centre stage here and there and when doing so earns it bringing projection back up to an 8.5/10. So it varies.
Price: As much as I am enjoying this I find it very pricey but maybe check out the discounters and if you see a good deal for roughly £150 I would pay that for a 125ml it’s not a £230 fragrance IMO.
Longevity is something that i hate rating off of a sample vial because you are not getting the same experience with a full bottle.
Recommendation on if you should buy it. If you like fresh apple scents, yes but definitely not at full price especially with the drastic change in low projection only after an hour of spraying.
Enjoy
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