Ylang Ylang Nosy Be Perris Monte Carlo 2015 Extrait de Parfum

For this fantastic fragrance and for me the first review... After the sample of a dear parfuma seduced me with the EdP and I found a good offer for the extrait right after, I could not resist. I love ylang ylang; and this fragrance immediately colports me back to a wonderful South Sea island where I first smelled ylang ylang and admired the flowers. I dream myself back in the hammock between the coconut trees, surrounded by a tropical garden with a sea of flowers...

On the scent progression, my untrained nose notes that ylang ylang is in the foreground here from the start. It smells almost identical to my aroma oil, with which I patiently reawakened my nose after a Corona infection. That's why I can easily imagine that this is real ylang ylang from the island of Nosy Be - near Madagascar - as described by Perris Monte Carlo. And not a synthetic replica. Besides the dominant ylang ylang scent, I also detect notes of jasmine, but no rose. I find the scent to be strong, but not pungent. As warm, enveloping and super suitable for a daydream. Authentic tropical floral richness ...The base notes remain very much in the background for my nose; ylang ylang dominates the scent from beginning to end.

I found the EDP of Ylang Ylang Nosy Be more violent with an almost narcotic explosion of scent; it was a bit too much for me...In Embrun d'Ylang by Guerlain, Ylang Ylang is much more subtle and the vanilla gets more space. And compared to Ylang in Gold by Micallef, which I also tried, Ylang Ylang Nosy Be Extrait is significantly less sweet, more authentic and also a more appropriate scent for hot summer days.

This extract is certainly only suitable for Ylang Ylang lovers*innen... And for all who want to go on a scent journey in the tropical floral world. So it remains a very special fragrance, not for every day and rather not for the office, but for me a dreamlike fragrance that I can imagine on a gloomy winter day on the sofa well. The durability is very good with me; and also a decent sillage was confirmed to me with "a cloud of fragrance in the whole stairwell". So dose sparingly; at the price also quite sensible ;-)