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01/30/2019
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Aeration after white bloomer detonation
I start with strong orange blossoms with their slightly bitter sweetness, quickly followed by an equally strong mix of jasmine, tuberose and gardenia.
For 2-3 hours, "Scandal" shows up on me as a real flower bomb. Very white creamy and flowery-sweet, but unfortunately also pompous, as both the slightly perceptible Indolic accents resonate and the flower cream as a whole becomes very, very warm, which for me pushes the entire fragrance to the limit of too warm or sultry.
To my chagrin, some perfumers often seem to equate femininity with the scent of Indolian white flowers; i have noticed this not only with the Supreme fragrances from YSL like "Supreme Bouquet", but also with some other perfumes called ultra feminine, and so with this fragrance too, which is 90% pleasantly floral, but above all very feminine due to tuberose, but still this unclean note is conveyed, which makes me think of unventilated boudoirs or overpainted ladies in bulky fur coats (although this scent is not nearly as indolent as the "Supreme Bouquet" here).
After approx. 2 hours it gets better; it is properly aired! If the sultry phase is over, fresher floral notes in the form of freesia, a clean rose and fresh lily of the valley appear. With their help, the slightly too warm flower scent turns into a gentle-flowery and lovely companion with a sweet but clean tuberose, warm jasmine, a spicy freesia and a fresh and clean-scented rose (which I only perceive as a slight rounding).
Clear lavender and clean musk may act as additional "aerators", while velvety sandalwood and powdery, slightly woody iris provide a very welcome, airy powderiness, which lies over the creamy floral notes and soothes the dense fragrance.
Conclusion: From a loud opening in the form of an extremely densely woven wreath of tuberose, gardenia and jasmine to a somewhat too opulent, overheated and "madam-like" white flower herb fragrance to a gentle, clean and, in my opinion, elegant feminine flower fragrance, which in the second half of the drydown still offers a lush bouquet of flowers, but which then appears more colourful, more varied and at the same time more airy and less oppressive.
"I find "Jardins de Bagatelle" by Guerlain to be similarly heavy and densely creamy, but the Guerlain is more pleasant for me right from the start, as it is not indolent, altogether fresher and air-flooded, although it is not exactly a lightweight, and easier to wear
For 2-3 hours, "Scandal" shows up on me as a real flower bomb. Very white creamy and flowery-sweet, but unfortunately also pompous, as both the slightly perceptible Indolic accents resonate and the flower cream as a whole becomes very, very warm, which for me pushes the entire fragrance to the limit of too warm or sultry.
To my chagrin, some perfumers often seem to equate femininity with the scent of Indolian white flowers; i have noticed this not only with the Supreme fragrances from YSL like "Supreme Bouquet", but also with some other perfumes called ultra feminine, and so with this fragrance too, which is 90% pleasantly floral, but above all very feminine due to tuberose, but still this unclean note is conveyed, which makes me think of unventilated boudoirs or overpainted ladies in bulky fur coats (although this scent is not nearly as indolent as the "Supreme Bouquet" here).
After approx. 2 hours it gets better; it is properly aired! If the sultry phase is over, fresher floral notes in the form of freesia, a clean rose and fresh lily of the valley appear. With their help, the slightly too warm flower scent turns into a gentle-flowery and lovely companion with a sweet but clean tuberose, warm jasmine, a spicy freesia and a fresh and clean-scented rose (which I only perceive as a slight rounding).
Clear lavender and clean musk may act as additional "aerators", while velvety sandalwood and powdery, slightly woody iris provide a very welcome, airy powderiness, which lies over the creamy floral notes and soothes the dense fragrance.
Conclusion: From a loud opening in the form of an extremely densely woven wreath of tuberose, gardenia and jasmine to a somewhat too opulent, overheated and "madam-like" white flower herb fragrance to a gentle, clean and, in my opinion, elegant feminine flower fragrance, which in the second half of the drydown still offers a lush bouquet of flowers, but which then appears more colourful, more varied and at the same time more airy and less oppressive.
"I find "Jardins de Bagatelle" by Guerlain to be similarly heavy and densely creamy, but the Guerlain is more pleasant for me right from the start, as it is not indolent, altogether fresher and air-flooded, although it is not exactly a lightweight, and easier to wear
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