Collection Muscs

Dovana Sylvaine Delacourte 2016

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7.3 / 10 220 Ratings

A perfume by Sylvaine Delacourte for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is floral-powdery. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Powdery

Creamy

Sweet

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Neroli

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Heliotrope

Ambrette

Base Notes

Musk

Iris

Sandalwood Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumers

Sylvaine Delacourte, Anne-Louise Gautier

Ratings

Scent

7.3220 Ratings

Longevity

6.5179 Ratings

Sillage

6.0178 Ratings

Bottle

7.1147 Ratings

Value for money

6.640 Ratings

Submitted by Rivegauche, last update on 05/06/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Collection Muscs" collection.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/07/2024

9
Scent

DogiCoco
621 Reviews

DogiCoco

3

Can you guess where the name comes from? Soapy in a good way...

My second favorite of Sylvaine Delacourte's beautiful musks when I tried them all some years ago. Now I'm retesting only this one and still like it very much.

As the name suggests, I think the inspiration must have been Dove soap. I even went to the drugstore and smelled some Dove products to compare, and there is a connection, but Dovana isn't as harsh as the shower products, it's more tender and refined. Well, I would expect that for the price.

Usually I'm not much into soapy fragrances, but this is soapy in a very good way. Not like sticking your nose into a bar of soap, more like soft soap bubbles on the skin, or like a 'neutral' clean smelling body lotion.
This is a cold, powdery iris and musk scent that gets just enough warmth from the heliotrope to make it still smell kind of cozy and inviting. I would compare the feeling to slipping under a cold duvet on a warm summer night. Even though vanilla is listed in the notes, I don't really smell it here, and this doesn't have a lot of sweetness in general.
Dovana is very easy to wear, it would make a perfect scent for every day/work that can be worn all year round.

02/06/2017

Rickbr
190 Reviews

Rickbr

Dovana

I see it as a natural path that after many years behind the creative direction of Guerlain Sylvaine Delacourte decided that it's time for a brand under her name and with her ideas. And it's not a surprise for me that she decided to make her first line of 5 fragrances united by a white musk concept. The abuse of musk bases in thin fragrances created a misconception that musks give a cheap aspect to a composition. The fact is that used in the right way they are certainly a force capable of round and exalt the most precious materials and bring unity and softness to a whole composition. This seems to be the idea here and Dovana is already a good example of that.

If you expect a clean functional idea of white musk, you'll certainly be surprised (or disappointed). Dovana might have a clean component in its smell - after all it was inspired by a soap of Sylvaine's childhood. The idea in fact conveys a sensation of freshness and purity, but one which doesn't forget the chic component behind it. It makes me think as if Sylvaine was inspired or motivated to bring some of her projects for Guerlain back and rethink them. I see that the delicate musky sweetness of creations like L'Instant Magic and Mon Precieux Nectar are here, but under a different harmony.

Dovana starts with a sparkling citrus impression, which already has a floral component on it. It moves foward something more bitter and almond like and i appreciate that here, different from L'Instant Magic, the almond blossom impression is neither so bitter or plastic in its aroma. It's delicate, elegant and gives plenty of space for a powdery and discreetly sweet iris accord. Dovana ends quite simple in a coherent way, with a musky creaminess punctuated by the delicate woody aroma of sandalwood. And altough it aroma is soft, it lasts in a very pleasant way, like a second skin. It's a good choice if you appreciate Delacourte work with Guerlain perfumes where the muscinade was a major star.

09/22/2023

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 10
Scent

Larimare
3 Reviews

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Larimare

Helpful Review 6

Cleanliness to spray on

I discovered Dovana two years ago in a Discoveryset by Sylvaine Delacourte.
The fragrance is totally unpretentious and simply beautiful. Nothing is too much here, initially neroli gives a light freshness, this is followed by a fluffy musk - rose and iris delicately underline, vanilla remains sweet on the skin. I like to use Dovana when I just want to feel fresh and well-groomed and don't want to annoy anyone with perfume clouds.

04/12/2020

Marquise27
174 Reviews

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Marquise27

Very helpful Review 9

My gentle summer companion

Hui a very very soft, powdery, extremely delicate and very clean graceful fragrance. You spray it on and almost it is already gone again? so soft and restrained delicate and with a maximum of accompanying musk vibration. I would say that it is and remains very close to the body. A real feeling of well-being companion who cuddles me in bright colors and very soft tones. My eyes close and I let myself fall into this big sea of fragile and translucent waves of excellent scent molecules. It suits the ladies and gentlemen and is certainly an excellent friend in the coming warm and hot season. One feels fresh and cleanly powdered. With such thin-skinned perfumes the durability is of course not eternal, I would rate this breath with about 4-5 hours. I think everyone likes it, it's never too much - it's too delicate and clean for that and never too little - the musk base with the iris is too cuddly and looking for closeness.