Top Notes 
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Lily of the valley
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Vanilla
Mickimicki
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Mickimicki
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Cheap and Chic, and available again ("Bulgari Black Light"?!)
I won a half bottle of Patchouli Chic at a very low price. It really is a bargain, I think. The first 3 sprays were initially disappointing, as it practically only released vanilla. However, I am now pleasantly surprised by this budget fragrance, like many others. I don't really smell patchouli, but chic I do!
On the skin, I find it difficult; on a fabric handkerchief, both the bergamot (at the beginning) and the cedar come out nicely, jasmine and vanilla definitely, but I still have to search a bit for the lily of the valley.
What I find otherwise must be a nasal hallucination: at times, a velvety hint of rubber reminiscent of Bulgari Black! Is that the vanilla, or is it supposed to represent the namesake "virtual" patchouli? Doesn't matter, as long as I like it. This stuff can be worn by anyone from 17 to 70 without coming off as a penny pincher or a welfare recipient. On the contrary, it doesn't have to hide from some of the "mid-range" perfumes.
Now, here comes my hot shopping tip: In the Varens online shop, "exclusively" Patchouli Chic (and French Sweets) is available for 11.95, and that's 75 ml instead of the tiny 30 ml. Rightly so! Someone at Varens must have had some mercy on this fragrance, which perhaps didn't generate the desired sales per meter in the discount shelves of the drugstore. Was it perhaps too good? That could be the case. I certainly wouldn't have expected such a little gem there if I hadn't stumbled upon it here. French Sweets is also going on my wish list.
Edit: After a little test marathon with regular re-spraying, I did "feel" patchouli as a kind of threshold: what I would call a "rubber note" seems to shift towards patchouli, never quite arriving, but close enough that even I eventually notice where it's headed. Tension and even a bit of sophistication, for (once again:) 11.95/75 ml. That such a thing still exists today ;) The weak longevity doesn't bother me much either.
On the skin, I find it difficult; on a fabric handkerchief, both the bergamot (at the beginning) and the cedar come out nicely, jasmine and vanilla definitely, but I still have to search a bit for the lily of the valley.
What I find otherwise must be a nasal hallucination: at times, a velvety hint of rubber reminiscent of Bulgari Black! Is that the vanilla, or is it supposed to represent the namesake "virtual" patchouli? Doesn't matter, as long as I like it. This stuff can be worn by anyone from 17 to 70 without coming off as a penny pincher or a welfare recipient. On the contrary, it doesn't have to hide from some of the "mid-range" perfumes.
Now, here comes my hot shopping tip: In the Varens online shop, "exclusively" Patchouli Chic (and French Sweets) is available for 11.95, and that's 75 ml instead of the tiny 30 ml. Rightly so! Someone at Varens must have had some mercy on this fragrance, which perhaps didn't generate the desired sales per meter in the discount shelves of the drugstore. Was it perhaps too good? That could be the case. I certainly wouldn't have expected such a little gem there if I hadn't stumbled upon it here. French Sweets is also going on my wish list.
Edit: After a little test marathon with regular re-spraying, I did "feel" patchouli as a kind of threshold: what I would call a "rubber note" seems to shift towards patchouli, never quite arriving, but close enough that even I eventually notice where it's headed. Tension and even a bit of sophistication, for (once again:) 11.95/75 ml. That such a thing still exists today ;) The weak longevity doesn't bother me much either.
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