Heritage Collection - Hyacinth Yardley 2009

In my search for a rich, dark hyacinth scent that smells like fully bloomed dark purple hyacinths, I came across Yardley Hyacinth.

The selection of more or less "pure" hyacinth fragrances is, in my opinion, unfortunately limited, and the price was acceptable for this, so I bought it "blindly".

Unfortunately, Hyacinth has not proven to be what I am looking for. I was hoping for a lush-floral, sweet, heavy, and almost morbid scent, something that could knock an unsuspecting victim unconscious if too much is used or if the windows are kept closed for too long. (Anyone looking for something similar with gardenia scent should take a closer look at AG Gardenia Passion in my opinion)

Unfortunately, Hyacinth is almost the complete opposite. It is more of a nice wildflower form and is also very herbal-green. Something for a nice older and very well-groomed lady, somehow respectable and very British. (Sometimes the content indeed lives up to what the packaging promises;-)

What a pity, now the search continues...