Fruits Noirs

Blackberries

Yves Rocher 2014

Very nice round thing, these first 5 minutes of the new dark berry fragrance from Yves Rocher. It reminds me a lot of the aforementioned track by The Verve and doesn’t last much longer, which I extremely regret. If it had more staying power, I would buy it and take it as a budget-friendly substitute for the old bittersweet classic from YSL - In love again (vintage). As it is, it can’t hold a candle to it, even though both hit the same note: dry like a good sparkling wine, sparkling and bitter, yet subtly dark-fruity. Genius, this mix. Not sticky, but refreshing. Not artificial, but very close to a natural berry cocktail. Why Yves Rocher is releasing this fragrance as part of the Xmas editions is beyond me. I would use it on warm summer nights and feel like I’m under a tree full of unknown, possibly poisonous, exotic berries in the rainforest, drawn to their enchanting scent just as magically as a wildly flitting hummingbird that has lost control. Unfortunately, the intoxication lasts far too short.