Lily of the valley
Leathery notes
08/23/2024
BerryTerry
11 Reviews
BerryTerry
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Merely fortunate
As a big fan of the original Lucky, I was beside myself when I saw the leaks of the new Esprit version. Sadly, while not unpleasant, Lucky Esprit de Parfum is not what I was hoping for. It may, however, still be for you!
I like the original Lucky because it is ethereal, bright, peaceful. It feels like a cool summer breeze. I love it so much that my one major gripe with it is that it's very much a "personal bubble" scent in terms of projection, to the point where I struggle to detect it just a few hours after spraying it. Longevity, while not bad, could also be better.
I was hoping Lucky Esprit would be the original in heightened form: nothing "beast mode" or obnoxious, but more present, long-lasting, and even brighter. What Lucky Esprit is, instead, is a *deeper* version of Lucky.
In the opening, the lily of the valley in Lucky Esprit, instead of being bright and green like the original, feels like someone took a few LOTV buds and candied them. The scent is sweeter and yet darker, as the colors of the flowers might deepen when dipped in sugar syrup.
In the heart, the original on my skin develops a dual nature of light/gauzy and a bit roast-y, almost like wheat. The Esprit loses its initial sweetness and instead becomes incredibly intense. This is when I understand what Kurkdjian said about increasing the intensity of the star notes of each of the Esprits Privés to the nth degree. It feels like he took the lily of the valley to a concentration so high that it's like no note I've ever smelled before. It becomes almost aromatic; lily of the valley dosed as if for a men's designer aromatic fragrance. This is not my style, and I can't say I enjoyed it in the Esprit, but it was so interesting to encounter this facet of one of my favorite floral notes.
The original, in the drydown, is that warm, light, roasted scent, a lily of the valley perhaps during the cool dusk after hours baking under the sun. In the Esprit, I could only detect that aromatic, super-concentrated lily of the valley but at a lower intensity.
I wasn't able to distinguish any leather notes that seemed familiar to me, and it makes me wonder how much of that intensity that I detected in the heart was actually leather à la Dior.
I'm grateful to M. Kurkdjian for the experience of getting to know a different side of one of my all-time favorites. I can only hope that it's reinterpreted in a different, brighter way in the future.
Until then, I may just layer the original Lucky with Diorissimo EDP. Perhaps that's just what I was expecting from Lucky Esprit all along!
I like the original Lucky because it is ethereal, bright, peaceful. It feels like a cool summer breeze. I love it so much that my one major gripe with it is that it's very much a "personal bubble" scent in terms of projection, to the point where I struggle to detect it just a few hours after spraying it. Longevity, while not bad, could also be better.
I was hoping Lucky Esprit would be the original in heightened form: nothing "beast mode" or obnoxious, but more present, long-lasting, and even brighter. What Lucky Esprit is, instead, is a *deeper* version of Lucky.
In the opening, the lily of the valley in Lucky Esprit, instead of being bright and green like the original, feels like someone took a few LOTV buds and candied them. The scent is sweeter and yet darker, as the colors of the flowers might deepen when dipped in sugar syrup.
In the heart, the original on my skin develops a dual nature of light/gauzy and a bit roast-y, almost like wheat. The Esprit loses its initial sweetness and instead becomes incredibly intense. This is when I understand what Kurkdjian said about increasing the intensity of the star notes of each of the Esprits Privés to the nth degree. It feels like he took the lily of the valley to a concentration so high that it's like no note I've ever smelled before. It becomes almost aromatic; lily of the valley dosed as if for a men's designer aromatic fragrance. This is not my style, and I can't say I enjoyed it in the Esprit, but it was so interesting to encounter this facet of one of my favorite floral notes.
The original, in the drydown, is that warm, light, roasted scent, a lily of the valley perhaps during the cool dusk after hours baking under the sun. In the Esprit, I could only detect that aromatic, super-concentrated lily of the valley but at a lower intensity.
I wasn't able to distinguish any leather notes that seemed familiar to me, and it makes me wonder how much of that intensity that I detected in the heart was actually leather à la Dior.
I'm grateful to M. Kurkdjian for the experience of getting to know a different side of one of my all-time favorites. I can only hope that it's reinterpreted in a different, brighter way in the future.
Until then, I may just layer the original Lucky with Diorissimo EDP. Perhaps that's just what I was expecting from Lucky Esprit all along!
KimJong
Yogg
