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When Ur Poison was launched in 1985, I couldn't stand the scent at all. To stay with the truth, I hated him rather. At every corner you could smell Poison and always, without exception, he was worn in absolute overdose.

Poison I first got to know and appreciate here on Parfumo and that's why Poison also moved in with me. Meanwhile, I find this perfume incredibly beautiful and my curiosity for the Poison offshoot was aroused.

So it came that I got me a bottling of Poison Girl and that although I am now very, very far away from a girl.

Why they called the perfume Poison Girl in the house of Dior is incomprehensible to me. This is not a girlie or Lolita fragrance - PG is adult and can and should be worn by women of all ages.

PG starts fruity sweet and I detect a hint of orange as well. However, no gum, no Hubabuba, but fruity, floral sweetness. Roses I can not detect, flowers already, but just not roses.

As it progresses, I perceive vanilla and a hint of animalic. I can well imagine that one has built a few drops of musk with, which provide a dirty touch and give PG sexyness.

All in all, PG is a fragrance for adults. Even though it is sold as a women's fragrance, I can imagine it on men as well, even though my own husband is not in that demographic.

The longevity is absolutely fine at 7 to 8 hours and I will, now that spring is here, happily wear my bottling of PG. Yes and who knows, maybe he also makes it into my collection.

The dark brown, round bottle of Cobra, with the draped snake, is so terribly kitschy that it is already beautiful again. Original is the bottle from the house of Arthes in any case and the recognition value is enormous.

At N. where I ordered the perfume, for little money by the way, is given a different scent pyramid than here on Parfumo. The reads there as follows:

Head: aldehydes, orange, velvet, tangerine
Heart: jasmine, orris root, tuberose, ylang-ylang, spices, orange blossom, peach, red berries
Base: sandalwood, vanilla, musk, cedar

Which ingredients actually ended up in the flacon, but only the perfumer knows alone and I simply give what I can so recognize.

When spraying I perceive as first fine pearly, gentle aldehydes, which are underpinned with a delicate orange aroma. For me, no tangerine is recognizable, because I had to immediately think of a plump, juicy orange, even if this was used only sparingly.

After that, Cobra becomes floral, powdery, soft, warm, spicy, but remains rather quiet. It's definitely not a whopper and I can't smell out individual florals at first, not even my much-loved tuberose. The aldehydes are present throughout the fragrance, but stay in the background and make the fragrance somehow special.

As the fragrance progresses, a beautiful vanilla with subtle sweetness comes through to me, which is accompanied by a radiant orange blossom, which I like insanely.

To me, Cobra seems a little "fallen out of time", which is probably due to a certain extent to the aldehydes. Whether you want to associate this with vintage, nostalgia, oldschool or granny, is up to each.

The durability is enormous, because I am accompanied by Cobra more than 12 hours, but only body close, because my skin reflects fragrances very poorly.

Similarities to Poison or Tendre Poison, which are called fragrance twins, I could not find.

Some of you may remember the Avon TV commercial. "Ding dong... your Avon calling." What treasures she had in her little case. Lipsticks, make-up, creams, nail polish and, of course, perfumes. You were allowed to test the assortment in your own home in peace and quiet, in order to buy as much as possible afterwards.

The time of door-to-door business is long gone and the nice Avon consultant has long since taken her well-earned retirement. But Avon can now also be purchased online, and that's where I like to strike again and again, probably for nostalgic reasons. That's how Far Away Glamour ended up with me - as a by-catch to an order to save the shipping costs. I have not regretted this spontaneous purchase, quite the contrary

FAG starts off with a good portion of pepper, which is quickly joined by orange blossom. Surprisingly, the fragrance does not drift off in the direction of sweetness, because currant and grapefruit seem to keep the O-flower in check, even though it clearly dominates the fragrance.

I can't even make out the iris and vanilla. I smell neither powder nor vanilla, but only orange blossom, but with a green/tangy background. FAG is clearly dominated by orange blossom, in a positive way, and this for several hours. Little by little Patchouli with earthy, beguiling, gentle sweetness joins in and takes over more and more the place of the O-flower until it has completely disappeared.

I am more than satisfied with the shelf life of at least 8 to 10 hours. The basic patchouli note lasts much longer, however, because I can still clearly perceive it after more than 12 hours, even if only skin near

Eden was mentioned here as the fragrance twin, but I cannot subscribe to that, because FAG is clearly dominated by the O flower, which does not stand out in Eden. In Cacharel, they have opted for a dense bouquet of flowers where the individual components are so complexly interwoven that I can't smell any individual flowers, and the green is also much denser. FAG is much simpler knitted and the ingredients are not so diverse, but less can also be more.

FAG is a nice all-rounder for the very small budget, provided you are not at war with the O-flower. The black flacon, however, tempts you on a completely wrong track, because the fragrance is not dark/mystical or glamorous.

I know bergamot in a different way, because I have never noticed it like in Moon Dance. Up to now it came to me partly annoying, musty and also somehow seeking for applause. Here it is more reserved, more restrained and also darker. A bergamot that wants to go to sleep.

The mixture of rose, tuberose and violet has something mystical, something dark, intangible. Moon Dance creates a melancholic mood. For me, scents with tuberose very often bring something melancholic, something transient. But with this fragrance, it's not just melancholy, there's infinite sadness, as if a black veil had covered the fragrance.

While I am still thinking about the occasions on which I could wear this fragrance, Patchouli enters the stage. Earthy, with a gentle sweetness and simply beautiful. There is nothing that reminds me of musty cellars, crypts or the like. It appears like a silver lining on the horizon and all sadness and melancholy are blown away. Hope and the certainty that even after the darkest night there is a sunrise, a new morning. That's exactly how Moon Dance affects me and takes up all our fears and worries during the Corona Pandemic. There is always hope, because without it we would be lost.

On my skin I can perceive Moon Dance for at least 10 to 12 hours, even if I am not enveloped by a scent taura, because my skin reflects scents very poorly. Therefore, as always, there is no evaluation of the silage.

quietly or even well-behavedly. Jean Paul Gaultier loves to provoke and that's why I don't expect a quiet treader from this house, not even in terms of scent. But the provocation is limited, because after all, this perfume has to be mainstream compatible and the sales figures of SbN speak for themselves. Monsieur Gaultier hasn't done anything wrong.

Scandal by Night is dominated by tuberose and honey and anyone who has a problem with these fragrances should refrain from testing.

The tuberose gives everything to deliver a great performance. Strong, violent but at the same time beautiful. The amber-coloured, viscous honey does not want to stay in the background and also plays all the trumps. Stop! This is not only honey, there are also the honeycombs in play. I remember the hand-rolled, real beeswax candles from my childhood, which my grandma loved so much. Nothing about SbN is really real, the individual scent components were simply copied in the laboratory by a skilled chemist and everything that is almost reminiscent of "nature" is pure illusion. There is no need to deceive oneself.

Little by little a vanilla chord is added to the aforementioned components and I do not exclude the possibility that light woods were also used. SbN is sweet but not too sweet or even sticky - at least not for me. The shelf life of more than 12 hours is quite respectable and even after an extensive shower I still notice the scent. I don't rate the silage, because scents are generally only perceptible when you get very close to me.

All in all, SbN is a fragrance I like very much, even if some members of this community will shake their heads in horror at this statement. So far I only have one bottling, but I could imagine that if I had a great offer, I would buy the flacon as well. Of course the fragrance is not an olfactory masterpiece, but it is a suitable companion for cooler days or even for mild summer evenings, e.g. for a garden party. I would never spray myself with SbN at work, because you could quickly overwhelm your colleagues and certainly also get on their nerves with it.