Annalena1411

Now that I have tested Sintra for a bit longer and recently happened to receive a sample of "Love Don't Be Shy (Perfume) | Kilian," I would like to share my impressions with you.

Both fragrances feature orange blossom as the protagonist along with a marshmallow note.
Sintra and Love Don’t Be Shy are often compared to each other.

So, you probably don’t need both fragrances, which is why here’s my decision-making help:

Love Don't Be Shy Perfume starts with the aforementioned orange blossom and quickly heads in a sweeter direction.
The marshmallow-orange blossom combo smells somewhat like Hubba Bubba. (I think almost everyone knows the pink chewing gums.)
The scent is not cloyingly sweet. It is a very pleasant, carefree sweetness.

BUT you have to generally like sweet fragrances; otherwise, it won’t work.

Longevity is great, the sillage is good but I think it could be even better.

Now to Sintra:

The orange blossom-marshmallow combo is the same. This common denominator unites both fragrances.
But Sintra is a beast! You wouldn’t expect it from the scent, but it really packs a punch! A few sprays are enough, and you smell very strongly of this fragrance all day long.
Additionally, you get red berries and musk in the base.

While Love Don’t Be Shy has almost a warming, light sweetness, Sintra comes with green notes, especially in the top note.

You have to like that, and I think that’s why Sintra is definitely not a blind buy candidate!
On the other hand, Love Don’t Be Shy is a safe bet if you know you like marshmallow fragrances. I would even call it an absolute crowd-pleaser among niche fragrances.

However, Sintra personally convinced me more, as it smells very special and the performance is incredibly good.
I would even claim to have discovered one of my favorite fragrances.

I think anyone who likes "Fleurs Bohèmes - Sintra | Memo Paris" will also like "Love Don't Be Shy (Perfume) | Kilian."

Conversely, this will not be the case to the same extent.

I wanted a nice leather scent. And this is a nice leather scent. But it just doesn’t suit me at all and what I had in mind.

I really liked the first impression.

The leather note is not too strong and has almost fresh nuances in the opening.
But not shower gel fresh; it has nothing to do with that freshness, rather in the sense of clean, well-groomed.

Then it quickly becomes very creamy with a lovely saffron note.
I find that Leather 6 does not have a very strong scent progression.
It is mainly leathery, creamy with milk and vanilla, and subtly smoky. Yet it is not heavy.

Unfortunately, I don’t like it on me.
I see it more on a man personally, or I simply associate it too much with my father.

I would have wished for a slightly darker, more seductive scent.
This one feels too tame to me, not spoiled enough.

I just see a very well-groomed, thoroughly shaved gentleman dressed up nicely in his leather jacket, which he only wears on special occasions - my father, indeed.
Definitely stylish, but not what I was hoping for.

I wanted one who wears a worn-out leather jacket and opens his beer with his teeth. One where you’re not sure if it’s just attitude or if he really doesn’t have his life together.
Okay, I have to admit, I don’t see such a person drinking milk either; maybe my expectations regarding the scent pyramid were simply unrealistic.

A bit in the direction of Rausch would have been nice, but in a milder version without oud. That one was too intense for me. But even that is more boss than bad boy.

Although the scent predominantly smells floral-soapy to me, I immediately had beach associations.

I was reminded of the beach trips as a child with my grandparents. The smell of sunscreen, tanned skin, the warm sand, the sound of the waves.
But also of the somewhat old-fashioned perfume bottles of my great-aunt.
(This is probably due to the slightly piercing opening. I don’t find the scent old-fashioned in its overall composition.)

For me, the fragrance doesn’t smell modern at all, but rather like times long past, yet somehow totally familiar and beautiful.

Melancholy in a bottle.

Longevity and sillage are also really very good.

Why do I even write statements, I'm just going to throw in a review anyway *rolls eyes*

Anyway, yesterday some neighbor completely ruined the elevator with some kind of cheese stench and today it still smelled terrible in there.

The solution could be to take the stairs, but I won't skimp on that and chose the fragrance with the most intense sillage from my decants.
Being generous, I decided on Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum and confidently strutted into the stairwell armed with the fragrance sample.

Pffff….pffff…..pfffffffffff…pff…

An estimated 10 sprays later, the job was done and the stench was covered up.
Very successful, I think. Although my neighbors will probably find the scent repulsive for the rest of their lives, unfortunately including me, sometimes you just have to make sacrifices.

In the elevator, I fear it will now smell like 1,000 times intensified cotton candy for several weeks.

Unfortunately, I found the scent on my skin to be quite terrible.
It smelled completely indefinable and chemical on me.
The "Baccarat Rouge 540 (Eau de Parfum) | Maison Francis Kurkdjian," on the other hand, is wonderful on my skin.
In the sillage, I find both smell the same, only that the Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum smells much more intense.
I can also perceive it continuously for hours.

I would like to describe the scent a bit more precisely.

Since Mona Kattan has been actively promoting the fragrance weeks before the official launch, one could already form various ideas about the scent. Until the fragrance notes were published in detail, I expected it to simply smell delicious.
Just like creamy pistachio ice cream. A true gourmand, after all.
However, when I saw that there was also a decent portion of floral notes included and the first perfume influencers spoke of a freshness, all the ideas I had before purchasing were suddenly gone.

I was all the more excited to test "Yum Pistachio Gelato | 33 | Kayali".
It arrived quite quickly yesterday, just a day after I ordered it.

It was sprayed on immediately, and I was completely confused; first impression: floral freshness.

But really only for a very short time, then the freshness departs and the first sweet and nutty notes join the flowers. I can also smell the rum.
At first, I didn’t smell the pistachio at all and was really disappointed.
Although I must say that the first impression right after spraying can be quite overwhelming; I can’t rule out that other more experienced noses might catch the pistachio ice cream immediately.

But after the first minute passed, there it was, the pistachio gelato note. From that point on, the note carries through the rest of the fragrance pyramid.

Over time, the scent becomes sweeter, yet remains light. Like cotton candy, totally sweet but fluffy and airy. However, it never drifts into the kitschy; it rather becomes more gourmand and delicious.
In my eyes, though, the pistachio is not the protagonist. There are still too many other players pushing to the forefront at the fragrance party.

Overall, a lovely scent. I do not regret the blind buy. However, I would have wished that the perfume matched the marketing better and that the pistachio ice cream was more pronounced.

Because in the first few minutes, you really don’t want to eat the scent. The "Yum" feels out of place.

Regarding longevity:

it is solid, lasting about 6 hours.

The sillage is perfectly fine. Not strong, but you are definitely noticed.