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Very 1950s, opens as big chypre bomb! It quickly turns very chypre-floral indeed, and reminds me of Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere. It’s the late 1980’s reinterpreting the chypre perfumes of the early 20th Century. It turns...

Initial impressions are spicy, with the natural sweetness of flowers. The scent seems very well 'mixed', without individual discernible notes. Sort of smoothly spicy, with an overall...

A woman in black velvet with elbow-length opera gloves, or a panther? Look, but don’t touch. Unless she touches you first, and then be careful of her claws. This is a woman with bank accounts...

Very simple, in the sense that it really replicates smelling standing outside and smelling a wild honeysuckle flower still on the branch. At the same time, it’s quietly complex because it’s truly emulating a natural scent and moment....

Update: 9/2025 This seemed to be discontinued from production, so I grabbed a new sample to check if I wanted a bottle before it sold out. What a disappointment! The delicacy is gone, there’s only a candy-sweet...

Extraordinarily light pear and lime fresh opening! Like biting into a perfectly ripe pear in the summer sun. As the top notes fade out, floral fades into focus. The jasmine intertwines with the pear, with a little bit of rose and musk...

First impressions are extremely floral, rose? Almost headache inducing. The top notes might be gone in this old spray sample, honestly. Overwhelmingly rose and vanilla. Maybe a faint violet and musk? This...

August 2025 - If you’re also heartbroken that this is discontinued, Carolina Herrera 212 Men EDT is like an intense version! It has more longevity and highlights everything I loved about Ginger Lily! Original...

Beautiful golden white flowers, rising into sunshine. The gold melts away into delicate jasmine. Then, an undercurrent of rose turns things into a delicate and discreet nosegay scent. I love how Mugler’s...

First a burst of juniper, then spices, herbs and a cucumber scent. All of that flattens down to a sense of a leather wrap or bag that was used to hold spices for storage. The leather is predominant after the first ten or so minutes. I really...

A quick upfront punch and then it vanishes. Then it slowly comes back, like walking into an empty room with the whiff of someone’s perfume. It wears incredibly close to the skin, almost nonexistent. Up close, like the memory of rainwater, flowers,...