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I think so - but not much...

If a perfume is already concocted without alcohol, can it be any good?
Well, I do not have to drink it, I thought to myself and tried it in the drugstore, in Douglas, in the department store, again and again, until it finally landed with me old J'adore fan in the perfume cabinet. And I have not regretted it.

In the fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, two weavers appear at the court of an emperor and claim that they can make him very unique clothes that not only look magnificent, but also have the distinctive feature that they can not be seen by anyone who is stupid or not suitable for his office. So whoever admits to not actually seeing the clothes risks being considered stupid by the others.
If someone here would dare to say J'adore Parfum d' Eau, one of the last Dior creations of the great François Demachy would smell like almost nothing at all or only a little like a good shower gel, would he possibly be considered a philistine in this forum?
Personally, I would even risk that if it were so...

Leg my first "test runs " within a few days with J'adore Parfum d' Eau I also thought, it smells so weak that I would have to spray my entire arms with the oily elixir to have a lasting fragrance around me. But when I tested it again about two weeks later, spraying significantly less, I still noticed this quiet, floral, subtle scent throughout the afternoon, exhaling jasmine sambac, magnolia and neroli despite its milky creaminess, soapy in an elegant and warm way.
In my opinion, the fragrance is perfect for the warm season - I feel with J'adore Parfum d' Eau in hot temperatures clean, fresh and light - while feminine, elegant and well-groomed - also resonates a certain seductive innocence, which is also embodied by the delightful white bottle.
As a reformulation-resistant, notorious J'adore wearer, I also recognize part of the typical J'adore DNA in J'adore Parfum d' Eau. It is a kind of lighter, fluffy cream version, but through the soapy combination of innocence and seduction also has its own refined character.

I find that the fragrance unfolds its understatement charisma best in women from 30 years upwards - open end. For younger women and girls I find him somehow too quiet and subtle.

So the emperor definitely has something on, but for the summer it must not be so much....

It all started with J'adore eau de parfum. Since I had searched for and found the classic J'adore E.d.P. together with my then boyfriend and current husband about 14 years ago, it became my constant companion and remained my signature fragrance over all these years despite some new perfume additions in my cosmetics cabinet.
It didn't take long before the first "J'adore L'Absolu" and the "J'adore Voile de Parfum" moved in with me, each presenting my beloved fragrance from a different side, the L'Absolu from the intense, the Voile from the mysterious. I also liked and still like the "J'adore L'Or" exceptionally well, but unfortunately I don't like it - probably because of the coumarins contained in it, atypical for the J'adore series, or simply because of the high concentration of fragrance - nevertheless I also find this variation beguiling.
So my relationship with J'adore was harmonious, multi-faceted, rock solid and yet never boring. I was able to let myself go, evolve and J'adore miraculously did it with me. The first irritations should have arisen around 2015. The fragrance became weaker, more popular, less interesting. As if it could make up for that, Dior then released the "Touche de Parfum", which, similar to a couples therapy, was supposed to elicit new and interesting sides to the weakened E.d.P., create more dialogue and understanding and make it more attractive. Also different flankers of the eau de toilette should probably serve this relationship-renewing purpose, unfortunately also unsuccessfully for me, because E.d.T's on my dry skin are usually too weak. J'adore didn't give up and tried to win me back in 2018 with the new "J'adore L'Absolu", which unfortunately couldn't give me the same expressive, flowery and rich kick as the old one
In the meantime, I had tried out several other attractive perfumes and flirted with many more, but I hadn't given up hope of saving my relationship with "J'adore", so I bought another new bottle of the classic J'adore E.d.P. - I mean it was in 2018. But what was that? Instead of the usual floral seduction of ylang ylang, damask rose, jasmine and sandalwood, I smelled nothing but a floral-soapy, fast-fading musk scent that I definitely can't get past the adjective "nice" when describing it. That really hurt for the first time. J'adore, where are you? Will you leave me? Extremely disappointed by the development of my long-time fragrance companion, I fell in love with a new fragrance, "Jasmine des Anges" from Dior, which has since become my new signature fragrance.

As luck would have it, last week I was strolling around a perfumery for the first time in a long while in spite of corona measures and discovered the new " J'adore Eau de Parfum Infinissime". I guess Dior's couples therapy department did its best to create a fragrance that reminds me of "J'adore", but is much more intense and full-bodied, would really suit me: Seen, immediately sprayed on the skin, mouth-nose-protection plucked to the side and sniffed Hm ... well ... but .... the smell is intense, not bad at all ... in the first few seconds bergamot, blood orange, pink pepper and centifilm can be clearly smelled - and all the other fragrances mentioned, such as jasmine sambac, lily of the valley, ylang-ylang, grassy tuberose and lots of sandalwood are added surprisingly quickly, actively and intensively. It could become something with us... J'ADORE, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ADVICE AND WANT TO TRY IT AGAIN WITH ME! I almost get weak after a few minutes and would like to buy the bottle and take it home with me. But my common sense forces me to take a scent ribbon with me first. Once home, I put the scent ribbon on the chest of drawers in the living room. In the course of the afternoon I smell a stronger, flowery-woody scent on myself in my study, which gives me hope for new happiness, but unfortunately it becomes more and more synthetic and then pungent with time. I still try to make it beautiful and hope that the stinging I perceive is possibly only due to my daily condition.
When I open the door to the living room again in the early evening, the room, explicitly around the chest of drawers on which the fragrance ribbon lies, is filled with a synthetic, pungent scent, whose original floral-woody aroma can only be guessed at and has given way to an almost overwhelming "bouquet of scents" that gives me a headache.

Although I ventilated the room for a long time and wiped the chest of drawers several times, the pungent smell had completely disappeared only the next morning. So as far as silage and durability are concerned, the scent has real power! This new disappointment was final. J'adore, from now on we go our separate ways, your attempts to work on our relationship were to be taken seriously, but developed, as it sometimes happens, from couple therapy to separation support. From time to time we will see and probably still see and remember good old times when I spray you out of my 2014 L'Absolu bottle. Otherwise, that's it - unfortunately.
Luckily it was only a fragrance relationship, so a separation even has its advantages - it creates space for something new!
Luckily Dior always brings out other great scents like "Jasmine des Anges" or "Grand Bal" , which I am also increasingly falling for - and apart from that other mothers have beautiful sons as well...

Computers make me aggressive, especially when they do not work the way I want them to. For musically active people, who are forced by their corona to so-called "online teaching" in sound quality that is sometimes similar to a ghost train, dealing with devices and "audio equipment" can become a real torture.
If you also have a "treasure" at home, from whose "home office cloakroom door" it is "smoking" all day long in front of international video conferences, it is good to find methods to at least calm yourself - and a fragrance also has an effect on the environment.
Actually, in spring and early summer I like pure floral scents like Dior's "J'adore", which is unfortunately only a shadow of itself, or Gucci's "Flora", which is too sparkling for me at the moment - for whatever reason.
Pure floral fragrances give me an unbeatable positive attitude, a kind of untouchable "princess position". They lift your mood even higher if you're already feeling good - but if you're already very annoyed, they have the opposite effect. Pure floral scents also promote a precise perception and a slightly perfectionist thinking. But when I'm annoyed and stressed, I need something else, namely comfort and soothing, in other words: vanilla.
A few months ago, Jasmin des Anges crossed my path just in time, just before Corona, so that the bottling was already at my place at the time of the crisis. During the initial testing (even before the crisis), the fragrance seemed a little pale at first, the flower kick was missing, was not strong enough for me, but still the fragrance had been pleasant from the first sprayer on. It didn't sting in my nose, didn't cause a coughing sensation and just smelled very pleasant - and yes - somehow flowery and comforting.
Interestingly enough, since the online phase, i.e. in the middle of the computer, cable and microphone chaos, I have been using Jasmin des Anges again and again, because I notice that he makes me softer, less annoyed, more compatible with the circumstances I have to face
Directly when spraying on the bergamot gives you a positive kick to wake up and pause, then follows first of all aromatic jasmine, which comes through the osmanthus beautifully creamy and soft in my nose. Peach and apricot add fruitiness and sweetness, which is given a light touch of sensuality, warmth and heredity by vanilla and white musk. I have taken the fragrance pyramid from Fragrantica,
as the fragrance goes far beyond the notes of jasmine and peach in my opinion. It becomes complex in a light-footed way, but never heavy. It is floral, creamy, light and yet absolutely elegant. It has the freshness of pure floral scents, but not their distance and arrogance. Instead, he gives you and your immediate surroundings warmth and comfort, which is then reflected in your own mood.

Who'd have thought it? As life goes on, I use it almost every day now, because in these on the one hand dull and on the other hand very annoying times it simply caresses my soul, reminds me that there is also beauty, peace and harmony - and, what is equally important, that I can dress elegantly and enjoy life...at the latest when my husband and I go out to eat in the restaurant of our confidence the next time. With the current distance rules, the table next to me won't notice any Jasmin des Anges, but my table neighbours will, because the Sillage reaches 1.5 metres, if you spray yourself properly. I can well imagine the scent in all seasons, although I would increase the dose in winter.
John Lennon once said: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
That's how I feel right now

By the way, I tend to buy or wish to buy Jasmin des Anges because it soothes me so much, it's worth it for everyone involved...

This fragrance works to me like a magical, incredibly fragrant opaque scent wall. Not airtight, no, you can breathe with it, of course you can also see, but the scent is in a way not transparent for my perception. Or is it just so perfectly blended with my skin that I feel that way?
I'd like to start all over again. I'm not looking desperately for a new signature scent at the moment, but I'm seriously looking for one. Flowery it should be with some substructure, if possible.
For Her Fleur Musc smells simply beguiling on my skin. Immediately after spraying I smell the rose and the pink pepper, which, as I could ergoogeln, comes from the pepper tree, is not from the pepper plant and therefore no real pepper, therefore also no sharpness possesses, but rather reminds of the taste of juniper berries. A little later the peony is added, which gives the fragrance more softness and roundness. This development takes place for my nose in a few minutes, in which the musk still adds warmth and sensuality. Only patchouli and amber add a great, tart note after a while, which prevents the fragrance from becoming too rosy or even kitschy. Hmmmmm smells good - rosy, sensual, strong, in a good mood, feminine and self-confident. However, this fragrance leaves no secret open in my eyes. He's very clear - just as he is. I can well imagine him in a businesswoman who doesn't want to reveal her innermost to the outside world.
Fleur Musc works for me like an opaque scent wall to spray on - in the most positive sense. If you feel like using this rosy fragrance to enhance your sensual, strong, cheerful, feminine and self-confident qualities and feelings or to present them to the outside world, it could be the right fragrance. If it's the right scent for me, I don't know yet. On the one hand I think it smells unbelievably great and makes me in a good mood, on the other hand it is a bit too dense and opaque for me. At the moment I experience him as if he does not allow any other sensitivities than those he expresses, namely good mood, self-confident femininity and strength. For me, however, a certain adaptability and flexibility is an important quality when it comes to a fragrance. The scent should be able to modulate with my different moods.
Whether For Her Fleur Musc can?

that Jo Malone or the perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui, unknown to me so far, has created such a dreamlike jasmine scent!
Today I tested it and let it spray on my wrist after the first sniff on paper, which in this case cost me almost no courage at all, because it already smelled fantastically warm and golden on paper, yet equipped with fresh components, beguilingly flowery with a certain "background!".

In detail, this means that the golden jasmineambac and the wonderful ylang-ylang flower, unobtrusively accompanied by the mild freshness of marigold and lemon, immediately rises into my nose. Benzoin and amber give the fragrance a warm-balsamic base, which is given a pleasant creamy note by the added vanilla. The fragrance appears to me floral, round, fresh and luminous at the same time. I could roll in it!!! As a lover of Dior's "J'adore" fragrances, he reminds me of J'adore-L'absolu. Even Roberto Cavalli's "Cavalli", despite its dominant jasmine note, does not seem too far away to me - only that it lacks any effect-snatching, vampar-like note. He doesn't need them either, because his radiant elegance makes for a wonderfully feminine effect. In a man I could imagine the smell only in exceptional cases.

"Jasmin-Sambac " is a warm, vanilla-creamy, yet golden shining winter jasmine scent like you can only dream of.
I'd love to buy it right away, but my allergy life taught me to buy a bottle first in order to test it thoroughly. I'm looking forward to it!