DorothyGrace

DorothyGrace

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DorothyGrace 9 years ago 1
10
Bottle
10
Sillage
10
Longevity
5
Scent
Beautiful bottle; extraordinary strength.
Heavy metal cage with plastic/resin orange gemstones. Lid has a large orange gemstone on top and inside has a good glass dipper that actually works to drop a good sized drip of perfume without having to touch the skin.

Very strong scent that smells rather masculine to me. I find the milky accord mixed with a healthy dose of ambergris quite strange. It is spicey and fruity (like dirty peach), resinous rather than woody, and not identifiably floral.

Although I don't enjoy wearing this the car did smell rather nice the next day when I turned on the air conditioning and I was greated with a lovely fruity sandalwood; perhaps I smelt nice from a distance.

This is the strongest of my Rasasi perfumes with even one drip being far too much for me.
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DorothyGrace 9 years ago 3 1
Exquisite
It is no exageration to say that I chuckled when first I opened the little packet containing my 3ml rollerball sample of this oil and the sweet woody smell gently wafted to my nose. . I knew immediately that I would buy a full bottle and barely a week later I did so.

I don't quite know why I love it so much but suffice to say I feel a definite lift when I inhale deeply of this fragrance, much like a layer of cotton wool has been removed from around my mind.

The top notes to me are richly sweet wood with a medicinal vibe and gushings of a dusty, earthy patchouli.. The rose I smell is not a garden rose but a rich, thick rose absolute and the spice is laid back, creamy, smooth with nothing in particular jumping out as a note. As it wears there is an animalic musk, intensely sweet and savoury, and a sandalwood josstick that is only slightly burt.

The bottle is heavy at around 12 ouces when full. The gold and silver parts are metal, the lid has a small glass dipper inside that dispenses a tiny drip. I hardly use the dipper as I prefer to decant into a 3ml rollerball so that I don't contaminate the main bottle. The box is dark blue, comes in two parts (an outer tube slides over an inner tube which has two front opening doors to reveal a lining of holographic gold and the perfume bottle nestling in a red fabric covered base (very pretty indeed).

It has moderate sillage, is long lasting, and although it developes it is fairly linear. This is my most complimented perfume and I absolutely love it. Of the perfumes I own Mon Parfum Cherie par Camille comes closest in character.
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