Dusnatli

Inspired by the latest comments, I revisited this beautiful fragrance.
After all, it has been part of my collection for many years, continuously, meaning when it runs out, I buy a new one.

So, after a long time, I spray the fragrance on myself and in that moment, I remember why it rightly belongs to my perfume staples.
It offers a unique combination of wonderful refreshment and a base of warm, pleasant notes from vanilla and patchouli.
Especially with its slightly herb-citrusy and therefore very fresh opening, the fragrance primarily presents itself as a pure summer scent.
However, if you wait a bit, the freshness is replaced by warmer and more flattering notes.
Guerlain excels here in "fragrance evolution" par excellence.

Thus, Aqua Allegoria Pampelune is certainly also wearable at temperatures below the 30° Celsius mark.
So, it's actually almost an all-rounder.

However, I wouldn't use it in the depths of winter.
For that, I need a few "hotter" candidates.

So often I have thought I had found the holy grail of fragrance.
But with Geisha Noire, I am more certain than ever that this is it for me.

In the two years at Parfumo, I have come to know and love many scents.

But there is indeed one and only one fragrance, the great love, that gives you everything you desire.
All the other wonderful scents can line up behind it.

Geisha Noire hits my olfactory heart right in the middle.
The fragrance is incredibly balsamic, soft, and - yes - also erotic.
However, it is not the kind that suggests: 'take me', but, as another commentator aptly wrote, subtle.
That is exactly what it is: subtly erotic.
The fragrance notes, which are among my favorites, create a harmonious connection for this delightful sexiness.
There is no noticeable scent progression; it is wonderful from beginning to end, with the warmth and balsamic quality intensifying a bit towards the end.
The sillage is good but not overwhelming.
The longevity is perfect, just like everything about this fragrance.

I can't imagine there is a scent that could take this from the top spot.
Although, as I have learned here, one should never say 'never' :))

I have quite an extensive collection. Some might consider it excessive:-))

Many of the fragrances in my collection I have purchased blindly and have usually been satisfied.
So too with Tous.
But what can I say about this blind purchase? This fragrance is a revelation for me.
Actually, floral scents are often rather overwhelming for my nose, and some of these floral representatives even give me headaches or occasionally trigger the famous washing-up reflex.

Not so with Tous! This - actually super-floral scent - flatters my nose so much that I can't get enough of it.
Here, the flowers are embedded in such a pleasant softness that I can completely throw all my prejudices about floral scents overboard.

Maybe it's the cedar that softens the strictness of the flowers, or the fruity note of the blackcurrant provides a very bearable subtlety.

Whatever it is, Tous has immediately snuck into my heart, oh what a shot!!!

The fragrance has only one downside: it doesn't fit so well with this season.
Therefore, I can hardly wait for spring. Then it will be worn extensively.

As a self-proclaimed heavy sprayer, I really need to rethink my approach here.
One spray too many... and a coma is guaranteed.
Such a loaded spice bomb is truly one of a kind. My goodness.

That means keeping the spray finger well under control.

When well dosed, the scent is extremely flattering. You wouldn't necessarily guess it's so old.
I think it could just as well be a 70s powerhouse.

The spices are beautifully harmonized and fade away in a gently creamy, flattering manner. It is erotically appealing in a wonderfully feminine way.

I can highly recommend this scent to lovers of bold orientals.
For dedicated floral fans, it surely plays in the wrong league.

....use seemingly uninteresting, shadowy fragrances on the weekend when only unpleasant household chores await me after the work week.

So also "Lovely Prism".
I thought it was so unspectacular - I don't need to elaborate on it.

Today, it is this fragrance from Givenchy.

Well, it doesn't blow me away and doesn't transport me to olfactory heights, but it has a lovely fresh floral quality, for which I immediately received a compliment from my son.
("That smells good, did you just put on some lotion?")
Unfortunately, the longevity of the EdT is poor.
I've already reapplied three times. I'm not shy about it.

Overall, a fragrance that deserves to be presented to the world on beautiful spring or summer days, should anyone notice it.

You certainly won't be bothered by it, as the sillage is as meager as the longevity.

So a recommendation for those who like it light, floral, and close to the skin.