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Transformation
This perfume surprised me particularly, and that brings me great joy. I love scents that change, develop, and this one is such a fragrance. At first, I didn't gain a significant impression. White flowers, already familiar. Patience is required. Best on a sunny and not hot day, and give the white sillage a slow chance. It becomes more beautiful over time. Instead of sweetening, the green resinous and extremely elegant galbanum only reveals itself to me later, and the perfume acquires a modern chypre-like aura. It becomes fresher, cooler, and more interesting after about two hours on warm skin. This is one of those perfumes that doesn't impress in the first seconds, but if you give it time and calm, it offers wonderful development and an interesting scent evolution, which I do not take for granted but particularly appreciate. Very well done.
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Pudrige Rose, a very brief introduction
The scent is intense, linear, and long-lasting. Very powdery, typical for all De Rosine perfumes. Powdery orange blossom, somewhat unusual, but that's how it is here. From the very beginning, well-spiced with cinnamon that merges with musk and other powdery components, all on a fine, seemingly real sandalwood base. Perfect women's fragrance, smells very elegant and expensive. It's a shame that it is no longer produced, just like the first version from the founding days of Maison Rosine. A truly good fragrance. I give it the nickname Delikatesse de Rosine. The note distribution without guarantee would be:
Top notes: Orange (or orange blossoms?), cinnamon, peach, red fruits
Middle notes: Lily of the valley, rose, sandalwood
Base notes: amber, musk, vanilla
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Summer Joy
I was quite surprised by this fragrance, as I hadn't heard any advertising or rumors about a new Dior coming out. Rosy, solid glass, elegant cap - as Naimie54 already noted, Eau Sauvage type, but for women. With one important difference: this one is Suave, not Sauvage (Wild), it is sweet, citrusy, sparkling, and floral creamy. Very good to wear in summer, perhaps even better in spring. I have the impression that it smells of neroli, cyclamen, and white flowers on a musk base. A beautiful combination of refreshment, velvety white blooms, and intense musk. I can definitely notice a certain similarity in the top notes with Diorella (those are the citrus notes with a woody flair), then a bit of Diorissimo (cyclamen, not lily of the valley but... something small, woody) and then the surprise - a creamy musky base that lasts the longest. Recommendation for everyday wear, office-friendly, and with the potential to become a popular summer fragrance (as I was left cold by Escale Edition), I find this one well done.
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A Really Cool Guy, Orlando
Fantastic balance between balsamic and spicy notes.
Smells like a noble, modern young man who knows classic perfumes but doesn't consider smelling like the heroes of sci-fi movies. This guy is too impatient for romantic scenes. He lives life at full throttle for a while on cloud nine, then back to being so prudish - down to earth. Idealistic, and at the same time balanced with balsamic spices. With ingredients like orange, cloves, and spices, I immediately think of punch. Not a fixed recipe but a creative, homemade punch. As it develops, I detect a very clean, slightly soapy soft resin note of Peru balsam, as well as Indian sandalwood mixed with patchouli-incense scent. Very successful and noble, definitely unisex pure, calming, meditative, and somehow nostalgic.
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Vibrant & fröhlich
With Butterfly 5, I tested my first A.Oud fragrance.
By the name, I thought there must be a bit of Oud in it - but that's not true!
Butterfly is a very girly perfume, completely devoid of all the ingredients that would make a scent seem mature or serious. If I may start from the base, I don't smell a hint of cedarwood... Sandalwood, which is much warmer, mixed with musk, hardly noticeable on its own. These notes serve solely to fixate the heart of the perfume, and the heart is:
A huge balloon, shimmering brilliantly in a rosy color and so plump that it can float in the air. Such a fruity and juicy scent, I have discovered in only a few perfumes so far. The good thing is that my second association, a large bubble gum balloon, has an extraordinarily strong sillage and longevity.
Juicy, pink, gum-like, very fruity and intense. Gourmand, but in no way cloyingly sweet. It does have a certain mandarin freshness and a light tropical sourness. In the top notes. A misleading description for a completely crazy sweet fragrance.