Greenfaerie

This has now become my favorite iris ever. It is so complex for an iris fragrance, capturing the entire plant from bulb to flower. A true ode to the flower. It has this amazing quality of being an "easy reach", yet it is such a magnificent perfume that to describe it thusly is insulting. Usually a perfume of this calibur should be worn on special occasions. It smells completely white.

A fresh, clean note of pear opens the perfume. Within seconds, you get glorious iris. It is powdery, a tiny bit earthy, a tiny bit starchy, and perfectly floral just like real irises. It's a heavenly makeup scent, a mix of powder and lipstick. There is a faint twinge of "violet" (I have smelled countless irises in real life, including iris padilla, and many do smell like 100% violet! The two flowers have chemical compounds in common that cause them to smell the same. So do not complain about smelling violet in iris perfumes, as it would be unusual to not smell some amount of "violet" in an actual iris flower). But this is not a violet candy perfume. Is is not sweet nor gourmand at all.

I love to wear this when the weather is cool and crisp. Something about it is warming and incredibly cozy, while every other iris perfume I can think of is cool and aloof.

I have Chanel 19 Poudre, Infusion d'Iris / Infusion d'Iris Absolue / Infusion d'Iris Cèdre, Iris Ganache, Hedonist Iris, Iris Porcelena, Chloe Atelier Iris, La Pausa EDT and EDP... so many more! I LOVE the finest iris perfumes I can get my hands on. This is the only one I reach for constantly. The others I must be in the right mood for. It is also the least expensive AND readily available to purchase online! You don't have to go seeking shady bottles on eBay or from discount perfumers who might be selling fakes.

I really should get a backup bottle because I would be DEVASTATED if I went over to the Fragonard website and found it was gone forever!

I will add this to the pile of overhyped fragrances I have bought. I haven't tried anything by Bortnikoff that is all that great. This is a fairly bland musky scent, a little floral, a little sweet lemony citrus in the top notes. But the whole creation is very dull. Projection is quite soft, but it lasts a few hours on the skin. I prefer this over anything by Areej le Dore or that other atrocious attar house that makes attars that mostly smell like celery, the one with the red wax on top.

THIS is a tuberose for connoisseurs. Radiant tuberose with a subtle dose of cream -- genius! Oakmoss in the drydown adds some elegance. It's really a simple perfume, but it is done masterfully. I had to order a full bottle immediately because I would absolutely loathe myself if it were suddenly discontinued. This is the greatest tuberose fragrance I have ever encountered. Fracas is a joke in comparison.

I have a friend who says this smells like cherry cough syrup on her, and I have no idea how that is possible. I think it smells like the most divinely realistic cherry perfume that there could ever be. Pure cherry and perhaps a bit of musk in the base. The cherry is the perfect blend of sweet and tart. It's a delicious fragrance. If not for the price tag, I likely would own it by now.

I quite like this airy berry concoction. Not enough to want a FB, but it's very enjoyable. It does somehow remind me of outer space, still air, something like that. The berry scent is fairly realistic and isn't syrupy or sweet but plays nicely with the grapefruit. I don't really notice any particular flowers in the mix. Proxima is an easy reach if you are looking for something light and pleasant for daily use, especially if you want to smell unique because it doesn't smell like anything else on the market.