Guinevere

I have long thought about this fragrance to buy, especially since nowhere are testers so blind purchase. But finally won the curiosity and today the Düftchen arrived with me.

The bottle and the name are misleading. This is not a synthetic fruit plörre the annoying but a wonderfully creamy floral fragrance which comes soft and round, the tuberose dominates but is never too intense. In addition to the tuberose, I perceive the bergamot, jasmine, ylang-ylang and amber individually, the rest is interwoven with the fragrance or for me not individually perceptible (which may also be due to the weather, today it is muggy). Unfortunately, the H&S are somewhat mau, but something is always ;-)

Starlight Gold (SG) starts fresh for me, quickly becomes creamy-floral, with lots of green and in the base ambered and slightly sweet, rather lovely and always remains pleasant. In sum, it reminds me very strongly of Gucci Bloom and is with just under 30 euros for 100ml a good investment.

Once again to the name and bottle, since both do not want to fit so right to the fragrance (I wrote already misleading) Neither to the content nor to Aigner itself...it is like the complete opposite, instead of colors like Bordeaux you see pink, instead of simple design bling-bling and charms....but the content of the is again classic & straightforward.

I have long thought about but if I should describe the fragrance & bottle figuratively briefly then maybe so: Beyonce is the preview (bottle) to the Barbra Streisand concert (fragrance) at the MGM Grand.

Either way, I got hold of a beautiful fragrance for little money - blind buy succeeded!

...I must say the fragrance pleases me!

Yes ok, he is already sweet but not this caramel or sugary sweetness but as above is floral-sweet And yes, he reminds of several already available fragrances but ultimately he is a little bissl different....

At the beginning briefly exuberant, citrusy and slightly pungent and quite sweet Poppy Bouquet is strongly floral (orange blossom-heavy although not specified) and after about 30 min.he becomes more discreet until finally a slightly sweet, creamy somewhat woody fragrance remains on the skin, now and then comes through what of the pear (which I hardly notice at first).
The H&S should not be underestimated despite the course! Very interesting I feel the fragrance veil of the beginning is still strongly floral-sweet but from the base is increasingly transparent, unsweet and again picks up the pear. I had not expected, but I find it pleasant because the pear appears here fresh-green and not top-fermented-yellow.

The bottle shape is like that of its predecessors, the liquid is slightly rose and the flower pink instead of red. With the classic. Flower has Poppy Bouquet except for the design nothing in common. And with poppy? Well, to create this interpretation of a non-scented flower is m.E. only the very first version succeeded. Why then Poppy in the name must not understand;-)

By the way, I find the spot to the fragrance great, especially the music I like. Unfortunately, I forgot who sings the song and how it is called. But somehow the song fits the fragrance.

And finally, what fragrances it reminds me of: L'Interdit, My Way, Alien, Voce Viva, The only one Intense, Elie Saab. However, these are all too heavy for spring/summer, so Poppy comes just right now :-) A fragrance for happiness and joie de vivre :-)

And what I also like very well is the atomizer, so you can finely dose!

if you listen to Charles Aznavour (song of the campaign) then I don't necessarily think of Mon Paris Intensement at first, more about that later.

But first the bottle: it is in the same shape as the other MP flankers but in a magnetically attracting colour including a matching bow and for me it is the most beautiful of the series. A dark magenta-purple, sensual, mysterious, you expect something "heavy". The durability and sillage are good and you should dose carefully even if the intensity is not as intense as you think

Let's get to the fragrance: Mon Paris Intensement (MPI) starts off beery, fruity fresh and next to the berries I can perceive the pear very clearly. This pleasant sweetness increases and becomes rounder in the direction of the heart note. I notice a slight soapiness after about 10 minutes, which is a pleasant counterpart to the fruit. As soon as the flowers take over in the middle part, the sweetness recedes into the background. In warm and humid weather, I also perceive the oily rose described by Igli. In dry, cooler weather, the "pricking" of the datura prevails, just like in the EDP. What I notice at MPI is that the heart note lasts very long, which I appreciate very much. But - and now we come to a shortcoming - unfortunately I perceive little patchouli in the base, benzoin almost not at all :-( There is almost only white musk, so no intensity...

My conclusion: MPI is a successful, modern fragrance and despite its sweetness very well wearable. It has a lot of bang but finally not the intensity I wish or imagined with the addition of intensity. Very sad :-(

Once again to the song: the remix fits (at least instrumentally) to MPI, the young modern bohemian...the bohemian time that Charles Aznavour sings about lyrically would have rather gone for L'heure Bleue ;-)
Well, what do I do? Use the bottle in any case, it is still beautiful even if it lacks depth. And I still have the EDP (Favourite)...and then I think about whether I should not treat myself to the blue hour from the old master Jacques Guerlain :-)

For a long time I thought about buying Beautiful Belle (BB), the reviews did not give a good idea. But as a fan of Estee Lauder (EL) and especially of Beautiful I overcame my doubts and ordered a 50ml bottle for a quite reasonable price. And I was not disappointed! This scent is wonderful, but one thing at a time...

First the flacon, very similar to the classic of EL, but the lid is a little different, the diffuser is mega, very fine mist, so no soaking wet skin, I like that very much!

The fragrance itself is like a fine veil around you all the time, so it's not a fragrance bomb, but after a short time the sillage is quite close, a small flaw which also protects against overdosing

At the beginning I notice a tart, slightly obscure freshness that becomes flowery and slightly powdery relatively quickly, the marzipan whizzes by me and then (fortunately) remains (fortunately) wherever it disappears or no longer appears. In the further process the flowers are added, after approx. 2 hours a kind of soft woodiness (the suede?) is added which spreads more and more. In the first test the floral-creamy note was left behind in addition to this woodiness, today in the second test a slightly fruity-harsh note over suede; here BB reminds me of a well-known scent that I can't even think of.
Why BB smells once in such a way and once in such a way with me seems to be hormonally caused, I have there some smells which also behave so diversely. I am curious how it develops in warmer and especially humid temperatures. Yesterday and today it was about 15 degrees and dry, I could imagine that it gets a bit scratchier in cooler temperatures

So I am enthusiastic about this fragrance and can't understand the evaluations but everyone perceives fragrances differently and they unfold differently with each person. Surely the Ambroxan may also not arouse the enthusiasm of many people, normally I have my problems with it, but not here.

BB is a classically simple fragrance that is sure to accompany the modern bride, but also goes well with a costume, leather pants or tattered jeans, actually with everything. I don't think the campaign really fits to it, but when I saw the clip for the first time I had a completely different idea of the scent.

It's a pity that BB is not available here in the shops, I at least could only find him online and not everywhere. All those who are looking for a fine, classic, unsweet scent should give BB a chance.

i adore the old KL fragrances, KL pour femme Extrait or Chloe classic Extrait a dream, the new fragrances are rather not mine, unless the KL for her was a good companion for me this summer.
So I noticed the Fleur de...series also little to not at all. When I then read here and also somewhere else it should be very similar to the orchid of YR (which I love!) and/or I wanted to test the scent twin of course. Unfortunately, it wasn't easy not to get samples anywhere and if it was offered here in the shop at all then it was sold out, testers stolen. That fuelled my curiosity even more and I thought it must be good....

Today was it then so far, over detours I got the 50ml bottle. The flacon itself lies well in the hand, is simple but by no means rickety, already good. Also the sprayer is very good, no spilling etc.
The first sniff...citric, fresh, tart, no pepper and no "sweat grapefruit", I am soothed :-)...so far so good...then the shock: lemon bath cleaner?!?!....but I hold on. After about 20 minutes the scent becomes creamier, more flowery, it is still fresh and slightly tart and the cleanser note is fortunately gone, uff! Another 15 min. later it gets very close but the scent becomes more and more pleasant, yes and I mean to recognize that could go towards the orchid, my heart already starts to jump with joy... but unfortunately in the further course it comes somehow to nothing at all anymore. The fragrance somehow gets "stuck" at the transition to the heart note the base doesn't come at all except some cedar.
It remains fresh, tart. creamy slightly citric, minimally woody. But nothing of Tonka etc., no more flowers, sweetness or exotic warmth, no more...The durability and Sillage are also rather mediocre.

To be honest, I am already a bit disappointed and I ask myself if it is due to the fact that I am driven by the twin-topic here if necessary unfair / one-sided. Therefore I had started a second test to evaluate fair, here is my result:

In itself, FdO is a good all-rounder for all those who like fresh, citrically inconspicuous fragrances or a very good companion for the warm season. Due to the less good H&S one must spray if necessary more often, for it the smell for normal VK is nevertheless quite expensive and would be therefore if only a purchase candidate if in the offer.
It will certainly not become a classic in the series of camp field fragrances, but it lacks many things.

How is FdO now as Dupe?
In my opinion he is not a fragrance twin for orchid from YR. But the approach is certainly not more than that. It's too harsh at first and lacks the warm, alluring feminine touch and exotic floridity that this YR classic has.

And nu?
i save the bottle FdO well closed for the next summer, the fragrance develops in the heat better on my skin or completely different. I have this phenomenon with some of my scents (Tommy Girl is such a one). If then a change should show up I will edit my Kommi gladly.

My search for a good dupe to YR Orchidee continues (I know there are umpteen offers on the net to Orchidee, but I don't want to support this profiteering with vintage scents anymore.)