Lieselotte

Lieselotte

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Lieselotte 6 months ago 1
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
6.5
Scent
Cousin to Olympéa intense
This fragrance opens up with a very synthetic expression of coconut that reminds me of the same synthetic off-putting coconut in Ard al Zaafaran's Turab al Dahab. If you tried out that fragrance and felt that it was too synthetic, you will feel the same about Ornament. After 30 mins, that synthetic quality clears and the fragrance starts to develop into something beautiful that smells a bit similar to Paco Rabanne's Olympéa intense. It is dominated by coconut, orange blossom, and vanilla. I smell peach as well but no passion fruit.
I would advise you obtain a sample if possible and avoid blind buying, and if you're on the lookout for a quality dupe for Paco Rabanne's Olympéa intense, this isn't it.
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Lieselotte 7 months ago 1
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
Grapes and tuberose
I purchased this oil on Amazon and the notes listed were:
Top notes: grapes, blackcurrant
Heart notes: tuberose, jasmine, heliotrope
Base notes: cedar, musk, patchouli
I think these notes are more representative of the fragrance as I can smell no rose note, but I can most certainly pick up juicy grapes, the loveliest tuberose and inviting cedar when the oil heats up on my skin.
Lamsat harir is one of Arabiyat's line-up of perfume oils and it is a very popular one for a good reason. Due to the play of grape and blackcurrant, it smells a lot like coca cola (in the opening) and as it dries down, it takes on the form of creamy, slightly powdery Armani's Si. I suspect Lamsat Harir is heavily inspired by Si, but I would not call it a dupe/ clone, they stand apart.
It clings to clothing for a full work day and lasts on skin for 4-5 hours. It is a perfume oil so projection is limited to the first 2-3 hours of wear. I love how the scent develops from the heat of my skin so I'm not tempted to try the EDP.
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Lieselotte 7 months ago 1
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
5
Longevity
7
Scent
Citrus and creamy, sweet vanilla
This perfume does not have a lot of notes listed and I think that's in line with what you will actually smell. The opening is sharp patchouli (not earthy, just sharp) that dissipates quickly and lime (quite sharp within the first 10 seconds before opening up). The opening doesn't stay citrusy because the vanilla note announces its presence quite quickly along with the made-up amber note, and that's pretty much the scent development.
This linear fragrance is actually quite lovely- lime and vanilla working together to produce a creamy, citrusy, sweet fragrance.
Unfortunately longevity is at most 4 hours. Perhaps the perfume has been reformulated and watered down, I'll never know. Although I enjoyed it, I found myself growing quite bored with it and spraying very liberally to finish the bottle. This is the kind of perfume you can overspray to your hearts content.
I haven't had much success with Ard al Zaafaran fragrances, perhaps this will be my final foray into this perfume house.
This does not smell like anything I have gotten my nose on. I can understand the comparisons with Lancome's La nuit tresor, but I do not agree with them.
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Lieselotte 7 months ago 3
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Sniff and shiver
Spritz a little on your wrist, give it 10 seconds for the notes to develop, lean in, take a sniff and feel the delicious shivers running down your spine.
The opening to Junoon noir to my nose is dominated by lime and kumquat. After half a minute, the mid starts to develop with violet and jasmine notes. The jasmine note doesn't last very long before it is completely overpowered by vanilla and the later part of the mid is a thoroughly delicious kumquat, violet and vanilla combination. In truth it smells a little fresh with powdery vanilla at this point.
The dry down is a lightly sweet, incredibly silky and very feminine vanilla fragrance.

I own Junoon and whilst that is a predominantly powdery Iris, Junoon noir is a less powdery, sweetened vanilla. Both are intensely feminine, Junoon noir is of better quality, but I like Junoon slightly more due to Iris being the star of the show.

Lime and vanilla are two notes that go splendidly well together. I must explore more of these combinations.
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Lieselotte 7 months ago 1
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
8
Scent
0% oud
To my nose, this is a lovely blend of cedarwood, musk (not white musk), jasmine, lavender and light fruity notes. In the opening the cedarwood is a little masculine but after the first few minutes, it mellows to a unisex blend. This is simply loveliness.
According to my sample:
Top notes: hyacinth, lavender, fruits
Heart notes: iris, jasmine, pink pepper
Base notes: vetiver, amber, oud, musk
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