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Saint Laurent's sacred leopard print
Babycat - Misjudged and spurned for over a year because the test card was thrown away too early
I couldn't understand the hype at all. Saint Laurent or not (I am a couture dressmaker myself and an admirer of "Yves", or rather his style and the ideas behind it). And I certainly don't wear a perfume called "Babycat" (even though I don't have a cat myself). I found the perfume terrible. Headache potential to boot...
But because of the never-ending hype, I had to try it again this winter, since the release - this time "properly", spraying the card properly, in the middle of the living room, leaving it for 24 hours, virtually "holding out"...
The first 30 minutes LOTS of incense and a tiny bit of leather. Since I don't really know what to do with the church and leather is not my scent at all, even with a lot of "sweetness" and "vanilla", it's usually nothing for me. It's also extremely intense - it was just too much of a "bad thing" for me and the fragrance was far too overwhelming - but if you give it enough time, after about 30 minutes there's a huge turnaround that I've never experienced before: Then it becomes the longer the more incredibly delicious, sweet smoky vanilla! And a little later, a "burnt plastic" note is added - I love that!
Sounds incredibly simple, but it's not
And lasts and lasts... Easily 2 days
And now: I really don't want to go through the cool season without it!
Actually, I've always said: Make sure you get a sample, especially at such prices, let the fragrance develop fully for 2-4 hours and let it work its magic for 1-2 days - then buy it (or not)
The whole "Le Vestiaire" collection is a dream and looks high quality, whether you like it or not, definitely worth a smell festival!
To make up for it, here is my first, very, very honest review. Maybe it will help some of you with the same "problem" I had
I couldn't understand the hype at all. Saint Laurent or not (I am a couture dressmaker myself and an admirer of "Yves", or rather his style and the ideas behind it). And I certainly don't wear a perfume called "Babycat" (even though I don't have a cat myself). I found the perfume terrible. Headache potential to boot...
But because of the never-ending hype, I had to try it again this winter, since the release - this time "properly", spraying the card properly, in the middle of the living room, leaving it for 24 hours, virtually "holding out"...
The first 30 minutes LOTS of incense and a tiny bit of leather. Since I don't really know what to do with the church and leather is not my scent at all, even with a lot of "sweetness" and "vanilla", it's usually nothing for me. It's also extremely intense - it was just too much of a "bad thing" for me and the fragrance was far too overwhelming - but if you give it enough time, after about 30 minutes there's a huge turnaround that I've never experienced before: Then it becomes the longer the more incredibly delicious, sweet smoky vanilla! And a little later, a "burnt plastic" note is added - I love that!
Sounds incredibly simple, but it's not
And lasts and lasts... Easily 2 days
And now: I really don't want to go through the cool season without it!
Actually, I've always said: Make sure you get a sample, especially at such prices, let the fragrance develop fully for 2-4 hours and let it work its magic for 1-2 days - then buy it (or not)
The whole "Le Vestiaire" collection is a dream and looks high quality, whether you like it or not, definitely worth a smell festival!
To make up for it, here is my first, very, very honest review. Maybe it will help some of you with the same "problem" I had
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