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"Lush" is one of those terms that rarely appears in my vocabulary - perhaps because I've always understood it to have a bit of a negative connotation: Too rich, too exuberant, lavish.... Despite these associations, "lush" describes the fragrance but very aptly, and quite in a positive sense!

The fragrance is linear and very "dense" - like a walk through a dense flower garden in summer. Framed by trellis arches, from which hang lush white flowers, a narrow path winds through the sea of flowers. The sun shines warmly from the sky, the air is sultry, and you think you're drowning in the sweet scent of flowers. But in the middle of the garden stands a wrought-iron fountain, which provides a little of the hoped-for refreshment and invites you to linger.

Performance and intensity are very good. The fact that the fragrance does not develop greatly with me does not detract from it; it remains rich and floral until the end. Tuberose and jasmine dominate and form a beautiful, opulent unit. A touch of green freshness keeps the scent from becoming too heavy. Rather a fragrance for warm months, but even now in December I have already worn it.

The fragrance is exuberant, full, lush - but just that makes its charm. My favorite from the Bloom line.

Some fragrances are insanely contextual. Fresh mandarins come to mind. When I smell them on a plantation on the Mediterranean, I smell summer, lightness, sunshine. In winter, however, with candlelight and choral singing, it is one of the most Christmassy scents I know.

Now it's probably just this thing with the context that shapes my impression of Amber Kiss.

The prelude is spicy - a bit too spicy for me personally, almost peppery. I mean to sniff cardamom and a little ginger. Slowly it gets warmer, almost cuddly, but with a heavy blanket of spices hanging over everything. The shelf life is incredible - even after hours I can feel the scent clearly on my wrist. And the more of the spices disappear, the more beautiful and sweet the scent becomes. Warm, cinnamon, a touch of vanilla I would say.

But above all there is one thing that colours everything: Christmas.

And here lies the crux of the matter: is it the spicy, the warm, the woody that makes me think of the Advent season and the holidays? Or is it much more the perfumery, which already now, already decorated for Christmas, is praising the most beautiful gifts for Him and Her? I can't help but make my first plans for the festive season and put gingerbread on the shopping list.
I wonder if Amber Kiss would have had the same effect on me if I hadn't tested it until February. So now it is simply an intense Christmas scent that makes me dream of spiced almonds, sleigh rides and contemplation under the Christmas tree.

La vie est belle is a perfume that never bored me or even annoyed me, although you can often smell it on people. I myself own it, like it and wear it from time to time. While I really appreciate flankers like LVEB En Rose as a fresher, fruity version, Intensément can't score with me.
The scent is slightly different at the beginning, a little less sweet, a little more "grown-up", but after half an hour it is no longer distinguishable from the original.
Actually, I was looking forward to the release; a harsher, more intense (what exactly is intensément here?) version would have done the LVEB series good.

Roses have always been my mother's favorite flower. So it was not seldom the case that we had a fresh bouquet of roses at home, which I loved to sniff. While I myself prefer yellow flowers, roses have always had a place of honour in my fragrant heart.
Creating rose fragrances is - I think - not an easy task. So many things in everyday life now smell of roses that I can understand why some people are sick of the scent; whether it's room spray, hand soap, fabric softener - roses are omnipresent.
So I'm not necessarily attracted to perfumes that have these flowers listed in the dominant fragrances, but there I was the other day and had the opportunity to test the EdP Fleur Musc as well as the EdT Florale.
The fragrances remind me a little bit of home and the fresh rose bouquets. Very sweet, soft, natural. A touch of powder, a little heat. While the EdP lets the roses slide into a warm bed of musk and patchouli, in the EdT the rose petals seem to be carried to heaven by a fresh breeze.
The EdT is "slimmer", lighter, maybe a little bit bolder. The combination with bergamot makes the fragrance flowery-fresh, while in EdP the musk note is more prominent, creating a beautiful, creamy warmth.
Two really successful rose creations, each with its own character, but both very natural and feminine.

Sometimes you try out a fragrance and wonder what the perfumer wanted to achieve. Then one inquires about the composition and the "Hm?" becomes an "Aha!". This is how I feel with Tuberose Summer - the intention of the creator is easy to understand, but the result leaves a lot to be desired.

The start of the perfume is tremendous: loud, squeaky-sweet currant, which unfortunately comes along quite artificially, and a lot of heavy tuberose. For me as a great friend of heavy, lush tuberose fragrances, the latter is the highlight of the fragrance. The floral note is dominant, but surprisingly natural and soft.
The currant should probably give the tuberose its "buzzing touch", but this is exactly where the problem lies: instead of a veil of fruity sweetness, the berry lies over everything like a tough fruit sauce. What a pity, because the fragrance would have potential.
Sillage and durability are still ok, even if the durability leaves a lot to be desired. But since it is a favorable scent, it is bearable.