Roveena

First of all: Basically this fragrance does nothing wrong. Penetratingly fresh, summery, girlish, but also suitable for the older generation and just a typical Betty Barclay. My fragrance is dominated by tangerine, pepper and cedar wood. The latter two make the whole thing a bit too pungent and at the beginning really pushy. Everything else is fruity and floral. The sweetness is relatively moderate. The Sillage is heavy at the beginning, then relatively quickly nothing more to worry about. And the shelf life...I am firmly convinced that the company takes an Eau de Cologne and labels the boxes alternately with Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum, I just can't prove it.

My personal problem: Laaa boring. Of course I let the "Bohemian" in my name dazzle me. I am very much for everything that stands for love of freedom and individuality. It could have been clear to me that unfortunately not much can be expected from the queen of drugstore fragrances, Betty Barclay. To me, we're dealing with the prototype of the drugstore scent. A thousand and one smells, you don't take a bite, you don't do anything wrong. All very predictable, mainstream suitability and...yeah, I don't know, what do you say?

I think this fragrance will find its lovers. But actually, it's quite superfluous. Now I have to figure out how many stars to give it. Preferably just one, but that wouldn't be fair for a perfume that does nothing wrong. Would it? OR?

How do you combine chamomile, hay and herbs in a fragrance that is nevertheless pleasing? Gucci has done it - although the fragrance almost got me at first. I couldn't really do anything with it. I didn't think it was bad, but somehow it wasn't a fragrance experience either, in a positive or negative sense. After all, there was nothing there to repel me like some other testers here. I imagined at first sight that I smelled a strange rubbery note that I know from myrrh (you're sure there's none in there?!) and that wasn't an arousal, but it did make me curious. So I wore it for one day, and it was... okay. But that's all it is

The next test was completely different - the scent is beautiful. Just beautiful. Fresh, clean, calming, unusual and with a high recognition value and yet pleasing. Yes, but "accommodating" is a bad word. Nobody wants to smell "pleasing", I just mean: despite its very special aura, this fragrance does not hurt anyone and intoxicates all those who appreciate it. My experience is that people who actively test it tend to be very divided, but those who perceive the fragrance on others - me, for example - are unanimous in their opinion that Memoire d'une Odeur is very pleasant and anything but 0/8/15. What more could you ask for? For me, it's a perfume that you better don't "test", but just wear without expecting anything in return (do you know that some perfumes fail when you "sniff", but are great when they get into your nose by accident?)

For me, Memoire d'une Odeur is a successful blend of retro and modern, of a fragrance that nobody wants to be and a perfume that has everything that makes a really good perfume. One thing is absolutely clear: no one can like this fragrance unless they are into chamomile. They can't drown out the most beautiful woods and the finest musk, and the vanilla doesn't tear anything out of it either (apropos: camomile and vanilla? never thought that would work!).

What else is there to say? In my opinion, this is not a unisex scent, but it suits the girls better (really, now, Harry Styles as an advertising face?!). The sillage is not extensive, but it is perceptible and the durability is good, although not outstanding. A "hippie scent" like they tell us in the commercials? Nope, but similarly free spirit, headstrong and close to nature.

...until I finally knew which perfume from my collection this fragrance reminds me of: Habanita L'esprit. Where Habanita L'esprit is spicy and slightly scratchy, MMM... on velvety-soft paws. In principle, however, the two could be sisters, whereby MMM... definitely the little sister, with which I want to say that the fragrance is less complicated and easier to wear. The former must not be overdosed, the latter does not kill you even if you have caught too much. MMM is very sweet, but still quite pleasing in my opinion. The top notes unfortunately pass me by completely, but the powdery base is quite Juliette-typical, even if it might take something until you get a light.

I would MMM... a treat, although not directly edible, youthful, very feminine and in any case suitable for girls who like sweet flower scents with that certain something.

It's a pity, a pity, that I didn't feel the fragrance as new and special as I am used to with fragrances of this brand because of my association with Habanita L'esprit. But this does not detract from the quality. Simply a beautiful fragrance with very good sillage and shelf life. By the way, despite the sweetness I would have no problem carrying this little water at 35 degrees in the shade, even if only carefully dosed...