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This perfume is a picture. A fine portrait painted in gouache, seen through the eyes of a lover. It adheres in detail to the well-known novel. Jardins d'écrivains fragrances are generally created with great knowledge of the corresponding novel character or author. The Lady of the Camellias is no exception. Her composition is not complicated, just as Marguerite in the novel is a country girl. I particularly like the fact that wild plants native to France are part of the composition and give it a naturalness that is Marguerite's own. The youthful freshness is expressed in verbena and orange blossom. The juniper comes to another important role, as we will see yet.
Violets and rose are flowers in the 19th century as Söliflore of the ladies were worn and the camellia was Marguerite's distinctive mark, she always wore one on your robe. Who now wonders why a courtesan is not granted a "wicked" composition, has not read the novel. Armand, the man who loves her, describes her as having a beguiling outer and inner beauty, which would be described as virtuous if she had not fallen into the life she lived through adverse circumstances. The heart chord is thus also smooth and harmonious. None of the three flowers stands out in particular. It is also this heart that gives the fragrance its special beauty.
Instead of delivering a classic rose-patchouly composition here now, the perfumer reaches for the bitter, wild juniper note. An artifice, I think, that describes the tragedy, the bitter, in the life of this woman who, like her novelist Marie Duplessis, will eventually die of tuberculosis at a very young age. The juniper is present all the time in the scent and I would imagine that is exactly what bothers some people about the scent. It's a balancing act that is risked in the fragrance, just as in life the bitter bothers, and some people are more likely to endure it than others. After all, in the novel, the rapt Armand Duval doesn't mind so much that he doesn't fall fiercely in love with beauty.
Musk and sandalwood finally prepare a smooth base, reminiscent of the natural scent of skin, and contribute a beautiful sensual element. Cardamom and sandalwood recall the fascination with the Orient at the time. It is likely that Marguerite wore cashmere shawls, which were very fashionable at the time. Place and time are precisely described here in the fragrance.
One söllte the fragrance rather not buy blindly. He is own and very beautiful.

I had accidentally posted this review under the "perfume" but own the "cologne" ( in the same beautiful bottle pictured with the perfume) for those wondering I deleted the review. Also, I got a comment from a perfumo that makes me change the text a bit in that context.
Apart from its high age, I was interested in Rève d'Or's similarity to Chanel No.5, which it is said to have. One perfume critic calls it a precursor to Chanel No.5 and many reviews on other perfume forums describe it as similar. Personally, I can't find that. What I do detect, however, is a strong aldehydic top note , which, as was pointed out to me by the Parfumo "Otherwise can't actually be there, as there was no use of aldehydes in perfumery at the time the fragrance was created. I would imagine that it is the orange blossom in conjunction with the geranium that causes this effect (or the formulation has been changed at some point). The orange blossom as such I miss in the fragrance, so there would possibly be an explanation.
All other notes are then also directly perceptible. The flowers together with the powderiness of heliotrope and the green of vetiver create a clove illusion that smells vintage in the best sense. To me, the scent is just that: an old-style clove perfume. It has a tartness to it that women's perfumes are generally not thought to have these days. If you consider that Jicky and Reve d'Or come from the same year, you get a nice first impression of perfumery at the end of the 19th century
As the fragrance progresses, two things happen: first, the aldehyde notes weaken, reducing an initial sharpness. Secondly, the sandalwood of the base comes more and more to the fore. But no note disappears completely. The weighting shifts. The fragrance becomes calmer and rounder in the course.
Although I like carnation fragrance very much I do not wear Reve d'Or. He is too harsh for me personally. I like the fragrance itself nevertheless very much.

Who would like to know or own Lutece still in a passable variant should get the version of Prism while it is still available. The new Lutece by Five Star is a completely different fragrance. The original is aldehyde floral and very powdery rosewood, iris and woods make up the heart along with the florals. In the base, musk and vanilla share primacy. Both are abundant which along with the spices has a soft enveloping tone. All in all, it smells classic, strong and vintage. I like it.

Lilac is a rare note I find. Here is an almost pure lilac scent! The mimosa is very much in the background. It is a not very complex composition that behaves linear. In the long run, the fragrance was too synthetic for me, but for 13€ I can't really expect much nature. And yet, who is looking for lilac will find it here!

This is clearly a fragrance that fits well in the south. He is yes also available in Spanish drugstores.
I bought it blind, because testers are rare to find ("you already know him for a lifetime"!). And at the unbeatable price of about 7€ for 200ml and a cheerful-looking packaging could not go wrong much.
The fragrance surprised positively! He begins classically citrusy and soon joins a tart aromatic note to it. For me, it smells clearly of thyme, which I have smelled so yet in no fragrance. It is underlined by a floral, rosy background. In addition, a pleasantly clean powderiness accompanies the overall picture. I guess Coumarin.
The fragrance is pleasant, fresh and even with some depth through the aromatic notes. Well suited for a summer day. However, the shelf life keeps within limits. 2-3 hours. It is just an EDC.