Spektrum

I was surprised by the weight of the parcel when I dug it out of the packing station. The bottle is also a little bigger than I had feared. But I'll find a shelf that can hold it. Normally, I only weigh things that I don't want to burden myself with, like bike parts or food. This is the first time I've weighed a perfume bottle.
As a perfumer who also cares about beautiful bottles, almost as much as the contents, I have long since reached the point where I buy fragrances in the smallest possible size. The Eclair therefore doesn't suit me on the outside, nor does the design...well, I don't find it completely ugly either.
The melted gold doesn't fit so well, it's not creamy, milky or caramelly enough. Although all of this is promised. This fragrance, which many interpret as caramel, smells rather woody, sweet and dry to me. With a minimal plastic touch that others interpret as slightly burnt. I already know this scent from Zara's Dark Romance or La Rive's Vanilla Touch, for example. (and a vanilla fragrance from KIK...) Unfortunately, I don't know what it is. Coumarin and limonene are the only ones listed besides water, perfume and alcohol. Coumarin certainly accounts for part of that prominent smell.
Fortunately, this fragrance is not so dominant here, but is replaced by something that smells like powdered milk and vanillin, which I guess is more appealing to my nose. I can also recognize honey (knowing the notes given), but unfortunately not white flowers.
So it doesn't smell quite as I had hoped. I imagined it to be more lactonic and less dry. I find the "Inner Love" skincare range from Body and Soul deliciously lactonic, for example, although it is not described as lactonic.
Nevertheless, it develops pleasantly on the skin, where it loses its initially somewhat alcoholic-chemical leg note and becomes wearable. The association of fresh waffles with vanilla powdered sugar comes to mind. Cream candy. But also coconut again, although I only recognized the coconut here after my sweetheart pointed it out to me. It's not heavy or overwhelming either, it's too dry and powdery and too light for that.
I find it tastier but also a little weaker than Dark Romance, much better than Vanilla Touch (which doesn't smell vanilla at all and still has such a masculine leg note) and worlds better than this KIK fragrance, which just seemed to consist of too much of this one scent.
I will keep and wear it. Even if I am dubbed a walking bounty bar.
Maybe they'll bring out more versions with white roses or more honey milk...Is it even common in the U.A.E. to drink honey milk?

When I tested it in the store, I immediately fell a little bit in love: jasmine! Natural smelling jasmine on a warm base in which oily dark vanilla predominates. At first I thought it smelled a bit like Goddess with jasmine instead of lavender. Later at home it reminded me of my Sì (2023) Eau de Parfum Intense . But with only hints of dried red fruits, jasmine and less oomph. Instead, this smoked wood or black tea note also emerges. I don't smell patchouly in particular.
In Si Intense, the blackcurrant is very powerful for a long time, the rose reigns in the heart and it is much stronger and you can still recognize the typical Si DNA.
Ciel Rouge could be a nice daytime fragrance that doesn't bother anyone, or an evening fragrance for a vacation when you stroll past jasmine bushes that smell of evening. The jasmine note doesn't last that long, however, and after an hour remains a hint at best. However, the wonderfully palatable vanilla lingers for a long time. Here, not just tons of vanillin have been stirred in, as is currently fashionable with cheaper fragrances.

Starts as a heavy orange blossom scent and even reminds me of the old Poison with its fruity and spicy undertones. Then, unfortunately, I smell a note of cumin...too much, because cumin always reminds me of people sweating out cumin in summer. I'm generally not so good with typical food spices in perfumes. Later, I also smell incense sticks, which is interesting again. A real walk through an oriental market develops here. I will try it out more often.

This is a classically composed and restrained perfume. The vanilla in the base performs quite warmly and naturally and is mainly responsible for the fact that I have already bought a new fragrance.
As expected, the top note is citrusy-fruity-warm and also somewhat fresh and spicy due to the pepper, which is tamed by the warm-sweet base notes after just a few seconds. Then comes the floral heart, rose and ylang-ylang scent together beautifully, slightly exotic, sweet and long-lasting. I also recognized patchouli, which sometimes comes out almost too much, sometimes almost imperceptibly, perhaps due to different skin temperatures or care products used
It is quite long-lasting but close to the body. The many notes never disappear completely, I find that even in the warm base, the ingredients still work together as a whole.
In terms of marketing, Douglas presents it with the main notes pink pepper, ylang-ylang and Madagascar vanilla, but I find all the notes, except for the green leaves, quite good and rose next to ylang-ylang just as strong. The rose is similar to the one in the Tagtraum perfume from Alverde.
i don't think you smell explicitly perfumed with Feel the Love, you just smell good and, yes, somehow loving :)

I make myself a cup of black tea with milk and sugar, add a dash of blackcurrant liqueur and a little rose liqueur...no, that's not enough, a good shot of the really expensive vanilla liqueur is also added.
Si for a cozy afternoon while the rain lashes the currant bushes outside.