VickyBerlin

Opens with quite aggressive citrus (I unfortunately get a bit of toilet cleaner vibes here), but quickly transitions to a soft, spicy, almost gourmand-creamy orange scent. A little clean, a little floral, definitely original.

DD ends with a resinous-vanilla musk. I like it well, once the unpleasant opening is over.

Interestingly, the scent remains much, much longer on paper with a penetrating citrus note. Luckily, I tested it on skin first and only later on paper.

I really have to give this fragrance a proper review now because I am currently totally blown away by it.

I have been looking for a Your Skin but Better scent for a while, but most of them haven't convinced me so far. Either too much musk or I couldn't perceive them properly at all. This one hits the mark for me with just the right balance of still noticeable floral perfume and pure skin scent.

At first, the musk comes through immediately, but it's soft and rounded out by violet and a bit of something woody, which never becomes dominant for me. Well, and that’s basically how it stays. For hours, I keep catching whiffs of this cheerful, very bright, simply pleasant scent. It just smells friendly and very fresh, without drifting into aldehydic territory. Longevity for me is about 5-6 hours, although it is really very close to the skin, but somehow still present.

So I find it beautiful and can especially recommend it for people who feel overwhelmed by other skin scents.

The fragrance smells exactly how I would like to see myself (even if this may not always align with reality) - mature, elegant, confident, sophisticated. Not loud but still interesting.

I find it quite linear and compared to others here, I don't perceive the fig as central. For me, the lavender clearly takes center stage, softened and slightly sweetened (but never sweet!) by the fig, and it receives a subtle, refined, slightly woody base from Ambroxan. This is nice because while I love lavender in nature and as an essential oil, I hadn't found a lavender scent that was truly wearable for me until "Sable Lavande | Chloé," without smelling too medicinal or reminiscent of a barbershop (a noble exception might be "Flor de Naranjo | Palmaria," where the lavender is not very prominent). The scent remains well noticeable on me for about 5-6 hours, although after about 3 hours it becomes more intimate, but I find that okay. I do not smell coconut (thankfully?), but the fragrance has an almost milky-creamy character; I think that is the note many perceive as coconut here.

I feel chic and simply well-dressed with it, both at work and at events.

This perfume had been on my wish list for a while, but I didn't really dare to try it. I was a bit worried that it might be more of a concept than a wearable scent. Unfounded, as it turned out thanks to a generous sample from Skimmia (thank you very much!).

The fragrance opens with a fresh, juicy green, like the first leaf buds in spring or a meadow with fresh grass in the early morning sunshine. Dandelion, yes, but the basil adds a spiciness, and the exceedingly subtle jasmine gives it a slightly floral sweetness, without jasmine taking center stage here. I find the scent relatively linear, the longevity is moderate, and after a few hours, a delicate, pleasant skin scent remains with musk and wood, which I find very friendly and bright.

So from start to finish, it's a great fragrance - different but excellently wearable.

I always find it difficult to evaluate fragrances that do not smell good on my skin due to my specific skin chemistry, but that I really like on others and also on paper. Unfortunately, this scent is one of those cases. Incense is a complete wild card for me - either absolutely fantastic or I smell directly like a smoked ham. Unfortunately, in this fragrance, the smoky component becomes overpowering after just a few minutes and remains noticeable on me for several hours. On paper and on my daughter, this note comes out much less; here the scent is spicy and only slightly smoky, harmonious. Therefore, I still rate it as very good, even though it will unfortunately not be for me personally.