pancakesyrup

This is the first perfume I've ever bought. When I first smelled it, I was a little dissapointed; it smelled like something my grandma would wear, I told myself. My dislike was such that I even hid it from sight, storing it in a dark box beneath my bed. But today I decided to get it out of the box —because I own another perfume with ylang-ylang and was curious about how it smelled on this one—, and the surprise I got when I smelled the sweetest thing ever was unprecedented!

It opens very sweet, but not at all cloying, lots of ylang-ylang, and then it becomes very creamy and vainilla-like, like an ice cream cone filled with flowers... Not grandma-like anymore, or maybe yes and my tastes have just expanded, I don't know!

I purchased this blindly (as I always do, my bad) because people said it smelled clean, like fresh laundry and detergent. Personally, I'm very fond of the smell of detergent, so I bought it; now that I have it on, I can say it does smell clean, like laundry, however it doesn't smell like detergent to me, but more like fabric softener. It's very floral when recently sprayed, of course, with lots of violets and jasmine. Then it becomes... spicy? I don't know what it is, but it's quite nice. By the end, the scent becomes creamy and close to the skin... It's my favorite part of it all.
The perfume lasts very long, it has a strong sillage and the bottle is the prettiest thing ever. Overall, great quality at a fair, if not very cheap price.

I bought this perfume because I heard it was a dupe for YSL's Mon Paris. I do not own Mon Paris, so I can´t really say if this perfume is a good dupe, but regardless, I can confidently say it´s good.

When I put on this perfume (and that´s quite often), I always smell the orange and the tangerine; the strawberry is a little lost on me, and I can´t find the pear, but maybe that´s because my nose is not that talented... After a while, I can smell the orange blossom (which is delightful, if a little faint), and after a couple more minutes, it smells very odd, almost earthy (that bit must be the moss coming through). Overall, I think it´s a lovely scent, at least in the opening...

The negative thing I have to say about this perfume is that (on me, at least) it doesn´t last at all :( I spray it on and after an hour it has completely faded from my skin. Sprayed on clothes, though, it can last days, and it remains citrusy and nice.

to me, it smells like Simond´s chocolate gliceryn soap (and i love that!). i´ve heard people say it´s a very cloying fragance, but i strongly disagree; it seems very balanced; opens sweet, like a very milky caramel (think the Milky condensed milk sweets), then becomes floral and by the end is very clean, like soap. it also lasts sooo long, i´ve had it on for almost 8 hours and it´s still going strong!

it was also cheap (about 30 usd), so i was impressed by its performance :]