Perfume reviews and comparisons
Sparkling fruity bubble gum and flowers from the start: you might have had enough of these fruity floral launches, but if this is not uplifting I don’t know what that is. And although you’ll probably get bored soon with it, Pink Bouquet by Moschino is here for a good time, not for a long time. The fruits are red and bright, the florals are girly, and they will push out the pink for the first hour. After that, the [...] Read more »
Chanel Eau Fraiche (a 2007 flanker of Chanel Chance) surprised me with peppery warm notes when I was expecting a bath of green and floral ones. As the ad campaign suggests, and every SA would tell you, this is an uplifting and cheerful fragrance, made for the summer. And it is all that, but the easiness with which Charlotte di Calypso juggles with the bottle in the video commercial, calls for a grain of salt. Sure, there are floral [...] Read more »
Fan di Fendi opens with a basket of peaches and red fruits, but after a couple of minutes floral notes gradually blend in. It’s rose, or something similar, which adds a thin film of plastic smell, a la Lola by Marc Jacobs. The florals push a bit harder at times, but for the most part it’s hard to spot the line with the fruits. . Fan di by Fendi perfume is pretty intense for an EdT, but it [...] Read more »
CH men has an awesome opening, where green and light citrus notes will take you to a garden covered with fruits and vegetables. But then, clean notes enter, and the vegetable bubble is burst, too soon…. At least it didn’t go all clean and fougere on me. Thankfully, CH CH Perfume For Men will keep a balanced interplay with the fruits, citrus notes, plus some green stuff in the background. In this polite prelude to the heart notes, spices [...] Read more »
Here we go again with yet another fruity floral. There is a brief moment of vagueness in the opening of Forbidden Euphoria, but then this flanker will get a base of peach and red fruits, joined with warm flowers. It will stay like that throughout and yet, there is a third element in CK Euphoria Forbidden for Women that feels green, fresh, aromatic, and damp. Not necessarily in the same order. These facets flow and float, come and [...] Read more »
Aromatics Elixir starts strong, floral, green and aromatic, almost balsamic, with also a bright sour side given by aldehydes and probably some citrus. In other words: complex. Not long after the opening, the florals lower their intensity. They feel soapier and allow the aromatic side to cut through and stand out more. The overall effect is now gentler but not one bit less rich. It’s an intense fragrance, but it can suit a fresh summer day, thanks to [...] Read more »
The packaging of Madly by Kenzo, and the opening notes might lead you to believe this is a spring fragrance. But it’s not. Although it starts like that, it travels fast towards winter. A little bit like Magical Moon by Hanae Mori, although the latter covers a longer distance. The opening of Madly perfume for women is floral with a hint of fruits. The bouquet is delicate, with only a few gluey hints here and there (a little bit [...] Read more »
First by Cleef & Arpels starts as a delicate floral, and it soon gets painted with the bright electric neon light of aldehydes. It then adds an incense side with a quality that is almost balsamic, and reminds of frankincense, like a bunch of flowers growing on a bark with resin.The result is a sophisticated and mature floral (suitable for 45+), dark without knowing it. Aldehydes play a big role here. I found them before in Baghari by Robert Piguet, [...] Read more »