Perfume Reviews by Lian

Cassili by Parfums de Marly

If you want to have a Parfums de Marley scent but Delina and Co are too much. With Cassili you can tell it's the same house, but it is so soft. I'd rather go for the loud and lasting than this whisper

Baliflora by Laboratorio Olfattivo

A summer holiday marine floral, that is super soft and delicate. It's very pretty, very wearable but it is so soft. It performs better on paper than on my skin. Sadly, I already have a poorly performing fragrance in my wardrobe that is also a summer marine white floral number so I have no reason to purchase this one. It is nice, but just not mind blowing.

Chypre Shot by Olfactive Studio

Jungle Elephant from Kenzo, butnmake it chypre. So far, I am not a fan.

Red Potion by The Merchant of Venice

I will switch to this when I cannot find Nobile Potion anymore. The notes are different but the vibe is the same, both strongly remind me of Kenzo Flowe le Parfum as well. Easy, interesting, strong fragrance tonl wear that can take you anywhere. Not light, not fresh but elegant.

Valaya by Parfums de Marly

Do you know the majority of pretty beach scents with clean mus, white flowers and maybe some coconut? This is a clean yet very dr and powdery version of it. The opening is nice, but it quickly turns very powdery on me. It's fresh, pretty clean but very dry. It's not a head turner or exceptional except that it is strong.

Love, don't be shy by Kilian

I find neroli off-putting, it's so close to other white floral that I all love, but I don't totally vibe with it. I don't like it when serge lutens does it and I can't sniff past it here. This is a me problem, its lovely otherwise. I like the gourmand mixed with the jasmine. I love it, just take out the neroli

Angels' Share by Kilian

I love Ambre Narguile, and I had high hopes for this but to me it just doesn't feel harmonious and blended well enough. It has a shrieking nofe that I also dislike. Haven't tried it on my slin because I found it so off putting.

Encens et Lavande by Serge Lutens

The opening is amazing, such a great lavender. It just doesn't stay very long. Luckily the dry down is a great non smoky incense. It isn't strong, a real skin scent. You forget you are wearing it in all honesty. People say it is a great layering fragrance and there is the downside. It is rather pricey to aquire and then having to layer it to get any performance out of it is not what I'm willing to do.

Spice Must Flow by Etat Libre d'Orange

I love scifi, I really like the Dune novels. Fear is the mindkiller, give yourself over to the intense rose and spices of this perfume. Permit it to pass over you and through yourself. You'll smell great all day.

Onto the perfume it's a juicy spicy rose, I think I do not like spices in scents when they get too dry and acrid, but this has a strong powerful rose at the heart of it with subtle twinkling of warmth and spice. Do not think of winter spices, but more funky.

Saladin by Alexander Perfume

I really like this, it's staying power is also solid. The opening is bright and sweet, but on my skin you can immediately also pick up the dark patchouli. It almost gives the effect of an oud fragrance here, but without the oud. It makes me think of leather, of smoke and darkness but the fruit makes it light. It's so carefully balanced that the fruityness and leather bitterness is never overpowering one another nor the rose note. It's definitely unisex and it's a heavier more complex version of Rose d' Voleur. It never gets boring and never makes me think ' oh another rose perfume, how groundbreaking'

Kirkè by Tiziana Terenzi

Maybe I have a bad sample, but this just didn't last on my skin. I have cassiopea from this brand and when I sniffed Kirke in the store I loved it, but on my skin it is so faint. What I still smell is pure basenotes, I didn't get much fruit at the start. The middle notes were there faintly, all in all very different than what I expected.

Euphoria by Alexander Perfume

First review, and I feel the pressure to write intelligently about this fragrance. It is lovely, the opening is nice. It's a familiar fragrance being an sweet amber, but there is something new that sets it slightly apart from many many other amber fragrances. If I smelled this before I encountered other well known Ambers then it would be an easy purchase. But I have encountered many floral ambers and own several, and then ultimately it isn't new enough for me. It is a very solid, nice floral amber though. And probably unisex enough many people.

The drydown, I don't detect a gooseberry note. It makes it a good, but fairly standard amber drydown.

Cow by Zoologist Perfumes

I really like Cow, the opening is stunning. It's interesting, and lovely but it all disappears so quickly. It really doesn't last very long, there are body lotions that smells stronger. If it had more lasting power, even a bit more then I would purchase a bottle but this is so incredibly light.

Miréa Eau de Parfum by Molinard

Sadly, this didn't do it for me. I has the Molinard signature, but there isn't much else to set it apart. I'm reaching the conclusion that if you have one Molinard fragrance, the others might not be different enough to warrant another purchase. WHich is a shame, because on paper I should be allover this but it left me looking for something else to wear too.

Hasu-no-Hana by Grossmith

I tried this on paper yesterday and I found it hard to distinguish it from Shelm El Nessim and Phul Nana. On paper, they are all very much chypre chypre chypre. Clearly you should not try these out on paper. On the skin ( one at a time) the base comes through immediately and smells smoky. Like others said, on the skin it’s a light smokey, amber warmth with some herbal notes (vetiver and oakmoss) It reminds me a bit of Tea for Two, but the amber here gives it more warmth and the oakmoss gives it green complexity.

Amelia by Grossmith

In the most sarcastic tone I can manage I'd describe this scent as 'Osmanthus and rose, with a clean musk base for a perfume, truly groundbreaking'. I don't get why it is called a chypre, there is not strong opening blast of anything here. Nothing fizzes or sparkles, nothing to take your breath away because it clears the cobwebs and is a bright note. The rose is fresh, but it has been done before and in a more affordable way.

Narcisse Blanc by Caron

I was lucky to smell a sample 20 years ago or so and I recalled loving it, but then I wasn't in the position to purchase a bottle. I smelled it recently and what have they done to a classic fragrance? Someone else mentioned roughly the same, this is watery, modernised and misses the punch and alure of the older version. Yes it might be more mainstream now, but it lacks what made it special. As a positive it smells like a fairly realistic daffodil in water, it's very green. It's not strong, it's very weak to be polite. If true realistic green fragrances are too weird and not pretty enough for you, then this is your answer. It's now a snoozefest, and it used to be a powerhouse.

Danzatoria by Carner Barcelona

The spicy pepper notes are very present at the start, but they blend very quickly with the ylang and lily. It stops screeching pepper on me, which I'm happy about. It's a warm skin scent and it reminds me of a 'beach' scent like the beach showergel and perfume by Nivea. It's nice and more sophisticated than the Nivea perfume and showergel, but not an immediate wishlist item.

Pour Un Homme by Caron

Huge lavender opening, nothing held back. But it mingles with the vanilla to mellow it out rather quickly on me. The combination is nice, it is a clean slightly warm scent. Very unisex. For everyone who likes clean scents that are a bit more novel. Fresh and clean doesnt have to be super green or citrus heavy

Keep Glazed by House of Oud

I smelled this in the store and it just made me laugh at how outrageous it is. It's an overkill of super sweet mango goodness. It is ridiculously over the top, you wouldn't think you are smelling a serious perfume. It just made laugh and giggle at how mad it is. I bought it on the spot

Byzantium Saffron by The Merchant of Venice

Agree with fhe other reviewes, this is a bitter saffron masculine scebt. Not at all what I expected

Sapphire Blue by House of Oud

The opening is fantastic and quickly it turns into a nice floral, it loses its sparkle. Its ok, but expensive for what it is after the opening

Pretty Fruity by Montale

it's ok, but it also smells very generic. If this was blindly sniffed i would not have said it was made by Montale. It is subtle and I do not like subtle.

63 Crepusculum Mirabile by L'Artisan Parfumeur

Imagine you take datura noir and cedre from serge lutens, blend them together and remove all potency and interest. You'll end up with something like Crepusculum, it's pleasant , it's ok. It has been done million times before. When you think something is standing out and worth smelling closer, it immediately fades away. It is as polite as a white floral can be. I don't wear white florals to be polite and boring. This perfume needs a personality