Top Notes
Bergamot
Jasmine
Orange
Heart Notes
Turkish rose absolute
Iris pallida
Base Notes
Tonka bean
Patchouli
Vanilla
White musk
Caramel
Rate
Collection
Classify
Notes08/05/2021
Guerlinchen
Translated
Show original
Guerlinchen
Top Review
29
Do we know each other?!
Since this fragrance is based on my absolute heart fragrance, I would like to add a few more words to my statement. I hope this can be a decision-making aid for all those who, like me, sorely miss the masterpiece perfume L'Initial. Is this new L'Initial a beautiful fragrance? Yes. It is. Is it an identical reissue of the perfume L'Initial?
No, for me it is clearly not. You can already tell by the fragrance color, which is quite clearly different. Even if I only sniff the two bottles, I already perceive a difference. L'Inital is lighter than its predecessor. It doesn't have the depth and complexity for me that makes L'Initial perfume so special. It also doesn't go through as finely tuned a scent progression as my old treasure. In terms of longevity and also sillage, they differ just as significantly. While Parfum L'Initial can be perceived by me for days, L'Initial evaporates, at least for me, after a short time. Only in the hair it can exist a little longer - after all. The DNA of the original version is clearly there, which is a small consolation for all lovers. While Parfum L'Initial is a full-grown, wild and self-possessed feline predator, L'Inital is for me a little kitten that can certainly bewitch with its loveliness. The brief for Thierry Wasser here might have been -- please create a fragrance that lies between the L'Initial EdP perfume and l' Eau, happily leaving out the soapiness from the latter and adding a gentle hint of animalicism from the primordial Shalimar EdP - et voila: L'Initial. So I perceive him at least.
If you read the statements of the house of Guerlain carefully, you can also hear out there that it is a new and fresh interpretation. This fragrance is part of the "Les Parisiennes" collection, in which the house's most coveted creations have been reinvented as a kind of homage to its loyal customers and lovers.
With this background, I gratefully accept this "gift" from the house of Guerlain and am already thinking about whether I can not lay my liquid gold (Parfum L'Initial) perhaps with this, so that I can still float as long as possible, wrapped in this dream, through this world...
Have fun discovering this fragrance and my tip is - please do not approach with the expectation that in this bottle slumbers the good old perfume L'Initial.
Fragrance: Clearly the Parfum L'Initial DNA, but lighter, less deep and complex.
Generally a nice, round, warm,powdery and feminine fragrance.
Sillage: Much less noticeable than the " predecessor".
Durability: At least with me, unfortunately, rather weak.
Flacon: It is beautiful but absolutely no comparison to the magnificent work of art of the perfume L'Initials.
Price: Could be a little too high for my liking...
No, for me it is clearly not. You can already tell by the fragrance color, which is quite clearly different. Even if I only sniff the two bottles, I already perceive a difference. L'Inital is lighter than its predecessor. It doesn't have the depth and complexity for me that makes L'Initial perfume so special. It also doesn't go through as finely tuned a scent progression as my old treasure. In terms of longevity and also sillage, they differ just as significantly. While Parfum L'Initial can be perceived by me for days, L'Initial evaporates, at least for me, after a short time. Only in the hair it can exist a little longer - after all. The DNA of the original version is clearly there, which is a small consolation for all lovers. While Parfum L'Initial is a full-grown, wild and self-possessed feline predator, L'Inital is for me a little kitten that can certainly bewitch with its loveliness. The brief for Thierry Wasser here might have been -- please create a fragrance that lies between the L'Initial EdP perfume and l' Eau, happily leaving out the soapiness from the latter and adding a gentle hint of animalicism from the primordial Shalimar EdP - et voila: L'Initial. So I perceive him at least.
If you read the statements of the house of Guerlain carefully, you can also hear out there that it is a new and fresh interpretation. This fragrance is part of the "Les Parisiennes" collection, in which the house's most coveted creations have been reinvented as a kind of homage to its loyal customers and lovers.
With this background, I gratefully accept this "gift" from the house of Guerlain and am already thinking about whether I can not lay my liquid gold (Parfum L'Initial) perhaps with this, so that I can still float as long as possible, wrapped in this dream, through this world...
Have fun discovering this fragrance and my tip is - please do not approach with the expectation that in this bottle slumbers the good old perfume L'Initial.
Fragrance: Clearly the Parfum L'Initial DNA, but lighter, less deep and complex.
Generally a nice, round, warm,powdery and feminine fragrance.
Sillage: Much less noticeable than the " predecessor".
Durability: At least with me, unfortunately, rather weak.
Flacon: It is beautiful but absolutely no comparison to the magnificent work of art of the perfume L'Initials.
Price: Could be a little too high for my liking...
9 Replies
