Ylang in Gold M. Micallef 2012 Eau de Parfum

Ylang in Gold (Eau de Parfum) by M. Micallef

Bottle Design Martine Micallef

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Ylang in Gold (Eau de Parfum) (M. Micallef)

Ranked 85 in Women's Perfume

7.8 / 10 646 Ratings

A popular perfume by M. Micallef for women, released in 2012. The scent is sweet-floral. The production was apparently discontinued.

Layers well with Armani Privé - Rouge Malachite

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Main accords

Sweet

Floral

Creamy

Gourmand

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Citrus fruits

Geranium

Heart Notes

Ylang-ylang

Sandalwood

Base Notes

Vanilla

Coconut

Perfumers

Geoffrey Nejman, Jean-Claude Astier

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Ratings

Scent

7.8646 Ratings

Longevity

7.5573 Ratings

Sillage

7.0569 Ratings

Bottle

8.9574 Ratings

Value for money

6.9326 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 05.05.2024.

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Reviews

22 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/22/2019

6
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Kima
13 Reviews

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Kima

Top Review 25

Kids don't like asparagus!

Most kids don't eat vegetables that much. And no asparagus at all! Also I was one of those kids.

Sometime on a hot summer day, I must have been about 15 years old, I was in an outdoor pool (at that time it was called Badeanstalt:-)). And suddenly I felt an unbridled appetite for asparagus...

I myself was so shocked by this change of heart that I haven't forgotten it until today (many many years later ;-)). I found myself in a phase of my life in which one considers it the most important to have an irrefutable own opinion about everything.

Whether it was at that time due to the hormonal change of the body, or perhaps to an unconscious association of the chlorine smell, who knows...

Well, at least I like, no actually I *love* since then asparagus, with ham, potatoes, sauce Hollandaise ... mmmm delicious!

What does all this have to do with "ylang in gold"? I felt almost exactly the same with the scent!

The first time I had him under my nose, I thought, "Pooh, much too sweet! I don't like it!" From time to time I sniffed at my little sample, but still found it unbearable.

Until one day for inexplicable reasons I was suddenly overcome by an irrepressible desire for exactly this fragrance. And since then he is one of my favorites and has a firm place in my collection.

I particularly enjoyed it this autumn when I splashed in the Atlantic on a really hot day in southern France and waved "Ylang in Gold" around my nose. For me the perfect summer-sun-beach-joy-of-life-scent-!

It radiates so bright and cheerful, so sweet and soft, tender and at the same time so strong, somehow transparent, but nevertheless complex. It's worth giving him a chance!

03/27/2020

10
Scent

Betty0714
15 Reviews

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Betty0714

Top Review 22

Little light

Yes, I understand the comment that says that the fragrance smells like a synthetic vanilla tree. When I smelled the spray of my specimen I could agree with that. Nevertheless I have often smelled it. I agree with people who don't know which expensive ball gown they should wear with this dress to do it justice.
The scent is more than an overpriced cashmere. This is Casmir in elegant, torn out of his comforting Winderpersonality. He is summer.
Impressions of a carefree, beautiful woman who shakes hands with a balanced smile at, say, charity events aristocrats.
Ylang-ylang in gold smells like an expensive body cream that I want to use to cream myself. It lacks a little depth, but certainly not height and fullness. A touch of mint, together with the Ylang Ylang on a bed of vanilla coconut lifts the fragrance into the air, where it shines down on me as a light steel. At the same time, the fragrance resonates with something trivial and insignificant. This is what makes it so beautiful for me. The golden shimmering wand of ylang in gold oils my nerves, free of all worries I sail through the sunlit air.
Granted, I also feel a little trapped in a Raffaelo commercial. But sometimes that's exactly what I want.
Sometimes that's what I want. Just smell smooth without corners and edges, just beautiful. The lack of depth helps me to switch off without feeling like a stranger.

07/22/2021

5
Pricing 10
Bottle 5
Sillage 6
Longevity 1.5
Scent

Yeth
7 Reviews

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Yeth

Helpful Review 16

Too bad!

Too bad too bad!

But blame yourself!

I ordered YiG blind, actually my first blind purchase. So that's when you then arrived on Parfumo and went completely crazy. Fortunately, it was only a bottling, although in brave quantity, but only ne bottling. Whew!

Me has the bottle totally triggered, the gold particles in it. What a dream! The descriptions and indulgence. Significantly also influenced by perfume videos on Youtube.

So since I'm happy to take risks and also wanted to get to know the system here, how it works with the souk and so, ordered a filling, and pleased me like Bolle.
The fragrance lead here neither the perfumery with the D, nor the esteemed Kurfürsten Parfümerie, which is located here.

So to the fragrance: the ylang jumps at me so that it just hurts in my nose, plus coconut and vanilla. Phew. I should have known, because a lot of vanilla and coconut are both not so my favorites, and now both together in a bottle. Ächtz!

The fragrance fogs me so that I have the feeling I have so ne visible cloud around me that everyone can see. I have the tendency to want to wash it off, just too much, too stuffy, too sweet, too much ylang ylang.

In the drydown, he is still quite nice, vanilla powdery pleasant, but is then snappily gone and it remains a very skin residue.

Too bad, the bottling will continue to wander as soon as I can souken here myself, because for me the is just too penetrating, almost a gas attack . I also can not think of an opportunity to wear him.

Too bad I would have this great Flakonr gladly integrated into the collection. But no this Micaleff may continue to wander!

Too bad!

08/22/2021

5
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 6
Scent

Valensina
8 Reviews

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Valensina

9

Unfortunately not my case

I ordered this fragrance based on a Youtube video as a bottling and fortunately not immediately made a blind purchase.
The bottle is in my opinion one of the most beautiful but unfortunately then counts in the end but the content. I had through descriptions a certain image in my head, the words creamy, holiday feeling, ylang ylang stuck.
I sprayed him on and unfortunately he has for my sensation a pungent vanilla note, which smells to me honestly quite cheap ( like those cheap vanilla deodorants) and gives me a headache. To me this vanilla and coconut combo comes across a bit too madamy. Too bad but we will not be summer friends...

08/27/2012

10
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 3
Scent

Dolby
68 Reviews

Dolby

Top Review 8

All that glitters isn’t gold

In the bottle, this perfume is an opaque sea of golden liquid.
Unusual, and I have to admit to being slightly apprehensive before spraying because I sure didn’t want to end up like a Glitter Diva for the next week of so (you know how hard these pesky particles are to get rid of) … anyway, my fear was unfounded because absolutely nothing remains on the skin.
Odd.
In any case, I have now learnt that those particles are very finely ground mother of pearl.
Not gold.
Nice touch, but rather pointless in the grand scheme of things.

Like most Ylang and vanilla fragrances, this one is sensual and sweet.
There is a strong touch of peach and, as Martine says, “Fruit of the Loom”.
This lends the composition a quirky gourmand edge, reminiscent of bubble gum or fruity shampoo.
It’s a shame because it cheapens an otherwise pricey perfume.
Overall it's ok. Just.
Nothing spectacular, and very linear.
I expected more from such lush-looking nectar.

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