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The Great Pretender
This is part of the BSQ Couture line, in collaboration with the V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum in London).
These fragrances were created to celebrate the life and work of top London fashion photographer John French and this is reflected in the chic black and white packaging, illustrated with retro photos of models.
The great thing about this line is that they use no parabens or other nasties that can cause allegies (or interact with our hormonal balance for that matter).
This fragrance comes in a 100ml heavy frosted glass bottle.
Muguet means lily of the valley in French, and surprisingly for such a small flower, it packs a punch scent-wise.
This tiny wonder however doesn’t take too kindly to being manhandled, and has so far refused to surrender its olfactory treasure via natural means of extraction.
As such, every lily fragrance used in perfumery is synthetic… and sadly all too volatile.
As its name implies, this is supposed to be a soliflore, but the lily is all too quickly kicked out the door by the strong queen in residence: Jasmine.
It is a nice, pretty, and very feminine fragrance, but I don’t know if the ten minutes of lily warrants the price tag, when all you are left with is a scent that is very similar to the very cheap essential oil of jasmine I also have in my collection.
Bottom line: For jasmine lovers only.
