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Silky usually alludes to lightness, transparency, softness, however this fragrance manages to combine those epithets with density, depth and opulence. I don't connect the former with citruses, as I can't detect any. Instead it's a light veil of white florals which quickly melt into the white chocolate (or at least the fantasy of it).

Le Lion and Coromandel belong to a tight-knit group alongisde Grand Soir - a type of fragrance you wear to a ball. There are plenty of glamorous scents which awake similar images but very little of them are able to take it to this level. This unfortunately means that there is no space for them in my life, but in either case, their "stature" is undeniable.

Personally, I believe Florabotanica is a masterpiece fragrance which tends to lean a bit more feminine due to the pronounced rose. I decided to try YOSLY after reading about the similarities. It is super similar, and dare I say I prefer the latter as it is so versatile, not only in terms of the "gender" but even more when it comes to occasions and wearability. It would be among the top recommendations for migraine/nausea prone people, you could wear it to work, to a dinner (pairs well with food), going out for drinks, even a hike :D The notes seem well blended and high quality i.e. not synthetic, the mint is pronounced but more in a mint-tea way rather than toothpaste, which is, unfortunately, a common route mint forward fragrances tend to take. Perhaps controversial, but I also believe this is a good year-round, signature type of fragrance. I does not scream summer freshness to me in the way, for instance, Light Blue does with its almost sterile-like breeze. Overall a 10/10 for me!