Midna

Yes, I'm still around, in case some of you still remember me. Since I feel like writing a post again today, I'll do so without further ado ;)

I have greatly reduced my collection in recent years. So much so that you can no longer call it a collection, but I prefer to have less and then just the fragrances that I like 100%.
This year the time had come and I needed a new summer fragrance. So I got out of my online shopping routine and into the store in the real world. After all, I had to discover something new and did so on a Saturday with my friend Julia, who is also a perfume enthusiast.
We made our way to our local Müller, which is very large and has a huge range of fragrances. Armed with strips of paper, we set off. I wanted something fresh and floral. If you can't find anything here, there's Douglas and various perfumeries nearby. The nose just has to hold out.

After a few strips of paper, it was pretty clear. This time I concentrated on this bee bottle series from Guerlain. I wavered between neroli and cherry blossom. After a series of tests, I had one on the left and the other on the right. We then went out for a bite to eat. I was unsure. I actually find both beautiful and suitable and when I got home, they were still beautiful and easy to smell.
As I couldn't make up my mind, I let the man decide. The choice fell on Flora Cherrysia. After a return to tried and tested samples, I ordered it online. The 125ml bottle straight away, of course, as it's a great fragrance. It arrived shortly afterwards.

So I got straight to work.
The bottle is beautiful, even if I'm not a fan of the lid. I find the cap very fiddly and I have very small hands, so that can't be the problem. It could have been done better. The rest is beautifully designed. The delicate color of the fragrance shimmers sweetly through the glass and the golden pattern. Very successful.

The fragrance starts as beautifully fresh and floral as I wanted it to. It's a really pure, delicate cherry blossom with a fresh splash of watermelon and generally very light and lovely. The ideal scent for summer. An hour passes: "Oh, that's great."
Two hours later: Same opinion.
Three hours: I like it very much. It was a good buy.
Four hours: Oh, it's almost lunchtime. A great fragrance.

But at around 2:30 pm, something happened that I hadn't expected. Julia calls it "the Abang". I don't know what's happening here, but after a few hours this fragrance develops on me in such a wrong direction that I don't want to smell it anymore. It goes from beautiful and sweet to disgusting and sticky. What develops reminds me of a deodorant that a classmate used to have. An orange one from 8x4. Extremely nasty and a lot of "I don't want to have to smell that" I don't understand what's going on here, but I don't like it. Unfortunately, because of "the finish", the fragrance has to go again. I've tried it several times. On different days of the week, weather, office or home office, it's always like this. :( The bad thing is that exactly this nuance sticks everywhere. My mouse pad smelled of it for a long time.

I'm kind of at a loss at the end of the day. What's happening here? Is it my skin? Is it the fragrance? No perfume has ever had such a drastic change on me before. I'm a bit sad and disappointed and will probably have to keep searching. In search of a cherry blossom that remains as pure and innocent as I would like it to be.

In a nutshell:
Bottle: Beautiful design, but I find the lid a little fiddly
Scent: A beautiful, clear cherry blossom at first, then it becomes really unpleasant (at least on me)
Longevity: Fair enough, had expected a little more
Build up? No. That doesn't work.
Repurchase? Absolutely not. Sorry about that.