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From Clandestine by Guy Laroche I bought a 100ml bottle, which still contains about 40ml of EdT. The bottle still has a rather thick tube, as it hasn't been usual for a long time. The newer the fragrance, the thinner the tube. Over time not only the fragrances were thinned out, but also their atomizer tubes in the truest sense of the word.
I estimate the age of the bottle to be at least 25 years or older. I have some of these primeval rocks at home and almost all of them are still intact.
With this bottle the sprayer does not work so well anymore, often you have to push it a few times, but then it works again.

Guy Laroche (1921-1989) was a French fashion designer, one of his clients was Sophia Loren. During his creative period, he released some great fragrances in addition to Clandestine, such as Fiji (1966), J'ai Ose (1977), or for the gentlemen Drakkar (1972), of which there are also several versions. Clandestine was released in 1986 and was probably the last great fragrance from Guy Laroche.

What can I say, that smell is a bomb. Right from the start you hear aldehydes with lots of juicy, ripe fruit. I smell apricots and plums here mostly, pineapple not so much. Also some bergamot can be seen. Cibet is already visible in the top note. Meow! Already the top notes show up with a huge sillage, as it was usual in the eighties
After a few hours, when the fragrance has calmed down, you can also see some flowers in the heart notes
Roses, powdered iris, also jasmine and some honey. The flowers are densely interwoven and not all flowers can be seen so easily.
The base is also warm and animalistic with patchouli, vanilla, amber, musk and even more civet. So civet stays in this vintage version from beginning to end.
I probably don't have to say that you should use the fragrance very sparingly.
Otherwise you get the impression of a mountain lioness on heat.
The durability is as usual for the eighties at least 12 hours.

The bottle looks like the eighties, angular with a jagged pattern in the glass. The color of the fragrance itself is a dark golden yellow-ambery hue that's best suited to the bottle. Probably the fragrance has matured a bit already.
I even have a spare bottle of this. I don't wear it very often, but when with pleasure

I have owned Jasmin Noir for several years now. This flacon was also a blind purchase, bought as a remainder flacon. I often don't wear it for a while and then again more regularly

The black lacquer bottle with the golden cap is a feast for the eyes and its contents are also noble. Somehow its wedge-like shape from above reminds me of a ship, although it doesn't look like one. I have probably too much fantasy!

It's not easy for me to describe how I feel about Jasmin Noir.
It is a floral and woody fragrance, flowers that do not appear bright and sunny but rather dark. It's already in the name.
I recognize flowering gardenias and then immediately this green plant sap, which I find slightly tart and lily-like. I also find this note very intense in Tom Ford's Black Orchid, but with Jasmine Noir this note is much more subtle and subdued. But nevertheless well perceptible and I like this fragrance very much.
Jasmine-Sambac-Absolue joins them and gives the fragrance even more depth. I can't see almonds here like this. The base reveals woody notes.

The smell is noble and I like it very much. It also has some similarity with Coco Noir.
Some describe it as very loud and intense.
On myself it does not seem loud but nestles nobly to my skin. I am more the Snow White type with dark hair and light skin. He could develop more sillage on me, but my skin seems to suck him up. Although I don't have dry skin. Also others experience the scent on me discreetly and yet elegantly perceptible.
I guess he does suit me, then. At least I won't bother anybody with a too big scent

Jasmine Noir is definitely a post-purchase kanidat for me.

Plein Soleil is the first fragrance of the many new scents by Yves Rocher, which were released in 2019, pretty much simultaneously.
I don't like all of them, but this one convinced me quickly.
It is said to resemble Eau de Soleil Blanc by Tom Ford, but unfortunately I cannot judge that, because I do not know the scent in question. Maybe sometimes it's better that way
At least then you don't have too high or wrong expectations.

Plein Soleil is a neat flowering, lush and floral, perhaps a little floriental.
Lush tuberose determines the direction of the journey. The sweet, turgid flowers of Ylang-Ylang are also not too scarce. I have been appreciating the scent of ylang-ylang since the nineties.
Add sandalwood, it gives even more warmth.
The fragrance is very floral, warm, lush and with the woody softness of sandalwood.
It would have fitted well into the nineties where fragrances like samsara or mahora were modern. I still like that stuff

The sillage is not too scarce, so it is advisable to dose rather sparingly. The shelf life is also quite good.
The bottle is simple and cylindrical with a simple adhesive label - just like the whole range. So the flacons from Yves Rocher have already been more beautiful! But uniformity in bottles seems to be the modern way to go. Personally, I prefer individual bottles. I don't like the fact that only 30 or 100ml bottles are offered. A 50ml flacon as a middle thing would have been great
But anyway, the fragrance Plein Soleil is well done and I like it very much.

I came across the fragrance 3 Rosa from LÈrbolario by chance.
I was supposed to get Tresor as EdT version from a private vendor, but the perfume got broken on the way and as compensation I was allowed to choose another fragrance. And so I got this scent for it
I already knew the brand LÈrbolario with its beautiful floral fragrances and I was already familiar with the fragrances Accordo Viola and Ortensia. Beside oriental fragrances and Chypres I also love flowery fragrances very much

3 Pink is a gentle, warm, feminine fragrance, but of course men can also wear it if they like delicate fragrances. It is also rather ageless and suitable for young and not so young anymore.

At the beginning I can hear pepper and immediately the rose joins in. This rose is not loud or oriental but soft, tender and lovely.
Angelica adds a slight spicy note, but only minimal.
The delicate rose is not accompanied by some jasmine and soft mallow
The base I hear some ambergris, delicately dosed.

Overall, I experience the fragrance delicately floral, soft and creamy. The fragrance fits very well into spring and can be worn well in everyday life or at home when relaxing.
The almost full 50 ml bottle is kept in pastel pink and has a simple cylindrical shape.
It could last a little longer if it was to my taste, but that would spoil the delicate scent for now.

Opium Vapeurs de Parfum is another representative of the Opium series from 2012.
I bought it at the beginning of 2014 and it was a set with a Yves Saint Laurent toilet bag made of fabric, a 30 ml bottle and a small pocket sprayer
It has nothing in common with the original opium fragrance except for its name, but I had no such expectations. I bought the fragrance because I also liked the Belle d`Opium, which I bought a short time before. Therefore I gave this flanker a chance

Opium Vapeurs de Parfum is a gentle, ladylike fragrance. It begins with juicy Madarine and a portion of pink pepper. Jasmine is present, but not too intrusive. Orange blossom unfolds immediately and gives the fragrance a certain powdery quality, not too strong.
Whereby I noticed over time that this powdery texture is better able to hold its own in winter at colder temperatures. In summer, on the other hand, it hardly becomes powdery and the orange blossom becomes rather citrusy.
In the base patchouli and vanilla should be present, but this is rather discreet.
All in all I perceive the fragrance as orange-powdery. It is not too obtrusive and can be worn well in everyday life. I would place its durability in the middle of the range.
It goes a little in the Coco Madmoiselle direction, but is softer
The flacon is chic and the rose-peach tinted colour goes well with the flacon.
For me, Opium Vapeurs de Parfum is a post-purchase candidate.