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The fragrance starts floral-warm with tuberose and tobacco, enlivened by bergamot. Despite the tuberose everything makes a bright and clean impression. The fragrance retains this airiness throughout its course, even if it later becomes light-woody. I can't detect chocolate, but perhaps that means the very, very faint smoky impression I sense from time to time. The whole is quite dry and not fresh. Very pleasant, especially in summer. Unfortunately, the florality seems a bit more artificial to me as it goes on. It is also a little intrusive green spiced up (patchouli?) and sweetish (ylang?) enriched. The freshness goes away altogether and is replaced by clean musk. It then stays that way for a few hours. Clean-light floral-green with sweetness underneath. The projection reaches about two inches above the skin and then fades quickly. A very understated scent for all occasions, office, restaurant, theatre or after sports, for that fresh-washed feeling. I can well imagine to perceive this fragrance with pleasure on others, if I expect no big events. One is, so to speak, in a medium mood, cheerful to happy, at a moderate 24 ° C.

Overall, I am quite taken with Fougère Emeraude. However, I don't find it that "fougerey": the green is extremely subtle, and the tuberose - which, by the way, isn't fleshy at all but rather slightly waxy - is much less dominant than the powdery-sweet lavender-mimosa-tonka combination. In this respect, the fragrance is completely different from what I had expected. The slight soapiness still reminds me most of a classic Fougère.

But is the fragrance beautiful! Balanced, elegant, flattering and optimistic. The structure is not very dense, the fragrance is not lush, you can wear it anytime. Only unfortunately, it lacks a bit of inner tension and liveliness. I miss the bitter mint of oakmoss or more earthy, leathery notes that would make the fragrance more classic and less adapted-modern. It's already quite uneventful, if undeniably luxurious (and outrageously expensive).

The name also raises false expectations; emerald green is nothing here. The said powdery-white-floral accord has so nothing at all of fern or leaves. After all, you can learn from Wikipedia that the so-called "dash" (so the mineral powder) of emerald is white

This won't be a very sophisticated review, more like a little picture story. But I must absolutely break a lance here for this so underrated fragrance! This perfume is a very compelling orange blossom leather scent for me. The leather is slightly smoky, as befits a fragrance named after George Sand. There is also a slight dustiness and sweetness. I associate a study in central France with an open window overlooking a garden. You can see the dust dancing in the air, a whiff of sweet floral scent drifts through the window and mingles with the smell of old books and furniture. You have a coffee first, open the tobacco casket, then get to work. Afterwards you relax on the divan, peru balsam and myrrh yielding what continues to be a very slightly sweet, soft and woody finish. You relax and go over in your mind once again the letter you just wrote to Flaubert.

The overall impression reminds a little of "L'Eau Scandaleuse", also a neroli leather fragrance. The latter is even more refined, the ingredients are of higher quality, the fragrance is darker and denser. But "George" doesn't need to hide in terms of quality either and is considerably cheaper. I see no reason to own both. As an everyday scent, it is definitely more suitable because of the absence of animalic. The durability I find just right for a working day, the sillage after a strong start pleasantly restrained

Why is this perfume called what it is called? I don't smell birch, which may also be because I wouldn't even know what that's supposed to smell like, except somehow unspecifically leafy and light-woody. Anyway, this scent doesn't seem Northern European in any way (if you'll pardon me, Dave), but rather subtropical, or more specifically, morning subtropical. I find it to be nicely fresh-spicy and floral, with a soft, almost lovely base. Very nice. The real surprise, though, is the green fig note, which - as is not uncommon - goes straight for a creamy green character. With this fig, the very last Northern European association is really perdu. Normally I do not like such a thing at all, but this sunscreen smells very restrained friendly, and calms the cool and bitter aspects.

The kicker is just that there is almost no sweetness here,. (There is a tiny bit, though, due to the characteristic sweetness of ylang-ylang). Imagine a cooling skin cream that absorbs really well. Craftsmanship classy. Or can anyone imagine a creamy smile? A little more flattering than endearing and very professionally friendly. One knows immediately, here one is served obligingly. Very pleasant something like that, on vacation.

PS: If anyone can enlighten me as to what Figolide™ is exactly, please let me know. My research has stopped at the fact that the compound is also known as 5-propyloxan-2-one, and it appears to be a member of a family of synthetic musk fragrances with fruity notes. Anyway, I blame the figolide for the unusual impression.

This scent is so glistening, so uncompromisingly undimmed white, that I can't perceive anything else at first after applying it. Shock rigidity sets in, luckily it's not so warm that everything evaporates in one fell swoop, otherwise I'd pass out. A few hours later, I can even taste coffee again.

Midnight is a joke: you can't imagine anything less nocturnal.

Next time I'll be more careful: I'll give the roller just one quick dab (without turning it), wait two minutes, and rinse my hand once with cold water. Midnight Garden is still intense enough now: I smell an innocent-beautiful, rather synthetic scent. That is, even the tuberose is innocent and the lily not a bit sad. Everything is as white and clean as freshly laundered linens on the line. Every now and then a sheet blows in the wind, and a darker or more tart accent rises briefly from the shadows, but it's also gone in a moment. It stays like that for quite a while, and you really want to put on a little shirt made of viscose with it.

I had imagined the fragrance differently, but the experience was worth it. Thanks to Gschpusi for the sample!