Seerose

When I received the first O sample with an order from Guerlain, I had never noticed Angelique Noire and therefore had no idea what this fragrance was like. I am generally skeptical when a fragrance's name suggests something angelic. For me, angels are not cute amulets. For me, angels are the projection of fearsome, powerful heavenly messengers with whom we humans must have no contact, because they are said to be dangerous and even deadly for us.
So I blind-tested Angelique Noire and noted that I found it to be an enigmatic herbal-green, slightly bitter fragrance with a peculiar sharpness that I thought was citral (also known as neral or litsea cubeba). I had perhaps also added a hint of galbabum. Underneath, I had not perceived a sweet or even gourmand vanilla, but a lovely creamy one and suspected that it could be sandalwood. It was an interesting fragrance that I liked, but it didn't grab me at first. I judged the vanilla-sandal note to be a very ingenious antagonist to the otherwise only harsh-green herbaceous main ingredient.
After a while and wearing it again, I realized that Angelique Noir created a soft envelope of fragrance around me with a soft tingling sharpness, as if made for my skin.
Then I emptied the sample. So I didn't give it any more thought, because Angelique Noir is an expensive fragrance for me and would hardly be an option for me, at best a bottling from the souk.
Then I received another O-sample from Guerlain, which I used for further testing and also called up here for the first time.
I was puzzled by the ingredients listed here, I couldn't do anything with them compared to what I perceived of Angelique Noire.
I did some research and realized that this fragrance was not Angelique but the medicinal and poisonous plant Angelica. Which I had never noticed in a perfume before, even though it was listed.
I read the reviews and I couldn't do anything with them either, because Angelique Noir is neither a vanilla scent nor a gourmand scent for me. Even after a long time, the green, slightly sharp-bitter scent remains ephemerally infused with a gentle, creamy vanilla-sandal blend.
Angelique Noire was still perceptible on my wrist shirt after 2 days of wearing it again. I couldn't layer any other fragrance with it. But I was now completely seduced by Angelique Noir and said to my husband with a sigh: "What a pity that I don't have a patron who adores this fragrance?" and received it from my husband as an Easter present,
Now Angelique Noire was in front of me and I wanted to know exactly what Daniela Andrier's inspiration was, how the ingredients are presented at Guerlain.
I didn't find an ingredient list or pyramid, just the ingredients that must be listed on every perfume and cosmetics package. Yes, I also found citral, and the usual substances I know that are also listed for other perfumes and cosmetics. I also read other chemical ingredients that mean little to me and that may also be present in natural fragrances.
However, I noticed that there are remarkably few ingredients listed on the packaging, otherwise Guerlain always has extensive lists and long terms of synthetic substances that usually mean nothing to me.
But then I found a video clip on the Guerlain website about Angelique Noire with Daniela Dandrier and Thierry Wasser. It explained that for Angelique Noire, both the parts of the plant that grow above the ground (stems, leaves, flowers) and the roots of the Angelica plant are used for the perfume. That it is a very tart, green, herbaceous and bitter fragrance that has been tamed with the softness and gentleness of vanilla. That it is very difficult to make a perfume from the angelica plant because this shell releases two completely different essences.
No other fragrances or ingredients were mentioned, nor are they listed anywhere on the Guerlain website.
Then Thierry Wasser explained what the inspiration for this ambivalent fragrance was, the associations it evokes in you/him.
But I won't presume to repeat that here. It is the inspirations and associations of Daniela Dandrier that are explained first and of Thierry Wasser;
Expressed very poetically and full of devotion and tenderness. So that it touched me very much. I listened to it three times.
Instead, I took a close look at the angelica plant on Wikipedia, read all about it and I know that at least as a child I often saw this plant. It is a large umbelliferous plant like the poisonous hemlock and especially like the giant hogweed, which is very dangerous for our human skin. In my home country there are many bodies of water, streams, ditches, canals, swampy wet areas, that's where it grows. At least that's where it grew.
Angelica also has a mild photochemical reaction that corrodes the skin, as does the very dangerous giant hogweed. It is also described that angelica is a medicinal plant that was formerly used for many ailments, pains and diseases and that it is also slightly poisonous.
And that its extract or distillate is used in herbal stomach bitters such as Boonekamp or the famous French Chartreuse.
To summarize: It is an ambivalent unique and rare fragrance. For me, it is a sensual, tender, precious fragrance. Its dark green aromatic bitterness with the soft and tender vanilla expresses the melancholy and poetry of such feelings and moments.

Today I was cleaning out a sorting box filled with notes and found a bottling I had bought earlier this year. Fortunately, I had made a note of it in my notebook straight away. However, after sniffing the spray head, I decided to try Orange Blossom by Organic Glam later. Because it probably wouldn't be a fragrance I would like. -
And had forgotten about it until today. So I immediately sprayed Orange Blossom blindly on my wrists without checking here. And found my vague suspicions confirmed.
At first, I was met with a sultry, oppressive neroli. I was irritated at first, surely it's called "Orange Blossom"? Why did my sense of smell also want to perceive tuberose? Oh yes, I remembered, I had already tested the tuberose fragrance from Organic Glam. Nevertheless, I smelled tuberose for a while. To be on the safe side, I checked the label on the bottle again with a magnifying glass.
And so far it has remained a kind of dull, dry quasi-cologne. The orange blossoms seemed to me as if they had been hung up to dry in an attic a long time ago with the twigs and leaves attached and forgotten. There they were, tired and shrivelled into crumbly gray leaves. Only a bland, dry, slightly dusty, moldy hint of the former freshness still rose up with the dust when I disposed of them. That's what I smelled. What I found really annoying was an eco-like smell, which I had identified as chamomile after some misinterpretations years ago. According to my information at the time, it was a fixative for organic fragrances. But I can't stand chamomile aroma in any form and also can't tolerate it in teas and the like.
Orange Blossom also has the specific dull terpene smell of real rosewood oil.
Now almost 8 hours have passed. Now, from my wrists, I perceive an almost skin-deep scent of neroli and brighter citrus notes, which, although still eco-like, is more lovely, slightly sweet and smooth. The dull, dusty notes have disappeared. But I miss the invigorating, sparkling citrus notes and a more radiant orange blossom note. In any case, colognes and predominantly citrus fragrances are not among my favorite perfumes. Organic Blossom will therefore never make it into my collection.

Since nobody is making the effort and there are hardly any positive statements, I want to do what you need for Florabloom and for a review: Patience and time.
I almost wanted to spray it on quickly and put it aside after a relatively short time, then write a short, more or less scathing statement. I was prevented from doing so.
However, when I put on Rosabloom, I first made handwritten notes, as I always do. Then I wanted to wait, I had other things to do. Then to write a statement. I hadn't looked here until then, so I tested blindly and only looked here today/no, yesterday, and first did my work in the menu and wrote the statement.
I found Rosabloom disappointing at first: yet another run-of-the-mill floral fragrance, sour and unpleasantly tart, green and - that's Guerlain: synthetic in the way of "falling with the door into the house" - I couldn't believe it. Then a tamed tuberose rose up and framed the fragrance. The synthetics disappeared. This tamed tuberose remained until the end, as I discovered much later.
However, there are some fragrances, such as Do Son and one by Organic Glam, which also smell with just a lovely tuberose.
First of all: No, Florabloom will never be my fragrance. I like the tuberose the way it smells in nature, but you have to like that. However, Florabloom is developing. During the third test, which I also extended to the décolleté, everything became the same as it was at first. Now I wanted to know exactly. And lo and behold: now fully applied, the opening, which was almost embarrassing for Guerlain, was only very brief and the "nice" tuberose immediately appeared
However, during the 1st test, after applying and taking notes, I wanted to write a review in French about my favorite island, as was expected in the course.
Well, that's not so easy for me. I had already prepared everything, notes, ideas, the translation program within reach on the Smart - just in case, and I wanted to write it in the course website. But my computer said: "We've lost the internet connection due to poor performance, then what you can/could do to get back online and: Would you like to play?
Umpf, no! All attempts were in vain. OK, you have other things to do. I forgot about Florabloom and turned my attention elsewhere. In the process, an increasingly sweet, creamy scent rose up from my arm. It was accompanied by a faint whiff of what I taste in mangoes, especially the milky, creamy, rubbery, sticky juice, when I snap off a leaf from my mango tree and tear it up a little to smell it: fruity, sweet and sour and delicious, but with a hint of conifer needles.
The net took hours to arrive. I forgot about Florabloom again. After a few hours, Florabloom was still there, just as medium-intense as it had been from the beginning. But now I smelled a mix of creamy-green-creamy sandal and - essential for Guerlain - vanilla and an almond note. Somehow distinct. That was (before) yesterday.
In the morning, I still smelled this scent faintly on my skin, even though I had showered.
So I did the procedure again. But now, after some time, I had the impression that Florabloom was developing again in such a way that I found and still find it quite pleasant. And yet, and yet, what did Florabloom remind me of?
Eureka: Samsara EdP. Could that be it? It's a very strong perfume compared to Florabloom.
My left arm was still free and I put a little spray on. But Samsara is really a different caliber and immediately drowned out Florabloom.
Too bad, I thought, now I have to wait and see. Now is this similar or is it because Samsara is so dominant. Although I only had a hint of Samsara on my skin.
But I used the time to struggle with the description of my favorite German island in French. (It was worth it, I already got a little heart, after all)
Now, after many hours, I can say that there are phases in which Florabloom smells similar to Samsara and then again not. At the moment, Florabloom is on its way again, with its coniferous, fruity mango note and docile tuberose, developing into an almost unctuous, creamy, green-sandy almond fragrance. It all sounds very nice. And it is.
Nevertheless, Florabloom does not charm me. Because Florabloom is always accompanied by a latent, unpleasant note that I cannot and do not want to identify with certainty. It is the unpleasant tuberose note that makes many fragrances with tuberose unacceptable to me.
Since Florabloom's longevity is very good, but the sillage is only medium to skin-deep and has no unpleasant emission, it can be worn on many occasions without any worries. However, you have to like it yourself. If Samsara is too strong and old-fashioned for you, you might be happy with Florabloom.

When I tested "Objet Céleste" for the first time a few years ago, I was impressed by all the fragrances in the sampler set. Especially "Brume d' Hiver", of which I have already bought the 2nd bottle. i also really liked "Objet Céleste", but at the time - as now - I had a number of beautiful floral fragrances. So it remained on my wish list until now. I wrote a review in 2013, which I have long since deleted. I'll leave aside the reason at the time. However, I have saved the review in my files and realize that deleting it was the right thing to do. On the one hand, I perceived some things back then in exactly the same way as I do now. On the other hand, due to inexperience and a lack of knowledge, I incorrectly assigned some fragrance notes because I didn't know any better and couldn't differentiate between others. In addition, the pyramid has been changed in the meantime.
I also did not test blindly and did not dare to move outside the listed pyramid.
Now here it is, the new bottle, purchased at a bargain price from ParfumMaria, NL. At the time, the Volnay fragrances were available at ALzD, but that is already history. They assigned "Objet Céleste" to the feminine floral chypres.
As ALzD also informed us, all Volnay fragrances have a base blend, in this case base 4092, a blend of rose, non-sweet vanilla and clove.
The name "Objet Céleste" is translated either as celestial object or celestial body according to my 2 translation programs.
What I always find captivating about "Objet Céleste" is, on the one hand, its delicate, soft, ephemeral, even filigree florality; it has something floating about it and, at the same time, a clearly and yet restrained noble dark aromatic rosewood/rosewoodiness that is perceptible right from the start and whose bitterness I now see listed here as grapefruit.
Objet Céleste starts a few seconds somewhat abrupt, almost citrusy, then a delicate citrus note unfolds under the simultaneously grounded dark-bitter woody note.
That's how it is with the celestial bodies that shine and glisten for us. They look in the telescope as if the sky around us is just an infinite number of delicate little glittering ornaments woven into an invisible net. And yet the celestial bodies are mass, matter. These wooden note(s) ground the "Objet Céleste".
In my opinion, this results in a very harmonious fragrance.
After the short initial phase, a lovely, delicate floral mix appears. I perceive a sweetness like honeysuckle, a hint of honeyed sweetness like the nectar of honeysuckle calyxes.
Could benzoin and/or labdanum be responsible for this?
However, this delicate, always ephemeral floral fragrance is contained by the wood and the imperceptible scent of cloves as antagonists.
Even the vanilla and citrus accents at the beginning are no longer perceptible to me.
The result is a creamy, warm and cheerful floral fragrance that can put you in a sunny, upbeat mood. And yet it remains a woody, resinous, grounded fragrance.
Since "Objet Céleste" has a restrained sillage, I perceive it on me and as a fragrance aura around me, you can wear it for all occasions and seasons without any worries. If you want to present more of it, you have to spray twice and not sparingly. I perceive it to have a rather average longevity, but it lasts a very long time on the skin and in the room.
The round, moon-shaped, flat bottle is decorated on one side with a slightly raised floral pattern, which can also be found on the cap.
I don't have small hands, however, as with many large bottles, I turn the spray opening to the side so that I can hold the bottle securely with one hand when spraying.
I have deducted one point for the bottle because the cap is very heavy and rests lightly and magnetically on the spray rim. This prevents evaporation. But you should never lift the bottle by the cap, it is not magnetic enough to hold the glass bottle. The bottle can fall off in a fraction of a second.
We recommend "Objet Céleste" to anyone who likes uncomplicated and non-pushy floral fragrances with a certain grounded twist. It is also not overpowered by heavy floral fragrances such as jasmine, lily of the valley, orange blossom, lilac, lily, gardenia and tuberose.

that's how I felt the first time I sprayed on Tiffany & Co Rose Gold Intense. I had already tested a Tiffany fragrance a long time ago, which was quite pleasant in itself. But this one immediately smelled of ambroxan and a synthetic floral fragrance dominated by a synthetic rose. I also smelled sweet rubber fruits. I thought: there are so many things like this and much cheaper than this fragrance. Then, to my surprise, a powdery, non-sweet iris was sprinkled on top. I hoped that Rose Gold Intense was now "over the hill". Otherwise I would have washed it off straight away.
But it was bearable as it was. Over time, however, Rose Gold Intense became more and more intense, penetrating and pungent. At some point I washed it off. I wouldn't even use something like that as a washing powder, I thought. Washing it off was very tedious, only with laundry freshener, washing off, applying cream and then with neutral roll-on deodorant and washing off, drying and applying cream again did I remove it from my skin. But it continued to smell so intrusively sweet, artificial and pungent. The scent had intensified within hours, and I had only used 3 spritzes so that I could test it twice before evaluating it.
But I can't bear that again.
I noticed that the edge of my fresh sweater still smelled very much of it.
So I changed the sweater and put it in the container for washing delicates. Just now, after about 8 hours, I came into the bathroom: the whole bathroom smelled of it. And here on the PC where I sprayed it on, it still smells like it.
OK, if it were an inexpensive fragrance, I wouldn't downgrade it so much. But I can't do that with a relatively expensive fragrance like Rose Gold Intense. I received an O-sample from a seller as a free gift for testing.
And that with the heavenly fragrance: "L'Heure Bleue" - what a contrast.