Sternanis

Every poison I have tested seems to contain a secret fruit note that is not listed anywhere.
With Pure Poison it is carambola (star fruit), with Poison it is dark grapes with a blueberry note, only here I cannot identify them. It's definitely something bright and sour, like sour gummy wine rings. Peach or nectarine? Apple or pear? It seems to be somewhere between these notes.
Unfortunately, there are not so many possibilities to get to the bottom of this. Every drop could be the last in the world.

That's why I was overjoyed when I was allowed to sniff another almost empty Mini the other day. That's exactly how I remembered the smell. A Fruitchouli in the style of Coco Mademoiselle, but deeper, more angular and with more interesting notes, not just banal orange and rose (nothing against orange and rose, but the theme is already a bit worn out!) I also smell jasmine, and I'm pretty sure that there are peony and currant notes hidden here, because there is a very subtle greenish herbaceous impression, with this aroma of moist flower stems, which I only know from peonies.

At the same time it goes a bit into a "golden" direction like D&G The One, but much more subtle. Midnight Poison especially doesn't have that hairspray touch that can look so pretentious and dolled up on The One. If I knew what exactly is responsible for this impression, it might be less interesting - but maybe not.

I don't smell patchouli very strongly, but I am probably a little hardened, so many of my perfumes have patchouli in the base that I sometimes don't even notice it consciously anymore
Chypre? Gloomy? No idea. I find it simply beautiful and unique. I'll never understand why this one in particular was hired.
And I will always be angry that I didn't buy a bottle at that time. Or better yet, ten in advance.

Otherwise I cannot explain to myself that Poison, a fragrance I have been using for years, always gets bitchy and doesn't want to smell the way I know it.
But it is not like Dune, where, when it is cold, the scratchy top notes annoy too long. More like... do you know these sculptures, which only form a picture when you stand in the right place?
There I want to apply a decent flowery spice explosion at 0°C and rain and get: a lax, musty chewing gum.
On the other hand, I sometimes open the cupboard in summer and this velvety, dark red rose-tuberose-carnation chord jumps at me when I find it just inappropriate.

Earlier (no, not in the 80s, I didn't exist then) this was one of my signature scents, and all deviations were blamed on ENT problems. I never had a person to the scent in my head, let alone a plague of it, and I was the only one far and wide who carried poison. Completely natural, at the age of 18, between Kenzo Flower, J.Lo Glow and Alien.

In the meantime I have become more familiar with the individual fragrance components and have also gained more experience. I emptied 3 bottles from the EdT and one from the Esprit d'Parfum. By chance I also got a Dupe, and I tried more to dissect the scent or scents.
I usually don't smell as much plum in it as many others here, but I smell grapes and blueberries. Except when it is too warm, then a really mushy plum comes through, which again I do not like at all.
The rose note always fluctuates between fresh and juicy, and dried rose petals in the potpourri.
Autumn is a good compromise, and that's where the fragrance suits me best.
In real winter (dry, frost), even in heated rooms, the Christmas spices also fit well. Only when it is wet, it must not be too cold at the same time.

The scent lasts for a long time, you have to count on more than 20 hours. The quiet reverberation with bourbon vanilla even lasts for weeks in clothing, so be careful when spraying jackets. I have already fetched winter clothes from the attic, which after a year still smelled slightly of Poison.

As it seems to occur more often with Tesori, it smells a little different than one would expect from the name.
Tiaré is on it and in it, but not only
According to the list of ingredients, the fragrance contains genuine tiare extract. But this is not one of the usual Tiaré Monoi scents.
I also clearly smell orange blossom-orange-citrus mix and a jasmine note that goes towards jasmine tea, with this typical astringent green edge. The whole thing is already a somewhat woozy wall of flowers, but at the same time fresh, and in the overall impression I find the fragrance balanced, not too heavy or cloggy, and also not too soapy, clean or chaotic.
Ylang-ylang and tiaré make the fragrance look more tropical, but they do not determine it.

Elie Saab Le Parfum is listed here as the fragrance twin, and by then there are already some similarities.
But the sweet honey note of Le Parfum does not exist here like that.
Instead, there is a chord in it that reminds me a bit of Loulou, but not quite as spicy. I can't stand many fragrances with a sweet musky base, but this combination is one of the exceptions. Maybe it's also because the flowery jasmine tea freshness from the beginning lasts for hours and the fragrance doesn't seem stuffy. It actually works in summer (but then in the evening).

This was my second Tesori blind purchase, which was absolutely worth it.
I wasn't looking for a "Dupe", but I was expecting something from a similar direction, and that's about right.
There is nothing wrong with durability and silage, but I am not so enthusiastic about the dented aluminium bottle. But somewhere you have to save money when you sell perfumes for 4.50.

No, I guess that Iris just doesn't like me.
The scent starts off so nicely, and on paper I didn't find it bad either. Dimmed, powdery floridity, like a soft background noise. Gentle, clean, but characteristic. Unique.
Then on my arm: it gets mustier and mustier. For hours, nuances of jackets that need to be cleaned and stale second-hand shop. Beige support pantyhose. Rancid make-up in the drawer of the stingy aunt, hoarded for better times.
After 5 hours she stands in front of me: the governess from the 19th century, with a stern bun and an even tighter corset. I feel constricted and disguised
That is the most dismal smell I have ever smelled. Completely colourless and fun free. Acquaintances say it smells of mold and hairspray.
Maybe it's for vampires and other undead, but not for me
I cannot and do not want to evaluate him, I guess I am just too stupid and do not understand him. Otherwise I cannot explain the comments here.

This is not for sissies. D

It starts right off with a full blast of gum tuberose. Slightly green and muggy, I associate greenhouse or rain forest. Honeysuckle and coconut don't stand a chance at first.
With time it gets more jasmine-heavy (already the somewhat Indolian one), with a white-flower mixture and in my nose more tangerine than orange, and a few other floral notes come through. I definitely smell orange blossom and carnation/salicylate, maybe also a little bit of Ylang-Ylang. The tuberose, however, holds out until the end, now a little more subdued.

A light note of Hipp baby cream is also present, diffuse creaminess with a little bit of almond. Towards the end the coconut comes out better again.
Unfortunately, unfortunately... ...I end up with a musk that I don't even like. No pure bright clean musk, there is something else there (this could be Exaltolide, I haven't smelled it pure yet).
The Ambroxan is used very sparingly, I do not even consciously perceive it. But this could be the reason for the light synthetic note in the base. Luckily it is very close, you can only smell it if you hold your nose directly to it after a few hours

All in all, the fragrance for the name "Jasmine" is not jasmine-heavy enough for me.
But I don't think it's bad, it's just an intense tuberose scent without the exuberant plastic vanilla that many tuberose scents unfortunately have. It's got vanilla in it, but it's rather subtle.
I had expected something else, but this was definitely a successful blind purchase - I found *the* tuberose scent for me that I never looked for.
If you like Loulou and other oldschool flower crackers and have nothing against tuberose, you will find it here. At the same time, the fragrance never seems old-fashioned or fallen out of time. I would just rename it "tuberose" ;)

The Sillage plays almost in the Poison League. It may not have the durability, but it can easily last an evening. On the clothes even until the next day.
The bottle is not as beautiful and as the Tesori's made of aluminium. But it has no lid and a screw thread, I would recommend to seal it with teflon tape if you plan to transport it. Mine leaked a little in the package, and it wasn't the atomizer, which was secured by a piece of plastic.
The bottle kindly lists a lot of fragrances, not just those on the EU allergy list