Tanith

If I could only keep one fragrance, then it would be this one.
You can hardly pay a greater compliment to a perfume. At least I do not.

In no other fragrance I feel so attractive, sweet, sassy, well-groomed and also a little noble at the same time. Coco Mademoiselle Intense is a successful balancing act between youthful-cheerful (orange, jasmine and also the subtle vanilla) and adult-sophisticated (patchouli and gentle rose). Compared to the original, the spicy-earthy is more dominant, the orange more mature and less sugary, the bouquet more full-bodied. The Intense version seems somehow "deeper" on me, without completely losing the "lightness" typical of Coco Mademoiselle. Mademoiselle remains Mademoiselle - perhaps she has become a little older.
The orangy-fruity head goes here relatively soon into a somewhat more floral heart note, which takes on me but the shortest part. The more dominant here patchouli is the main duet partner of the orange, which has put a jasmine flower behind the ear. But also the tonka bean enters now and then the parquet.
Overall, I find the composition extremely balanced and complex, each individual note is finely interwoven and seems to compliment the other. Nothing here is unkind, scratchy or overbearing. I also find the richer color to be extremely fitting, Coco Mademoiselle Intense is in fact simply "more intense" on many levels. Just as if it had matured a little.

For me, really a beautiful perfume that I will give me bottle after bottle without ever getting tired of it! My very personal signature fragrance just.

I've actually become extremely "comment lazy" over the past few months, but this scent was still kind of worth it to me.
Maybe because I had the feeling, it was not yet all said (which it probably already was, for so overly enlightening I hold my contributions namely not ;-))
Anyway, some time ago I extremely downsized my collection. By that I mean I passed on a good 40 flacons.
Given away to friends and family, or simply sold. This was mainly because I had to admit to myself: own (hoard?) is fine, but how happy it makes me in the end? Only a fraction of the collection I actually carried out regularly, the others I just wanted to have. I liked them, even admired them - but never wore them. At some point I just couldn't stand this "waste" anymore. Rather I give them to people who actually know how to appreciate them (by using them more often after all).

Has crystallized for me quite clearly: the fragrances that I really feel as "me", originate from the division "sweet, cheerful, sugary and most often pink".
Mon Guerlain, Shalimar initial or Coco Mademoiselle intense - I do not need much more. And yet I have been longing for something new. A fragrance that fits that description (so I actually use it!), but still brings one more variable to my fragrance collection. The sweetness was important to me, a floral counterplay and just that certain girly playfulness. Without smelling completely like a 15 year old teen girl. After several days of research, I came across this Kilian and was on fire to test it. Luckily, the Breuninger store with its exclusive range is right around my corner, and even luckier that the gentleman at the Kilian booth was barely older than me and super casual. In fact, I often feel very uncomfortable among the classic luxury department store clientele. Often also because the employees make you feel a little out of place (I look a good 10 years younger than I actually am).

Anyway, I could test the fragrance without much rumdrucksen and sweating.

My former me would have probably immediately struck - because the first impression has positively blown me away.
Extremely loud and floral, with an extremely concise orange blossom note that reminds me a lot of Classique (which triggers strong memories of a deceased loved one in me). The whole thing, of course, has a sweet-sugary undercurrent, with slight hints of popcorn and strawberry jam (Miss Dior Cherie hints?) So definitely girly, but also a bit sexy. As it progresses (because I prudently left for home and let a few days pass!) the scent becomes much quieter and dimmer, the sweetness becomes melty and fluffy, not so "crispy". Maybe it's also the amber that provides this special melting - hard to say, because otherwise I know it more in connection with less "pink" fragrances. The scent progression of "Love, don't be shy" is not particularly complex. You get exactly what you are presented with in louder at the beginning. No surprises, no hooks, no deviations. Kind of likeably "direct and honest." I like that!
Long story short: even after several days of evaluation and outside exposure to the steep price, I came to the conclusion that this fragrance would be worth adding to my collection. It meets all my criteria that make it "wearable" for me on a regular basis. I have the feeling, he is an extension of me and my personal Duftaura - just exactly what I would like to limit myself to in the meantime.
And what can I say: since purchase I have actually worn it every day without exception!