...the new, 100ml clear bottle. Barely smelled anything at all, I had to spray around 10 sprays and stick my nose close to my wrist, and barely got any peach at all, it smelled more like a weak shampoo. Was it a badly kept tester, or did the scents overgo some tragic reformulation...
Sniff Fest - Gardenias
by ScentFan | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre
...Untl then, forging ahead alphabetically.AmouageCiel WomanGardenia is muted in this lovely perfume, lightened by cyclamen next to it in the top and peach in the heart. For me, water lily in the heart is not consistently lovely and now and then changes the flower-water feel of this fragrance to a little...
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18.05.2017
Sniff Fest - Learning Chypre
by ScentFan | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre
...the drydown when it’s a skin scent.MischiefMischief is more interesting. It also has a citrus top and a mostly floral heart with the addition of peach. With galbanum standing in for labdanum, clove and violet leaf added, the animalic/woody/vanilla base is more effective. Unlike Enslaved, this... osthmanthus. Yasmin asks to sniff osthmanthus from my perfumery notes kit—ah, yes, it’s a bright and fragrant floral halfway between apricot and peach, if perhaps more powerful. Also immortelle, the everlasting flower (wait, wonder if that would work on a face?), lends its danker sweetness to the...
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16.07.2015
Sniff Fest - Learning Chypre
by ScentFan | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre
...must engage in a great deal more sniffing. “You speak as if this is a problem,” she says and winks. Back to Mitsuoko. Take Chypre de Coty, add peach, lilac and ylang ylang, replace the civet with ambergris and remove the labdanum. We are no longer in the land of Chypre de Coty’s hypnotic...
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11.07.2015
Sniff Fest - Learning Chypre
by ScentFan | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre
...Jasmine, Neroli, Orange Blossom, Rose. Yet it’s formulated with a certain restraint. It’s beautiful, a true chypre-oriental, replete with wood, peach and honey, leather and musk, a regal fragrance.”CotyChypre de Coty |“An unsurpassed beauty,” Yasmin says. See the author’s first comments in...
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06.07.2015
Sniff Fest - Serge Lutens
by ScentFan | Perfumes & Brands
...cedar, not the scratchy, screeching kind. No doubt the divine accompaniments help: his gorgeous beeswax/honey/musk accord, this time with cardamom; peach, plum and a number of florals; vanilla and cinnamon. This is a cedar good enough to eat. It’s too subtle for me, but it’s another good one...
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06.06.2015
Sniff Fest - Serge Lutens
by ScentFan | Perfumes & Brands
...joined shortly by a note not listed in our database that to me smells like cumin or another one of those spices found in curry. Can apricot, fig, peach and plum alone create it? Perhaps. Oh, it might be the cedarwood doing this. In spite of the clearly detectable fruit, this isn’t a sweet scent...
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03.06.2015
Laura Ashley No 1 (2012)
by Flavorite | Perfumes & Brands
...in "sixteen Candles". I can't recall the original scent perfectly but the new one is at least has the same feel as the original (thanks to the peach). Here in the states the new version is in the discount stores like Ross, TJMaxx and Marshalls for a song (and in a pretty bottle). Perhaps you can...
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31.05.2015
Weekly Scent Discussion #9: How do you love your rose?
by Briarthorn | Perfumes by Note, Accord, Genre
...She's one of the most used and well loved (and hated) notes in the realm of perfumes. Everyone has their favorites. Some like it sweetened by peach, or tangy with Ylang-ylang, others want it heavy with incense or buried in amber. Many "rose" perfumes blend together for me, but there are a few... to vocalize why I have this preference (perhaps it's because I've been awake for almost 45 hours). My favorite rose pairing would have to be with peach (think the vintage Tresor by Lancôme) and ylang -ylang (think Lust by Lush). Though a rich incense and rose is lovely too.For most unique use of...
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09.05.2015
Laura Ashley No 1 (2012)
by Briarthorn | Perfumes & Brands
...in "sixteen Candles". I can't recall the original scent perfectly but the new one is at least has the same feel as the original (thanks to the peach). Here in the states the new version is in the discount stores like Ross, TJMaxx and Marshalls for a song (and in a pretty bottle). Perhaps you can...
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08.05.2015
Weekly Scent Discussion #8: Those notes that you rock.
by Briarthorn | Perfumes & Brands
...and may be right up your alley. Also You may like Elizabeth Taylors Black Pearls (Frosted Bottle only, not the clear one). I got some beautiful peach in that too,PBullfriend, I often find Jasmine very challenging as well. Especially if it's really indolic. It gets very sharp on my skin sometimes...
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05.05.2015
Weekly Scent Discussion #8: Those notes that you rock.
by Flavorite | Perfumes & Brands
Great Topic!
...so over the top green and herbaceous- it has blown some SA's minds... what always works- and it is ironic since I am allergic to the actual fruit is Peaches/ Nectarines (?!). Petigrain, Cyclamen and Vetiver are equally poor on my skin. The biggest stars are Galbanum, Cardamom, Hinoki and anything in the...
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03.05.2015
D.S. & Durga - Sniff Fest
by ScentFan | Perfumes & Brands
...the top make for a delicious opening and the heart is beautiful, beautiful from iris, neroli and champaca. The base ought to win an award: suede, peach peel, immortelle, ambergris, a deftly sophisticated blend that makes this fragrance just rock. FB for me. This I'm gonna wear.Isle RyderThe top is...
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12.03.2015
Oldies but Goodies - Cashmere Mist
by Flavorite | Perfumes & Brands
...Lily-of-the-Valley in the middle and and Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood and Amber in the base. It has the same 'romantic' soft fuzzy feel, like a sheer peach chiffon dress in the summer warmth. Will there be another iconic scent like Cashmere mist created in the next decade? Tough to predict, but I...
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05.03.2015
Laura Ashley No 1 (2012)
by Flavorite | Perfumes & Brands
...vague. Notes on the 2012 version say "cassis, victorian plum, violet leaves, marshmallow and green water stem." versus the original which was "peach, bergamot, orange blossom, gardenia, galbanum, narcissus, rose, jasmine, carnation, cinnamon, basil, sandalwood, musk, vanilla, cyclamen and oakmoss...
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07.01.2015