Amaretto & Framboise Poudrée

This is an Amaretto and Chambord cocktail; like a Frenchman and an Italian trying to seduce one another over an aperitif. The raspberry is tart but not in a green-fresh way and the amaretto note is true, sweet but with that bite of bitterness that makes the liqueur so memorable. The overall effect is something sweetly poisonous - the kind of smell the would mask cyanide. There's an anise note in the heart that adds to the punch of this perfume. It's a sophisticated gourmand, for a girl who spent her teen years wearing sweet fruity scents but is looking for something a bit more elegant. The alcoholic bite to this perfume makes it a standout. The amber and vanilla are minuscule, just in the base for balance, and besides a lovely note of labdanum in the drydown I don't smell much of the florals. Amaretto & Framboise is all about the almond and raspberry for me - which is more than fine, because they smell wonderful together, and on my skin this perfume lasts at least 6 hours. The longevity of this perfume really stunned me, considering 100Bon's raison d'être is all natural ingredients. I'm also impressed by their affordability and the different sizes of perfume they offer (I bought amaretto and framboise in a 10ml spray for AU$22), and their refill options. I get the feeling that with all the 100Bon perfumes it's just going to be a matter of what works well with your skin, as there are no chemicals to increase longevity and sillage - definitely sample their range if you are interested!

I'm liking this. On opening, it reminds me of a raspberry croissant, with maybe a little marzipan in there. It's fairly linear but fades down to more of a raspberry candy, like the inside of a Russell Stover. I get a little powder, but more in the form of powdered sugar. That said, it isn't overly sweet, as the raspberry id just tart enough to offer some balance. This is not a strong scent, but pulses off enough to satisfy me. It's sort of like a more upscale, non headache-inducing version of some more teen oriented perfumes and the price is right.

I just received it in the mail and it was love at first sniff!! This fragrance blew me away because although it has natural ingredients its sillage and projection is really nice. I get maraschino cherries, a little powder and vanilla. It has a beautiful drydown that feels like an intimate conversation because it stays so close to the skin. I scored a steal on this at $37 from Saks off 5th and I may have to get a back up as I see myself wearing this everyday!!

Dear Amaretto & Framboise Poudrée. I Love you. Your bitter sweetness attracts me to death.

What a lovely little fragrance. 100 Bon (pronounced "cent bon" or maybe more apt "scent" if someone could see your words spelled out, as you spoke them) is a sweet and, to me, realistic scent, opening with a strong whiff of rummy amaretto and jammy raspberries, even some chocolate, although not a listed note. After 10 minutes, it becomes less boozy, more almondy, although the fruit is still prominent. This company states that it uses only natural ingredients (but chemicals are listed on the box), so I'm going to assume that the longevity isn't going to be super (it's a cologne, after all). I bought it because of the name: who wouldn't want a sweet cordial with slightly bitter fruit to cut the sweetness? A 50 ml bottle is very inexpensive, unadorned, but unusual in that it's refillable and can be opened to dab directly on the skin as well as to spray. I'm writing this review early in the morning, not even a 1/2 hour after spraying, so I'll update about longevity later , but, just from these sprays, I would estimate sillage to be average, about five feet away. I see below that some reviewers think the cologne is just average, and it may be. But I think it is super, given the fragrance and the price. Glad I bought a bottle--it's different from my other perfumes, even the gourmands. (And, besides, I wanted to try a poudree.) 3 hours later: I sprayed twice more (because I wanted the lovely initial blast of amaretto and raspberries), and now the scent is very subtle, so initimate that it's just for me to smell my wrists and put my nose down into my decollage. So, no longevity, but it's still lovely and, in my collection, unique. 12 hours later: Surprise! I get a hint of raspberries on my wrists and cleavage, but, of course, I've got to get very close. So I guess there is some longevity, after all.