Lady Rose Lion (Monkey Unicorn)

Oh! I am quite surprised to find 3 negative reviews for this one, I rather like it. I have had my bottle a good while, since well before this scent was listed on here, and seeing the new bottle design plus the negative response it has garnered is making me wonder if a detrimental reformulation has happened? Well, I have to say this one is lovely on me. I am not normally a fan of anything blackcurrant like, but the blackcurrant leaf and peach combo here along with the rose makes a real "winter berries" scent fruit note that is lovely, really rounded dark and juicy feel. The oakmoss, green notes and resins start to come out during the mid section of this scent, and into the drydown adding a typically chypre character to the rich fruity start. There also feels to be a slightly musky note here, there is a faintly animalic nuance during the heart and drydown that seems to get a very good response - every time I have worn this perfume I have had compliments, mainly from men. I don't know which note it is they like so much, but who cares this one (for me) is a compliment getter! This has good longevity for me and pretty big sillage too - I would say 2-3 sprays and you will project about 4 -6 feet and last all day. I like this one best in winter or spring, it feels like it would fall apart a little in hot weather. Not a safe blind buy!

Ive never really been a fan of chypres but this extraordinary fragrance changed my mind. Let the alcohol dissipate and its all lovely warm rose but mostly mossy spicey greeness. I can just about identify the oak moss, peach, rose and blackcurrant leaf which acts as an accent but its very smooth and well blended. The resins and cedar make a lasting base. It really comes alive on a warm cloudy day. It can fill a small room with its spicey mossiness. Very lovely.

This is an old-fashioned dressing-table style of Chypre and I love it. Beyond leather and peaches, and a low-key rose, I struggle to pull out individual notes, but I'm fine with that. I'd rather look at a flower or butterfly than dissect it. Longevity is great- over 12 hours and it's still identifiable as itself (if a bit more "haylike". Possibly my fondness for this scent stems from a teenagerhood spent hanging around the riding stables).

This one seems to have a terrible reputation...however, I find it quite lovely...I get a lot of peach (the lady), rose and woody/hay notes (the lion)...this is a very complex fruity fragrance that has a very old-fashioned feel to it...

the exquisite chypre that revealed my love of chypres. the peach-basil-hay combination is so beguiling.