My Queen

Purchased: Around 2008–2009 There are perfumes you wear, and then there are perfumes that wear you—that become part of your essence, lingering in the air like a signature written in scent. My Queen by Alexander McQueen was exactly that for me. I first bought it around 2008 or 2009, and even now, I can still recall its luxurious, hypnotic presence. From the very first spray, it hit me with a richness that felt almost regal. It was heavy in the best way possible—not cloying or overpowering, but bold, unapologetically lush. My Queen was the kind of fragrance that enveloped you in a soft yet dramatic cloud, announcing your presence before you even stepped into the room. It felt like velvet at midnight—dark, mysterious, and sensual. The scent itself was beautifully oriental. It opened with a unique combination of sweet and spicy top notes—something slightly floral but grounded with a peppery warmth. The heart was creamy and deep, a blend of florals, almonds, and patchouli that gave it a velvety smoothness. But it was the base that truly lingered on my skin: woody, musky, almost incense-like. It felt sacred, as if made for a modern-day empress. Wearing it made me feel confident, powerful, and a little dangerous. It was perfect for cold nights, intimate dinners, or anytime I wanted to feel like the most intriguing person in the room. It had incredible staying power, too. I’d spray it in the morning, and it would cling to my scarves, coats, and even my pillows long after the day ended. Sadly, My Queen has been discontinued, which only makes the memory of it more precious. No other perfume since has matched that specific combination of oriental warmth, depth, and drama. I’ve tried to find similar scents, but nothing quite compares. It was a masterpiece—underrated, unique, and unforgettable. If I could get my hands on another bottle today, I’d treasure it like a relic from a different era—a reminder of who I was when I wore it, and how it made me feel: like royalty. **If you find it at a good price, like around the $100 mark, get it!!**

MY QUEEN is like a beautiful young lady at the high society ball. First she enters it as pretty and innocent, then she turns sweet and seductive, all of a sudden she pulls away and becomes distant and dreamy and finally she just decides to be herself and quietly dances for the rest of the night with the man she loves. I enjoy so much how this beautiful fragrance reflects different moods and emotions with multistage notes development approach. MY QUEEN starts with gentle violets. They are beautiful and fresh. There is an innocent feeling I get in the opening that I just love. The sweet notes start surfacing pretty quickly. The heliotrope and white musk are prominent in the heart notes and very gourmand to me. The combo is rather strong and sweet but beautiful at the same time. The heliotrope cools off after a while and at that time I get more white flowers and so gorgeous white musk. The patchouli appears next and it is quite noticeable with its earthy woody scent. The vetiver and woods add almost foggy and mysterious feeling at that stage. At this point the sweetness only lingers in the background and the perfume turns very ethereal and dreamy. The iris and vanilla are the final stages. The finale gets a bit powdery but it is not a baby powder to me. It is more sophisticated iris scent with a bit of layered vanilla. It is very close to the skin and light but very nice and comforting. This is absolutely my type of a scent. It works beautiful with my skin. I love all four stages. Its slight floral gourmand quality is delicious in the middle. The dreamy part with patchouli and vetiver is an awesome twist. The transformation into vanilla woody scent on the dry down is gorgeous. I do agree with other reviewers that sillage is not strong but the longevity is quite great (8 hours). I would definitely recommend this scent if you enjoy sweet almost gourmand florals that do not become sugar coated but retain their nice floral quality.

Yesterday I decided I will wear this fragrance which has already been hiding in my closet for 3 weeks now. Based on other people's reviews I bought it and I liked it from the first spray on my wrist. But I never actually wore it anywhere. So yesterday it was time to show the world this wonderful perfume. My first mistake was that I was overreacting with spraying. I sprayed it like 10 times on me, just because I really liked it and was having a feeling that it won't last or that the sillage won't be that powerful. Oh, boy it was powerful. It filled the whole bus that I was on, and I begin to wonder if the people there were offended by it. I felt a little sick because it was just too strong and the whole experience was not what I expected. But it was my fault, so. So today I tried it again. This time I sprayed it one me 2-3 times and what a joy that was! I got compliments (yeah!!!) and it looked like I wasn't offending anyone. My queen is one of my favourites now. It's a little bit peppery in the beginning but it settles into a delicious sweet violet. It's powdery and sweet and violet, all at the same time, but it creates magic. And the lasting is amazing. Don't get me started about the sillage. If it can fill the whole bus, then you know how strong is. Now I'm looking forward to get my hands on My queen light mist. I'm in love.

Oh, this is so beautiful, I'm literally wallowing in this gorgeous scent ever since my precious bottle of My Queen arrived. How could I not love a perfume with violets, iris and white florals? This was a love at first sniff for me, violets at the onset, but with an edge. I don't smell the traditional "almondy" sweet scent that many perfumes have. My Queen has a woody almost bitter almond edge to the topnotes that I really love. It has a peppery scent although there is no pepper in the notes. It's probably ISO-E-Super, which I generally smell as pepper. It is used very well here to give just a bit of edginess to the scent that is really wonderful. It also adds a bit of oomph to the vetiver in the topnotes. This is not a linear scent; it truly develops. I can smell some of the basenotes from the beginning, like the woods and vetiver. The development to me comes more in bringing in the softer white florals, that are a bit powdery, but not overly so to my nose. And finally, the piece de resistance, the iris! The iris is gorgeous in the final drydown so if you are an iris lover I would give this a try. But it's not a rooty bitter iris, just perfect in my estimation. This is truly a perfume fit for a queen. I've already bought a back-up bottle I loved it so much.

If you're like me and the top 3 or 5 notes voted up on here appeal to you, you really need to get this! I smell all the notes in here, this is case of what you see is what you get. I get violets & iris galore in a fountain of powder. There are green little tips in the flower notes, sounds Dr. Suess-y but that's how I can only explain it. There is a silky almond and dry vanilla combo that makes the fragrance smells just a little bit like cookies. I know queen anne's lace isn't in here but it's a quiet little phantom note for me. There is that little bit of a rough, masculine element but it's so subtle. I'm talking about the patch, cedar, and vetiver combo. Mainly in this perfume you get the powdery flowers with a touch of almond/vanilla cookies. With a hint of something deeper and sexier. This fragrance is not overrated in the least! I actually think this smells like what I had hoped something by lolita lempicka would smell like, but I'm not a very big fan of the original lolita or the spin offs of the original. Not to say this smells like licorice, it just has a similar feeling.

(Thank you asilverfire614 for this tester :) ) My Queen in amazing. There is something here that reminds me about my childhood. Yes My Queen is defnatly purple, is fresh but deep, inocent but mysterious, sweet but cold. I like it a lot, this perfume reminds me about a garden when I used to play that was full of heliotropes and orris flowers. I'm delightes with it and I belive I'm going to buy a full size bottle. I think I can pull this out on every time, its perfect for summer and winter, night and way. I wouldnt say that is the smell of a queen (at least a queen as we imagine) but this could be perfectly the smell of a fairy queen or perhaps the perfume of morgana le fay. There is something magical about My Queen, something that make you think about Avalon, castles surronded by fog.. I think it can be sexy in a very mysterious, medieval way. I love it and I think everybody who likes fairy tales should try this one, its great. Sillage: Gorgeaus Lasting Power: Very good, last all day 8/10

This is my second experience with this line and I can say I absolutely love it. First Kingdom and now My Queen and what similarity I find in them both is the bitter note that echoes from the floral accord of notes and this makes it smell great on the skin. I find My queen milky and creamy after an hour when the heart settles down. Here the accord of floral notes smells wonderful and I detect a bit bitter note here which makes the heart so bright, maybe this echo of this bitter note comes from almonds. The dry down is very classy and opulent and becomes a little powdery from creamy. After a fragrance is sprayed on, I always wait for the base notes to settle down as this is where the tip and the heart joins in and you can give your verdict about a fragrance. Fragrance on the whole: Classy and opulent Silage: Very good Longevity: Excellent , but it's winter time around here so would like to see its longevity in the summer as well. System_d: thank you so much for the decant of this beauty:)

This is olfactory loveliness, another elegant, superbly blended creation in which one of my favorite all-time "noses", Dominique Ropion, had a lot to say. Take a look at what Dominique Ropion concocted, and you will see that My Queen has quite the pedigree, which in this case, truly made for amazing, ultra feminine violets and heliotrope magic. Note on other reviews I have enjoyed reading here re My Queen: There's no aldehydic overload, if its in there, its exceptionally well-blended so as to be an intrinsic part pf the olfactory symphony (rare in aldehydes!) Additionally, I don't know why one would apply the word "powdery" to My Queen, but then Iris can turn to powder on some chemistries. I am definitely un-fond of the "powdery" note in perfumes, and cannot detect it at all on my skin. This was truly love at first sniff, definitely full bottle worthy and emphatically an 8.5 out of 10.

So I realised today posting on a thread that I am the only fragrantican with My Queen set as their signature. I feel a review is in order. I asked my Mother-in-law to buy me My Queen when it first came out, i own it now and I hope I'll stock pile enough to own it until I am no more. If I could have asked Lee McQueen to make me a fragrance I don't think he could have chosen more perfect notes, nor arranged them any better. Violet Almond Iris Heliotrope Cedar Vanilla and Orange blossom. I am not worthy. With clever blending, dark yet bright, smooth yet peppery. Not too sweet, not too heavy, for me just right, ever changing. When people talk about England, they think, for some unknown reason, of some trad rose soliflore...but this is England. Child of a teacher and a taxi driver that grew up in a council flat and got an O-Level in Art. All I can say is thank you Lee.

Is My Queen wonderful, mysterious and seductive as they say in the description above? YES, she is! The scent is womanly, deliciously sweet, powdery, lovely floral with underlying earthiness and just a touch of darkness (I fully understand the references to "medieval" here). Frivolous, yet sultry, My Queen is also dignified...and... oh, it is so very purple! :-) I love the colour, love the mix of those purple flowers, the overall impression - indeed - is that of a beautiful, little self-centred lady. Impulsive, a little spoiled and maybe rather moody, even a bit maligned, I would say, but really, she is giving, she is kind and she is good at heart. This is certainly a fragrance for a queen, not for a little princess. (And no, it has nothing to do with age!).:-) No other fragrance has ever granted me so many compliments by women and men!

An unexpected beauty that came my way! I don't normally seek powdery perfumes but I found this at a very tempting price and just went ahead. This is lady-like, soft and feminine in a very nice way. It gives out a very 'English' and 'From Another Era' vibe (it's not outdated at all) as if this is the perfume worn by the lead female characters in classic English literature novels, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice,... Edit: I have grown very fond of this and now I figured out why I love some floral fragrances, while in general I don't fancy them much anymore.. It's the Violet! Apparently I've been a sucker for Violets all my life without realizing it! And this is one of the best Violets out there. Would buy a back up if I spot it anywhere in sight. It's sad that it's discontinued.

Oh My!!! Yet another fragrance in my collection thanks to my Sister :-) I totally got crazy from sniffing the bottle and now that it sat on my skin like a little kitten on fluffy rug opposite fireplace - I can feel it melting :-) I love my Queen, it is standing out from the crowd perfume, quite powerful and with a nice sillage :-) I cannot detect any notes on their own, it is elegant and daring juice :-) The dry down smells to me a bit like JPG Le Male which, despite being a masculine fume, does not bother me at all :-) I consider it better than Kingdom. The colour of the bottle pretty much expresses the taste of the ting to come once you spray it :-) My Queen is charming, it is a sex-appeal, it is love and lust manifest hidden in that beautiful bottle :-) Worth trying!!!

This goes on strongly floral, mostly violets. It's a bit bitter, almost with a tinge of gasoline in the back of your throat. I am not in love with this at first, the bitterness is a little too much for me, but it sweetens up as time goes on. The vanilla comes out with the other florals, and you get a lovely, pretty, purple almond musk. It smells very fall/winter, but I have a hunch this scent would do very well in the summer - sweet musk fragrances usually do for me, if sprayed copiously. I wonder what makes me describe this scent as purple, other than the bottle - earlier today when I had it on and was walking through the green trees, it smelled like the color of the air around me...green, brown, blue, gray...I'm probably not making sense now! haha!

I like the smell, at first it seemed to be like Chanel Allure with a violet accent. It did seem so at first, but on second wearing there was something so baby powderish, so delicate under a spell of violets, that I had to re-classify my experience. Sooooo cute, so deep sniff worthy, and the base, so creamy with vanilla, powdery tonka and heliotrope. I have never lived a perfume with my guts before. I keep sniffing and the smells fills me down to my stomach and that's when I am left wanting for more. Really no perfume did that to me before. Actually, I feel like I'm in front of a big white chocolate bar exuding its quintessence. I love it, I want it, now! It is addictive, beware!

I think that the name 'My Queen' is not suitable for this perfume; more like 'Concubine', or maybe even 'Geisha'. For Queen, I expect more distance and bit colder smell. But this is so warm,oriental,sexy, powdery with fresh purple flowers. There is vanilla but in sooo sophisticated way. It is sweet but reasonably, not heavy and fuggy like many perfumes which have sweet note. Reminds me bit on 'Surreal' from Avon, just in opening. Also, there is some elegancy which have Armani and some YSL perfumes. Anyway, I want it :) Edit: i'm so sad because the lasting power is so poor..maybe about hour and half. That is a reason I will not buy this perfume :(

I must admit I have had to retract my previous review about this one. This is a violet masquerading as a harlot. It is deep and rich, spicy and powdery at the same time. I don't know where the peppery note comes from, but I love it...I only wish there was more of it. I have really grown to love this one. This is a magnificent combination of rich, velvety deep purple florals with calming creamy almond that keeps it from being to sharp or overpowering. Very gorgeous purple oriental floral, addicting. You have stolen my heart, little masquerading violet queen, I love you! Stay little valentine stay Each day is valentines day;)

Well, well...In my first review for this perfume, I said that a lasting power is weak. I tried this beautiful perfume once more, now when it is almost winter, and it is strange but this time I could smell this elixir on me all day. So I bought it., and I can say this is almost my signature:) Such a beautiful powder, with soft violet and creamy almond...not to sweet; actually, it is sweet just enough to lift a bit the deepness of this frag. On the end of story, there is a soft and elegant smell around you, wrapped into majestic patchouli... Now I can say, this is a Winter Queen !

I liked this when it came out and I still enjoy. It's a modern fragrance that features at least some real note i.e. floral. It smells sweet without being sickening, girlish but elegant, sensual intense but not projecting 5 meters. For me it was one of the most wearable and pleasant scents of those years. I can wear it now without a problem. Not one of my big loves, but surely a strong like. I like it because it smells like violets but not candied violets. I like it because the drydown is soft and warm woody but not harsh synthetical woody. The bottle is also very beautiful.

Not too powdery and a little bit sharp charming floral fragrance. The leading note in the fragrance is the violet note, which make this fragrance more mysterious. Maybe I would say that the violet note in this fragrance is the best violet note in perfumes for me. The iris note is also noticeable and makes the violet note more deep and velvet. The heliotrope and the vanilla notes make this fragrance sweet enough, but not too sweet. And luckily the musk note doesn't make this fragrance too powdery. I like this fragrance. It's interesting and unusual enough.

Powdery clean with earthy spice! It's all about violets, iris and heliotrope. Pretty much all other notes are quite involved here as well, esp. vanilla, pepper, patchouli and cedar. Appealing for powdery floral lovers like myself. Clean, powdery, spicy, earthy, fresh floral with wear it anytime: day and night no preference. Kind of serious formal scent, it means business. Comfortably dries down to violet-vanilla, and it retains its quality composition. Worthwhile investment! It really does have the meaning behind the name. Well done!

Although My Queen has its own unique personality, for me it became a wonderful substitute for Jasmin Noir ( which i finally sold on Ebay after numerous futile attemts of straining my nose to catch whiffs of non-exsisting sillage). I think the almond note gives it somewhat similar edge, but the combination of sweet violets and almonds is actually more intriguing and beautiful to my nose. And plus My Queen has it all: originality, sillage and exceptional lasting power on my skin (after 3 hours still smells like freshly spraye0d

This was a very successful blind buy for me due to the reviews on here. I can not add to what MrsLetterO, rickyrebarco and others have already said. If you want a perfume that is truly unique and magical, try this. I love powdery, flowery, almond perfumes and this ticks all the boxes. Not at all old fashioned but one a classic lady would wear. It is not a cloying perfume by any means but a truly wonderful creation by Alexander McQueen and his team. Magnificent.

Demure yet commanding fragrance. Due to their heady, sensual, powerful fragrance and beautiful colour, violets are often seen as romantic flowers and this aspect has been captured by the perfumers with the combination of notes including the purity of the orange blossom. According to floriography (the language of flowers), in the Victorian-era violets symbolised modesty and blue violets, devotion.

I recycle all my swap boxes and found this recently on the bottom of one. I totally missed it. Thank you swap partner I am so sorry not to have thanked you. Wow this is gorgeous reminds me of Tom Ford Violet Blonde and Ellen Tracy Bronze. It's more animalic like TF it has a dirty undertone but very slight, it is sexy. Why do they always discontinue the amazing sexy fragrances?

Mnesli: This is long lasting, sweet and powdery. It's very peppery in the beginning too. You can smell violet. Of the names you've listed I had Dior Addict and I really liked it, casue I also like stronger perfumes. My bottle of My Queen was quite cheap, so maybe if you get your hands on the one that's on sale it won't be so risky. Hope you'll like it!

Extraordinary tune between color and shape and content. The Iris flower is rebuilt on the notes of its talcated precious root, violet and heliotrope, orange blossoms and vanilla notes, almonds and patchouli background, mosses and cedar wood on vetiver. I love it, good longevity and sillage.

Great perfume and unique beauty - magical and sexy in such an elegant way, dark but gentle.. Irrational, emotional and unpredictable.. You just have to surrender to it.. Perfect for winter nights, makes me feel like a queen in my own kingdom!

The best perfume I ever had. As simple as that. Oriental and sensuous, feminine and mysterious, floral and slightly woody at the same time, a brilliant combination of notes for a powerful personality. Such a pity not to have it any more...

My Queen - love love love! Queen of her castle.. Warm yet distant, mysterious and intriguing. Just like the Queen, she doesn't have to say it loud but you hear her! She has presence! Very grand, graceful and dignified!!

I adore this! I also love the light mist version which I bough first, but this comes in a larger size which I prefer. It smells a little bit like powdery parma violet sweets but is ulta feminine and soft. Great perfume.

This perfume is wonderful!!So sensual....so dark...so gothic :o)!!!My favorite color is purple and I must say that this scent is so PURPLE!!A little bit spicy,almondy,and flowery.Very unique fragrance!!

This is a gorgeous and unique fragrance. I like to spray it all over my cardigan, then when I wear it later on in the evening, I get a warm almondy-powdery-incense-vanilla scent that is just heavenly!

Still the best violet perfume I have EVER smelled. Peppery, deep, rich, woody iris and violet scent. Cool, crisp bright white flowers in the heart. Smooth, warm, woody, cedar dominant base.

I love this perfume ! Very feminine and seductive, it's a kind of magic. And now it's too difficult to find it : beautiful and mysterious things are always hard to find...

If this was a bit more purple and a bit less peppery, it could be a sister of Galliano EDP. I am still searching for a smell alike of that one actually!!

i love this! light, mystical and quite cold. a little sweetness but not gourmand. it ́s both romantic and unique, beautiful perfume.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Why discontinuing this one?? I liked it a lot and it was not headache inducer like 99% of latest stuff.

I love Creed Tabarome and this smells just like it, except softer and more feminine. I love it!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. I don't know why I waited to order this??? I love it.

I like very much this luxury,brilliant and gourgeous fragrance!

Wiht My Queen - You a The Queen. majestic,warm, sexy

It is one of the most complicated scents that entered my life, I would say, illegally...In 2005 I happened to witness the promotion campaign in the big mall and was given generously perfumed blotter. My first reaction was ‘not my type’ to the extent that I put it on ‘never ever try again’ list, so disturbing, hostile, scaring the scent seemed to me. Then 2 years later I was walking after my colleague at the office and got really intrigued by her perfume, the sillage was very interesting. When she revealed MQ, I was more than surprised. Soon I bought it, but our relations were first at the distance. Gothic flowers with thorns, obscure beauty, a reflection of a restless contradictory soul, disturbing dark grandeur, the medieval world... In general I don’t fall for the scents like this and Addict CD seems gloomy to me. However, this scent is an exception of the kind, I was slowly and surely coming under its spell, as there is an extraordinary development in it. At the beginning in the web of light and shadow, the shadow definitely prevails and scares away with the “thorns” – severe violet and almond which are dominating for quite a long time. Then, their dark passion starts calming down and it unexpectedly turns out that the Queen does have a warm heart. The orange blossom note with the Co. start running the show leaving the “thorns” behind as a subtle reminder of the previous long dark overture. The symphony dramaturgy is gradually changing. Finally, it develops into the triumph of warmth and light through a really slow but surprising transformation. This stage is worth waiting, it takes at least one hour on my skin. Then, I can’t stop smelling my wrist, so fascinating, warm and glamorous the scent becomes.... p.s. Sometimes I wear it in the office just to put on some distant glamour. p.p.s. Now I've been wearing it for years, I can say that it's 4 spritz that bring me compliments not 1 or 2. :)

Upon spritzing, my immediate reaction to MY QUEEN was: "How many of these light woody florientals have been produced on behalf of clothing designers over the past couple of decades?" I'd venture to guess that the number lies in the dozens, but it may even be hundreds... Yes, the story of MY QUEEN seemed initially to be the same old hum-drum refrain: slightly sweet wood blended in with "abstract florals". However, as it developed a bit, I suddenly remembered what this one reminded me of, in particular: Trussardi JEANS. What marks both MY QUEEN and JEANS off from the rest of the crowd, is the inclusion of liatrix, or so it seems. They both also contain violet, but probably the most significant link is...drum roll...(I can report after having returned from a fact-finding mission): Anne Flipo designed both! Dominique Ropion is said to have had a hand in this creation as well, but the similarity to JEANS makes me think that Anne Flipo was really calling the shots. The liatrix (tobacco-esque) note is far more pronounced in JEANS than in MY QUEEN, but combined with the violet, I cannot really deny the appeal of this composition. I'll buy a bottle not because I find it unique (it's not), but because I love JEANS! Give me violet and liatrix any day. Thank you again, Anne Flipo!

I got a 35ml bottle last month, on eBay for a quite expensive price because it's discontinued... I wanted to see how good this one was, after the reviews I read. I am quite obsessed for almond and violets notes lately. The first spray on my wrist...ok...gave it a sniff...nothing especial...I pick the violets, the almonds, the iris, the musk, some woodsy undernotes... it's a mild and soft scent, powdery, a bit bitter and a bit sweet , not much...I was expecting something more BOLD from Mc Queen, more daring, with more oomph. It's a close to skin scent, floral, romantic,feminine, with a vintage vibe to it...no sillage, not invasive at all but a bit disappointing overall for the high price I paid. This blind buy was not a miss, but if I had sampled it instead...I would be a better option for me. So, it's ok...I think I'll use it as a nighttime scent... I agree with order reviewer that said this has the Naughty Alice vibe. It is similar, N.A. is less bitter and is sweeter to my nose. The purple bottle is cute!

An absolute gem. I think this would be an excellent floral perfume for someone who prefers something more on the masculine side. I sensed some master parfumers at work here, and in my opinion it's definitely one of Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion's best! On my skin, this is harsh at first; followed by lots of violet greenery and an unusual floral note. I wonder if this is the heliotrope. It's very woodsy, fresh and clean. In the heart, the almonds, powdery iris and cedar are more prominent on the skin. The perfume really does dance back and forth between notes. Eventually everything settles into a dry-down of a powdery almond-vanilla scent. Soft to moderate sillage; lasts for about 8-9 hours. I really loved this perfume; but unfortunately, almonds are like play-doh on my skin. I would buy this in a heartbeat sans almonds! Oh well, there are many more perfumes out there for me to fall in love with :)

I am letting go of my bottle, but I wanted to come here one last time to appreciate this gem. Violet, slightly powdery, woody with just slight hints of almond and vanilla. It radiates off of you the entire day in a warm violet embrace. When I first bought this in 2008 (my very old review is allllll the way down, lol), I thought it was the most majestic fragrance ever. Alexander McQueen was my favorite designer, too. I HAD to have this. I wore it all the time until I just... stopped. Regardless of outgrowing it, I clung to my bottle for so long, even having it out on my vanity without ever choosing it. For sale it goes! Either way, My Queen is by far one of my most memorable perfume affairs from my teenagerhood. There were two other fragrances I've smelled which remind me of My Queen: Girl by Pharell and Kenzo's Peace (purple bottle).

I've got my little 'My Queen sample set' today (for a foolishly low price - 2 Euros for 5 ml EDP roll-on, 10 ml shower gel and 10 ml body lotion:)) and I'm quite impressed. I can't say I love it but like it very much. This is a multifaceted little thing, changing a lot with time. I agree, at first a bit sharp and almost masculine, spicy, later softer, creamier. On my skin and according to my nose it has a lot in common with Jil Sander Jil (first half hour), Jil Sander Style and Guerlain L'Instant Magic (second phase), and - I was very pleasantly surprised to feel it - Diptyque Eau Duelle and Prada Infusion d'Iris (after 4-5 hour). According to the card it's with mandragore root (I don't know how it smells but I'm falling for it). Has great longevity and medium sillage. I'll use my samples with a smile:)...

My Queen is a prime example of a powdery purple floral but it has a misfortune to fade from my skin it opens with an powdery note of violet it's sort of a reminiscence to kenzo flower but more milder and diluted and doesn't cloy dries with an nutty fringe of almonds heliotrope makes it milky and a bit soft but i'm not noticing any orange blossom then dark musk dries the middle with an animalistic qualities, the drydown turns powdery again with iris with it's earthy accord in a lot of perfumes i don't detect patchouli but in My Queen i can smell a good deal and doesn't overwhelm me and it ends with dry vanilla. My Queen it's hard to say that it's a above average or an average scent it advertises as a supreme darkly regal scent but to me it's a weak scent tries to be unique but it fails so i give it a 3.

I now understand the luminiscent quality of this beauty that is accentuated in the ads an also in the bottle. MQ is dark, but also bright. It could be heavy but appears light. There is notes in this perfume that really could be too much on the cloying side: Violet, patchouli, wood etc, but in all it's heaviness it's brightened ut by white flowers and carried by the sweetest and softest cushion of iris, vanilla and musk. Vetiver and cedar balances it from going all sweet though. It's a great scent. Strangley it reminds me a lot of Tom Fords BO (strangely, because there is only a few similar notes) but the patchouli in MQ is much more wearable. Actually it's delicate. My Queen is jumping straight up on my want list.

I wore this today and thankfully, I didn't do my usual second spraying! This could easily be overdone by someone like me who figures more is more. It was just perfect, the smell of perfume and hours later when I thought it was gone, there it was again, gently wafting. I usually wear vintage or classics, and I don't want to disdain modern scents, it is just that they usually don't smell as good to me. I hate that plasticky, chemical note I get with so many and I'm so glad it was not there with this one. Kingdom was not a winner for me, fortunately I only bought a test vial of it. My Queen is glorious and I'm glad I bought a big bottle of it. Who says you aren't supposed to blind buy?