Pleine Lune

At age 38 (yesterday) I finally found my best signature fragrance. Something that is soothing, floral, slightly sweet (just a hint!), not too cloying and developed since the first spray. This scent is very balance for the floral aura, proper jasmine & tuberose, very soft but powerful for surrounding. This is my first perfume that I continously sniffed and spray at the proper time. I used to love JM - Blue Agava and Cacao, but sadly discontinued. This fragrance is better replacement to that. I also adored gourmand fragrance from CSP line like Vanille Extreme & Amour de Cacao (2017 - new version). This Pleine Lune, I believe was made with love with high detail manner. I've never sniffed the same fragrance before. The best!

This is a fragrance that feels like it was made with love - how else could it be so very balanced and wearable? This is a light, effervescent white floral that has a sweet, petal-and-hedione throw. The sweetness is a perfect amount of sweet. There is a butteriness to the tuberose, and a lightly soapy aspect in there too, without impacting the realness of the florals. The orange blossom, jasmin and tuberose are the perfect floral menage-a-trois. This smells rather like Hermes' Twilly but without the ginger, but also this is softer and more delicate.

It starts off crisp and green (which I thought was petitgrain but turned out to be the matcha), then the neroli starts peeking through. Remains soft, fresh, and airy. I'm normally not a fan of tuberose, as I find it cloying, heavy, and grape bubblegum-like (L'Interdit, Gucci Bloom), but I don't get that at all here. Not a dupe, but the greenness followed by the neroli reminds me a lot of Chanel Paris Riviera. I'd buy a full bottle of the longevity was better. Unfortunately it lasts only a couple hours, but it's really pretty and unique.

This smells like those grape-scented erasers at first (with a bit of pencil shavings). I love it. I've never loved a tuberose fragrance before, but this one takes the cake. Usually, tuberose smells extremely indolic on my skin. It's my least favorite note in a perfume...but this is so gorgeous - airy & effervescent. It's perfect for spring & summer, but I'm sure it'll be beautiful in the winter too. I think this is a safe blind buy!

Going through a discovery set and this one just made me LOVE it out of all the others. It is tea forward with an aquatic white flower scent. The tuberose isn’t over powering like My Way but is noticeable. I imagine being at the pool with warmed lotion on my skin. It’s not tropical it’s more so soft and luxurious. Perfect spring and summer fragrance.