Young Hearts – Eau de Parfum

One of the most potent florals available. Blind bought, I was surprised at the scent, the reviews completely throwing me off as well as the note table in my interpretation. So, I struggle with strong florals let alone a predominantly Jasmine which is for me about as bad as it can get as it tends to give me headaches and unsettle me. This is what this is, however it is so well built and amazing in longevity and sillage I find I push past my initial discomfort to wear it - in fact there are days where I just look forward to putting it on - only Lubin Attique can make me do that being a Jasmine and Fig. So, firstly, comparisons to Enchanted Forest are misleading other than the slightly urinic jasmine in its longer dry down. This is a slightly camphorous initial start with a touch of green crushed stalk, galbanum with a dustiness(like a vacuum cleaner bag) that morphs into a strong white/yellow floral predominately Jasmine bodied out by some fleshy rose mixed with slight balsamic syrup - this giving a pollen like presentation. Behind this it softens slightly going darker and the saffron becomes I guess the joint facilitator really making itself known until the end - I found that at this point you realise the saffron has always been there - strange it’s listed as a top note. Whilst it’s by no means a ladies only scent I think you have to be a confident man to wear this and I wouldn’t wear it except in a casual circumstance - not so much because it may just err on the femine side (I’m reinforcing the JUST part here) but more so because it’s VERY in your face. So, I voted it also as good value because it only requires smaller application than normal. Happy Smelling

Most of the time I find the descriptor "Enchanted Forest" to be an unhelpful one. Why exactly is the forest enchanted? The explanation is usually left to reader's imagination in most reviews, but Young Hearts is the first perfume where that description resonates with me. Big bergamot and birch to start with, but the bitter greenery of galbanum and pine catch up soon enough. Seeping through the foliage is a white blob of musks greedily feeding on the surrounding flora. The blob is white floral, but also a bit on the sweeter bubble-gummy side. As the blob assimilates the greenness I picture pine trees leaking an alien resin. Spiders weaving bubblegum webs, and undiscovered white flowers. The galbanum and pine calm down as (slowly but surely) a pink rose pushes through the white blob. The rose turns warmer with patchouli as the fragrance dries down with an animalic overtone that reminds me of Delphine Thierry's Montecristo. Perhaps a tad of hyraceum, or maybe it's the tail-end of the white florals delivering some skank, but it has a similar furry, balmy, and woody warmth that Montecristo delivers in spades. Pine often feels bristly in perfumes. Young Hearts manages to sidestep this by including more of the forest, even if the forest is an enchanted one. Thick layers of sweetened conceptual white florals substitute a resinous base for the pine and galbanum, both of which are also laid on thick. It might not strike me as a chypre (it's far too endearing to be one), but it does have my favourite use of pine I've encountered so far.

I collect parfum samples from along my childhood..I am a niche parfum fun at all. I smelled 1000 parfum samples from every parfum house and I totally can say, this fragrance is the most extraordinary and most unusual.I belive it deserved the Olfattory award winner 1st place. Smelling this parfume is a journey, an experience and a travel.I dont use this parfume, but I always spray a little amount it onto a paper and take down to my table next to me, for enjoy and feeling this fresh, crunchy, green smell.It gives me energy, power and something beautiful.I am honest this scent.Really a wonder!!

Nice green scent with balsam fir and pine making it a very Forest scent. Award winning and deservedly so. This is great for all occasions. After drydown the saffron and floral peek their head out. Blind bought with no regrets.

Dark woody chypre, with a lot of bitter green & soft floral notes, great resinous-balsamic depth & surprisingly large volume. The best Matos scent I have ever come across!