Midnight Candy

It's dark outside, close to midnight. Barefoot, night gown on, long hair swiftly blowing with the breeze. You're gracefully swinging on a wooden tree swing. A bucket of water by your side, full of freshly cut flowers including vanilla and cinnamon sticks inside. While eating a delicious red candied apple. All of that comes into mind when I think about this perfume. That's what it smells like to me. All those things together making a velvety dark, freshly sweet beautiful creation. The longevity out of this world. I never wanted to try it during the day, I couldn't dare to ruin the magic it made me feel like it did at night. I had this perfume before. It was definitely my signature scent. Midnight in a secret garden. Pans Labyrinth meets Alice in Wonderland vibes. It wasn't just floral, it was also mysteriously sweet but not in a "in your face" kinda way. Truly a work of art. I miss it. BISOUS

So glad I got this discontinued gem in my collection. Byredo has some of the best use of the note of violet but this is definitely the best in the entire range in my opinion. Reminds me a bit of Iris Silver Mist but different enough to have both. Sweet, floral, powdery, intoxicating violet. Official notes are: Top: Carrot, Iris Heart: Egyptian Jasmine Absolute, Black Violet Base: Osmanthus, Vanilla infusion

Whew! This thing lasts and lasts and lasts, as far as I can tell. I sprayed a tiiiiiiny bit of the company's tester bottle on my wrist, not even a full spray, and could smell it faintly 4 hours later! So yes, Extrait de Parfum is amazing, if expensive! More like this please! This is a beautiful fragrance. I think some people might find it a bit standard, but I quite liked it. I get a lot of jasmine and white flowers, but in a very particular vibe: a little bit dark, yes, but this is not a "dark" perfume. Part of it is the quality of the flowers in general, this isn't a flowers on a summer afternoon vibe, but really a night time flower garden kind of vibe. And the vanilla! Some people may find it too cloying and sweet, but not being much of a straight floral person myself, the vanilla is what makes this wearable to me. I usually detest straight, loud vanilla (weird, I know, but I just don't think people should smell like cookies!), but this vanilla is used sparingly, just to give those flower petals a sort of candied vibe. I could even imagine, maybe, wearing this perfume during the day, and definitely in casual settings.

This one reminds me of a watered down version of those purple violet candies. Nice but not worth the price imo. If I am going to pay this much I want a masterpiece that blows all my clothes off.