La Selection My Ylang

Wonderful scent, I have been looking for a perfume that could ween me off of the beautiful (although way to popular now) coco mademoiselle. I find the scent quite fresh and floral and it settles into a lovely warm scent

My Ilang is the only truly gorgeous scent from Caron (his new collection 2013). It is simply berathtaking - floral with elegant jasmin, rose and ylang-ylang... in tune with modern scent. i LOVE it.

First hour Im really surprised - how come Caron did a Coco Mademoiselle? The mandarin/orange note combined with white florals initially seemed very much alike. But later My Ylang developed in a different direction, the florals became very smooth and creamy with a persistent mandarin-note lingering and then sweet vanilla coming through. Yummy, sweet, yet not flat. My Ylang totally lacks the patchouli of the Coco Mademoiselle, also the silage is more humble. I was just wondering if Caron did a wise move to try to target the kind of audience that prefer this kind of scent - would those looking for fruity sweetness really go to Caron..? But in the end of the day (literary) I love the creamy dry-down, so perhaps it is the other way around - this scent seduces Caron-wearers to the fruity-floral category. Lovely!

My Ylang is a non-tropical take on ylang that is surprisingly fruity. Blackcurrant fruit and ylang are the two most prominent notes and between ylang's bright nectar-sweetness and the blackcurrants tangy acidity it can sometimes be hard to tell where one starts and the other ends. They are cushioned underneath with downy-soft, hazy, and indistinct white florals that sometimes smell like freesia or LOTV. Slightly cosmetic, very clean, overall silky-smooth. Sometimes I can smell a delicate vanilla musk too. Overall My Ylang is sweet and floral but in a delicate way. I do agree that there are echoes of Samsara EDT's top notes in My Ylang, but they are otherwise unrelated. My Ylang's color palette is all pastels for a warm and cheerful spring. Very pretty!

When I was a child, we had a flowering currant bush in the garden. It had a very characteristic smell, quite tangy. That is what I mainly get from My Ylang. To my nose, there is a touch of soft powderiness, which I like. The currant and lily-of-the-valley go well together. It is unusual for a Caron as it does not have that deep, floral richness that many of their perfumes have. It has a fresh quality. It lasts very well, lingering for ages on my clothes. I like.