Iris Malika

I am not an iris fan, don’t think I have anything with a prominent iris note in my collection. I have only tested 3 fragrances from Chopard so far and I have bought one, but Iris Malika is the iris for me! A gourmand iris.. I have just a small sample that I testing now but i am blown away. This Iris Malika is gorgeous. It is delicious and alluring. It’s a warm and balsamic, spicy and powdery, and very important to me, a powerful and projecting scent. It’s unlike anything I’ve had tested before. It might be something similar on the market but I am not an iris fan so I might have skipped testing it! Nobody talks about Chopard fragrances on any media currently but I am starting to think that we’re all missing out! Iris Malika is a sweet iris, almost syrupy, sweetness resulting probably from the wild berries and pink pepper combination but it’s spicy in the same time. It has spices both in the top and base notes, so it was to be expected. Nothing harsh, offensive or over the top. Spices nicely balanced with the florals and the balsams. The middle notes consist of a big bouquet of flowers: the iris, jasmine and my usual favourite, ylang ylang. I suspect that some rose might be added into the mix, but it is not listed anywhere in the notes. I assume that I like iris here because it is refined, soft and sweet, not cold, earthy or lip-sticky and it is smoothly balanced with the ylang ylang and rose. This is how I perceive this sudden change of taste in my preference. It’s magical somehow! The base notes, mostly woods and warm notes: benzoin, tonka beans and peru balsam offers the florals some depth and oomph. Because Iris Malika is a dark purple beast of a fragrance! The price of this beauty is less than most of the designer these days and the quality is top notch! The bottle looks amazing in pictures at least . Chopard proves that luxury doesn’t have to be expensive! Iris Malika is a “feast” for my nose! I need a bottle ASAP!! EDIT: I found it on a good deal and I own a bottle of this beauty!

Iris Malika is a true dark purple beauty! The juice inside completely responds to the beautiful design of the bottle! It got so many faces, layers and depth - really great one! On my skin I got lot of Wild berries at the beginning - very juicy and thick, but playful, smooth, mature and bold at the same time. Absolute amazing scent! The fruits here are kind of syrupy, like some kind of cherry liqueur... The iris here is modern type of iris - mild, smooth, well balanced, slightly sweet and powdery. Nothing dusty, old-fashion, dry or hard to wear. It's not leathery type too. Later in the drydown there are smooth and rounded woody-balsamic notes, which are soften by creamy and cozy benzoin-tonka notes. It's very delicious and alluring. On my skin Iris Malika is blended so well, everything is smooth and silky. If you love cozy and deep night-out perfumes, please try Iris Malika - stunning scent!

I have to agree with the review below me. LVEB Intensement is a nice frag but it's way too sweet and over cooked for me. Too gourmandy on a fake level. It's just over done. The first half of this frags journey is how Lancome should have done intensement. It's far more sophisticated and elegant. The sweet sickly sugar of intensement is not in this, but there is a gorgeous, subtle sweetness, just the perfect amount. So as I said, the first half of iris malika is Intensement, the second half loses that likeness and becomes very iris forward, which I'm not loving quite as much. For me, the first 2/3 hours is where this frag shines. After 5 hours it's a barely there skin scent. However, for the price point, this frag is a pure gem.

It is so lovely. I adore it. One of the best new scents with iris perceivable thorough the entire duration with its facets enhanced by the other notes. It is perfect for autumn. In spring its warm aspects are enhanced - benzoin and tonka bean background holds an iris-jasmine heart and gently fruity top. Beautiful. It is versatile, sensual, powdery with juicy aspects. And the bottle is beautiful with glassy top and rich colour. It also lasts really well and I keep catching wafts of this beautiful scent thorough the day. Up to love. It lasts 24 hours on me becoming sweeter with time. Fantastic!

This is how I imagine Dita Von Teese to smell like. Bold Powdery lipsticky iris that is very dense but light at same time. When I smell it, I imagine a classy lady wearing a high end black suit or dress, bold red lip and a glittery clutch sitting down at a very fancy restaurant. She is a femme fatale. I do agree with the vintage comments but its also very modern. Leans feminine for sure but also a man with a certain elegant attire can get away with it. Not for summer, needs a certain time and place. Edit: I wore it for a Dita Von Teese Burlesque show and it was a magical moment :)

My usual scent pusher had 20 % off of their already discounted wares, so I paid €50 ($54) for this. A very succesful blind buy. This is so good! It smells... well, purple. Like nothing in my wardrobe. Dark and bold, interesting and quite unique. It’s fruity, yes, but not at all girly. It’s more like a rich and well balanced marmelade and less like smoothie. Words like mature and expensive spring to mind, but none of them fit. This is not an elderly spinster wearing purple velvet and pearls. No, this is a gypsy woman! Fiery, enigmatic and utterly sensual.

A great modern, approachable iris. A boudoir, cosmetic type of scent that never turns too vintage or old-fashioned, thanks to a fine composition overall. The notable berries and resins add some gentle nuances that make it chic and luxurious. Someone mentioned that it smells like ultra-expensive lipstick and they aren't wrong. The performance is good and feels like a second-skin in the best way. This is my first fragrance from Chopard and I'm quite impressed!

Hesitated a little bit to buy it, fearing that it might be too mature aka old granny smelling, but after trying it out in Sephora (luckily the tester had plenty of juice inside) I fell in love immediately. It is indeed a more mature perfume, but very sophisticated and has something aristocratic about it. The staying power is amazing and so is the sillage. It is for sure a perfume that will make quite an impression.

ooooh, iris, berries, vanilla and resins, very sensual concoction :) it's quite balanced, not too sweet, not too powdery and the berries lift the seriousness of the fragrance, making it a flirty seductress indeed. It's the type of frag that does not at first draw you in perhaps but the ones that lingers and you want to keep sniffing more :) the frag is not purple to me tho, it's bordeaux, with some golden sheen.

OMG I blind bought this one 🙈 I couldn't find reviews in English on YT, but I trusted my instinct First spray - 😖 After a few minutes - 😍 I don't know how to explain, but this to me, smells like a stronger/deeper/spicy version of current Miss Dior(2021), like if Dior were to make an intense version of Miss Dior It's delicious on my skin I'm getting the berries. Damn this is such a sexy scent

Cannot stop sniffing this. It's addictive! It's not hard to like, but definitely not blind-buy worthy. I like how linear it is, it does not change much on drydown. subtle and beautiful! if you like powdery sweet feminine scent that is elegant, with good performance do not look further.

I cannot begin to describe how much I love this perfume. A beautiful, envolping fragrance which gets better and better on the skin. Nothing screeches or is too loud. Warm, sophisticated and superbly blended. Suffice to say, I have a backup bottle waiting in the wings.

I blind bought this just arrived. I love it. It’s got a designer feel maybe some bit of a Jimmy Choo fever or a good girl but better. it’s now been 4 months and i love this perfume!

Unbelievably overlooked perfume! A+++++ a must try. I have a huge collection of perfume. This is one of my absolute favorites, a hidden treasure.

Chopard Iris Malkia is a strong like for me. This is what the LVEB line should be like. It is less sweet then that line and in my opinion more sophisticated but still it has that sweet youthful appeal. Upon first spray you are greeted by berries. Blackberry, and tart raspberries. After that dissipates it becomes a softly spiced and woody amber iris smoke. A soft smoke with the powdery iris shining throughout but this is not a dry wispy iris. This iris is warm and inviting. Sweetness in this perfume is very balanced. Not sugary and cloying like in LVEB line and there is none of that almost plastic aftertaste that line has. My husband generally hates iris perfumes because he says they are dry and boring and I get that. But this iris is comforting, a bit sensually inviting. Asking those around you to get a little closer. The vanilla is balanced, not to much, there is a touch of a violet lipstick accord but it doesn't smell like makeup. Warm, slightly smoky, woody, sweet and fruity. Everything, every element is balanced perfectly. I think non iris people would enjoy this perfume. I can't wait to wear it for a full day but the more I smell it the more I really, really appreciate it. The bottle is a good representation of the scent. A rich dark purple 💜. Iris, blackberry a touch of violet, sweet spicy vanilla and a wisp of wood smoke.

I was invited to a Chopard event recently and this scent was in the bathroom. I sprayed as I was leaving and initially I thought ‘oh no this is strong’...ten minutes later and I couldn’t stop sniffing myself. This is an underrated beauty. On first spray it seems intense, there is powder and a hint of Black Orchid in there which I don’t love. Leave it to settle and then the magic happens, I don’t really sense many of the notes listed but I do get an intoxicating sensual dark floral with a hint of vanilla in the drydown. For me it’s too much to wear for the office for example (I’m sure others could pull this off) but for evenings, dates and special occasions this will turn heads. A chic scent which really does evoke the colour purple as others have said.

this smells like Premiere Luxe Oud Avon, which I hate...but this one smells more feminine and sophisticated than that one, I like this one a lot. This one doesn't seem to me to smell like lipstick like the others say. I rather feel like it smells like freshly dyed hair, like Olia Garnier hair dye or Casting gloss l'oreal, ammonia-free, Premiere Luxe Oud It smells like hair dye too but with ammonia which I hate, The smell of ammonia makes me sick. Anyway, I bought this perfume based on the reviews here thinking it would smell like lipstick or powder, but it doesn't at all. I like it but it's not what I expected to be.

I'm going to come back with a more detailed review, just received this fragrance yesterday, and let me tell you, it's a good one! On my skin it's definitely not (at any point) an iris-dominant (as the name might suggest) or lipsticky scent, I downvoted the Margiela 'reminds me of', because no way. The bottle suits the scent so well, absolutely wearable but with some depth and mystery behind it, reminds me of Velvet Orchid because of this (and probably because of the dark purple bottle). Lasts and projects quite well.

I got a sample of this in a swap recently and this is quite possibly the best powdery, sweet (but not overly sweet) lipstick iris scent I’ve smelled so far. It’s really balanced in all departments. It starts off pretty powdery but as it dries down it becomes more woody and less powdery. I think it’s like a more refined and elegant version of LVEB Iris Absolu, so if that was too sweet for you I’d give this a try. It’s also pretty inexpensive at about $65 for a 3.4 oz.

This is a mature but also quite modern take on iris. The opening is definitely very mature and leaning vintage, but after 30 minutes or so it developes a beautiful, subtle sweetness to it that reminds me of watermelon och bubble gum. Not juvenile at all though! The dry down is warm spicy with tonka, and the iris is still there but a bit toned down. The longevity is all right, but it sits quite close to the skin if you don't overspray it. Very sophisticated scent!