Charming

Oh , I LOVE this one ! Charming is a ladylike , very French floral, soft, classic, lovely, and gently spicy. Charming also contains geranium and cinnamon that are not listed here among the notes. The cedar note is very soft, not prominant. The black currant is noticeable throughout the drydown, lending Charming a rich, warm full bodied aspect. Sweetness of this perfume comes from the natural fragrance of the flowers, so its not too sweet, not at all candy sticky or fruity. Beautiful sandalwood embraces all the other notes and a touch of vanilla smooths the entire blend. I do not find Charming very powdery. It's more smooth, not what I think of as powdery. At first spray, Charming seems very strong, but settles WAY down to a soft skin scent within the first 5 to 10 minutes. Charming stays on skin, hair and clothing until you wash it out. Projection is moderate. It's more subtle as time passes, but you can still get wafts of it surrounding you for as long as you wear it. Charming is a delightful truly French floral, softly flirty, spicy, great for wear any time of day or night, in any season. And yes, I agree, the FLORALS in Charming are similar to those found in Cacharel Anais Anais, and in Bill Blass Nude, and in Givency Amarige. In Charming, it's as if they took the BEST FLORAL aspects of those other perfumes but eliminated their other more complicating notes. Charming lets the florals take center stage.........without adding strong meaty plum, woods, or other heavy notes. Instead, Charming has a gentle touch of cinnamon to give it a flirty soft spicy character. Actually, Charming would be a great fragrance to test first, to determine whether or not you like the basic floral blend structure of more expensive classic French florals. A wonderful bargain, expertly blended, that lasts, and doesn't smell cheap, Charming is a great find ! VERY FRENCH ! OOOH LA LA !

Oh! This one leaves me speechless! I have been thinking for days how i should describe it,and no decisive conclusion was reached. I got it from my ex as a birthday gift and i liked the smooth bottle that looked both steril and in the same time lively and organic to me. And then i opened it... I hadn't expected such a bliss! A soap? Yes,but from some new era, from perhaps 2200 when soaps will be nothing like these we usetoday. A fancy soap that is not overpowering and blends well with your skin, entering your pores instantly and becoming one with you, a soap in which both a lush,oppulent old sense of elegance in a tiny portion mixes with a tiny bit of modern,pragmatic elegance. That soap is clean,but it is not its first purpose. It is a futuristic soap that managed to be sexy! It is sexy in an innocent way. It smells like a selfless lady absorbed in her own thoughts and her own world,but selfless as i said,selfless and kind,with a capacity to feel ecstasy and yet go to bed with a prayer and clean conscience. I don't know why this fragrance has such a small number of reviews,every day i check to find some new ones and nothing materializes,perhaps it is hard to find. I can see many people for who this can be a good choice and to who this one may be appealing. In my case, this is the only perfume which i could wear more than two days in a row for which reason i ran out of it too quickly. I liked it in all seasons and although i don't like pronouncingany fragrance my signature, this one is the closest to that!

P.S. It does not remind me of anais anais,the sheer volume of anais anais prevents me from drawing a comparison, the similarity is far down in the structure,too far inside to make it exchangeable with anais anais. P.P.S. And yes,it stays on clothes and i love it! Better than any expensive perfume that i have tried! Whatever i say about it will not be enough.

i love it, it smells so strong powdery floral. long lasting !

I own this. I bought it because review were wonderful and the price is very affordable - inexpensive to experiment. At first spray my nose smells like a dry "champagne", which is what Champs Elysees was for me. I am trying to be creative here with my words :) But in total composition, to me, this is EXACTLY like Bill Blass Nude, which I also owned, way back then. And the bottle is very similar. I loved the Bill Blass and this is also beautiful. I smelled rose on the dry down but not nauseating. I agree with others that could be powdery but I am ok with that. For some reason it smells similar to what I remember Calandre and Madame Rochas to be, both of which I also used to own many years ago. I also owned Femme by Rochas but to my nose, they are not similar. Femme was deeper. Do not overspray, you don't need to. I think it's ok to wear during the day but I would prefer for night. I love smelling on me