Musc Alize

Musc Alize is gorgeously ethereal. Soft, dreamy, sweet and clean. The lightest of light florals (jasmine, ylang ylang and violet), vanilla and the barest coconut shavings (though I don't think they're in the notes), making it just that little bit edible, like angelic candy. A must-try if you're after a lighter musk because it's unique in that I can't think of other light musks I've smelt that it's similar to (not that I've smelt them all!), but not Narciso Rodriguez, Egyptian musks, Coty Wild Musk, the Jovan musks, Parfums de Coeur musks, BPAL red or black musks (though some of these musks go deeper). If anything, it might be closest to a white musk (and it is in the base notes), though it's not discernable of what I usually smell as white musk, it's lighter and sweeter and softer... And speaking of soft, Alize is very much that. I think you'd need the 100ml so you can spray it all over like a body spray almost!! Sometimes it lasts on me and sometimes it doesn't, and like a few musks (Egyptian Musk for one) there'll be times when I don't think it's there and then it turns up again! I almost didn't get it for that reason, but it really is too pretty to pass up.

Fresh, it reminds me of the see breeze and the ocean depth. Wonderful in those hot Summer days when you just feel any perfume is way too strong to wear. Perfect for day use, office or shopping. Not the greatest sillage, keep it in your bag and spray it any time you want, completely inoffensive and lovely.

First applied it smells like hairspray but it fades very quickly and leaves a beautiful light, powdry scent.The musk is very subtle and unique. I love it and with comptoir sud pacifique scents you can't do wrong anyways.

It's so funny how different my experience with Musc Alizé is vs some of the previous comments haha. At first, I mainly get alcohol and then a blast of nail remover... But after all of this fades away, I'm left with a very delicate and slightly powdery clean linen scent. The floras aren't overpowering but you can still sense how they prevent this clean linen vibe to smell too obvious, too "laundry-detergentish". Unfortunately, sillage is extremely intimate. But you do get wafts from it from time to time, without sniffing your skin. It's extremely office-scent and I can see how perfect it can be for places where you're not allowed to wear potent scents, or on occasions where you don't want to offend anyone's senses. This is definitely one of those non-perfumey perfumes, that gets you compliment like "YOU smell so good!"--- it doesn't feel like you're wearing perfume, and I personally love when a clean musky scent can achieve that impression. That being said, I also find it extremely similar to the perfumes below: - Musk 12 by Kayali - Simply Clean by Clean - Sex Bomb by Lush All of those three smell eerily similar to each other and even more so to Musc Alizé. They all have slight differences, of course. However, all them 3 perform better than Musc Alizé, sillage and longevity-wise. Musk 12 has a very intimate sillage but it's still better, plus the floral notes are amped up in a very delightful way. Simply Clean is the least floral one and projects more than Musc Alizé and Musk 12 and is slightly more linear. Sex Bomb has great longevity, projection is very good but not offensive, and I personally find that the dry down is the most vanillic out of the 4. As much as I love Musc Alizé, I'd rather buy one of the three alternatives above to get my money worth. Nevertheless, it's a very ethereal and enjoyable perfume :)

I bought this one blindly due to my love of musk fragrances and while I do like it, I don't love it. It's not "musky" enough for me. I get BBW Warm Vanilla Sugar in the opening... I mean it's dead on. The sugary vanilla calms down a bit after about 30 minutes or so and it turns into a light floral vanilla in a musk base. It is easily wearable and inoffensive and I would have no problem wearing it to the office. It lasts about 6 hours on me, and stays very close to the skin during that time.