Jasmin Imperatrice Eugenie

This is my kind of scent, florals are just my thing and I think I've come to set apart a good floral from a bad one and let's hope this is a good one. It opened with blast of jasmine and sandalwood combo, those two notes are the most noticable on my sking, but the soapy rose lingers now and then. I'm not the biggest fan of sandalwood, I'll be honest here, so the opening is a bit hard on me, the jasmine soon gets overpowered by sandalwood and I'm left with deep, rich, smoky scent and no flowers. The vanilla plays it's part when it reaches the heart part, but god damn it, there is still no flowers. Like JeanMaurice already stated - the real magic happens after the first 15 minutes or so, I suddenly seem to not care that there are no flowers, altough I finally get some jasmine out of this. The sandalwood on me calms a bit down and vanilla start to play around with the almost unnoticable bits of jasmine, the smell is sensual, very sexy and very alluring (although I must say I don't dig all the powderness from sandalwood, but that's just me). The drydown is to die for if we forget about the lack of jasmine and flowers in general - extremely mouthwatering, warm vanilla/amber combo which for me is very comforting. What else? One should spray this carefully, the sillage is more than excellent and it's easy to overapply. It lasted more than 8 hours and the drydown was magnificent and the sillage stayed strong all trough the 8 hour period. Uniqueness: 8/10 Longevity: 10/10 Scent: 8/10 Total: 8.6

The Empress Eugenie must have been delighted with this. In an era when sanitation and personal hygiene left a lot to be desired, a strong and heady perfume that took you by the nose and sent you off on its own little fragrant performance would have been very much appreciated. And it IS a performance. On me it starts out as a big, warm, spicy, woody - very sandalwoody - floral; half an hour later when the rose and jasmine are really kicking in, I find myself in awe at the heady beauty of the journey I'm being taken on. It is sumptuous, it is regal, it is drop dead divine; an opulent warm, woody floral with excellent sillage and amazing staying power. Somewhere around ten to twelve hours later, I notice the bergamot - which is supposed to be a top note - has most unexpectedly got up and taken center stage. The jasmine and rose and woods are still there, but have faded enough to let the sweet citrus freshness come through. It's just such a surprise, and I'm staggered to think this is a fragrance that was devised 200 years ago. I guess I had thought the technique of making a fragrance unfold and bloom over time was a much more recent development. Anyway - I love it. The longevity is amazing, the whole fragrance is amazing. I'll never be without it again.

OMG!! This is a magical, classy, sexy, mysterious Perfume! I love sandlewood and Jasmine. This is the most perfectly blended Jasmine and Sandalwood fragrance I've ever smelled. The opening is warm, narcotic, woody and intoxicating! I smell creamy sandalwood and salt, lots of it! This beautiful smooth clean Jasmine delicately joins in. It reminds me of something I've smelled in the 80's , I just can't put my finger on it. It's so intoxicating and intense! I'm drowning happily in a warm bath of fragrance. Later I can smell the vanilla and a touch of rose. Creamy, salty, warm, sandlewood, vanilla and Jasmine. This has real ambergis in it, at least it smells real. I've smelt real ambergis and this smells like the real deal! I'm mezmerized and so happy to have a big bottle as part of my wardrobe. This is best worn in the fall/winter or chilly , breezy spring/ summer nights. Sillage is huge filling a room then settling at an arms length and it leaves an amazing scent trail. Longevity is 12 to 14 hours and longer on clothes and hair. The next morning I can smell a soft sweet and salty wood on my skin , smells almost like clean baby skin. It's stunning and Complex.

Love love LOVE this perfume! It starts out strong, with an oriental musk to it. Then after about an hour it morphs into a more floral scent, with the ambergris giving it that staying power. After another hour or so, it settles into that more sweet vanilla/sandalwood combo (two of my favorite scents). After 8 hours I can still smell it on my skin, and of course the scent gets stronger when you sweat! At the end of a work day, I can still smell a slight combo of all the scents, but it is no longer as heady as in the beginning. As others have said, this is not a fragrance that will win you over just by smelling it from a bottle. You have to try it on yourself to see how it wears on you. For example, the sales person at one of my city's Creed counters had been wearing it all day, and on her it smelled like a sugary sweet vanilla, almost gourmand. On me it's more like a vanilla sandalwood musk. In any case, this fragrance completely embodies my personality in that I can come on strong but am really sweet once you get to know me! :-)

WOW-after recently trying many decants and samples to find a "new" fragrance and expand my very limited fragrance wardrobe, I reluctantly spritzed on Jasmin Imperatrice Eugenie and I am sold!!!! I think I may have found the number #1 contender to Musc Ravageur. To me, the way JIE wears is very similar to Musc Ravageur but ooooh, so very different and incredibly wonderful! I have waited long enough to review fragrances on Fragrantica, a website I love. Why? First few tries, well I wasn't too sure at all. The initial jasmine, rose and powdery notes confused my sensibilities. But then it started; the incredible mid-notes and wonderful dry-down emerged...amber, wood, sandalwood, some vanilla (not gourmand)...staying power with just enough "closeness to my skin" (so soothing to me), moderate silage to soothe others-smile...the gentle wafts (just the right amount) of the beautifully combined scents for hours after...HEAVENLY!!! Just love it! But again...a fragrance that is NOT for everyone. Definitely not a unisex or male fragrance.