David Yurman Fragrance

Such a beautiful little gem! For me this one was tricky. The first few times that I tried it, found it too sweet, specially at the beginning with the dominant black currant note, and I thought to myself: "Yet another boring unpleasant heavy sweet perfume!" (I hate most of them!) But I have to admit, I was wrong and these past few days it has grown on me a lot. This one is no ordinary mediocre sweet gourmand. Although it's still a bit too sweet at the beginning, but after a little while, it softens into a delicate gentle smell, and the musk takes over (heavenly musk! mixed with some other floral notes as well). It has such delicate warmth and such depth and beauty about it, embraces you in kindest and sweetest way possible, and make all the troubles go away. I believe if Demeter, the greek goddess of nourishment and motherhood had a perfume, it would be this one. It's like what they say, sitting beside a chimney in a dark freezing winter night, drinking tea, while reading a good book. That's how wonderful it makes me feel. Also it is rather high quality, with impressive longevity and sillage, way better than many (sadly, reformulated) perfumes out there. عطر فوق العاده ایه. اولش چندان خوشم نیومد، خیلی شیرین شروع میشه و رایحه انگور سیاه غالبه. روایح شیرین رو اصلا نمی پسندم، و نمی دونم چرا بیشتر عطرهای زنانه شیرین و میوه ای هستن متاسفانه. اما با چند بار استفاده از این عطر نظرم کاملا عوض شد. عطر فوق العاده عمیق و با کیفیت، با گرمای بسیار خوشایندیه. واقعا قابل مقایسه با خیل عطرهای متوسط الحال و مهوع شیرین و سنگین و بعضا بسی پرطرفدار!! نیست. ظرافت و خلاقیت توش محسوسه کاملا. با اینکه هنوز معتقدم اولش کمی زیادی شیرینه، اما این شیرینی خیلی زود ملایمتر میشه و جاشو کم کم میده به مشک زیبا و لطیف و ملایم، مخلوط با روایح گل و میوه‌ای البته. فکر کنم اگه دیمیتر، الهه مادری و تغذیه، عطری داشت، عطرش این بود. گرمای مطبوع یک آغوش گرم و شیرین و ملایم و مهربون. گرماش تداعی کننده همون استعاره معروفه: نشستن کنار شومینه توی شبی از شبهای سرد زمستون، فنجون چای در یه دست و یه کتاب خوب در دست دیگه. مدتها بود دنبال همچین عطری می گشتم و در حالی که عطرهای گرم و شیرین یکی بعد از دیگری ناامیدم می‌کردن، بالاخره پیداش کردم.

I knew when I bought my first bottle. It was 1.7 oz. I read about David Yurman and after reading a glowing review of this fragrance on another site, decided to buy it. The cost was about 45 dollars I think. After trying it, I wrote a review here. You can find it down below. Well, a few others ladies tried it and were made David Yurman converts. This is the best of his perfumes. I promptly bought the largest bottle of this fragrance that he offered. As time went on, the large bottles started disappearing. So I knew I had a gem. I bought 2 more 1.7 oz bottles and wore this to work and in the evening during the late fall and entire winter. When I went back to buy more, (I believe in being proactive and when I find something good and I really like it, I stock up.) By this time only the 1.7 ounce and the one ounce were being offered. The 1.7 ounce had went up in price by almost 50%. But get this, the 1 ounce unboxed ones were as little as $18.00. So I bought 3 bottles. I opened one of them and sprayed to ensure the scent was not faded or a fake and yes, it was the real deal. Well, I promptly bought 3 more bottles and in the next year (late 2016 and the first half of 2017), I bought 3 more bottles of the one ounce bottles. I think they will last me a while. I gave one away to a dear lady at my last job who loved the scent so much, so I surprised her one day with a one ounce bottle. And get this, those 1.7 ounce bottles that I paid 45 dollars for are being sold for almost 200 dollars on some sites. You can sometimes find a bottle on ebay for a little over hundred. So for you ladies that have a bottle of this David Yurman fragrance, you are lucky. It is becoming a rare and expensive one to buy.

This was one of my MANY first blind-buys back in the day when I thought I actually COULD have all the smells. But goodness, was this a fabulous buy! Right from the first moment I sprayed it, I loved it, and even after losing my big 100ml bottle to hubs, who gifted to his family (miscommunication), Fragranticans came through and gifted me with a gorgeous little 30ml bottle. I actually prefer the look of the 30ml, which is completely different from the big one, but anyhow. . . This is the epitome of "rose." Not to say it's a soliflor . . . it's not. But it highlights the rose beautifully. It's JUST on the edge of being sharp, JUST on the edge of being sweet, and JUST on the edge of being a big ol' bouquet of flowers . . . oh, and JUST on the edge of being soapy. But it's none of those things. It's the most gorgeous balanced rose perfume I've ever smelled. I haven't smelled all, or even all that many, but I've tested some of the higher end babies, and this lovely has my heart for real! If you only want one rose in your wardrobe, THIS one deserves the spot!

قبل از اینکه نظرمو بنویسم بگم که دو ترکیب با بیشترین رای در دو عطر دیوید یورمن طلایی و مادمازل ریچی، گل رز و مشک هستند ولی این دو عطر ذره ای به هم شباهت ندارن و این مساله باعث شد لااقل به یکی از بزرگترین سوالات خودم پاسخ داده بشه که احتمال شباهت عطر هایی با ترکیبات با رای بالا و مشابه بود. اگه نظر قبلی من رو در بین نظرات در پروفایلم دیده باشید خوندید که از تشابه عطر با عطر های قدیمی نوشتم. من واقعا شامه ام مشکل نداره و متاسفانه برای عطر دیوید یورمن هم باید همینو بنویسم. تشابهی که از همون لحظه ی اول با عطر ها یا ادکلن ها یا اسپری های قدیمی حس کردم. راستش برای من این مساله اصلا خوشایند نیست که عطر برند و جدید به نظرم بویی قدیمی داشته باشه اما واقعیت امر همینه و من از این عطر این حقیقت رو دریافت کردم. مورد بعد اینکه عطر به نظرم بسیار شیرینه و من این اندازه از شیرینی رو نمیتونم بپذیرم. حتی اومدم اینجا و نگاه میکنم در بین آکورد ها واژه ی شیرینی ذکر نشده و از این بابت هم تعجب میکنم. خدا رو شکر که تصمیم گرفتم از این به بعد اول عطرها رو تست کنم و گرنه که کلا ورشکست میشدم.

This is indeed a beautiful scent. Some may find this expensive, but really this fragrance is right up there with some of the much more expensive fragrances. You can wear this proudly. I am constantly complimented on this perfume. And it's mainly men who compliment me. Words Like, "You smell so good." "What are you wearing, it smells wonderful." And the best one I like is "You smell rich." I think that there are so many fruity, sweet fragrances out there that men have become overwhelmed. And even when it comes to winter fragrances, fragrances can get quite heavy in smell, loading up on the patchouli, amber and musk. They don't balance out with the other ingredients, especially when it comes to the dry down. This fragrance has a little sweetness, but it balanced very well by the patchouli and musk. They don't overwhelm the floral sweetness of the florals, it meets them head to head and dances with them. A beautiful waltz.