Cruise Collection Escale Aux Marquises

Without doubt the most inventive of Dior's Escale trio. As a lover of citrus cologne style fragrances in the humid months, I have a collection falling out of my cupboard. This one is grabbed most frequently at the moment. It begins with a slightly 'sherbet' sweet zing containing a good whiff of the orange top notes. There is something of 'Refresher' sweets here. It's not an obvious orange like L'occitane's, it's softer, tempered by a floral undercurrent. I think Tiare Flower can be a bit cloying but Dior seem to have balanced the citrus with the floral beautifully and made a gentle floral that is as sexy as is it fresh. Maybe it's because Tiare to me smells a little musky, slightly body-like, as if it's flirting. Towards the end it becomes a soft vague floral with a teeny hint of spice. In the main though, this isn't a spicy scent and the pepper is virtually invisible to me. Given it's cologne style, it seems to have a reasonable amount of longevity on my skin, you need a good few squirts and a top up midday but it puts up a much longer fight than my (adored) Caron Eaux Fraiche. Recommended for cologne lovers who fancy a bit of quirk.

This fragrance took me over a year to fall in love with. Why? It's sharp and bright and somewhat piercing in the opening. Our brains have been set to expect fresh scents completely devoid of any spices that when there is an abundance of it - our brains are like "WOAH what is going onnn?!". So I kept it at the back of my cupboard for the most part, until this summer. I went to the beach with my boyfriend and the night before, when I was packing my perfumes, I tested this. And my perception of it had changed DRASTICALLY! YUM! Blood orange! Tiare? Pink pepper?? GINGER!! Yum !! Wear this at the beach and it is so uplifting! It's a love, ladies and gents! (Both of you groups can wear this btw- its very unisex!)

What a wonderful scent! So clean, so fresh, so elegant... It starts with a strong but pleasant smell of lemon but in some minutes it dries down in a wonderful bright, sparkling and invigorating fragrance... This is a summer scent and now is winter but I can imagine myself the next summer with my new dress in a sunny sunday morning, maybe going to a wedding or a similar event and smelling this wonderful scent... This is citrusy and fresh but at the same time is very elegant and classy... of course, at the end we are talking about Dior... I love this fragrance and I recommend it to you if you like citrusy and fresh scents.

Fragrance that excactly captures the exotic aroma of hot, summer gardens in tropics. Put on your skin, it emits an extraordinary scent resembling that one coming from evergreen, moist and warm soil or a concotion of overblown and sun-drenched flowers. Not a sweet perfume but for it keeps an exquisite essence. The first sniff evokes zesty nutmeg melted with sunny citrus. Then goes a very lasting and pleasant aroma of tiare flower. Exceptional to a very high level of perfection!!

I love this one! I think it s the best one from the collection - not only lemonade, but wonderful summer diorish scent... perfect match with white dress and white wine on the terrace:) give it a chance:)