Poison Girl

Hmm, Poison Girl. Dividing opinions, just like mama Poison back in 85. Miss Poison however refuses to fill the shoes left by her legacy. Instead she uses her volume, deep in her DNA, to speak loudly like her rebel and modern friends. She mostly hangs out with La Petite Robe Noire, because she feels they share a lot in common; they both hail from families with a long history. They both share family members that were big and bad back in the day. They have that DNA in their blood, but they are children of their times, and as such they have different tastes. Poison Girl inherited from her mother the controversy, as such she is bound to divide opinions. She has character and as such she ain't gonna please everybody. She cares not. But growing up she was closer to aunt Hypnotic. She loved to hang out with her, listening to her stories about her lovers, her travels to faraway lands. She enjoyed spending time in that secret room where aunt Hypnotic prepared her secret drug; Cyanide. You see, she was a spy for the Secret Intelligence and her task was to create the most lethal version of the famous almond scented poison. And she succeeded as no one saw that the cloud of almond vanilla that wafted from her apartment was her lethal weapon towards her enemies. As a close family, even though mama Poison spent her youth traveling the globe, these 3 women complement each other. For her 31st birthday, Poison Girl inherits her legacy, and as such you can admire it in her eyes; she has the loud voice of mama, with bitter orange and a slice of funky immortelle instead of plum, and the seducing power of her aunt, with an almond/tonka core, ready to take on where her mentors left. If Poison permeated the 80's with its narcotic winey tuberose wrapped in incense, and Hypnotic Poison seduced the 90's with wafts of almond patisserie and vanilla smoke, this new kid takes the best of both and shouts it from the rooftops. She's got style, her style, but she ain't got the manners. Yet. But then again, if you belong to the Poison family, manners aren't exactly your most known feature. You're known for speaking loud and clear, and letting everyone know how it's gonna be. Take it or leave it. And Poison Girl says it loud and clear; she's got the best of both, and her own unique touch. And this is how it's gonna be; bitter orange, cherry, almond, immortelle, vanilla, tonka, rose, almond, bitter orange, almond, vanilla. Poison volume, Hypnotic Poison deliciousness, 21st century voice. Strong sillage/10-12 hour longevity. Update May 30th: The more I wear Poison Girl, which is a lot, the more I see the hidden appeal. It is not a sweet fruitchouli like so many. There's a restrained beauty, maybe the bitterness? It is far more than the sum of its parts, there's something unique and dare I say delicious? The more I wear it the more I feel it is indeed a Poison member. Completely different and at the same time familiar. I bought a backup today, 100 ml before the reformulation that is about to come soon, and I'm already thinking of getting a 3rd bottle. Very unisex, and again, nothing at all like Black Opium. A kind of less sweet LPRN. Really, do give a try even if gourmands don't appeal to you. It's not even really a gourmand after all.

Have you ever met someone and immediately disliked them for some silly reason? Then years later, looked back and thought, 'I really should have been nicer and given him/her a chance?" For me, that's Poison Girl. Thankfully, she's forgiving. When this first came out I rolled my eyes so hard I nearly gave myself an aneurysm. "Poison Girl?" Really, GIRL?? I thought it was a ridiculous name paired with an appallingly stupid ad campaign. It was like watching the former cool chick turned soccer mom desperately try to be edgy and failing in the most embarrassing way. It was ultimate cringe, and I couldn't believe Dior let those ads free in the wild. For that, I never gave this perfume a chance. But fast forward 100 years, I'm revisiting fragrances I never considered seriously in the past. Poison Girl is on the list, and I am enjoying it a great deal. Poison Girl is sweet, and I mean SWEET. For gourmand fanatics used to snorting this sort of liquid sugar on the daily, this fragrance may not be anything otherworldly. But for someone who rarely strays from the classics and for whom J'Adore Intense is considered daring, the experience is a glorious shock to the system. It opens with an almost biting bitter orange. It's tart and not shy about it. That sharp citrus yields to a syrupy heart of roses. But a demure rose from mother's garden this isn't. It's a dense and candied floral that knows exactly what it's doing. Dare I say playful? God, just saying that gives me heartburn, but bear with me. The dry down melts into a decadent base of dark vanilla, toasted almond, and tonka bean. A bit of sandalwood and balsam hang out in the background. It's heavy, rich, and clings to the skin beautifully. It has the presence of a proper powerhouse and isn't quiet about it. Poison Girl is as delicate and refined as nude cartwheels in the town square, but the "in your face" attitude is charming and magnetic. It projects far better than most new fragrances and leaves a heavy, sweet trail that turns heads. I may have judged her too quickly based on her name, but Poison Girl has earned her place on my vanity. She's sweet, yes, but she still BITES.

Lots of dislikes and not a lot of reviews which just means to me that people haven't really given it a chance. Dior is a mainstream fashion/fragrance house and they put out fashionable scents that will (a) appeal to a lot of people and (b) therefore make them a lot of money. If you want to smell "niche" then buy niche, simple as that. That being said, I don't think everybody will *love* this. I personally do for that creamy, slightly salty vanilla dry-down but the bittersweet orange top notes might be hit and miss with some. I see a lot of people comparing this to HP. Whilst this isn't a flanker of HP, the dry-down really does remind of HP (the newer version) and it has this salty feel to it, whilst HP gets quite spicy on me. I've been frantically searching for something similar to HP to wear in the Summer and although this is quite heavy on the vanilla, it's the closest I can get so I'll take it. I also see alot of people comparing this to black opium - perhaps confusing the coffee and tonka. On me, the vanilla in black opium smells like burnt plastic and Poison Girl is much creamier and likeable - I can tell the difference between the two for sure. I don't find it cloying at all on me personally, but it's all about body chemistry with this one. It is very sweet and I can deal with that, if you can't then I would steer clear. If you're a gourmand lover, I think you'll like this though. It's a high quality scent from Dior, has good longevity and sillage - not too much but not too little either. On another note, I've seen a lot of people say this smells "generic" and "like a cheap celebrity fragrance" and that they've "smelled it before". If that's the case then be my guest and mention which scent it reminds you of because if I can save a few £ then that would be awesome. I don't like the marketing campaign either but then I don't really like any perfume marketing campaign.

This one took me quite a while to come around on. I was unfairly expecting it to be better than or, just as good as some of the other modern Diors. Now, I look on it, sort of, as part of the Poison family. This is the millennial. As I see it, this is how it goes for the Poisons - Poison Original: The original goddess, the one who gave birth to the others. She blesses human kind with her intoxicating kiss and breath, keeping you alive by giving herself to you. Without her, you would surely perish. Hypnotic Poison: The vamp goddess, you'd probably meet her in a fancy cocktail bar. She'd bring chocolates, offer you one and you'd wake up next to her. You're both exhausted from your 'rendez-vous', she leaves and you feel her all over you. You need her, but she didn't leave her number. You trawl all of the bars for her, occasionally meeting her but those experiences are few and far between. Tendre Poison: The Jungle goddess, you'll find her in a greenhouse with her plants. Like Poison Ivy, and the original Poison, she can intoxicate you with her breath and kiss. She'll latch on, and you won't complain. This one wants you to be her willing slave, and you'll have no choice but to give yourself over to her. Pure Poison: The charming and deceptive goddess, you'll meet her at a wedding or in the street on a cool evening. She'll be sweet, lovely and coy. The poison comes through your inability to detect the poison in her. You'll be unable to sleep and unable to think of anyone but her. She has you in her clean, beautiful hands. Midnight Poison: The Goddess who you met at a ball, you drank her magic potion and now reside in her candy house Poison Girl: She's the goddess at the club. She probably has MDMA or something.

This is the 2nd perfume I bought after I started my perfume collection. I currently have 15 fragrances in my collection and this still is my favourite one so far. This perfume has gotten me the most compliments, people can smell me from feets away, I've had random people passingby ask me "Someone smells really good, is that you?" Friends tell me that I smell like ice-cream/cake/some delicious dessert. This quickly became my winter signature scent. Besides being a huge compliment getter, I personally love how long it lasts. For example, I wore this yesterday noon, it has been 20+ hours and I can still smell it on the jacket I wore yesterday (I didn't even spray it on the jacket itself) Perfumery isn't very common where I live (we don't even have sephora/ulta/macys), which is why I watch and read a lot of reviews because I mostly have to make blind purchases since I can't get my hands on samples and testers easily here. Anyway, my reason for mentioning this is that I was surprised by the underwhelming feedback on this perfume. I bought this without looking up many reviews (I, along with a friend, had just walked into a shop and they surprisingly had testers, I smelled it and immediately fell in love) It is literally one of the most beautiful perfumes I own, the scent bubble it create is legit soothing to my nose, smelling this makes me happy. This is hands down the best fragrance you can purchase as a beginner, or if you just want one sweet gourmand scent in your life. 10/10.