Opera Classic

Love this gem! :) It stays on my skin for so long, but not annoyingly, just gently, like it is only for me :) I have been wearing it for 4-5 days in a row and still find it very attractive, nearly addictive :) However, I wouldn't agree to the comment of it being similar to LVEB.. Opera is a much more gentle fragrance, imo. Very suitable for everyday, office wear, beautifully balanced. Love it :)

This is a great neo-chypre combination of everyone's favorite notes! The lightest of all Operas, suitable as a daytime perfume, especially in the summer, to bloom in the office. A grand aroma of good mood.

This is a very close to Lady Million the OG formula. Long lasting too!

I like to try fragrances which aren't common in the UK; I like to smell different to everyone else (possibly explaining my devotion to perfumes developed by Bertrand Duchaufour). Dzintars is a Latvian company and is now, according to Fragrantica, the "largest manufacturer of biocosmetics and perfumery in the Baltics". I am not sure what brought the company to my attention, but I am glad I invested in this blind buy - 100ml for under £14.00 including delivery from a seller on Amazon UK. I am trying this out properly tonight - I sprayed it as soon as it arrived (I never can wait!) and knew immediately that I would *like* it. It is a generic smelling perfume and has been voted similar to La Vie Est Belle. Fragrantica hasn't specified the year this was produced, but I'd lay money on it being post-2012 (the year LVEB was launched). This isn't a gourmand fragrance, in my opinion - it's a fruity floral, sweet (although not cloying) and fairly lush. I am not very good at distinguishing notes and I can't pinpoint any particular flowers, so would describe them more generally as *white floral notes*. The honey brings no animalic tones at all, but I think this may be the origin of the sweetness. I am not picking up on ANY woods at all, let alone blackwood, which Fragrantica describes as an "uncommon, earthy, woody note"- definitely none of that in here. This is a shame as I think it would provide more body and weight to the fragrance, which is unashamedly light and pretty. Patchouli adds some interest, but it's definitely not of the hippy sort. In short, this is a pleasant perfume which is a safe blind buy if your predilection is for sweet fruity florals. I don't like this enough to keep it - I doubt I will want to wear it again, so this is going on my swap list. ETA: Sillage is moderate. Longevity is excellent - over 8 hours on my perfume-gobbling skin, which is outstanding; it's likely to be far longer on clothing, but I've lost interest now.

Several years ago I found three Operas (original, classic and Night) from a house of Dzintars at an online seller website. It was my first time seeing this Latvian house. Does the greedy me buy the one with the best notes for my personal taste? No i get all three. This one disappoints. Not only is it close to PR Lady Million which I have. It smelled cheaper and weaker and even more generic. It has more alcohol when first sprayed and less honey in the base. It lacks character and leaves me wanting more. 😔