Modern Muse Le Rouge

I was working an event for Estee Lauder and as I was getting my make-up done the artist sprayed a little on my wrist saying, "This is the new Kendall Jenner perfume." I chuckled to myself because I really am not a fan of any of the Kardashians and I assume she thought I was a lot younger than I really am (I'm 32 but often mistaken for 23). Normally I'm not very open to putting on a new scent right away but I found myself obsessively smelling my wrist. Patchouli is one of my favorite notes so I have a number of fruity chypres in my collection but this one is a little different because it was the first I was interested in that didn't have some sort of citrus note and instead uses red berries for its tartness. It has a great balance between being sweet, soft, and youthful and sexy, bold, and mature. Almost everywhere I've gone with this scent I hear from both men and women, "What smells good?!" Once while at a private dinner our server told us everyone kept walking by the door asking what the scent was. With that being said this one is very strong so best to "spray and walk away" as the atomizer shoots quite a lot out which is the only issue I had with the bottle as I've accidentally sprayed myself in the face a few times. One spritz will last me the whole day if not more as I often smell it on my scarf for days. As for the comparison with "Si" I found Si to be slightly more syrupy, vanillay, and woody. Despite sharing many of the same notes I'm not really a fan of Si as its a bit too heavy for my chemistry.

I first sniffed this perfume in a magazine in the end of 2015 when it came out. I liked it so much I checked the site for notes and bought small bottle from e-bay. You know how magazines have perfumes really concentrated and good quality perfumes behave completely different on skin from paper. Well, this perfume turned out to be better than I thought. I have never bought any Ester Louder perfumes and basically never paid any attention to this perfume house. This one perfume had my attention to try others. On first spray it is softly spicy like a spicy and sweet rose/shafron. In about 20 minutes spiciness disappears and perfume turned into something very different, very soft, creamy, sweet and a touch of powdery wispy and airy sent. This part is absolutely gorgeous! And the thing is when you test it you do not wait for the perfume to develop into this stage and judge by the spicy part. The perfume is very complicated, it plays and changes back and forth from soft creamy side back to spicy rose, and suddenly back to creamy side. It is very surprising and very beautiful. I cannot compair it to any other perfume or fit it into any category. It is very addictive. I wore it once and I cannot put it down or switch to my other favorite perfumes. It's weired, I never had a perfume to take such monopoly on me. It is very unusual but it is comforting and spirit lifting. It does not give anyone allergies or headaches. The staying power is one of the strongest. It stayed on even after the shower!

Modern Muse Le Rouge is a sweet berry rose scent that should have been marketed as its own stand alone fragrance. It is nothing like the previous Modern Muses which could be misleading. It should have just been "La Rouge". I have Armani Si and Armani Si Intense and initially I see more of a similarity to Si Intense than Si. I find this to be a better formulation for me however than either Si because this one does not cause any tingling to my olfactory nerve receptors. At first application I detect a lot of sweet berries but I also get the rose and pepper. It is very pretty and very strong. Then on the dry down it loses some of the intense sweetness and is mostly Rosy-Berry-Vanilla with incredible light Woody-Patchouli notes. I also smell some Jasmine peeking through. I smelled it at the EL counter this Summer but did not delve in as I was not feeling it for the warm months. I do like it this Fall however. I was given a sample and I wore it to my birthday dinner last week and got quite a few compliments. I ended up getting a 30ml FB this week because it is gorgeous and well made. Longevity is well over six hours. Sillage is strong in the beginning but it mellows out on the dry down. I give this one a 10/10.

I received a 4mil mini of modern muse le rouge in a makeup pack of ester Lauder.I was very happy to see it has spray unlike most of other mini perfumes Modern muse le rouge has nothing to do with modern muse and modern muse chic.it reminded me lanvin Jeanne rose at first but they go to different paths after half an hour.it has the same tart and sweet,juicy fruity(red current and raspberry) opening,I can also find a trace of saffron(because I know it's there)but very soon it becomes less juicy and I can pickup pink pepper,a hint of patchouli florals(mostly rose) Rose and berryish fruits are the main players hear;spices and woody notes add a bit of charm to make it more complex than a simple fruityfloral.drydown,which is my favotite part,is a musky raspberry rose grounded by a touch of woody warmth.it has also lip gloss vibe,but not too much of it I can't judge it's longevity and sillage yet but it doesn't seem to be as long lasting as original modern muse. It's wearable year round, both days and nights and although I don't love it as much as her sisters,I may need a bigger bottle(if I find a 50mil tester bottle)since I find it's raspberry-rosey-musky drydown divine and my man likes it on me

DANG...... If this was a painting, Modern Muse Le Rouge would be Klimt's. "The Kiss", if it was an actress, Catherine Zeta Jones or Rita Hayworth, if it was a song, this scent would be the Commodores, "Brick House", if it was a car, Modern Muse Le Rouge would be a 1976 El Dorado Coupe convertable, red, naturally. You get the point of course. Estee' Lauder might have updated Cinnabar with a little more rose and fruit than spice but it has the same effect. This is best worn during the winter-Chic and the original incarnation for Summer and Spring, respectively-the sillage and staying power is very strong. At first, you get the roses and berries with base notes of ambrette, musk and patchouli pulling the saffron along for the ride. For some reason, the jasmine and the magnolia are lost on me but it is just as well, there is no room with such a sensual and warm scent. Here is a fun game. When you spray it on, try to think of as many words that start with , "R" that best describe this luscious little number. Roses, redolent, ripe, Reubenesque, rich, REALLY, REALLY SEXY!!!!!