Dangerous Complicity

I got a few samples of this and kept coming back to it. On the same day I got 500 years, La Fin du Monde, and Une Amourette. 500 years was my obvious favorite, but I'm not going to fork over $225. Anyway, Dangerous Complicity was next best. I couldn't really put my finger on exactly why I was so drawn to it. It has slightly powdery, fruity apricot osmanthus and tea like scent. The bay leaf really comes through on me, and reminds me of Lalique le Parfum. It's very pretty and easy to wear. Nothing groundbreaking, but I was tempted to buy a full bottle, and I couldn't figure out why. It's not really a sexy scent, the name is misleading, I agree with the other reviews. I'm a Mugler girl, Womanity and its flankers are my faves. I prefer loud, unique scents with massive sillage and longevity. This has low to moderate sillage and moderate longevity on skin. Lasts longer on clothing and hair. For me, Dangerous Complicity is not what I would normally gravitate to. This morning I figured out the attraction. I sprayed some on at 8 am, and a couple of hours later I was working out and it hit me. It reminds me of a softer more mature Exclamation by Coty!!! Exclamation was my first perfume, I practically bathed in it as a 9-12 year old. It made me feel so grown up. So it's nostalgia that is making me crave this fragrance. Coty Exclamation, with a dash of grown up Le Lalique Parfum. Edit-2/28: I gave in and bought the medium sized 1.7 bottle. I knew with it longevity and sillage issues I would burn through 1oz. I considered buying 3.4 oz but it is not a strong enough love for that. Infatuation for now. Edit 3/6- I got 11 hours longevity today without reapplying! It's not as weak as I thought. Sillage is still on the low side of moderate

My older sister gave me a number of samples from ELD many years ago when I was young, dumb, and lacked taste for the finer things in life. It's intoxicating. I'm not sure why some people find the opening to be underwhelming. To me personally it's the best part. It's a colorful explosion of passionate energy, screaming in your face in the best way. Maybe it's because I'm working with an old batch from 2018-19. For a good two minutes immediately after the opening, it smells like an atrocious and distasteful old lady scent before settling into the exhilarating mid notes. During the drydown it evolves into this quietly confident fragrance that makes me happy. The opening brought me back to my childhood, biking to dollar tree to waste money on candy. After that, I'd picture a woman wearing this at night. It's mysterious and confident. The combination of osmanthus (which I'm finding to be one of my favorite fragrance notes), ylang ylang, and jasmine is perfectly blended. As Spaceybailey said in her review below mine, this is not a powdery fragrance at all. It's just juicy, candy florals in an artistic expression of scent. To me this leans more feminine. I genuinely want to wear this out, but I'm afraid of the roasting I'd get from the boys. It's a beautiful night time fragrance. If a girl I'd never met before walked past me wearing this, I'd put a ring on it, no questions asked.

poor misunderstood dangerous complicity. it just goes to show how consequential a name can be ! in my mind, it is not meant to smell dangerous. it's meant to smell innocent, and dangerously so ! which is why it's...dangerous to be....complicit (it's in the name !). ANYWAY, like most reviewers, the first time i smelled this i was underwhelmed. nothing special, perhaps even (shock ! horror !) conventional. i moved on, and tried it again weeks later, and this time something happened: i couldn't stop smelling myself. it was exhilarating. the sweet booziness of the rum mixed with the creaminess of the cashmere wood and coconut was pleasant, but the osmanthus was a revelation for me. it may border on the conventional, but there is nothing teenybopper mall scent about this (i assure you). the osmanthus and ylang ylang grow it up -- this girl has come of age, and she's curious and open to what the world has to offer; any lingering naïveté gives her strength. it's a mood lifter, it's optimistic, and it holds the potential to charm the jaded (how dangerous then indeed, actually). but don't be fooled: you don't have to be young to wear this--just sensual. i never want to be without her. consider me complicit.

Oh my god, this smells like heaven. I didn't expect to love this fragrance as much as I did. This is so invigorating, complex, delicious, and exciting. When I first spread this on my arm, I got a wiff of strong florals and bright greens. I could definitely smell ylang-ylang, backed up by some deeper, richer green notes. Mabey, it was the bay leaf of calamuas. Then, as I let the opening develop more, I smelled coconut, and then some of the wood finally came in. This was so rich and complex; every note played off of each other in such a beautiful way. It had this calming and warm green herbal smell that I just couldn't stop smelling. In the drydown, I got a bit more of that spice, and the floars faded. It now smells like a sexy, green, spicey, woody fragrance. It was intoxatingly spicy yet sweet. This is a very unisex fragrance; the florals in the opening are great, and the woody, hardy green base really rounds it out. This lasts forever, and the project is great. I really fell in love with his fragrance. It is perfection in a bottle. This is a 10/10 fragrance everything about it is perfect.

I was looking for a more unisex scent - I usually go for more feminine florals - and bought this after I saw a review online. At first I didn't really know how to feel about it, the way it smells the first couple of minutes reminds me of something that I can't really seems to place. The dry down is really lovely however. There is a soft sweetness to it that I really enjoy with a little bit of spicyness. The coconut doesn't feel overpowering or 'sunscreeny' at all, but is more reminiscent of the soothing addition of coconut milk to a well balanced dish if that makes sense 😅 I've really grown to love this one. Seems more suitable for spring, summer and autumn than for winter. I'd wear this any time of the day depending on the occasion. Maybe more of an 'evening with friends' than date night type of scent. I would go for something more feminine for the latter occasion, but that's up to personal preference I supppose.