Murmure

I have the pure parfum version and it is almost a duplicate of first generation YSL Opium (late 70s to late 80s) parfum. Opium was one of my first signatures and though it's been reformulated to something mediocre at best for over a decade I've never stopped loving the vintage, edt and parfum. I have a massive hoard and wear it regularly all year. I bought Murmure because it was a good price and I love extraits, but I had no idea what the notes were so when I removed the rubber stopper and the familiar Opium aroma wafted towards me I did a double take. Applying a few dabs and wearing it was so much like wearing Opium extrait I had to go do a side by side, expecting the differences to become apparent. Nope. Parfums de Coeur Ninja parfum was very similar to Opium edt way back when, but when worn next to one another they were like cousins..Murmure and vintage Opium extrait are almost scent twins - and that is fine by me. Opium won longevity by more than an hour, but both hung around for over 7 hours.

wow this is awesome!! a vintage seductive unisex powerhouse of a perfume. animalic and very spicy but sweet. I get some aldehydes for a bit of freshness but sweetened by honey, amber and cinnamon. there is something bitter too - maybe angelica. i don't get any similarity with the vintage opium which i dislike. same feel about those fragrances for sure..but they is pretty much distinct difference. I only have a mini bottle of this with a dabber and it says 'parfum' which i believe coz a only literally dabbed one drop on my skin and it radiates like crazy. strong stuff and i love it. very sexy as hell 🔥 ps: i got this tiny precious bottle 25years ago from my grandmother to my 15th birthday and i didn't care for it back than at all. now i rediscovered it and realized what a gem it is and that it aged beautifully since then and turned even sweeter and stronger now. love at first sniff 💘

Un parfum magnifique, un oriental enveloppant pour la saison froide, qui irradie, à la fois sophistiqué et divinement agréable à porter. La note piment qui lui donne un côté poivré le rend totalement irrésistible pour moi. J'ai l'impression qu'il me rend plus femme, séduisante, de plus il attire les compliments. Sa tenue est excellente. Malheureusement il est discontinué, il n'apparaît plus sur le site de la marque, j'en suis extrêmement déçue. Un parfum de cette qualité à ce prix, c'était trop beau! Il est sublime et je le regretterai beaucoup quand j'aurai terminé mon flacon.

I had Murmure in the parfum solide version, and it was the first scent I smelled that made me realize that I can like perfume, after all. It doesn't have to be nasty, pointy and synthetic, like almost all perfumes (to my nose). Murmure made me happy! It was a fascinating, intriguing scent. I remember spice, wood, musk, rose, and perhaps a citrusy overtone. Then I lost the tiny tub. Woe of woes! And it's been discontinued. So I am researching potential replacements like a maniac.

Fragonard is listing Murmure as a "new scent" on their website, but the Fragrantica listing says it was launched "in the 2000's." I have a sample from the "new" re-issue. The Fragrantica page has the notes as: spices, floral, and pink pepper, whereas these are the notes shown on the packaging of my new sample: Top notes: Italian Bergamot, Basil Essential Oil, Ylang Ylang Middle notes: Angelica, Muguet, Rose Base notes: Musk, Guaiac Wood, Vanilla Fragonard does not mention pink pepper or spices like cinnamon or clove. So I'm not sure if the fragrance has been tweaked for the re-launch? Here's what I smell from my EDT sample. Mmmm what wonderful spiciness at the very beginning, along with the bergamot. It indeed smells peppery even though the notes on the package don't mention it. The ylang ylang also really pops as a top note. Those fade off pretty quickly and I get a twinge of something animalic and ever so slightly masculine, which must be the musk. It's kind of refreshing to smell a more animalic musk versus the soft white musk in most perfumes. If you can find the EDP or Parfum instead of the EDT, I highly recommend! A fragrance of this complexity is best enjoyed and worn in the higher concentrations. I can't stop smelling this sample I got! It just keeps getting better. I like ViouAmara's review where she said this will get you noticed - I think that's true. Whatever base notes they're using make it a very SEXY scent. Great for nighttime and seduction. Sensuously animalistic in the best possible way. Imagine the way the way your lover's natural skin smells in the morning. Someone you have a pheromonic attraction to and love the way they smell no matter if they've showered or not...ROAR baby. I haven't smelled Opium in years, so I can't speak to theladymay's review saying Murmure is a twin for _vintage_ Opium...but if it is, that's pretty cool because I know some of the Opium lovers from back in the day might be disappointed in the newer productions.