Magnolia Grandiflora Michel

I have a full bottle and find this beautiful. It is a true magnolia that is overpowering in the way that tuberose and ylang can be. This is sweet yet a bit indolic. There is a dryness beneath the sweetness. Yes, a bit of LOTV present. I am wearing it in winter. It makes a beautiful, bright, luscious winter fragrance and lasts longer on a cold day. So glad that I blind bought this. It is the magnolia that I have been looking for. Heady. Your face in a tree full of magnolia as the bees buzz around your head.

Nice white floral with a dash of citrus-pleasing and slightly more modern than a regular o'white floral. I bought the sample with Sandrine, which on my other arm is like toxic citrus soap-yuck. Michael has some nice powdery jasmine, green, and citrus. On me, its like Tender Poison with a little more citrus and a slight kick of the magnolia funk. It does remind me of magnolia, just not the grandiose flare of a true magnolia I remember in the summer. I like it more than just like, but not quite love it. Maybe thats the problem, you want a grandiose love with sandrine and michael, and you don't get it from the fragrances. Sandrine should have smelled like Michael, and Michael should have been woody and green with a light touch of floral. The progression of the scent between the two is limited...maybe I want more in this romance than the perfumer wanted to give. Maybe it wasn't the love story I wanted for this pair. Sandrine over powers with the green citrus tartness and Michael is not full enough of a constitution to carry the passion through

Wow! Another hit you between the eyes scent on the opening. I get banana skins amid a huge floral bouquet. I recognise banana skins in the fragrance of the magnolia grandiflora. The magnolia Grandiflora scent I am very familiar has a big kick of sweetish lemon. I LOVE it! Sadly I don't get that lemon here at all. This is a fresh yet not sharp citrus note. It appears a little way along the timeline and stays to the end. I do get the white flowers and some ylang. A very pretty scent to wear on casual days. It speaks of lazy days in the heat. I can see why someone might think of Anais Anais. It's ghost does appear briefly. I wish the longevity and sillage were not so poor.

Scarlet O'Hara would have worn this. Delicate, very mixed floral. I like the lemon, rosy floral blend. I am a floral gal, so this is up my alley. Summer dress. Sandals, sitting the patio drinking a white wine with some friends as we people watch before shopping. Not a date night perfume, more a 'this one is for me' perfume. Extremely short lasting perfume. Nice, close, don't think I will buy it.

Beautiful photorealistic magnolia/jasmine scent. It’s watery, green, and citrusy. Definitely a fresh springtime take on a white floral perfume. Not super unique, I’ve definitely smelled similar takes on this style, but undoubtedly well done. Quite strong projection on opening but this settles quickly.

This was a bit of a disappointment - seems I don't have the chemistry for MG-M. Soapy floral of no particular flower that starts too strong, but fades very quickly and has no additional stages. Would love to smell it on someone for whom it is a good match.

Well. Yes finally this is quite close to the real flower smell which is definitely citrusy. I don't know why when you find a Magnolia perfume is a bold yellow fat fragrance. Real magnolia is fresh and lemonlike. So here you have that odour. This could be a great hot spring / summer fragrance. Remember a 7 o'clock fresh morning in August. Actually this is a white flowers citrus soapy melony salty scent. Smell like a french buttery aldehydic bar soap plus cucumber. Milk and fresh cutted grass and salt. Really interesting and fascinating perfume. The beguin is really potent. After a few minute is nice. In the end remember me l'Eau by Serge Lutens and a bit Laine de Verre also.

Nose-to-bottle, this is a slightly indolic magnolia (indolic in that it smells slightly spittle-ish; not rotten). The first few moments on the skin are also that indolic magnolia with maybe a bit of lily of the valley (not listed, but it seems to be there). Then, it transitions to a lemon-pledge version of lemon, rather artificial and sharp and not a bit sweet. The magnolia seemed to disappear. After 2 hours, this had vanished on my skin; there might be the tiniest bit of jasmine musk with a hint of lemon left on my wrist, but that’s it. I’m happy to sample fragrances, but with the poor longevity, low sillage and mediocre scent profile, this was a wasted fragrance day.

The opening does have a little funk and I like that. It captures the lemony nuance of magnolia but it evolves into something very, very clean. Too squeaky clean and soapy for me I think. I feel like I just bathed with a bar of jasmine soap, which really isn't a bad thing but it's not exactly what I was looking for. When this dries down and fades to a skin scent it is very lovely, and much closer to that realistic magnolia I've been seeking.

Photorealistic magnolia soliflore! If you want a realistic natural smelling botanical/flower get this! You can sense the thick waxy texture of the petals, the stamen, and the leaves etc. It's a three dimensional soliflore, nothing flat like other magnolia scents out there. Like holding a real live flower in your hand with texture, dimension and life.

Watery floral that smells just like Terranova Rain. Save yourself the money and buy that instead.