Jardin d'Andalousie

Wow, what an honour to be the first to describe this bright delightful fragrance. Allthough I do love the smell of orange, I never owned an orange perfume. 20 years ago I really loved the scent Murano, but that went of the market before I could afford it. I wasn't really looking for an orange scent, or for any scent actually, since I already owned 29 fragrances before today, this makes number 30. But I got an offer I couldn't refuse from Pierre Ricaud, I could get this fragrance, on top of my other free gift, if I placed an order. This scent isn't even in the Dutch assortment of Pierre Ricaud, so I looked it up on the French site, and I immediately understood, this is a unique opportunity for me, to get my hands on this scent, not only for free, but period. Since it isn't mentioned here, the nose that created this scent is Vincent Ricord. I was really excited to open the package and smell this perfume. I fell in love with Siam Flamboyant and Sorrentina by ID Parfums immediately, so that only made me more curious about the orange scent in the same line, it comes in an exactly the same shaped bottle as those eau de toillettes and a few others from ID Parfums. It was no dissapointment at all:-D! Jardin d'Andalousie is a really yummy bright orange jasmin orange blossom fragrance. The moment I smelled it, it lightened up my mood. It opened with fresh, fruity but also sweet light orange and then the delicious jasmin and orange blossom revealed themselves, I also pick up on the subtle white musk in the base, which gives this perfume it's depth and separates it from a very nice scented candle or airfreshener. The notes are all so delicious! I can't stop sniffing my wrists! Years ago I owned the Neroli Jasmin eau de toilette from The Body Shop. That scent also really lightened my mood when I smelled it, but unfortunately, it didn't have enough longevity to please me. I really liked the scent from The Body Shop, but this one I love. I also owned Secret d'Essences Neroli from Yves Rocher. When I got that scent, I was expecting a good replacement for my Neroli Jasmin eau de toilette from the Body Shop, but with better longevity. That scent turned out to be totally different, bitter sweet, it is nice, but it doesn't has the lightnening instant happiness effect on my mood that the edt from The Body Shop had or that this scent most definitely possesses. Just for reference, it reminds me a little bit of Sunflowers by Elisabeth Arden, this would be a light orange version from that scent. I looked it up, and all the ingredients of Jardin d'Andalousie are present in Sunflowers, so my description is accurate. EDIT: it has been a few hours and I can now also pick up on the woody notes, which makes this scent remind me even a little bit more of Sunflowers, but still a very light orange version. Sunflowers is a very blended smell, I don't pick up on the exact notes that I smell when I wear Sunflowers, while I do so with Jardin d'Andalousie. Perfect for the summer! Another gem from ID Parfums. I am really happy with this free gift. Recently I discovered that Isabel Derroisné is a daughter company from Yves Rocher. That surprised me, because I actually got bored with most perfumes of Yves Rocher, they are almost all nice, but very middle of the road and not very outspoken. I gifted my So Elixir Purple to my cousin on her birthday (I fortunately hadn't opened the bottle yet, because I already had a 5 ml bottle) and I sold my open bottle of Quelque Notes D'Amour online. My Moment de Bonheur and the 4 ml of the 5 ml Secret d'Essences de Neroli I gifted to a friend of mine. Moment de Bonheur used to be my favourite YR scent, but suddenly I find it too sharp and too cold. My friend was really happy with it. I let her smell my Comme une Evidence and my Comme une Evidence Intense, to demonstrate to her how middle of the road YR scents are. And of all the four YR scents that I introduced her to, she really liked Moment de Bonheur the best, so at least I made a friend really happy with it:-D! I totally fell in love with ID Parfums, by accident<3! I ordered three bottles of 7,5 ml in order to get a beautiful free red Daniel Hechter handbag, and I am really surprised to find out, that the brand that really made me get enough of the scents of Yves Rocher, is owned by Yves Rocher!

This is the perfume I use to go to bed and it's so soft and comforting! Very pretty! I love it!