Arthes Love Never Dies Gold

Deleting my old negative review and rewriting it - what I perceived as rough in the warmer days of the year now seems diamond pretty in the winter chill. This perfume went from a 'dislike' to 'love' which is something that rarely happens to me. In the winter this is sweet and cozy: the green notes evoke nostalgia of the green and flowery days of spring. The chocolate notes swirl LNDG with a scent of romance. This is a very complex fragrance - I don't think there is a lot of perfumes on the market that evoke greenery in the winter like this: sweet, chocolatey, airy, green, clean.To fully appreciate this scent I think you have to not compare it to Tom Ford's Black Orchid. Tom Ford's Black Orchid is similar to this but can be TOO MUCH. I'm definitely not a sex kitten, I can't pull perfumes that are lusty and sweaty and hot like Black Orchid off. LNDG is perfect for gals like me: classy, sweet, intellectual, edging on romantic. Regarding some community thoughts on LNDG appearing cheap: if you compare LNDG to Black Orchid side to side LNDG is going to come across as cheap and simple. However it's an unfair comparison: I think you could compare 99% of fragrances, even really good fragrances to TF's BO and they would across and simple and cheap. TF BO is one of the mainstream gold standards in being extremely complex. LNDG is really good with excellent longevity and moderate sillage. Wear it under your sweater in the winter.

I love this!!! It's most unusual - which is a MAJOR reason I love it!!!I l love the discrepancy between the chocolate and the other notes, and it really works on my skin. I think it's divine!!!! It's like a beautiful chocolate flower!!!! The incense is gorgeous, and so is the fruit, but it's the lily-of-the-valley, gardenia, orchid and the chocolate and tuber combination I love the most. It's totally thrilling for me!!!! And it's such a beautifully blended perfume. Very earthy and sensual, dark and womanly, feminine, female. Rich and potent in an exciting way. I imagine the tuber has a lot to do with that. I can't really describe it but I LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!! It lasts incredibly well - 16 hours easily!!! - and is easily smelt for a few feet, which everyone else loves 'cos I get compliments all the time - 'what a gorgeous smell!!! You smell wonderful!!!!' - ALL the time!!! It's amazing!!!! I love it, it's gorgeous!!! And I absolutely ADORE the bottle and the colour!!!! What a dream that colour is!!!! MAGNIFICENT!!!!! It's a TOTAL LOVE!!!!

I don't need to expand on the descriptive reviews here already, I will simply say that at first spray I fell in love with this beautiful unusual scent. I will also cry as I say that I am so disappointed the longevity and sillage are, on me, very poor. Many sprays only an hour ago and almost nothing now, only a hint in a whiff every now and then and I am pretty sure that is coming from the spray on my clothes. There is nothing left on my wrist at all. Perhaps I have simply got used to it on myself and others would smell it clearly... But that is not what I want. I bought it for me to smell, and smell, and smell. And I almost can't now. This is a love story that might have to die, due to not being able to last the distance. Tomorrow I shall try layering it over some unscented moisturiser and see if that helps.

I got this today and I like it a lot. I get the comparison to Black Orchid, and I think it's the combination of oud, orchid and patchouli, but it's a lot sweeter than BO, and where BO is a dark fragrance, LNDG is like sunshine. Where BO is an eratic, unpredictable headcase, LNDG is a consistent, honest and dependable friend. Where BO changes over 24 hours and goes through stages of literally smelling like different perfumes, and actually managing to have a different persona depending on the day, LNDG stays linear and true, and I get a relaxing note of camomile, which I know sounds random, but there you go. I personally couldn't handle the complexity of BO, but this is much more managable. And I'm going to wear it in summer too, because it smells very fresh and uplifting.

This has slightly chpyre opening to me, probably because of the grapefruit.. I usally avoid chypre and grapefruit but this one I actually like and will occasionally wear, probably not enough to finish my bottle thou. I agree it could easily be unisex. It is a warm, slight sweet, earthy (almost dark) floral on me. The florals are well blended with none standing out individually. I love the incense in the background. The grapefruit fade after the first half hour as the scent becomes more warm and sweet without ever becoming a "sweet" perfume to me. I dont get the chocolate or berry though. Sillage starts huge then goes to arms length, to 6" many hours later. This lasted over 6 hrs which was great on me. Stronger throw & better length than the other Jeanne Arthes I have.