Vintage

I'm quite sure that u are all acquainted with this ' oh well, not what I expected but it's ok...' feeling when blind buying. I got that same dismaying pit in my stomach when first trying it. I then figured out that this was like a sort of food ( sushi for me!) that GROWS on you. The 3rd time I tried it, the Love's Baby soft notes seemed different. The weather was cooler too... I could smell the vanilla, luscious and citrusy fresh mandarin poking through. Then, the pink pepper brought my mind back to Hard Candy. It smelled sooo familiar! kinda neet to recognize so many notes ! I cannot say I am acquainted with almond blossom... but this fragrance sure has the bitter-creamy touch of almonds.. the jasmine is tame wich is fine with my chemistry!The musky drydown, made rich by the tonka bean notes and amber is long lasting on me. (i put a dab of mineral or baby oil beforehand so it stays longer). For 20$ Canadian, I am quite pleased with my 50ml, edp! Shall probably repurchase. The semi oriental-victorian vibes got me addicted, what can i say! Now, in Autumn, I am wearing this delicious fume and it wraps me up in a cashmere shawl... It has a scent that reminds me so much of fine boutiques, of quality clothes and mostly sweet smelling leather (a pink suede comes to mind). She truly achieved her desired result: a chic, long-lasting quality perfume that smells MUCH more expensive than it is. It brings to mind Shalimar, L'Instant Magique, Nanette Lepore, Tresor, Cinema and Prada Amber. I am supposing it is their 'luxurious notes of deep mystery' that lures me. I got my second bottle since I no longer see it on sale here, close to Montreal, where I live. : D . yes, I love it that much! It suits my personality: soft, sweet, warm and tenderly joyful

A great powdery scent. Not same as L'instant Magic but I can smell similaritys. Wonderful with a great punch of powder, vanilla, tonka and musk. After 2 hours it goes into my skin and next person have to stand very close or hug me to get a wiff of Vintage. Now 5 hours later it starts to get weak. But I like i alot. When I wear L'instant Magic its gone within 90 minutes, I guess its my skintype that makes that. Vintage is not totally L'instant Magic but L'instant Magic's sister.. Edit a few days later: It's really close to L'instant Magic on my skin. I have a friend who owns LM so I tried them both on separete hands, and my skintype keeps Vintage better then LM. LM is gone within 90 min. Vintage stays 5 hours + on me. En härlig pudrig doft. Inte exakt som L'instant Magic men jag tycker den liknar den. Härlig, med en rejäl dos puder, vanilj, tonka och musk. Efter 2 timmar så går Vintage in i huden och nästa person måste stå nära eller krama mig för att få en fläkt av doften. Nu 5 timmar senare börjar den bli svag. Men jag gillar den skarpt. När jag bär L'instant Magic så är den borta på mindre än 90 minuter, kanske min hud som gör det. Vintage är inte en kopia av L'instant Magic - men den kan vara L'instant Magic's syster.. Uppdatering några dagar senare: har en kompis som har LM och jag provade var parfym på varje handrygg. De är väldigt lika varann på min hud. LM är borta på mindre än 90 min och Vintage stannar mer än 5 timmar på mig.

It's one of those rare sunny days. It's early October, Tuesday afternoon. You walk aimlessly in Camden Market. You have time to waste, you're only meeting your lover in a few hours from now. Half lost, half on purpose, you end up in the vintage section of the market. The sweet vapors of sheeshas mix with the dust coming out of that old copy of Woolf's "To The Lighthouse" you've been flicking through. 75p, what the hell, you grab it. And then you turn around and you see that flapper gown. It's in bad shape, beads are missing all over the place, it must've used to be ivory but it's all sorts of yellowy beige now. Yet, you're attracted to it. You've never known your great grand mother, but you've seen picture of her, wearing a similar dress. On that picture she was with an handsome, intriguing man. All you know is that it wasn't your great grand father. You tilt your head as you stare at the derelict, once beautiful gown. You think of that man in the picture. Who could he have been? You slowly go back to the Canal. You feel like walking, it's such a rare lovely day. You don't know how, but you end up at St.Pancras, where your lover will arrive from his stay in Paris. You open your handbag and pull out your bottle of Kate Moss Vintage, you spray it on your wrists, bring them to your nose and smile as you stare at the Arrivals board.

I have heliotrope growing on my balcony so I am familiar with the scent of the flower and to me this is basically a heliotrope soliflore with a prominent hint of sweet orange in the opening. I love it. It is soft, creamy, delicately sweet in a floral way, and almost almond/vanilla but not quite. It's slightly powdery but gently so, and nothing is sharp or artificial about it. It's like a heliotrope-orange vanilla creamsicle. The dry down reminds me a little of Naughty Alice. It's about the same amount of powdery floral-sweet. My only problem with it is that it is SO close to the skin. Longevity is great but projection is almost non-existent. I want Vintage to stay with me but I can't smell at all five minutes after applying it unless I smash my nose onto my arm. It's not fair! It smells SOOOO Good! I am totally huffing my arm right now. Thanks to 2746cstreet for my generous decant. This should have been named Heliotrope, instead of the rendition by Etro which is largely a vanilla/almond liquor on my skin.

I absolutely love this! It smells beautiful and really lasts (on me anyway, but then most fragrances stick to me like glue). It's really reasonably priced and so I use this as my 'day smell' as I can afford to wear it all the time. It reminds me of a lighter and sharper YSL Cinéma, which is another scent I adore, but that one is warmer and 'thicker' somehow & comes with a much steeper price tag, meaning it has to be kept for best. Haven't tried Guerlain's L'instant Magic but will have to now as it is clearly going to fall within the types of scents I go for. I honestly don't smell old clothes or old tea bags or any of the other things people have said they can smell in this, I just smell a beautifully sweet and creamy vanilla-tinged floral. As celebrity scents go, this is definitely in a league of its own.