Framboise Nue

15ml spray bottle. "Framboise Nue" A warm skin musk is used to surround the berry notes of Raspberry, Red, Black Current and Ginger for spice. It is sweet, but isnt too syrupy or cloying. Terri balances things out with the addition of ginger as a top note.The ginger combines with the musk to give it a bite (or a sexy nibble) in the opening. I enjoy KYSE fragrances as they have a body/depth to them that really defines them from mainstream fragrances.I think the fruit/animal fragrance idea is very chic and on trend for spring. Animal notes can veer too clean (white musk) or too sharp (Bogue Maai Im looking at you) The musk used is a warm lived in scent that doesnt lean too clean or too sharp that adds to the berries.I wish some of my more expensive niche frags used this type of musk than the clean white musk that seems to never quite blend completely into a composition. It is obvious Kyse puts a lot of thought and care in their offerings. I think this should be classified as a fruity animalic rather than a floral fruity as there isnt a floral presence. I cant wait to try it layered with some of the other offerings by Kyse.

This is my second favorite fragrance in the Kyse sampler pack I received. I love berry centered fragrances, and it's so hard to find one that's not a cheap body spray. This is the kind of berry fragrance I've been looking for. Juicy ripe sweet berries from the start, and I love the sharpness and slight bitterness the black currant note brings to the mix. The animal notes are subtle and don't compete at all with the berries. I don't notice the ginger note though. It may be part of the sharpness that I'm attributing to the black currant note though. Very much one I will enjoy in springtime. It's a fun fragrance for sunny cool days I think.

I'm in the minority here in that I love the animal note and am on my second bottle. It works with the fragrance as it is a green, sour candy with the animal note adding interest so it is not just another juvenile fruity gourmand. It is very aromatic, like a wild berry growing in nature that gives off something fragrant right after it rains. You break open the leaf and put your nose to it and it's a very bright and herbal. The fruit is not ripe and sweet, more tart and green. I don't know how to explain it, but I love it and I think it's well done and unique. I wish for better projection.

This is really interesting and I want to like it. At times the berry is crisp and fresh, but at times it smells a little like chap stick. There is a powdery sweetness that the listed notes don't cover, but it is nice.The animalic notes are a nice touch making it earthy and occasionally smelling like hay. The ginger is almost undetectable. I wore it again the other day and really enjoyed it. The berry was crisper more often than the first time and the earthy hay notes supported it well and kept it out of girlie-berry-land. This one is growing on me.

Framboise means raspberry and Terri just does the best fruit scents imaginable, even though she is known more for the dessert scents. The Peach Yuzu and Aux Fraises are exceptional fresh, realistic, juicy, but with something more too, so you don't just smell like a smoothie! I really like this one too. Some misses for me have been when she tries to do earthy or animalic notes in others I don't want to name, but I actually think it works here. I only got the dabber, but it could be it is more challenging with a spray. I will have to test more.