Silver Rain

Rain-kissed blackberry shrubs with ripe fruits and green leaves. This is really a blackberry scent, sweet and juicy, but noticeable tarter than other berries. The freshness is amped up by the verbena, bergamot and coriander, they build an accord that smells green, leafy and a little herbal. But there is more to this scent than just berries and leaves. The base is vanillic, musky and sweet. Patchouli is quite prominent, too. I also smell the ripe plum, which makes the fruitiness a little sweeter and richer. Despite sugar being a listed note, this doesn't come off as pronouncedly sugary to me. It's essentially a sweet fruitchouli, sure, but to my nose this sweetness just smells like ripe fruit and not like sugar or syrup. This has the same musky, dewy, humid, fruity vibe that Midnight Rain has. They are different and couldn't be confused for one another, but it totally makes sense that they're from the same line. I find both extremely beautiful, but as they have been discontinued for a while and go for insane prices on the second hand market, I'm fine with just owning Midnight Rain.

Fruity, sugary wood. I love it! Somehow for me an improvement on Angel edp by Mugler from 1992. The patchouli is less dominant. And I love green apple top notes in perfumes, they make the perfume somehow neon / electric. Another great unusual legendary perfume with a green apple top note is Herve Leger edp in the curvy bottle with violet liquid, also discontinued and rare / expensive these days...I want to guess that Silver Rain edp by La Prairie must have been a hard balancing act for Claude Dir the perfumer to get right. And I also love the bottle and packaging, and have and love the very first perfumes by La Prairie, "One Perfect Rose" by Guy Robert and Georgette Mosbacher for La Prairie from 1990 and then the eponymous "La Prairie" fragrance with a beautiful almost sweaty sultry osmanthus note from 1993. I think what I perceived as fresh / aquatic when I first smelt this around 2004 shocked me after the floral richness of the La Prairie edp from 1993. It took me years to love it. Such a great perfume brand, the Life Threads interested me too. Wonder what might come next...

Absolutely beautiful fruity floral. The apple comes through on a beautiful blend of woods, mosses, sugar and more. On me this smells clean and fresh - I love wearing this in summer. It's sparkly and refreshing and the bottle is gorgeous - has a great "feel". This fragrance is sure to please a very wide range of fragrance lovers. It's perfectly balanced and well blended. No, it's not an innovative scent with tricks and surprises - it is simply a pretty and well made fragrance. It's a safe gift for someone you love, and often gets compliments when I wear it. My husband doesn't like a lot of my fragrances, but this he loves. It opens with a strong fruit vibe, but dries down to a beautiful combination of fruit, flowers, soft smooth woody notes, and a glorious soft combination of vanilla and tonka. Good projection and longevity. One of my favourites - complex yet feminine and clean - never overwhelms. This fragrance is a staple in my fragrance wardrobe. I can't imagine not being able to reach for it.

This is a perfume for The Modern Lady! Incredibly sophisticated, rich, carefully made, sweet, classic and timeless! Reminds me the same classic vibes we can feel in Chanel creations. For The Lady with a secret, with her secret desires. The opening on me is juicy and fresh, a realistic berry and fruit mixture. First rain drops in a deep wood where the wild and forbidden fruits can be found. Then that freshness becomes softer, and I feel the flowers (especially the mild rose, the shy jasmine and the wild magnolia) with raindrops on their petals. A secret garden deep in the forest. And the base- a reserved sensuality, a glance, her fingers touching her hair, the rain "slowly walking outside" and waiting for her. Dark wood, moonlight, rain, gentle rain sounds, scents of the humid earth, trees and flowers. And there's something (or somebody) in that velvety darkness, so desired, so sensual, so exciting... Drives me crazy and wakes up my sensuality. My next purchase for sure!

This might not be much of a 'review' but I just have to share my happiness about this perfume! Words can't describe how happy I am that I bought this! It's was a blind buy that didn't come cheap so I was naturally a bit concearned. But wow, was my worries wasted or what... It's such a beauty. It's oh so rich, warm and cosy. It's elegant and mature. It has a very unique carachter of it's own, you can't confuse Silver Rain with something else. I love how versatile it is. I wear Silver Rain to work, to parties, to dinners.. Well, to 'anywhere' actually. Silver Rain don't care for seasons and neither do I. This will by a full time lover, of that I'm sure. If you're in doubt about this fragrance - Stop. Buy it. Right now. You wont regret it... When I bought this the choice was between Silver or Midnight Rain. I'm very glad I chose Silver Rain since I love it's complexity and versatility. It's unique AND wearable!