Reves de Singapour

According to my knowledge, the perfume was created by Lancome for Singapore Airlines around 1984 and discontinued very soon in maybe 2 or four years. It opens with a huge blast of strong and heady tropical flowers - not necessarily orchid, which has a more subtle scent, followed by the extravaganza of resins with obvious spices lurking and making bass behind the backdrop. Usually, I am not a big fan of spices, especially black pepper and nutmeg and sometimes cinnamon, the perfume, however, dodged a bullet of my personal dislikes even though cinnamon and nutmeg is apparently there - but their sharpness is rounded off and polished carefully by the resins while the resins are uplifting from the sticky cloying damp. A very typical oriental perfume presumed/perceived by westerners: loud, spicy and luxuriant. I guess that when it was launched, other than western passengers those from the South Asian Sub-Continent were more likely the potential customers of this perfume. Put the interpretation aside, this is a fair one. Not bad, not a must-have either, but if you encounter one bottle less than $35 there is no reason to hesitate.

I was looking for an oriental that wasn't too heavy and didn't smell like Opium, and this is it!!! To me this smells heavenly...if you like the smell of stargazer lilies and orchids, you will love this. I cannot wear Opium, because to me it smells like men's aftershave...too heavy and spicy. This is more floral based with a touch of spice...and an indescribable freshness. This was created exclusively for the flight attendants of Singapore Airlines. Good job, Lancome!

@promqueen this was NOT created exclusively for SIA flight attendants. It was available on all Singapore Airlines flights, even featured on the onboard duty free magazine. The price was aprox U$D 35 for 50ml.