Lanvin Me

Lanvin “Me” it’s one of those perfumes you can’t stay indifferent to – you either love it or hate it. I personally adore this fragrance – it was love at first smell, such a “mine” type of scent, favourite combination of notes, beautiful bottle and amazing chemistry with my skin! At first when applied the fragrance it’s extremely strong and sharp, I can definitely feel the red velvet rose, tuberose and the citrus whiff of mandarin orange. After the citrus-floral explosion calm down appear juicy blueberries mixed with licorice – liqueur-y sweet combination. The blueberries are not fresh – they had the scent of thick blueberry jam, which gradually turns into the smell of sweet, intense and thick blueberry liqueur in the noticeable company of my favourite licorice. The red rose and mandarin are already fading away, only the tuberose appears slightly to give pint of freshness to the blueberry-licorice divines. This way the fragrance stays on me for the next 4-5 hours and then the woody suspicion starts to appear – beautiful and warm sandalwood note. My favourite fruits are the “berrys” and they always appear into my favourite fragrances – they have amazing chemistry with my skin. The blueberries in “Me” are pure splendor for the senses. I had to mention that licorice is really tricky note, it’s absolutely not for everyone’s taste. A test before buy it’s a must for perfumes that has liquorice in their pyramid – no blind buys. Exactly the licorice it’s the note, that makes “ME” so special and differs it from the commercial fruity scents. The licorice makes the fruity scent mature, it gives the blueberry sour hint and it makes “ME” nontypical. „Ме” is classified as linear type of scent – after the strong and sharp floral-citrus beginning the scent turns into 2-component blueberry-licorice composition and after a few hours you can slightly feel sandalwood note. It’s not easy to wear – you definitely need a good chemistry with this fragrance. On my opinion "Me" it's great to wear in the autumn, winter and spring and great to wear in the day & night as well. I categorize “Me” as the most longlasting perfume I’ve ever tried in my life – I feel it during the whole day/night, after I take a shower, it stays on my clothes, on my sheets, in my hair, in the air that’s in the room and in every movement.

After testing this for a couple of days, I decided to take the plunge and bought a full bottle - I'm buying fewer and fewer full bottles recently, so something has to be special to get me to part with my cash. Searching for a blueberry perfume, I had been trying Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Intense, but I found it to be way too sugary for day-to-day wear. After discovering Lanvin Me and test-driving it over a week, this reminds me very much of LPRN Intense, but without all that sugar. I really love it. The opening of Me is fruity, slightly sweet blueberries and liquorice. On the top, it has a deep blueberry jammy-woodiness. This is quite delicious! As it dries down, the rose and tuberose come out, but the notes are blended very well, so you have to work hard to pick out single floral notes. Clean sandlewood comes out much more noticeably in the dry-down. There is a fuzzy richness to this scent - it feels like there is patchouli here - but the notes say no! It is juicy, not sugary; deep, not loud; easy to wear, yet complex. Edit: My full bottle arrived! Using the spray rather than the dab tester, the liquorice comes out a little more earthy and, overall, the scent has greater sillage. The mixture of juicy not-too-sweet blueberry and deep, earthy liquorice is absolutely beautiful and intriguing. This frag is a hidden gem for liquorice lovers. A magnificent find.

When it comes to sweet, sweet, sweet- this one is the perfect scent for me! There is no patchouli, no caramel, no vanilla, no praline, you get my drift. But sweet, sweet mandarin and blueberries. Beautiful balance of the two, really fresh and sweet and juicy and high quality. This is not chemical or artificial, except, of course, that it is, like perfumes usually are, intensified when it comes to the fruit/berries. And then come rose and tuberose and I would say the balance there TOO is absolutely perfect. I love tuberose like this- with tons of fruit and another flower note. I am so glad they picked rose to balance it and not another white floral. The liquorice is nice and mild, but very there. No way as intense as in Very Irresistible or LPRN- way better and more delicate here and not medicinal at all, which I find it to be in the other two. It takes a while for the super smooth sandalwood to come out, but when it does it ́s lovely and sensual. My favourite thing about this one is how the sweetness is never getting cloying- the mandarin keeps it fresh and vibrant to the very end. I just love this and it is a gourmand that I could wear again and again.

I am wearing Lanvin Me on a 90F rainy summer evening. This perfume is giving me blueberry compote mixed with stale cigarette smoke. I love it. I've never smelt something like this before. This is not innocent. Who would have thought that this would be hidden among the elegant, gentile fragrances in the Lanvin lineup. Lanvin Me is not simple. It is not innocent. This girl has been around and has seen (lots of) things. Perhaps she has a motorbike, packing heat, wears tough leather (with lacy bits underneath), who knows? She's not saying. But, she has a story and it's not a happy one. Wynonna Earp might wear this. Maybe even Jessica Jones. In the dry down, the blueberry is slightly there but Lanvin Me takes on a leathery smoky tone. Reminiscent of LPRN Black Perfecto but a little different. It remains dense and gorgeous. A mystery for sure. If this is what Licorice does to perfumes, then I'm all in! I might have to get a larger bottle of this.

This is one of my favorites, growing up I always loved blueberries and it saddens me that I can rarely find a fragrance where the blueberry dominates. The blueberry in here is like a blueberry compote, I think of the kind my mom makes for pancakes where she boils the berries in water over the stove and adds a bunch of sugar. The licorice and tuberose add a really unique element I can't really describe beyond just literally saying "it smells like tuberose and licorice." The tuberose is the really sweet kind you find in celebrity scents, not heady at all. The licorice is a little mean though, it's not there to be ignored. I don't get much of the orange, rose, and I guess I get a little bit of sandalwood, but it doesn't seem that important in the grand scheme of things. This is a simple yet unique one. Linear, but you're not going to find many things that smell like blueberry, licorice, and tuberose. Personally I love it.