Eau Ravissante

Effervescency in a bottle.. After a soggy British summer I visited swelteringly hot and delightful Palma Mallorca with the boyf. The (brilliant) boyf willingly endured my fragrance hunting having offered to get me something to wear on hols (and so remember it at future times). So this was the one. Perfect for the hot city break, this cologne mixes sparkly bergamot with green rose. It's a little like the sensation of champagne in that it's almost bubbly and quite 'dry'. Perfect for fizzy wake up. There is nothing sweet or warm here, it's a definite summer fragrance and suits heat. I'm dying to try it in a thunderstorm. I think the bergamot leads more strongly than the rose although there is more of a rose whiff in the dry down. I don't get any amber here but there is a teeny bit of musk detectible. It would work equally well on a male wearer. Perhaps the greatest thing about the fragrance (apart from my smug lovely memories!) is the bottle. It's stunning bottle echoes 1930s art deco/modernist motifs in decorative raised diagonal glass stripes. Interestingly, very similar to much of Palma's architecture. The box is a delight too with again a feel of the 30s in the graphics. It will be a keeper in my bottles collection.

I tried a spray of this yesterday in the store - really pretty & feminine, reminded me a little of YSL Paris (which I loved once & wore for my wedding day) but fresher, more sheer. I also tried on the other wrist either Eau Universelle or Eau Captivante but I`m not sure which! I just sprayed & went! Anyhow - whichever one it was, it was also very good - I actually think I preferred it to Ravissante. Seems like I`ll have to go back to the store for another test. Either way - I would be very happy to receive any of these scents as a gift (hint hint), love the summery, french feel of these & well priced too if you get the travel size. Ooh la la! I now am the proud owner of this! After further trials I decided to get Ravissante - it has a sharp tea/rose opening which is similar to Tommy Girl & the drydown is so pretty, rosey, a little bit soapy with enough amber & musk to make it interesting, lovely indeed...

The moment I put this on, I was transported to the South of France. I had vivid memories of the summer I spent in Nice. Somehow it smelled just like the Cote d'Azure. It captures the fragrance of summer flowers baking under the bright Riviera sun. When I read the advertisement for this splash, and it said this fragrance will "transfer you to Sunny Orchards in the South of France," I was astounded because it was so true! I love the freesia, rose, and amber--the perfect summer floral.

I get a lot of lemon and have had more than one person comment that there was something tea-like about it. It's about the closest I've found to the old Lemon Tea scent from the Body Shop, which I looooooved. I'm enjoying right now as a fall-transitioning-into-winter fragrance but can understand other reviewers who are feeling summery in this one.

Purchased a 10.1oz glass bottle, half off. ($25) Worth it. This is a pleasing, completely natural scent; elegant and uncomplicated. There's freesia in this, even though it's not listed. SIllage is a bit soft, longevity is moderate. Wonderful and inoffensive fragrance. I'm not a rose fan but this isn't overly rosy. 8-8.5/10.