Reve d'Or

To preface; I'm into vodou. I am in the process of building relationships with the Lwa (spirits). In Vodou, this fragrance is used as an offering to Ezili Dantor, mother of the Haitian Revolution and fierce protector of women and children. She walks with me, and I love this fragrance. It's weirdly woody, in that it's woody and yet sweet and aldehydic. It also reminds me of musk, but not a Gucci Guilty musk, more like a Kyphi smell. I think women and gay men (like me) who have a level of feminine to them could pull this off. I think a muscular man could too, if he dressed in polos and shorts, jeans and jorts. Definitely could go well for a warm summer night or day, or a cold winter day or night. Spring as well. Sillage is pretty good, I prefer arm-length personally so I don't gas everyone in a room. Don't use too much though, especially in lotion form. Lasts regularly, would probably want to take it with you if you're wearing it out. Not really set for school, but if you style your uniform just right it might, but this is optimal for wearing out. L.T. Piver is possibly the most underrated fragrance house ever.

Golden dreams is such a misnomer, this is a plush, spicy red and pink fragrance full of beautiful, soapy carnation and rose, buoyed by sandalwood and fresh white powder. It smells like an expensive soap or a scented shaving cream, very chic, vaguely barbershop, surprisingly spicy, and can lean to either gender. I suppose the geranium, which can be spicy itself, combined with the rose creates the watercolor portrait of a fairly accurate carnation or pink. Very charming and suitable for a lot of wear. Moderate strength overall, it quickly moves like a popped soap bubble. I find the drydown very pretty, turning into a cozy skin scent. Great value for the low price.

I'm not surprised this is used in spiritual practices and cleansing ceremonies because there is something quite profound about this perfume. Close your eyes and feel yourself surrounded by polished wood and objects of faith. Piver scents are so underrated. Particularly this one and the gloriously cozy Heliotrope Blanc. Reve D'Or is very beautiful but I rarely wear it except when I need to ground myself and do a bit of pondering. Now to lower the tone...one squirt of this neutralises the most pungent and persistent cooking smells to make the room smell like an expensive country house.

Timeless and beautiful - this fragrance sings with heliotrope supported by the geranium providing a slight spicy warmth along with the vetiver and sandalwood. The orange blossom and rose float around on their fluffy cloud, weaving in and out of this very appropriately named Golden Dream. The 'lotion' is of EdT strength (at least my splash bottle) and has good sillage and longevity. Highly recommended if you like classic fragrances with a sense of mystery and reverie about them.

I like this vintage a lot for convincing geranium, cheerful (and smiling... I don't know why, but I feel it smiles) heliotrope in sandal's company, and with that nice smell light summer wind blows my way from time to time, the smell of Turkish delight lying riiight there. The Turkish delight is on a tray, and it smells of rose and orange blossom to me, with spicy, a bit sharp cloves in there, along with the rose-orangeblossomy smell, I enjoy that kind of cloves very much.