Princesses de Malabar

Princesses de Malabar is very pretty peachy, Iris and ylang meringue fluff of a perfume. I actually find it quite sweet but not too sweet and not overly powdery. It is a soft powder, that of a favorite cashmere sweater that is always on hand, draped over a favorite chair. That favorite staple of your wardrobe, that finely knit sweater is a cherished friend, one that has been worn many times and washed very few. It has collected a mélange of different scents over the years. Perfumes, hand lotions, soaps, expensive handwashing liquid, and even baking smells and morphed them into a soft cloud of scent that gently wafts and hovers around. This is such a pretty perfume and the smell of a dainty and very young Princess. One who is wide eyed innocents itself. If you like fluffy, soft and pretty perfumes, w/ pillowy musk's and gentle florals and softly sweet fruit this is one to check out. It is going on my want shelf. Edit: 5/7/23 Princesses de Malabar reminds me a bit of 2 perfumes that I have from Miller Harris. 1 is Couer de Fleur and the other is Violet Ida. Couer de Fleur has been discontinued but I think they can be found on the grey market, although Violet Ida is harder to find in the USA and more expensive. All 3 of these perfumes feature iris in a big way. The difference and it is enough of a difference that makes me want a bottle of Princesses de Malabar is PDM is fluffier than the Miller Harris perfumes, and they are quite fluffy as well, but PDM is like super airy fluffiness if that makes sense. The texture of this perfume is just so fine. Like I have never smelled a finer powder. Like if this perfume was a dusting powder (which I am obsessed w/ dusting powders) it would be like the most expensive dusting powder money could buy. I have been wearing this all day and it has been a pure pleasure to wear. I cannot wait to get a full bottle of this. It is something I would reach for often. If you love fine quality dusting powders get your nose on this.

This is a stunning peachy white floral that starts out with a gentle powder breeze, and warms to the air of a humid garden. In my mind it's a violet scent, esp in the drydown. It's easy for my brain to mistake it for Meteorites. I tried this a few years ago, and I did not like it. I'm now certain the tester/sample I used to try it was either very, very spoiled, or possibly even a bad "dupe". I had been thinking of Antonia's Flowers Floret because I saw the bottle on my dresser in an old photograph. I wished I could find something along those lines for summer. I would not want a smell-alike, because I was not sure what memories would be conjured actually wearing the fragrance again, but I wanted that pretty, fresh, yet unusual, distinctive floral. I saw Malabar being compared to Floret here, and I realized I needed to try it again. I obtained samples from an extremely reputable boutique, and...wow...I knew I'd never smelled this before. It was exactly what I was looking for...even better! I do feel "Malabar" can be categorized with Floret, but it's much less sweet, and it's not syruppy or hyper-feminine like Floret. I love this very, very much. It smells of a lovely way to start the summer of '22.

Really beautiful. I'd purchase a bottle in a heartbeat, but it has terrible longevity on me with no sillage or projection at all, which simply won't do for me, especially given the price point. It is a lovely, powdery iris, that melts into a beautifully, musky, powdery scent. The first 30 minutes are heaven. Then it vanishes into the barest of skin scents that I struggle to even smell. Of what love we could have shared, if only. If only. PS - I want to add that while I understand that we all experience fragrances subjectively due to various factors, it shocked me to see this compared to Lipstick Rose! This isn't a lipstick iris nor is it waxy as LR can be. It's a powdery floral with iris playing a dominant role. I enjoy them both but see no similarity whatsoever. PPS - I ended up buying a full bottle. I'm just going to have to be prepared to spray heavily and decant some to take with me to refresh.

My dear young girls, if you aspire to feminism, to power, to success and you want a signature perfume, but you don't know the feminist mansions yet, take anything from Lubin, depending on your tastes, sweeter, more woody, etc, as you want . Lubin began by dedicating their perfumes to the strong women of the monarchical houses, and in the modern age it has moved towards the strong, career women of the world and is still the archetype of feminist perfume mansions. "La maison des grandes dames" how their advertising say back in 80-97. Princess de M. is a day fragrance, definitely in the feminist spirit, cold floral, clean, but it have what all the feminist perfumes have, a beast in, a note which says don't provoke me or I will destroy you, in this case I think it's the the iris with something spicy.

My first day and hour in it but this is delightful. Character reminds me of Flower by Kenzo, but peachy. Dominantly peachy. Soft, comforting, warm, fruity, aromatic, rich, opulent. Amazing. It's a very well put together scent - it's rich and multilayered. You can feel spices - tonka, sandalwood, amber and all around it musk. But this is just the background. Front is abundance of iris powder, peach, ylang ylang, cotton flower, magnolia and bergamot. Like a love cloud. It made me happy. I feel like I will remember this feeling of being spoilt with beauty in scent form like in comfort layer.