Dancing On The Moon

This is my absolute favourite scent in the world, so of course it was discontinued. From the reviews you can see it is NOT blind buy safe, but if you love it you LOVE it. The aldehydes are smooth, if that makes sense? And then it's very creamy and solar/tropical from the frangipani but also powdery from iris, and I detect an anise note, which adds edginess to any fragrance. It's sweet, and both ethereal as well as dense. I can't describe it, but don't let the note structure scare you. It's an extremely delicious and creamy scent. The metallic note is there in the beginning giving it some lunar energy and galactic sparkle, but is gone by the dry down and you're just left with the most delightful creamy, solar, powdery frangipane and iris scent. I wear this all-year round and at any time of day. This is also beast mode. You become anosmic to it, but I remember the first time I wore it, I got into an Uber and the driver said "oh my GOD, you smell incredible". And the compliments have never stopped - I even got them at quite serious meetings at work. I sometimes layer it with Escentric Molecule 1+Iris to amp up that buttery Iris element, and make it a touch more grown-up for work. The only time I wouldn't wear this is during the day in Summer. But Summer nights - solar and tropical perfection. Wintery days at work - creamy & interesting, and Winter nights - sexy, mysterious, creamy! Ps: I don't get the comparisons to Alien, other than the fact that it is exceptionally polarising because of how bold and different they are. This is unlike anything else I've ever smelled. THE most underrated masterpiece. Ps: I think if you love Lolita Lempicka OG or Premier, this is in the same whimsigoth space.

If you want to know what this is or missed out due to its being discontinued, it is Chanel No 5 Eau Première (2015) + Replica Beach Walk. Or if you want to be very precise, Chanel Eau Première (2015) + Armani Sun Di Gioia. That's exactly what Dancing on the Moon is. I bought myself a bottle of the newer Eau Première when it was first released, I was around 18 or 19 at the time. I found it to be so sophisticated, so much more wearable for younger people than the original No 5, but because I was a little too much of a disheveled punk to be the kind of person to wear it often, I ended up selling my bottle to make room for scents that were either more raunchy or more approachable. I wish I knew about this at the time, because it would've been exactly what I was looking for -- the sparkling, lemony aldehydes and creamy ylang-ylang of Eau Première, with the creamy, benzoin-heavy and almost suntan lotion feel of Beach Walk/Sun Di Gioia. The only thing Dancing of the Moon doesn't have is the rose of Eau Première, and that's a welcome exclusion because I don't really like the smell of roses anyway. I don't get any higher longevity than the clear-bottled eau de toilettes, so I don't get what's the deal with the $180 price tag on release. You aren't getting more sillage or longevity for your money with this line. Beautiful, definitely smells expensive despite the disappointing longevity for an eau de parfum. My favorite of the five Replica eau de parfums. But you're not missing out on much for being so hard to find at a fair price, it's just a nice mix of two very well-loved fragrances still widely available at any department store and you can get largely the same effect by layering the two.

UPDATE 2021 : For the superior, ultimate version of the concept of this Margiela please try Marc-Antoine Barrois' GANYMEDE-- now my favourite industrial / metallic / avant garde perfume of all time! For a more floral version of this, try Juliette Has A Gun's Metal Chypre. For a less metallic, more stone-y version of this try Oud Minérale by Tom Ford. 2020 REVIEW (below) : It's interesting. ...Others say its a huggable, vanillic scent but despite having, myself, tried "weird" avant-garde perfumes from CdG, comparing this to the 2011 CdG EdP I own (notes of scotch-tape, industrial glue) it does not smell the same, because the metallic vibe of this Margiela perfume is (especially) weird. This makes my 2011 CdG EdP, while conceptually stronger, smell tame. It smells just like metal, the metal of a handrail, the metal smell of a multivitamin pill bottle. Hints of floral, but I'll definitely buy this for the scent which caught me off-guard: dare I say it's kinda... futuristic. (I give it bonus points for smelling just like its fashion.)

SO smart of them to bring this back. This perfume is one of the classiest and most wearable perfume I own. classy because it smells high quality, both modern but reminiscent of old school perfumes with florals and aldehydes, but it's super wearable and modern. When I fist got it, I was not impressed and let it sit for a while. After a few months in my collection, I've found myself grabbing it in last min decisions where I'm not sure what to wear, but I know I need something classy/sophisticated. I wear it to creative events, intellectual events, regular hangs. Its nearly as wearable as Matcha Meditation, which is also great for all occasions. Women everywhere stop me to ask what it is. I wouldn't say this is one of the most amazing smells ever, it's innovative and distinctive, but ultimately too safe for me to be one of my faves. I will say I wear this far more than most of my "faves." Just got my back up bottle after they brought it back and the formula is slightly different but pretty much the same.

this fragrance was like a fever dream to me, first scent ive ever smelt that left me fascinated in a different way. i felt like an alien putting this on my skin. extremely unique fragrance thats sosososososo addictive, i couldnt stop bringing my hand to my nose constantly at the mall i tried this at. i was left star struck and loved this chemical creamy porridge, white floral story on my hand. the name seriously lives up to the scent. the white florals are beautifully executed in the scent and the aldehydes made it so delicious, most perfectly unisex scent ive smelt. smells like something a really dirty and bad billionaire would wear in their in new all white interior complex bought by blood money and evil pennies. 10/10 i love this i cannot get enough i always look for this in sephora and pick it up standing in the margiela section for minutes. has crazy performance too.