Fleur d’Iris

A beautiful sweet candied powdery lipstick iris with lots of violet. Just lovely. Glad I blind bought this one.

I found "Fleur d'Iris" utterly boring even though it was actually interesting at the opening. The problem I'm having (and it seems I'm not alone in this) is the fact that it's a power fragrance for the first hour and then poof I'm left with something blant and so boring I instantly forgot what I've put on. For me "Fleur d'Iris" was about iris, here it's very sweet, paired with violets and giving a heady powder-power house for an hour. I also get the weird "green" vibe and vetiver making this stand out a bit. In the first phase I did not get any other flowers except violet and iris. Well, after that first oomph hour, I do get some rose, it's paired with musk. At the start of the second phase there is still some iris/violet left, but very soon those two fade away completely. Therefore I must say that this perfume was true to it's name only for the first hour, after that - roses and musk. Faded completely within 4 hours. Not worthy of the price tag, imho. Far better iris scents out there.

Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier FLEUR D'IRIS is a very nice and, as far as I can tell, original rose perfume. Upon initial application, I was rather confused, since it did not really smell like iris. In fact, rose is the central floral note, and iris serves only as a complement. I do not smell much violet at all. Although violet often plays an important supporting role in iris compositions, here it is the rose and amber which prevail. Yet there is iris, too, which seems like darker orris root rather than the flower itself. All in all, this is a pleasing combination, and I would recommend FLEUR D'IRIS not to iris but to rose lovers. Definitely worth sniffing, if you like rose, because this one is not like the others. Neither vintage-y and dry, nor fruity and sweet, nor rosebush in a blender, FLEUR D'IRIS is really unique, albeit misnamed.

There’s some iris in this EdT, mostly a dry, powdery, orris-like accord, but it’s fairly well muffled by other synthetic-smelling things that don’t even reflect the other flowers that are listed in the notes. I’m not sure what they are, but they do go away in due course, leaving an iris-violet scent that’s extremely strong for an EdT, so strong that it almost burns my nose. Oddly, the super-strength phase only lasts a couple of hours, fading to a rosy musk that lasts a couple more hours. In the beginning there’s too much sillage, in the end too little. There are so many outstanding iris scents out there that I can see no reason to choose MPG Fleur d’Iris.

EDIT: Ok I was hasty. The dry down on this is gorgeous. Even the opening has grown on me. Normally green puts me off, but this is so real. Not a synthetic bone in it's body. The quality is outstanding. Yes the opening is green, the Iris comes in but is not a makeup vibe kind of Iris everyone is doing..it is a true Iris. This one will stay