Secrete Datura

I, a certified gourmand lover, love this. I thought I wouldn't, but here we are. Sweet but not syrupy, powdery but not cloying, Secrete Datura is a narcotic bouquet of white flowers with a lovely depth of what my nose interprets as, yes, chocolate (mind you, sometimes patchouli smells like chocolate to me). The presence of heliotrope is undeniable, as is vanilla and the assortment of white flowers, but I honestly don't care to analyze the different aspects of Secrete Datura too intimately. It's such a joy for me to experience this scent without thinking too hard. In real life I'm about as graceful and beautiful as a refrigerator, but whenever I wear Secrete Datura, I feel like a swan princess.

I've just smelt this...and I've fallen in love!!! It starts with the notes of muguet and jasmin, but soon turns into a beautiful, bright, powdery smell (on my skin, I can mostly smell heliotrope, and maybe vanilla). It seems a fragrance with two souls: the sweet floral and the tender powdery one. If you like fragrances like Heliotrope by Etro or Heliotrope blanc by Piver, or also Douceur de vanille by Les nereides, I think this is the perfect spring fragrance for you (and for me, of course ;) ).

Datura opens with a burst of bright white florals, with a slightly vintage touch. As it settles, the dry down is absolutely to die for.. delicately musky and powdery, creating a soft and elegant aura💖

I have sampled now several MPG perfumes and I have to say this; Secrete Datura is absolutely the Best One. My Favourite. And also One of them favourites in my whole collection. I just Love this.

The datura flower here smells to me like an accord of lilly-of-the-valley, iris, and heliotrope. The florals are infused with a classic soapiness reminiscent of the Victorian period. I’m reminded of the Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne titled “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” It is about a father who plants a garden filled with poisonous plants and leaves his daughter to tend them. After many solitary years of cultivating the garden, she becomes poisonous herself and deadly to would-be suitors. She eventually falls in love with a man who sees her inner purity; however, as he begins to acquire her toxicity, he persuades her to take a remedy in the form of a concoction that ultimately kills her. Incidentally, the seeds of the datura contain scopolamine, which is a deliriant that produces powerful and horrifying hallucinations. It is also a dangerous drug of abuse because the hallucinogenic dose is precariously close to the lethal dose. The datura flower is an excellent symbol of the Gothic: it is at once beautiful, morbid, and surreal. The perfume captures all three of these qualities in a lifelike portrait of the femme fatale.

Well, Im impressed. This is the best stab at recreating the datura flowers scent Ive currently come across. I grow datura (brugmansia) in large containers and are only too familiar with their extraordinary fragrance. So sweet and mesmerizing. I get datura, sweet honeysuckle and heliotrope on the opening. For some reason I imagine that this is what flower pollen smells like. Ive never smelt a fragrance similar to this. I see what folk mean about the chocolate note and vanilla. They become much more evident after 15 minutes or so. Its most definitely a gorgeous white floral with some extra sweetness from the chocolate. Almost as mesmerizing as the datura flower. When they say datura has hallucinogenic properties they are not kidding. You can just about pick up the jasmine and neroli. The lily of the valley and the iris reduce the sweetness a touch. I always think of iris as a cooling note. Moderate sillage and longevity. A very special must have fragrance for lovers of white florals.

I'm not a big floral lover, but this one was rather nice. The opening was darker and less floral than the middle and base notes and I admit, that was my favorite part. It was not bad for a floral though, not bad at all. It's certainly a grown-up (NOT aged-lady) floral, heady and elegant and seductive. I didn't smell any chocolate, but Iris and datura and vanilla where definitely there. Lasting power was very good. A single spritz lasted for almost 6-8 hours on my skin.

Opulent, gorgeous floral, specifically Datura, aka Angels Trumpet. I have grown this plant for many years and have never smelled it from a bottle. It’s creamy and smooth, likely due to the chocolate and vanilla base.

I wish the "OK" face on here didn't make it look like you're miserable wearing a perfume. I don't hate this. On the contrary, I find it very intriguing. It's delicate yet bold. Very, very floral (I get mostly heliotrope and lily of the valley), but never crossing the line into sharp or headache-inducing. With that said, it definitely feels a bit more like it should just be an environmental scent, rather than a fragrance. A whiff you'd be happy to get walking into a flower shop. But one you probably wouldn't need stuck to your body throughout the day. The search for my one true MFG love continues...

Thick, dense white floral. Soapy. There’s a creamy waxiness I’m not familiar with, maybe the datura, like the texture of candles rubbed between your fingers. A little sweet, very feminine. EDIT: yes, datura is creamy and waxy, and Panouge Datura Amaretti is far superior and more elegant.

A narcotic, heavy-lidded, room-commanding floral supposedly built around the deadly Datura flower, which I own I have never smelled. The three flowers I can pick out — heliotrope, hyacinth and jasmine — give you an idea of how intoxicating this perfume is though. No timid wallflowers here. An opening cloud of neroli soon burns off leaving swirling wreaths of heady flower scent in the air, resting on a full-bodied bed of amber, sandalwood and especially musk. All pitching at a single masterfully-blended frequency. A must to try. If this is the Datura expect to be lost to its call. Looking at the notes listed above and the reviews below it may have been reformulated at some point, but taking the MPG site at face value they list: Head notes: Leaf green, Aldehyde, Lemon, Heliotrope Heart notes: Datura, Neroli, Jasmine, Hyacinth Base notes: Ambergris, Musk, Vetiver, Sandalwood

First I was not too sure about this one. First half an hour I smelled something too powdery to my taste (guess it is the heliotrope), nothing fresh like lily of the valley or lemon. Then the frag started settling down unfolding its notes. There is the vanilla and there is the chocolate. Not exactly the dark, chocolate-cake chocolate but more like a tamed, powdered chocolate. My first idea was that it is a faint chocolate but that would have been a negative adjective whereas there is nothing negative about this one. It is quite adorable, but do not expect much of those white flowers/iris at any stage.

A plain white lemony floral. I'm hardly ever repelled by a perfume, but this one is quite awful. I didn't think I'd ever say this about a fragrance, but it smells like toilet or cheap soap for me. Sorry! Fortunately, doesn't last long and the sillage is poor.

Edit & Update: Full bottle arrived and a more thorough review: This is the scent of dreams. Luscious. Magical. Signature worthy. It is so unique, never smelled anything remotely similar. The Datura smell is quite distinctive; slightly sharp but also root-y and sweet. The datura itself, with the sharp, slightly camphorous notes, which in this perfume are translated with a soft citrus instead (a nice and more pleasing substitute) then comes in heliotrope, almost almond like, and a powder dark chocolate, almost loukhoum like. Very hard to describe scent, because it is absolutely unique and uncommon. I have smelled the sacred moonflowers recently in my fathers native country and can clearly remember it, because they grew in all sorts of places like wild flowers. I think that MPG did a great job trying to depict the smell of the Datura. This is most definitely a nighttime scent, to share with you and just one other, a lover, a friend, but not in large crowds or all eyes will be on you. I feel the same way with my Summer favorite, Magical Moon HM (different scents but similar vibes) This is strictly a night time scent, any season, but best in Spring and Fall. . The love for this frag is unique as well; it is of absolute amazement and awe that it causes me to just stop for a moment when I smell it. It seems though, that others can smell this on me even when I can not. I have seen that when I wear this those around me who sniff it stop for a moment to take it in while exclaiming with wide, bewildered eyes, and even a kind remark, whereas I don't smell a thing! Intoxicating to say the least. Unisex depending on the man. For men with warmer and oily type skin, this can work wonders for them I believe. Lovers of L'Heure Bleue and Apres L'Ondee should enjoy this!

I had expected a strong floral - or, better, because of the warnings I read here I used a very light hand in applying this scent - and it's as comforting as a blanket on a cold day. I bought it blindly, confiding in the notes and the reviews (WOW! What a great job we all Fragranticans do!!!) and it was a success. I love Secrete Datura, I truly love it and I am changing my mind regarding floral scents. And chocolate notes too ... I said this is comforting as a blanket on a cold day, that's it: a beautiful, cozy scent. It's a bit strange, different from many other florals (I see no "This perfume reminds me of ..." has been added) and I cannot find a resemblance either. I must confess that Pari88's comment ("Lovers of L'Heure Bleue and Apres L'Ondee should enjoy this!") weighed a lot on my determination to buy SD. It's true: the two Guerlain's are atypical flowery scents in a certain way, a bit strange and decades ahead of their time (think that more than a century later we still wear and love them - there must be a reason for this!!!) and the same is true for Secrete Datura: it's sweet but not as in the contemporary perfumes, it's flowery but not so garden-type, it's chocolatey but not in the direction of Mugler's Angel. I think you can better describe Secrete Datura by saying what it's not that what it's about. It's much elusive, mutable; if it were a poem it could be Thomas Hardy's "After a Journey" with the waterfall and all. If it were a piece of music, it could be Faure's "La Pavane". If it were a place, it could be Budapest in winter. A bit melanchonic, elegant, discreet, uncommon, shy. Beautiful.

another smashing perfume ! this is a veritable white flower perfume but yet not in the conventional way. the datura wears her majesty and poisonous (Datura Stramonium) character well: it ALL is very ladylike and a woman's prerogative. many of the white flowers smell their best in the night. the nightshade Datura harvests many toxic plants (mandragora, henbane, deadly nightshade [with the 'black cherry' to widen the pupils], bittersweet -- douce amère) and my fantasy doesn't hold back and I feel it adds to this mysterious flowers intoxicating scent. this, I guess, is also the domineering flower, although honeysuckle, heliotrope (purple notwithstanding), jasmine and African orangeflower add to the indolic violence. and do not underestimate the also toxic L.o.t.V ! but she operates stealth, sotto voce, subrosa. I can also most certainly distinguish the Iris and the sandelwood acts as a bed which accompanies the drydown ... if it EVER comes ! All the perfumes I have from Maitre Gantier et Parfumeur (Rose Opulente and Tuberose) are masterpieces. I still have the 100ml. flacons: somewhat more elegant i.m.o. THIS perfume is a fête: but not 'intime'. vanille and chocolate come to my nose in a marzipan concoction. merveilleuse et effervescente ! fabuleuse !

What a lovely bottle with the jewel and all! So..this is all floral on me. The powdery florals dominate with the lemon when I first apply it. iris/jasmine/lemon is what I get. Unfortunately I’ve never smelled Datura before so I can’t comment..it must be there. The jasmine is the main player here though and it gives the scent a slight creaminess. I must say this is blended beautifully..it’s smooth smelling and all the notes are getting their turn. I was expecting something heavy from the flowers chosen for this perfume but it’s somewhat light.. the lemon lifts the florals and stops them from being heady, and the vanilla and sandalwood smooth them out. It’s strange but this smells like a few of the “Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab” Florals I have tried. Mianly "Euphrosyne"...same vanillary smooth jasmine. I unfortunately can’t smell any chocolate in the dry down..or anywhere really but maybe I’m just focusing on the jasmine too much. Overall a nice we rounded perfume but not something I’d run out and buy. I don't find it to be special.

In her fabulous Perfumes guide, Susan Irvine tells us that a hallucinogenic flower, the datura, fascinated Jean Laporte so much that he had to make a perfume out of it. In ancient times the datura, also called nightshade, was used to induce lust, visions, and even death. And indeed this must be the sexiest floral I have ever come across. It has an incredible, bewitching effect which wreaks havoc and induces those who catch its aura to find any excuse to come and talk to me whenever I wear it. It is that most elusive of genres, the semi-gourmand elegant heavy floral, which so many people get so wrong. It is also a very agreeable, lovely perfume that does not overpower, but creates an inexplicable, mysterious allure around the wearer, and it makes them also indulge in daydreams. All this, whilst retaining the fabulous quality of MPeG, without ever descending into headache territory. A masterpiece.

Original bottle: There is something extraordinarily personal about this perfume...and it must touch skin. Smelling from the bottle recalls old barbie dolls, but once applied, the creamy datura draws him close, and the sandalwood and vanilla work their spells. The heady brew releases him, droopy eyed and exhausted. Void of animalic notes; I can't explain how SD is so seductive. Thick florals and edible vanilla might be the answer. And if you are thinking that SD is too sweet for you, think again because there is just the right amount of lemon to brighten the composition without compromising the overall effect. Fabulous. In the case of SD, restraint is not a virtue...it's a battle against celibacy. I own the bottle with the carved woman. Sadly, silage is average and longevity is poor. Two hours, tops. I'll happily keep spraying!

A very beautiful addition to any orange blossom lover's collection and a downright gorgeous floral. Secrete Datura was the first MPG I bought and it is a heady and intoxicating brew of lush florals. What separates SD from others is its lush green foliage that never leaves the composition and envelopes the flowers in an unravelling trellis of vetiver and dewy leaves. It is a fragrance that Rapaccini's daughter could have worn and still inhabited a normal world without losing her mystery and magic. A beauty.

Am i the only one to whom this smells like the kinda soap you wouldn‘t wash your hands with?