Perfection

I was given a purse sized spray of this by my niece who only wears Dolce & Gabanna! It was an unwanted Christmas gift and I was very pleased she passed it onto me. I now wear it on an almost daily basis and always get compliments. It smells much more expensive than a chain store scent and has good silage and lasts for a good half a day on me until I have to spray again! It smells very amber and vanilla to me and I don't get a lot of fruitiness although I can smell the jasmine on drydown along with the warmth of vanilla. It is very warm and womanly and definitely a more mature scent. Overall, cannot believe that this is from M & S - smells like a designer scent!

To me this is a staple of how a perfume smells - sultry, powdery, sweet, musky - all of which is well blended. I was surprised to see that citrus (mandarin) is the dominant note as I did not feel it, I would say amber, then vanilla are dominant with the citruses riding in the background making things interesting and not cloying. Vibe wise I imagine a dive, aka Merlin Monroe would smell like this - sophisticated, sexy, mature, yet alluring and refreshing. Can be worn year-round, maybe except really hot days.

I tried this today after I read somewhere that it was dupe of an expensive Chanel perfume, I'm not sure what the name of the Chanel perfume that is suppose to smell like is called ... Anyway when I sprayed it I thought "WOW this smells so familiar" so I kept sniffing my wrist still trying to figure out what it smelt like, so when I got home I finally figured it out that it smells similar to YSL's Cinema. The first few minutes doesn't smell too much like Cinema (which is probably why it took me a while to figure out what is was) but the dry down is almost identical infact I can't tell the difference between the two. I find that it lasted couple of hours on my skin and while it doesn't have the creamy depth of Cinema and sillage,I am very happy with my purchase and for only £3.50 25ml bottle you cannot go wrong.

This is very much a cheaper alternative to cinema! its a shame its no longer available in store :( keep your eyes on ebay though for a bargain! thats where i got my new bottle. :)