Siwa

This one grew from a like to a love, quickly. I like the opening, love the dry down. The opening and first 20 or so minutes remind me a lot of my Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere, due to the vanilla-aldehydes-floral combo, but where Eau Premiere is more soapy and floral, Siwa is a little deeper and a touch boozy. The whiskey note definitely makes its appearance right at the beginning, and stays as the fragrance transforms into an airy version of a custard or flan spiked with a little bourbon. I don’t get overt florals from this - I think they just serve to balance the composition and prevent it from becoming heavy ans dense, like many vanillic fragrances do. The Youtube reviews saying this smells like an expensive oil or lotion are dead on. I don’t care a ton about sillage and projection, but this is definitely not the lightest in my collection. I think most of those comments are made in relation to price, which I think is a fair point. I’m a big fan of Memo so far - I have blind bought two fragrances from them, and both quickly became favorites. Marfa and Siwa are just different enough to come off as distinctly niche, but also crowd-pleasing and easy to wear. They just also happen to be right up my alley as far as preferences.

An all year round vanilla fragrance. I'm personally not a fan of vanilla scents, they tend to feel too greasy or give me nausea. However, Siwa is a perfect vanilla for people who don't like vanilla. I know this sounds strange but it's a very moderate, easygoing vanilla floral scent. Vanilla lovers may actually find this too weak and not gourmand enough. For me, this is the perfect vanilla I can bear with. It smells expensive - in a hotel lobby, luxury store sort of way. I also get an image of a career woman working in a softly sun-setting office (not a blazing one). Though it is a warm and calming scent, it feels more refined than fluffy and easygoing. It's not a scent that reminds me of warm hugs (though if someone did smells of Siwa when I hugged them, I'll cling on) but more like a polite and warm but keep your distance with me and please respect my boundaries kind of scent. Let me just say this: I never thought I will buy a vanilla perfume, but here I am! Sillage isn't the best but it lasted on me for more than a good 8 hour. 7/10

KEY NOTES: Oil of Cinnamon Leaf, Oil of Ginger, Freesia, Heliotrope Flower, Narcissus Absolute, Orris Absolute, Oil of Incense, Oil of Sandalwood, Vanilla Absolute **FRAGRANTICA, PLEASE UPDATE THE NOTES** I have no idea what others have been smelling, but I received my new bottle of this fragrance this week. Purchased from an upscale department store. It smells as true as the notes listed. Siwa is a soft, floral and is beautiful. Smooth, powdery dry down. Beautifully blended with an emphasis on the narcissus. I LOVE narcissus! Could definitely wear for three seasons except winter and I plan to. Siwa is not a scent bomb, so people won't smell you before you walk in a room, BUT, they will definitely smell this lovely fragrance when you walk by. Longevity: 8-9 hours. This is the third Memo Paris fragrance that I've purchased this year.

I really do love this, but in the "what's not to love?" sense. It's pleasant and unchallenging without being boring or overdone. The vanilla is forward but not too sweet or gourmand. The cinnamon leaf is intriguing and a bit addicting without turning scratchy. I certainly do not get frankincense in this at all, though it's listed as a note and highlighted as part of Siwa's story. It's a lovely vanilla narcissus barbershop fragrance, but where is Egypt here? The website description focuses on Siwa as a historical connection to grain-- but there is no cereal/grain/barley tie-in to the fragrance itself. That would have been amazing! Definitely leans a little feminine but I am begging men to give it a shot. I put it on my husband (who is squarely uninterested in fragrance but likes Memo bottles) and it was fantastic and sexy.

Soft, sweet and lovely. I seriously love this. I like vanilla fragrances but some too strong vanilla fragrances give me nausea. I thought I had to give up vanilla. However, Siwa is just for someone like me. It starts with a bit of a strong aldehydes fragrance, which I'm not the biggest fan of, but after a few minutes, the magic starts. It changes into the most soft vanilla fragrance ever. It's a sweet vanilla, but not nauseatingly sweet, but cozy-sweet. It just makes me want to hug myself. Also, there's a little bit of musk in my nose after a few hours. It makes the fragrance lasts longer and keeps the vanilla clean. The projection is not that great as others have mentioned too, but the longevity itself is quite nice.

This fragrance has been reformulated. Accords as popcorn and whiskey are no longer listed in the note breakdown. Siwa is a very soft and creamy fragrance. Like other Memo fragrances Siwa is masterly blended and smells luxurious. As some other reviewers have pointed out, Siwa has this baby bath smell. Soft and warm like a blanket. Personally I also think of summer when I smell this fragrance. Luxurious lotion, sun kissed skin and long summer nights. I wish Siwa would project a little more, as it sits very close to the skin, but to much projection from this fragrance might be to overwhelming. Siwa is inoffensive and perfect for daytime wear spring, summer or fall.

An airy, ozonic, slightly floral (narcissus) vanilla with a grainy, cereal like undertone. Very creamy, smooth, smells like luxury body lotion, clean, freshly showered skin. Not too sweet, it's the vanilla for the heat of the summer. Very fleeting in the winter months, only really works on warm skin. I have a very sensitive nose and hate the current trend of "I am only paying this much if I can be smelled from hell", that being said, it's even a bit too light for me. I would like to feel it more, because it's beautiful. Great for layering or wearing it at home, and I find myself reaching for it quite often when my nose is tired, overstimulated and needs a reset.

My boyfriend said I smelled like a church, and that it was a good thing. I guess it’s a compliment I’ll take. I can see where he’s coming from. I smell wooden pews, candles or incense being lit. I don’t know how the popcorn note was able to produce that, but I’m not complaining. To me it’s a sweet and spicy, woody and floral, soapy spritz. It’s light and airy to my nose and has a fizziness about it. It reminds me of Diptyque Eau Duelle EDT in terms of density and texture, but this is also more with the trunk of a tree while Eau Duelle is with pine needles. Perfect for Fall weather.

The notes on this are wayyyy off. Correct notes are (according to the Memo website): Narcissus, incense, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, freesia, heliotrope, orris, sandalwood. A wonderful soft wearing fragrance that smells like it should be placed in the “clean” category although it has a slight yummy (cereal) point of difference. A stunning everyday type scent but lasts all of 2 hours. For the right price, I would buy Siwa for a cosy, intimately projecting perfume.

Siwa by Memo Paris is a quiet and shy scent that is reminiscent of rice pudding or flan to my nose... I really like it because I love shy scents that do not project and announce my arrival. I do agree with others about Siwa’s poor longevity, unfortunately, it’s true. But it’s not too bad, I get 3 good hours so it could be worse... All in all, it’s a love for me. I got a full bottle of this at a heavy discount so I wasn’t too torn up about it...

Siwa is another gem from Memo. I highly recommend giving it a proper sniff. Reading the notes or looking at the olfactive pyramid doesn’t do it justice at all. It’s soft, delicate, and comforting. A creamy, musky scent that reminds me a bit of Narciso perfumes but more refined and subtle. There’s a smooth sweetness running through it, almost like warm skin.

I literally had to overspray myself just to get a hint of the scent. It’s a slightly sweet vanillaish floral scent. Nice BUT can hardly smell much even with direct sniffing on the over sprayed spot. Kinda remind me of Eau Duelle EdT vanilla scent but since both are so weak, I can’t confirm my feelings. Edit. Something in the dry down made me love this!

Utterly disappointed in this amazing fragrance. Has the notes of Whiskey and Narcissus perfectly blended and very prominent. Turned into a skin scent within minutes for me. Seriously considered buying a bottle if it had a bit more silllage for me. Oh well.

Narcissus and Vanilla Goodness!!!!! I've had this in my collection for a while and just got another new bottle. The vanilla in Siwa is so sublime...it just whispers femininity, class and elegance. Love, love, love!

Beautiful soft vanilla with a touch of oat like feel and soft florals. The whiskey & popcorn notes are mute on my skin. The narcissus is sweet like honey, really really like this !!

very unique vanilla, I need to wear it more because I do love it but some how it was back on the upper shelf

Realistic narcissus and vanilla. Spa-like. Lasts many hours on my skin.

Very pleasant, joyful and inoffensive scent.

It's a gorgeous gold colored scent! I don't know whiche one does this, because the official site & the fragrantica notes are different, and i only relate this to the whiskey & the popcorn note maybe - but there is an awsome almost boozy honeyed-cereal like grain accord which is smeard creamy on a slippery-silky smooth, and softly vanillary, light butter accord. But the opening of this rich composition is truly light, breezy & ethereal thanks to the ozonic violet leaf and the aldehyds. This airiness is paired beautifully with the almost aquarelle toned, semi transculent, somehow tiny wet & veil like, comely & pale-yellow narcissus. And this dew-y vibe of the flower is blended together perfectly that slightly liquid booziness wiche is spiced, sprinkled abd sparklened up with some cinnamon (- which is also nice and airy at the beggining) With time, the fragrance becomes more silky & powdery but keeps the written consistency. This fragrance is perfectly uplifting & sunny, shiny, gold & sweet whilst breezy and a bit dewy at the begginig with the tone of the faint but fresh, pale greenish-yellow watercolour . It's remminescent to the golden grainfields & dewy meadows which are painted by the sunbeams on an early, birds-chirping summer morning in august. While the sun is coming up, and getting higher, the tempetature is also getting warmer, just like the fragrance which is getting a bit more rich. While the sun reach at its top on the sky, the warm but light golden dustiness of the earth, the fields and the honeyed pollens are mixing with the warm air starts to dancing & playing with the summer breeze. For me it's one of the perfect indian summer/early september fragrance♡ Has a different scent profile but a really similar warm & sunshiny vibe just like Amouge - Sunshine. ( as i said the scent itself nit - but rhe mood is realky similar to It's a gorgeous gold colored scent! I don't know whiche one does this, because the official site & the fragrantica notes are different, and i only relate this to the whiskey & the popcorn note maybe - but there is an awsome almost boozy honeyed-cereal like grain accord which is smeard creamy on a slippery-silky smooth, and softly vanillary, light butter accord. But the opening of this rich composition is truly light, breezy & ethereal thanks to the ozonic violet leaf and the aldehyds. This airiness is paired beautifully with the almost aquarelle toned, semi transculent, somehow tiny wet & veil like, comely & pale-yellow narcissus. And this dew-y vibe of the flower is blended together perfectly that slightly liquid booziness wiche is spiced, sprinkled abd sparklened up with some cinnamon (- which is also nice and airy at the beggining) With time, the fragrance becomes more silky & powdery but keeps the written consistency. This fragrance is perfectly uplifting & sunny, shiny, gold & sweet whilst breezy and a bit dewy at the begginig with the tone of the faint but fresh, pale greenish-yellow watercolour . It's remminescent to the golden grainfields & dewy meadows which are painted by the sunbeams on an early, birds-chirping summer morning in august. While the sun is coming up, and getting higher, the tempetature is also getting warmer, just like the fragrance which is getting a bit more rich. While the sun reach at its top on the sky, the warm but light golden dustiness of the earth, the fields and the honeyed pollens are starts to dancing with the summer breeze and - just whilst the Amouage - Sunshine for woman is richer, denser, warmer & fruity, then Siwa is bit paler, a bit less warm, and a bit more ethereal while the gold here comes from mostly the grain and the narcissus not from the osmanthus and the fruits. For me this difference is like difference between the morning/dawn & the midday sunshine. I think if you like the vibe of Amouage love mimosa & Amouage Sunshine and the scent of Nikolai Kiss me intense than - it's not a blind buy- but totally give it a try! 💛 I really like it! ✨️🌾🌻💦🥞🍯🥃🥐🧈⛲️🪂⛅️

Yep,i don't know why but it really has a very bit of that cheerios vibe :D ( it doesn't contains honey or grain- so i don't know... maybe the whiskey note's wheat aspect) I really like this scent! Maybe i'm going to love it. (this is my second scent from memo what i like, beside sintra) The composition starts with a beautiful airy, aldehidic opening of the woody-bourbon whiskey and cinnamon-vanilla with that beautiful fragile narcissus. The popcorn note is not too potent, but gives slightly smokey and really buttery background to the scent mostly in the drydown. And the musk gives a bit of cloud like powdery effect to the fragrance. ( but don't get me wrong it's not a powdery musk bomb) it's buttery but at the same time airy spicy woody bourbon-vannilla floral scent. In my opinion it's perfect scent for spring for a gourmand lover like me (or maybe early fall at the harvest time.) It's buttery, sunny bright and airy gold heaven. Like u wake up in a warm sunny spring forenoon, the window is open the breeze with the scent of narcissus and a lil bit of violet from the garden comes in, sunshine paints everything bright yellow, and for brunch u eat a slice of bread with butter and cinnamon-y honey or cheerios or some bourbon-cinnamon buttery cookie.