Mila Schön Donna

04. may 2014 This is what i would probably call "fruity chypre" type of fragrance. This is a weird fragrance in my opinion. I do love classic Mila Schön fragrance but this one is something strange. Too many notes, that are hard to combine into something very beautiful IMO. It starts as a something very chemically fresh and zesty (thanks to jasmine and bergamot combo), the peach note in here is a very synthetic and comparable with those ones, that are used in modern celebrity fragrances, which is no good at all. The opening smells to me like i have sprayed too much of celebrity fragrances at once in the air and now smelling this weird mix. Don ́t forget the melon note, that is listed in the heart notes, so you ́ll see my point of view. The opening fades away relatively quick and i am left with a sweet (melon) and sour (mandarin) and patchouli mix with the hint of the jasmine from the opening. Very strange smelling. Somewhere closer to the dryown i smell a shadow of the rose note, but drydown is all about musk and hint of sandal. Quite weak projection and lasting power, up to 3 hours on my skin. Very dissapointed with this creation, expected something else, based on the notes. Not my type of scent at all. UPDATE: (26. may 2015) Not sure what happened, but i retested it again and it is not as bad as i wrote previously. I still do not enjoy the openeing, but the drydown is very good. I finally smell the rose! And it is a beautiful one! A sweet rose from the garden, surrounded by juicy apricot and sandalwood. I guess this fragrance needs a warm weather, last year we had a very cold may and june, so i believe i didn ́t do this fragrance a fair review. I will be wearing this during summer this year. The sillage is actually quite nice, as the lasting power. It is all the matter of skin chemistry and temperature. :) Please do not remove this comment, since others might find it useful. Not every review should be positive, so people like me wanted to make a blind buy might find it very informative. Thanks.

This is a very well blended fruity-woody fragrance. No doubt it is Italian. Loud at the first whiff but soon it settles down, and keeps a great sillage and longevity. It's a grown-up fragrance, every note is detectable, in a sweet, however not sugary way. I love that my scarf keeps the fragrance for days long!