Poudre d'Or

Alas, why'd it have to be so expensive? Purchased a 5ml decant and am loving it. I actually don't get much musk or iris/powder, I'm getting a very rich, rounded, creamy tiare, that's sweet without being sickly, and merry without being sickening. It's a very solar, rounded white floral. I found this perfume after watching Jus de Rose's musky scents video - and while I love musk to death, this doesn't give me any musk. It's a beautiful balmy floral, but thankfully, I still do love it. Projection is insane - it's very strong, but has average longevity - about 4-5 hours on my skin. Its "solar" nature lends itself to a "summer-y" character, but because it's so rich and a little sweet, it could easily be worn all year round. Love it, and I may purchase a full bottle soon if I can persuade myself to fork out several hundreds for a bottle. - Edit: brought this out for a winter rotation, and I think I may have oversprayed. Five sprays in an enclosed car - instant migraine and nausea. Kind of glad I didn't buy it in the end - the association between it and nausea still persists.

Oh. My. Goodness. Poudre d’Or!!! Gold Dust (literally translated)...✨✨✨✨✨✨ Another successful blind buy and trust me, I was nervous about that one but oh my gosh, this is wonderful! Truly beautiful. It’s a warm floral fragrance that has a slight tropical and a slight sweetness aspect (emphasis on slight). But it is blended in a very nice way as the notes dance together rather than clash against each other. Powdery, floral, subtle tropics/sweetness, some woods peaking through...sigh, absolute goodness!! This is very classy, grown up and I’d say almost distinguished in a way. I’d imagine a queen or a head of state wearing this, I kid you not!! It leans quite feminine on my skin, I absolutely love this!! The projection/sillage are quite strong at first but it settles to a scent bubble quite nicely. Be prepared for compliments ✨✨✨ Thrilled to have this in my collection, I will be cherishing this!!

Oh this is so beautiful, creamy and soft and feminine. It’s like a almondy coconuty vanilla powdery iris cloud in the most luxurious way. So well blended. Very addicting. It’s not the sunscreen cloying Tiare. I do not like Tiare note for that sunscreen like smell to it, but in here I cant smell Tiare. If you don’t like Tiare in Fragrance, please still give this one a try because I’m with you on not liking Tiare. It does remind me of Micallefs Ylang in Gold and Roja pour Femme 51 but yet it’s different, it’s more soft. I have to say I like this one the most. It’s absolute perfection. It’s gorgeous, favorite from the house so far. Such a gorgeous hidden gem. I wore it the other day and longevity was about 4-6 hours may be will be longer in colder days, but i could smell my own sillage when i turned my head. Just so good.

I just have to come back to this to give it a proper review... I think this perfume is a masterpiece. If I had to choose one thing to smell like forever I think it would have to be this. It’s so delicate, almost creamy, it has the perfect amount of sweetness. It’s not a dry screechy type of powdery, it’s just perfect. Everything is blended so well. Something about the drydown smell of this reminds me of a smell from years ago. Im in Southern California and I would often go to Disneyland; and this perfume smells like the area entering the park/the general close area. I’m not sure what the combination of flowers + the smell Disney pumps around is, but it was so similar to this. I haven’t noticed that smell at the Disney park lately sadly, but smelling this reminded me of it and I adore it.

This is so effortless and chic. If my mother was still alive this is what she would wear. I am having one of the hardest weeks of my life and had to meet a client today. I spritzed this on and immediately thought of her. Like she was wrapping her arms around me. A whiff of clean laundry, baked goods off in the distance left out from the morning. Clean hair. A linen dress. This woman drives an expensive SUV and wears a Rolex everyday. She is the kindest human you will ever meet and nothing bad ever happens when she's around. UPDATE : I get compliments EVERY TIME I wear this! It is so balmy, tropical, warm and comforting. I can't imagine not having this in my collection IT IS SO GROWN UP AND PERFECT! The longer I have it the more I LOVE IT!