Miss de Molinard

I have read on Molinard's website that this perfume is identical to "Miss Habanita". It is basically the same perfume. I blind bought this from their website, I didn’t really know what to expect. I like it: it is a warm vanilla-based perfume with strong peach, and a flowery background. At the beginning it is a bit chaotic: the peach is wild and the sparkling white wine note (not really a grape note to me) makes it even brighter. The vanilla is there from the start, but at first it is subtle. After a while, on me at least, the vanilla takes over, and the peach and the wine sink in the background. After some other time, vanilla and peach are the main stars, ylang makes an appearance with a faint jasmine, and the wine disappears. The perfume goes from a wild, fizzy and sharp beginning to a rounder and mellower drydown. It gets better and better with time, the notes "separate" and become.more clear and rounded. Performance is great, it lasts half a day on me. Projection is moderate to strong. It is not a fresh perfume at all, it is actually quite warm. In my opinion, it is best worn in winter, fall or early spring. Not really in the summer, it would get cloying since it is quite a sweet perfume. Not exactly a gourmand, but close. It is really good, quite the people pleaser if you will.