L’Extase

This has become a 4 parts review (please don't follow my steps; try it a couple times before review it :S): Part I: I am a little concerned about the integrity of the bottle I bought (batch of 2016), because I am smelling something completely different. The opening is pure pepper and rose ... so spicy it almost feels like incense. The cedar is also really noticeable. My first impression was that it smells like a mixture of incense and a plastic doll's head. It's not sweet at all. The comparison with Tresor La Nuit and it's other flankers (truly sweet gourmand perfumes) left me perplexed. Part II: Edit: Maybe, what this perfume needs, is patience. After a couple hours, the sweetness emerges (the "second accord"). Is not something I would normally choose, but it's a really interesting smell... classic, elegant... this is a powerful woman. it reminds me the 90's, but I still can't grasp why (it's the iris-like note). I still can't understand the Tresor La Nuit connection. Part III: Edit 2: I'm back. Take this as a "real time review". After five hours, I can finally smell Tresor La Nuit in this perfume. It's really soft, and is not exactly the same, but it's a beautiful and super sweet surprise. This perfume is a rollercoaster. Bravo! Part IV: Edit 3: After trying it a second time, I can understand all the previous reviews. It's absolutely a sweet gourmand. I can still feel that "incense" note, but in a subtle and harmonious way. I agree that this perfume belongs to the same category that LVEB and Tresor La Nuit, but it has a more mature (not old) accord than the other two (wich, compared to this one, are more "girly" or "playful"). It's seduction in a less obvious way.

Something elusive and captivating about this darling. The scent I fell in love with on first try was a fruity fizziness, which must be the raspberry. On my skin, the fruit disappears entirely, but on my clothes, it lingers longer and I love the combination of the fruit and caramel. Oddly enough, I dont think of it as a gourmand, despite the caramel. Not very strong sillage I think, but to me it's most important that I am able to catch the facets of the perfume I'm wearing, and on that count, it's good. In fact, as I go through the day, I get a little sweet, and then some fruit at another time, and then a whiff of the lovely benzoin, which anchors the other notes nicely. Maybe that's why it feels elusive...and that's why I'm captivated :) After I bought it, it felt a bit similar to CH by Carolina Herrera, and though that's a fragrance I love, I was initially disappointed that L'extase wasn't completely unique. But on experiencing it further, I think they aren't overly similar. CH has a strong woodiness which this doesn't, and this one has an airy sweetness (like a moscato really), which CH doesnt. But about 50% similar. Which is not all that much, depending on how you look at it. I have a sneaking feeling that I like this better than my CH (after being oh so faithful all this time). And the bottle...is so beautiful and classy. I bought the 30 ml (a policy-decision on all new fragrance given I have so many!), and the little thing fits into my palm so elegantly. Clean but soft lines, the deep colour of the bottle, so feminine, and lovely! I can't stop wearing it! Ok. I shall gush no further...;)

I own a few of L’Extase line and in my opinion these are some exquisite fragrances. Underrated gems! The rose in this line is striking, deep, sweet and intoxicating. But L’Extase is not simply an oriental rose scent. It’s so much more and complex. It has a heavy dose of fruits: raspberries, peaches and pears. It has white flowers and jasmine, pink pepper and caramel and a rich, ambery, vanilla, woody base. It’s a very fruity, slightly spicy rose, with a hint of patchouli, has a liberal amount of caramel and vanilla to give the rose a jammy vibe and the benzoin mixed with amber in the dry down gives it a warm, cozy feel. It’s a lot thrown in but Francis Kurkdjian used his magic and created a very strong, smooth, well rounded, balanced, nighttime, seductive scent. I find this mostly suitable for date nights or going out occasions and for colder weather, thanks to its richness and depth. This is not a casual wear for me. Personally, as far as performance goes, this is intense and projects strong for the first 3 hours after application. The price I paid for my bottle was very reasonable, these scents were super affordable but I am afraid that this line is discontinued. I haven’t seen it anywhere sold recently. Hope it’s not the case...

This one is one of my "I-told-you-so"-fragrances. I just HAD to buy it with rose and amber and benzoin and peach. But yes, the raspberry and the caramel worried me. I think fragrances with those in them CAN smell good, but I often end up never wearing them since they ́re just not me. I am a classic floral type of a girl- like them clear, clean, bright and slightly tart even. But it ends up this has a tartness that I first didn ́t notice and it grows, strangely so, while wearing it together with the amber developing. So the "sour" note that bothers some people in the reviews here is what I really like about it! I find it to be a supremely blended perfume and on me it lasts a long time, while its silage is moderate. I keep waiting for myself to get annoyed at the sweetness, which happens with Tresor La Nuit and LVEB Absolu. But I just keep liking, close to loving, LÉxtase. Syrupy rose, evident peach, discreet, but obvious caramel and a very nicely executed amber/patchouli combo in the base. Subtle, sweet, rich, alluring even. I am digging this one. It ́s WAY better than many of its contemporary same-style scents. Oh, and the bottle is one of the prettiest I have and have seen. Gorgeous.

It is one of sweetest perfumes I have.very very sweet.it's a mix of caramelly sweet vanilla sweet and ambery sweet.so I agree that it's very sweet but also I can smell something sour that makes it interesting.I can smell very sweet notes,rose and sour raspberry in first hour. It's very delicious and sharp and heavy sillage. But after that fruits and sweet notes are less and there is musk and rose and a little other flowers.it's less sweet and not sharp.very beautiful and feminine.I like this change if that sour and sweet caramel and raspberry stayed it gave me headache.longevity is very good and it's a sexy modern perfume for party and for fall and winter 7/10 این عطر خیلی خیلی شیرین هست.شیرینی کارامل و وانیل و کهربا با هم.اما ترشی هم داره که جالبش میکنه.در یک ساعت اول ترکیبات خیلی شیرین تمشک ترش و خوشمزه و رز حس می کنم.شارپ هست و ردبوی خیلی قوی داره اما بعد شیرینی و تندی کمتر میشه و ترکیبات شیرین و میوه ای کمتر میشن و مشک و رز و کمی گلهای دیگه را میشه حس کرد.درکل ملایمتر و خانمانه میشه که من خیلی خوشم میاد وگرنه دچار سردرد میشدم.ماندگاری خیلی خوبی داره و برای پارتی و جمع های مدرن و استفاده پاییز و رمستان خوبه ۷/۱۰