Melodie de Orientica

Received my bottle today, so I will write my first impressions and then come to edit it in a few days after wearing for a long weekend :) The presentation of the perfume is just, immaculate. I love it when businesses make it an experience to own their product. You are totally not let down here. But let's face it, it's a nice touch, but not what you're reading this for. The perfume itself. Now, I own Sintra but only in the 10ml travel form. I didn't want to blind buy it, nor did I think a small sample would have been enough for me to buy the full bottle. I LOVE Sintra, i would go and say it's my favourite fragrance, so when I heard there was an inspired version on it for a fraction of the price, I thought "let's give it a shot". WEWEE! what a blast when you first spray her! I instantly get this green, leafy smell (the petitgrain and negroli) blow up in your face like a floral bomb. I personally enjoy the scent, but I can see why people will be put off by it, it's very strong... A LOT more strong than Sintra, where it's smoother and (I would say) a wee bit more elegant. I gave it around 5 minutes to settle and I then that's when it smelt LIKE Sintra. Orange blossom, jasmine, cinnamon... it's wonderful. The orange blossom isn't as strong and I think this is where it is a wee bit of a letdown. It almost makes it smell a little cheaper? I would love some more of it in this perfume, but you can purchase some really nice, cheap orange blossom body mists/EDTs that can really help this go from a 9 to a 10, exact dupe. (Personally, I would recommend an oil, Fleurs d'oranger Orange Blossom Oil by Circus Brixton is PERFECT). As it can be extremely loud when first sprayed, I can see why people would be extremely put off with this. It could be headache inducing. Definitely do NOT spray in public or in an office. It worked with my skin chemistry very well. It's so unfortunate that some people don't get it. All in all for a first impression, I am sold. Aye, for some, if you're sensitive to very strong smells, I would avoid this. But if you're okay with them and happy to wait a few minutes with some OB spray, it's a great inspired perfume and for the price, it's excellent. I'm so happy I purchased this.

I've just received this and sprayed... the first 30 second of it were WHOA SWEET BABY JESUS sugared green/petitgrain citric blast! After about 2-3 minutes Melodie became sweet creamy neroli, marshmallow, vanilla and jasmin HEAVEN!!! I think it's a gorgeous day scent to wear any time of the year (maybe not in extreme heat), and I'm in love! For comparison, in terms of scent profile, I gave up on Ansaam Gold, it macerated for half a year and, though it got sweeter and stronger, it never lost that detergent/antiseptic odor, and I just couldn't! Melodie on the other hand, came ready to wow me. For you to love this scent though, you have to love neroli, appreciate green notes and like some spices. If you don't know what PETITGRAIN smells like (I didn't), find an orange tree, snap a leaf off, bend it until it breaks and smell that, if you can tolerate it (just like that) you will appreciate the opening of this perfume, and then the dry down will sweep you off your knees. To think I almost spent 4 times what Melodie cost to purchase Sintra... this is next to identical, and so beautiful! UPDATE: I sprayed one wrist with Melodie and the other with my beloved Prada Paradox Intense. I wanted to test Melodie's strength after sweating profusely, as PPI is a powerhouse. I put on my hand wraps and proceeded to box, run and do an ab workout for about 1.5 hours... I can barely smell Paradoxe Intense, but with just one spray, Melodie smells like someone recently opened a bag of marshmallows next to me... just delightful! PS: Orientica perfumes are the smoothest Arabian fragrances in my collection, all blind buy success stories. I own Velvet Gold, Amber Rouge, Royal Amber, and now Melodie, and they are all amazing, no regrets!

Top fragrance of all time for me right here besides Poison & Fakhar. Out of all the inspired dupes I've tried..I love this one the best..orange and green notes at the top mixed with fluffy fuzzy marshmallows and because of the green petitgrain notes added to this fragrance it makes it stronger, more interesting and enjoyable the way I love fragrances to be. Not for the faint of heart. You gotta love green leafy notes along with sweet gourmand notes. But this is beautifully blended. This is a performer..lasts minimum 4-5 hours. I was smelling it all day even until the next day on clothes. My top favorite right now for presentation, packaging, and quality of scent and performance. In comparison it smells like the most delicious orange, grape fluffy cotton candy one can engulf themself with. If you love green notes this is just so beautiful. Since I love Chanel 19, Poudre, Iris dragee and Prada's Infusion de Iris I knew I was going to love this. When your driving around with the wind hitting you all you get is wafts of this fragrance. It is Oriana, Killian LDBS & Sintra all in one. Outstanding fragrance! Highly recommend. I'm going to eventually buy a back-up I love it that much. I'm also going to use up all my other LDBS/Oriana dupes and just buy this one for now on until I can afford to get Sintra. Packaging and bottle are top notch and my favorite colors in teal and very artistic looking. Box is equally good for the price. Orientica line is a top notch line worth trying!

I LOVE this perfume! I realized that my favourite scent profile is anything with lemon zest/orange peel mixed with vanilla/ marshmallow. I love devotion, LDBS, jimmy choo illicit, YSL cinema (old version). I have never smelled sintra. I have Ansaam, but I don’t like it! Melodie is BEAUTIFUL! Sweet marshmallow right off the batch, but it is mixed with the green essence of orange leaves and orange blossom. Like the whole orange tree mixed with marshmallows! Can’t comment on longevity yet! But this perfume is beautiful to my nose! It’s LDBS plus orange tree leaves in it! Still quite sweet and marshmallowy and soft! Beautiful! I’m so happy that I found it! Btw, this is not similar to Ansaam, they both have neroli and that’s it. Ansaam smells like incense mixed with neroli and a sharp metal, this is beautiful marshmallow orange leaves and neroli in a classy clean sweet way. I absolutely don’t like ansaam but love melodie. Ps: the original box is beautiful but extremely sticky for some reason! I don’t know if it is a universal issue but mine is sticky no matter what I do. Bottle itself is ok.

I cannot get enough of this scent! The fragrance itself is just as pretty as the bottle and i’m quite literally addicted. I’m not even a huge marshmallowy, sweet, uber girly girl that i feel this scent embodies, but i don’t care i love it so much. I usually grow tired of my full bottles within a month or two but i’ve owned this for almost a year now and continue to wear it almost daily. As with Sintra, warm weather really brings out the magic in her, but can still easily be worn year round. Melodie is the scent i wear when i want to feel playful and flirty, not to be mistaken for juvenile. It creates this quietly fluffy addictive scent bubble that always garners compliments from those close enough to get a whiff (every time i wear this around my sister she asks me what i’m wearing, my mom and my grandmom have also complimented me on it) If you love Sintra, you have to get your hands on this! Truly a fantastic dupe in a bottle just as beautiful as the original