Villa Lympia

Mmm .. This is a strange little thing .realy summery and perfect for the ocean site. Smells of Imortelle ,Honeyed sweetnes herbal slightly anis almondy , It reminds me off almond smell . Very airy and uplifting. makes me think of freshly dryed linnen in the wind by the seaside. or warm towls on the beach a bit of seasalt in the air .But not to much algeas and beachside ,driftwood and such . More like a day by the sea in clean cloaths and sunrayes on your skin. Not very serious . its a playfull , romantic .but still serious somehow . A true gem for a summer holiday ,to buy and wear on holiday and save up later to remind youme of that time. This is unik and different to what im used to anyway . Medium strength . Lasts about 6-8 hours on skin " summer time when the living is easy .." would be a good team song for this one . It just dawned on me ,this has something in it that reminds me of Brighton rock Miller Harris ,a bit of that same playdough vibe and salt sea. I love them bouth . different enought to have bouth IMO. this is more beachy bathing kind of scent .

The actual notes: Top notes - Maritime pine and mimosa. Heart notes - Sea spray/sea foam, rush (plants) and sea salt. Base notes - Helychrysum, linen and algae. This has a lot of rather bad reviews, but I don't agree with them one bit. This is amazing in my opinion. It smells like standing on top of a cliff by the shore in France. The sea breeze plays with your clothes and your hair, and you can hear the waves crash angainst the beach below. It's salty, refreshing with a hint of mimosa, and then it turns more into a pure saltwater smell, like you dive from the cliff and let the ocean embrace you with it's cool waves and swaying seaweed. In the drydown it smells like your skin after a long day at the beach - warm, salty and summery. It's gorgeous! Longevity is great on my skin, it lasts more than 8 hours. Sillage is pretty great as well, it starts rather strong, but dries down to a solid medium. In the last hours on the skin it is a pleasant skin scent.

Love, love, love this. Deeply nostalgic having grown up around the beach my whole life. This smells exactly like you do after you've spent a long day at the beach after a boozy brunch of mostly mimosa and the sun has baked the sea salt, sun screen, and sand into your skin which has all become mixed together into one thing "Beach" that starts to waft off you as begin lightly sweating on the trek back across the hot sand back home. You are telling me I get to just spray that on myself whenever I want without having to actually spend all day building up to it? Incredible.

At first I smell ozonic floral notes and a sweet and heavy resinous base. The mimosa here is bare floral, very different from what I've smelled in other perfumes. This floral note weakens with time and the fragrance finally becomes a beautiful evocation of sand. To be honest I wasn't impressed at first but now, after wearing it, I love it. It gave me a pleasant impression of warmth, as if sea water had dried on my skin on a hot summer day.

I agree 100% with TIWALII, let me just add that both flaxseed/linseed oil and immortelle (Helichrysum) are prominent base notes. summer in a bottle