Ilang Ivohibe 15

@ delilahcat: The jasmine and orange are on the PG website in the text which precedes the rest of the notes: "Born of a fairy-tale union of Madagascan ylang-ylang, Californian orange and Egyptian jasmine, the poetic fragrance of an imaginary flower releases its perfume against the exquisite sweetness of a forest of vanilla plants. Lavender, Vanilla, Ylang-ylang, Orris, Patchouli." @ Tigerlillian: I agree with every single statement in your review! The "marzipan play-doh vibe" made me laugh but describes it spot on. Heliotrope came to my mind too, more precisely Héliotrope by Molinard. Many of Guillaume's creations are labeled unisex and are too masculine for me whereas this perfume is labeled "for women" and I think it is perfectly unisex.

We have musk! Lavender, vanilla musk culminating into a bit of a soapy barbershop vibe. I concur that lavender is definitely missing from the notes above. I also detect a bit of a cherry-almond-marzipan thing going on enriched with a touch of sweet ylang ylang. Orris is also missing from notes which may account for the powderiness in this perfume. Patchouli is also missing -- woody sweetness in the base. A bit of a pastel lavender haze with a marzipan play-doh vibe, somehow clean and addictive though. A little reminiscent of heliotrope. Elegant in a cheery way.

Medicinal opening followed by a lovely Ylang note. It goes through a soap-y phase and then dries down to ylang plus jasmine. It feels fresh and clean. I could see this as a contender for spring/summer.

there's definitely some lavender in it as that's the first thing I smell. hope this helps.

Ilang Ivohibe is a soapy and slightly synthetic Ylang perfume with, as people below have pointed out, a unisex feel. It's odd because from the listed notes you'd expect more of a citrus/floral. This feels to me exactly like a slightly aquatic liquid soap and I'm not keen on liquid soap. I'd also expect antiseptic handwash to smell like this. Looking at comments below, apparently lavender is listed on another site. I dislike lavender as a strong note in perfumes, because it feels medicinal to me. A comfort scent if you're worried about germs I suppose! There's a slight suntan lotion aroma - salicylates maybe or something like that? I have an organic Ylang in EDP by perfumers Balm Balm, I've also had the essential oil on occasions and I find that this perfume doesn't star or enhance Ylang's sunny floral feel. Ylang esential oil or absolute does have a sort of 'tea-like' aspect - a sort of fresh astringency alongside indolic banana-ish white floral. If they'd wanted a savoury unisex feel I think a tea-like note would have worked better It seems to me this perfume has used a cheap synthetic 'aqua' aroma you'd find in any old soap,shaving foam or washing up liquid even. Maybe it's the lavender effect. I haven't yet tried others from Parfumerie Generale and have heard better things about their other perfumes, so I'll still give those a try..