Ultrared

I bought this about 18 months ago at a store closure sale, convinced I'd love it because of the notes combination. When I first sprayed it I was disappointed -it seemed synthetic and boring. Fast forward to this week, when I've been wearing it a lot. I found the bottle by accident and thought I'd see if it was still OK, just in case a friend wanted it. What I found was the perfect scent for a spring day when it's still crisp in the morning and there's a cold breeze. The first spray reveals redcurrant surrounded by soft, pillowy marshmallow. It's sweet but not candy sweet or your typical 'barbie' sweet - there's a bit of an edge there. If candy sweet is pink, this is definitely red, so the name fits! Once the redcurrant and marshmallow begin to dry down, a hint of vanilla peeks through, tempered by spicy licorice. All these notes are pinned down by a sweet, creamy jasmine, which has the hint of a more dirty jasmine lurking beneath. There's a woody air below the jasmine, which stops the fragrance from veering into floral territory. The sweetness of the marshmallow remains, though the soft cushion effect that the note gave in the opening disapates. After a few hours I'm left with a woody jasmine with vanilla marshmallow and a hint of redcurrant. Unfortunately I never get any strawberry on me, which is a shame as I can imagine it works well. The dry down reminds me in a way of a denser version of Lacoste Sensuelle; which I think could be down to the pairing of gourmand flavours with a very well done and edgy floral note - a floral which never screams bunches of flowers and Cath Kidson prints, more teenage picnics with dry mud and grass stains, a flower stuck haphazardly behind your ear so that it's bruised and crushed, mingling with muddy knees and a shared bag of marshmallows and licorice. Girly, but wearing clumpy boots, sweet, but more licorice than cotton candy. In a genre of many similar scents, this one has enough personality to stand out from the rest.

Again a Fragrantica inspired blind buy. I've worn this a few times now and believe I'm ready to write a proper review. First of all this perfume reminded me of someone and something. I couldn't put my finger on it... then I went to Sweden and tried my sister's Nina by NR. Aha! My sister likes softer, more child-friendly scents and I find that to my nose, Ultrared smells like the funkier, crazier, wilder and (despite of her age) more childish sister. Never have scents and reality been SO aligned ;-) I mainly smell redcurrant juice from this, not the sour one my mum used to make, no, the one that in Poland is blended into beer and porridge and that was sometimes sold out on the street in plastic bags that we stuck our straws in as kids. When I wear Ultrared, it's like I travel back in time to a day in one of the fun, carefree, warm summers, where you could eat ice cream guilt free and pick sun-hot-ripened berries straight off the bush. I also get a very prominent star anise note which half an hour or so in, takes the frag off from the "sugary treats for kids" road and onto "naughty berry drink mixed with liquer drunk on a late summers night" highway. For all the above reasons this is my go-to Friday frag ;-) Sillage: moderate Longevity: 5h Overall: 4.5/5 Mmm, mmm, mmm. Edit: The half point I've taken off for the packaging. Mine is a limited edition, sort of egg-shaped bottle which is a right b*atch to open.

Ultrared isn't a masterpiece but I guess creators' intentions wasn't to create such. I suppose they wanted to create a pleasant, sweet scent bringing red and orange to women's mind, very lively and positive. So here it is. I like it. I like the beginning in red, especially wild strawberries - I can detect them the most. Then marshmallows come and they really resemble true ones. I also can sniff some licorice and wood. The fragrance isn't fully gourmand though and that's great. The scent starts kinda loud and I have a young woman in my mind, laughing loud, catching every one's attention, she is the type you notice at once. Maybe the scent doesn't have depth like Black XS but it's easier for me to wear. The beginning is strong and the scent keeps close to skin after that. The scent becomes somehow deeper in base notes but don't expect much depth, it isn't created to give it to you - it's for a wide smile on your face! Ultrared is also easier to wear than Ultraviolet for me, Ultraviolet had an irriatating note (a bit metallic), I can feel Ultrared is from the same family but it's different. Far better than thin Escada with strawberries! Bottle - couldn't it be prettier?

loooove this one.... it is an EL indeed? i was the lucky winner of two bottles, each 50ml for the price of one... i m so happy. ohhh my it IS sooooo delicious. strong sweet marshmellow with hints of licorice and staranise yammm! i think those 3 notes are my all time faves in perfumes ;) longlasting, great sillage ! really sexy to bite. reminds me very much indeed of Diesel fuel for life unlimited, one of my other all time fave perfumes - quite the same smell less the marshmellow. great for layering as the staying power of Diesel isn't that good as Ultrared from paco rabanne. it also reminds me in the drydown of M by Mariah Carey but less smokey. thumbs up anyway! nb. compared with the Kylie perfume this one is more mature and easy to wear while Kylie's Showtime can easely become overbearing, sickenly sweet and way too girlish. the similarity is obvious of course. i still prefere Ultrared.

I have like more than 100 different perfumes, that i like and love and hate (I'm a perfume freak) but whenever I wear this fragrance it transfers me to another mood, it makes me feel happy, released from stress, playful and sexy, very feminine and yet girly. to me it describes like the perfect woman ( that's what my friends keep telling me whenever I wear this perfume). it is suitable for every woman's age , cuz my mom also like's to wear it a lot ( she is in her 50's) and my grandma too(in her 70's) and they get compliments also when they wear it. to me it's like the best perfume ever made, and best perfume of all time.