Douglas Hannant

I never tried fracas or micheal kors micheal so I can't compare douglas to them.my other two gardenia dominant perfumes micheal kors very hollywood and bond no.9 central park west made me sure that I adore gardenia so I decided to try more perfumes with this note.it sometimes smells different,too much realistic and green(as in hermes jour gardenia or van cleef's gardenia) but in douglas it comes closer to my favorite type,it's not green or too much flowery.it's creamy with the right amount of sweetness I can feel tuberose,jasmine and orange flower in it too but on my skin,gardenia is star of this white bouquet Pear is one of my favorite fruity notes but in douglas it appears different from my imaginations.pear is sometimes cold and crisp in perfumes,acting almost like apple.it's sometimes ripe and sugary.in douglas it's non of them,it stands in between and it's so mashed up with white flowers that there's no boundaries left between them.so to my nose it's not a really fruity scent,pear is easily detectable but it's there to add a lovely,youthful,delicious and somehow fresh twist to white florals All in all I don't agree with age limitations for fragrances.flowers are flowers and they're not created just for above sixties but if you have such concerns that a rich tuberose scent may be old for you,feel free to try this one.it IS rich but also full of modernity and youth I love how it Smells on me.I believe white floral perfumes generally aren't safe for blindbuy since there's lots of people who aren't into florals but Douglas is exceptionally pretty safe for buying without sampling because it Smells simply beautiful and very easy to like and it seems to be almost same on different people.I know dozen of people from 17 to 70 who love or at least like this one while they usually despise overly flowery perfumes Douglas Hannant is wearable year round,both days and evenings.longevity and sillage are both very satisfying. I have just a decant of it but I will definitely buy a full bottle someday If you're looking for a very complex and unique perfume it may dissapoint you.musk and sandalwood are barely there.it's just about creamy and sweet white flowers with a fruity,peary undertone and a light touch of powder in it's drydown.the point is: it's super pretty,super feminine,easy to wear,long lasting and a complement magnet.It's simple but has It's own character.douglas is among my top choices as a bride perfume,it has innocence,purity,sweetness and a touch of bubbly naughtyness of a beautiful,young bride.it's lovely

Douglas Hannant is much more about the orange blossom and jasmine than I was expecting. I bought a sample expecting a toned down Fracas (which I love), but I don't think that's what DH is at all. The tuberose isn't nearly as noticeable to me in DH as it is in Fracas, and it's definitely not as buttery. I'm not mad or disappointed about it -- I like DH a lot, actually. It's just much drier than I was expecting. To me, a noticeable tuberose is almost wet and sticky smelling, but I'm not getting that here. Instead, I think the tuberose and gardenia lend a sweetness and warmth to the orange blossom and jasmine that keeps it from getting too screechy. I'm having a hard time detecting the pear, so I would not say that DH is a fruity scent. All in all, I think it's quite lovely - sweet, but not nauseatingly so; floral, but not a literal garden; modern, but not trite; and mature, but not elderly. If you like sweet floral perfumes, DH is a good choice. Sillage is fairly loud. I sprayed one spray on one wrist about 4-5 hours ago, and I can easily smell it while I'm typing. I haven't finished out the day (obviously), but based on its performance so far, I think it's safe to say it will be long lasting.

I opened the bottle and instantly got the jasmine basenote. Jasmine in a base..how fun. Spraying it on immediately got a green pear slightly tart with the beautiful gardenia and orange blossom. A sweet pick me up in the dead of winter, but not heavy in its delivery like say Michelle, Fracas, Jungle Gardenia, or even Carnal Flower. Its the goldilocks of this white flower genre..just right but it does have presence. This does not go light, transparent or watery. (thank god) The pear counterbalances the orange flower and the gardenia shines. The tuberose behaves but does her part. Sandalwood, musk, and jasmine leaves the final trail of white floral. If there is one modern, sleek white floral perfume that can go from day to night, all season, natural in presentation true to their core without a lot of help from vanilla, sugars, patchouli or wierd strange notes..just them shining in their glory..this is it. Now I have to get the extrait. Simple but high impact with this one. Marvelous. Update 12/21 Try Petit Fracas. They seem to be cousins. This is more floral focused where PF reads more dynamic. I like them both

This is indeed the new Fracas, but younger, rich, fruity and floral - very modern. If I would not know, it ́s from Douglas Hanannt/Piguet, I could swear, it ́s from Guerlain. The head smells like orange blossoms and is not too strong. It is really captivating. The middle notes is all about tuberose, but not so artificial, like Fracas is, but more naturally, exactly like Carnal Flower smells. This middle notes lasts much longer than Carnal Flower. DH lasts the whole day on me and became more and more intensive. For this reason I guess, they added aldehydes into it, too. Even the next day I got a nice whiff of it. If you like tuberose, loud and long lasting fragrances and fragrances like Carnal Flower, Fracas (which is more simpler, tamer and not so loud), and for example Blonde, you would love it. A scent for all time - day or night and a perfect scent for hot and warm days. You can wear it in the office and in the bar also. But you have to test it, because it ́s really strong tuberose in the middle part. I am jumping around very happy to discover such a beautiful tuberose and orange blossoms fragrance!!!

The orange flower and gardenia combination is a lovely opening to this scent. By the time the tuberose kicks in the orange flower is gone. I'm not sure how much gardenia I can smell at that point because the loudness of the tuberose competes with it big-time. Having said that, for a tuberose fragrance this one is a bit subdued. I get no fruit notes at all. Douglas Hannant has medium longevity for me, and is a classy fragrance in spite of the indolic nature of the white flowers (which often translate to me as sexy rather than classy). I do this like this one a lot, it's more complex/blended and better than Fracas to my nose. Sillage on me is about a 1 metre radius of lush and cool big floral bubble. Douglas Hannant is such strange name for a beautiful floral fragrance. It makes it sound unisex, which this fragrance is definitely NOT.