A Sorta Fairytale In Hyde Park

This is really beautiful. It opens up with intense white and yellow florals. After a bit, it takes on a fruity floral powdery character and mellows out a bit. It dries down to a sweet powdery musk. It has a hint of clean white musk in the background, especially as it wafts outside in the breeze, but not like a laundry detergent. I don’t pick out any specific flower or fruit. The honey isn’t too strong. The heliotrope doesn’t smell like play-doh. It’s all really lovely. I would choose this more as an everyday perfume rather than a special occasion, but I could see it worn on a wedding day in the Spring, especially if held outdoors. The longevity doesn’t seem great on skin, but I’m trying from a dabber sample, so that could be why. I’d like to smell this on clothes, but not from a dabber.

If you've been looking for a fragrance with a note that smells like a real mimosa (the type with pink silky flowers), this is it. Mimosa is the first thing that hit my nose and made me so happy. I can also catch orange blossom and a little heliotrope. These are all some of my favorite florals all together, and it's just happy-making. I tried this one in fall, and it works just fine. The orris root in this one doesn't turn it powdery but more fluffy and airy. Hyde Park is not the park for this fairy tale. It feels more fairy-like than that.

If they made a springy floral flanker of Hypnotic Poison it would smell like this. Lots of sunny yellow florals, a little powdery but not a heavy dry powder (I often don't get along with heavily powdery mimosa, but I love this one), lots of very almondy heliotrope, floral nectar sweet but not syrupy or cloying, a barely sweetened and fluffy rather than warm vanilla base. I get some pretty impressive 12+ longevity out of this one too - which this house is very hit or miss about.

I keep waiting for more eloquent words to describe this scent, but the truth is simple--it is happiness in a bottle. An entire season of flowers blooming at once without the allergies, and a couple sprays last for well over 24 hours. This has to be one of the best smelling things in the world, and I am so grateful to this community for leading me to it. This heals my soul.

Aptly named, this one. So well blended it is difficult to pin down individual notes. Achingly beautiful yellow florals swirled with honey for the opening. I am more into spicy amber scents, but this? This is absolutely captivating! FBW for me ASAP.