Iris & White Chocolate

Just now checking out Dua products- so, I have no history.. Received this and another, today. Initial impression is that it is lovely- but odd in some way.. No litterbox smell- we will see how long it lasts. I am told with Dua and know from experience with some brands, that you have to spray a few sprays and let it macerate. The dry down, pre-maceration is good. I am going to do this and check back later.

A few years ago I got hold of a small decant of Iris Ganache. It was soft, airy, and weirdly enough made me think of delicate feathers floating through space. As a bottle of Iris Ganache by then was almost impossible to get hold of, I invested in this Dua smell-alike. It was a shock: at first spray all I could smell was vomit, faeces and chalk. I suppose this is what others have perceived as cat litter. Some 15-30 minutes later it had settled into a very pleasant sweet scent that actually reminded me of a slightly heavier version of Iris Ganache. Just this morning I grabbed it before going to work, but immediately regretted it when I sensed the vomit. What would the colleagues think if thode top notes stayed longer than I remembered? But luckily they were mostly gone when I artoved, and by lunchtime a colleague told me what a nice and warm perfume I was wearing. So fear not - just have patience for the perfume to burn off the top notes! The beautiful part then lasts all day...

Having some experience myself in diluting perfume oils to EDP strength, I think the mistake DUA made was in assuming that a higher concentration (i.e. Extrait) of fragrance oil to alcohol (ethanol) is better. No, if you don't dilute the fragrance sufficiently you end up with molecules that don't evolve properly and a scent that smells like poop for the first 10 minutes. If their bottles were screw top, I'd fix this by adding more alcohol, but I'm not willing to decant the whole thing to another bottle to do that. On the other hand, after the first 10 minutes, it is a very nice scent. I can't say how close it is to the original, as I haven't smelled that. The previous review mentioned that you can replicate Iris Ganache with L'Heure Bleue and Cuir Beluga, so I am editing this to add that Iris & White Chocolate is very reminiscent of L'Heure Bleue in the dry down.

lovely scent, cinnamon is strong, but for me it is too heavy for summer heat.

Can anyone who has this come back and update?? I purchased second hand hoping the person sprayed and put away- nope. I don’t know how Dua did this but the opening literally smells like poop in a litter box- kid you not! I can smell the leather through the fecal overtone and it reminds me of L’heure Bleue. I didn’t wear it very long but it’s was starting to soften and sweeten up. How disappointing! I have many leather fragrances and even the most animatic doent smell like poop on my skin. I gave it a good 10 sprays and put it away in the dark. I’ll update every few weeks. I can smell the potential here!! I’m also thinking of adding some perfumers alcohol to dilute the oils more. I don’t think this should be Extrait de Parfum... please message me if you have this and had success with time.