Topaz Glamour

Mmmm, since I am on a raspberry -red berries- red fruit spree I am surely biased! In other words it starts amazingly fresh and bright and carelessly young, like my favourite Flamingo Fizz by SuperZ, and dries down to the noble De Young Red raspberry by Orlov. 2 most amazing raspberry trends in one . I might repeat my Flqmingo Fizz review, but Glamour also opens up as the little soap bars/ linen fresheners from the ‘90s in Body shop (I think those were boysenberry red coloured ones). I have both FF and DeYR, but my greedy parfobsessed nature is requesting the full bottle of Glamour too. Actually I tried a few of perfumes from The Fragrance line: I like that I find surprisingly unique every work they do, say Amethist is a gorgeous Peach fully equipped to contest Guerlain’s work on the same fruit, very special in its own way. It’s pricey but so well done with outstanding longevity and non- linearity too. A fully fledged amazing niche with as it seems outstanding ingredients! Thinking of a full bottle. 2 weeks later: got a full bottle. And the more I wear it the more it is a wonderful combination of berries and MFK Baccarat rouge - yeah yeah guys ! It is - as long lasting and as addicting - baccarat with berries yummmm, calm down there is no iodine notes - absolute love !!

Yes, this is a Glamour fragrance. An explosion of raspberry and fruity and sugary notes, an incredible compliments getter, in the wake of the slightly gourmand fruity that have been very successful lately. During its evolution, the caramel and woods slightly extinguish the sweetness, introducing slightly acidic notes that balance everything. A great treat (in the most positive sense of the word) that will make you take a lot of appreciation.

When I was testing the perfumes from this new house it was immediately clear that the house has its own personal touch to each scent. None of them directly reminded me of any previous fragrance, even though the scent profiles are very common. It didn't feel like the style is immediately so "me" and the scents are heavy, so these are not for those who like light scents. Anyway I think you'll grow into these scents little by little. The more I have worn them the more I enjoy them. Topaz Glamour opens up with a exotic mix of berries and fruits, which is not a sparkling, light, summery drink, but rather reminds me of wine gum sweets. The aroma is not totally artificial by any means nor totally realistic, but it is rich, thick, opaque, a little even sticky, but not cloying. It's intoxicating. Raspberry does not stand out in any way individually or any more than "berries" in general. Like the chocolate note in Opal Secret the fruity note with berries lasts until the late dry down. The house has managed to create those note in the way which is not so easy always and woody notes are supporting and sustaining them. If Chocolate was dipped in Amber in Opal Secret, here all those berries and fruits has been dipped in Amber but it's not that dark here, it's bright and golden, a little bit shiny. Somehow it feels like the rising sun, which brightens as the day goes on. The longevity of this scent is also good and it takes many hours for the scent to develop a caramel-like sweetness. In the dry down the scent start to loose it's uniqueness and the aroma is softer, pleasant, sweet, fruity and utterly beautiful mixed with cozy Musk. Topaz Glamour is more suitable for wintertime since I think it can be heavy and stuffy in hot weather because It's very close to get a headache even now when it's cold. The problem is the first two hours and this is so potent that it's difficult to wear it less. The longevity is great. I don't see myself buying a full bottle of this one but I absolutely recommend you to try this one if you want some very unique and heavy fruits. I'm still learning the concept of this new house and I will maybe write a longer review later. I wrote already a review of Opal Secret, Amethyst Soul is written now as well and next will be Pearl Harmony and Onyx Wonder. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

At first, it’s a berry mix. And then... Baccarat. No thanks. Brands that do this deserve their own special category. On that list: Ojar Red Temptation Byredo Alto Astral W.T. D’ORSAY Sweet Disruption