Sexy Garrigue

I purchased the 6 piece sample set for her and expected to like Sexy Garrigue least, but I was very wrong. Sweet amber/vanilla, but not too sweet. Spicy, but not too spicy. A bit of lovely herbal/green to add some freshness. Love labdanum always and love it here. Patchouli is there, but light, in the base. I thought this would be too masculine, but find it perfectly unisex. It reminds me a bit of the dry down of the more resinous Chanel Les Exclusifs - Le Lion, Rue 31 Cambon. Not at all like the opening, but the dry down of those, which is what I love most with the addition of a little herbal freshness. Although it is resinous, sweet and spicy, it is also fresh and light enough to be worn on summer nights, I think. It's so good. If you want beast mode fragrance, this isn't it, although I don't yet know how it will perform in spring/summer heat. It projects more than Le Point G and Noire de Mai, but not as much as Sur la Plage. I don't find any of them to be beast mode, but they are extremely high quality, beautiful, and create a lovely scent bubble that I notice most when I am in motion. Eau du Jour and Eau Da La Nuit are the perfumes intended for layering, but I like Sexy Garrigue layered with Noire de Mai more. Full bottle worthy for me (discounted). Bad news for my bank account that several of them are. I'm afraid to smell the entire line!

Another Veronique Gabai, that I just love! Based on the notes, I thought it would lean more masculine. It can, but not necessarily. Ah, this is sexy. This is less syrupy than Killian's Angel's Share. They share that sweet spicy a tad smokey Brandy vibe, but not suffocating or heavy. This is soOo deliciously seductive. I wasn't expecting to like it this much. •All day fall/winter wear. Its warm and cozy. •For spring/summer more of an evening wear to dinner/date. •Its an any time of year make love wear. ...or to walk passed your ex or the cutie at your coffee shop looking snached kinda scent (.^‿~.) ♡ On my top favorites for sexy evening fragrances. A little goes a long way and its lasting power is a good 6-8 hrs. I'm in my cloud of yumminess all day. Hope this helps ツ Update: For the most part, I don't like to read comments, so I can form my own opinion and not get influenced. On that note, I just read the comment below mine that says it smells like Angel's Share as I mentioned in my review. Ha, love it. (◠‿◠✿) I do, however, like this one a lot better because as I've mentioned before its lighter and a more easy wear. Angel's Share I like a lot, but since its so thick, it makes it strictly cold weather.

Absolutely fantastic. I cannot stop spraying this. I don't really get the generic “amber” and “resin” notes that are listed. Smells of sweet, dark liquors on breath or left out in rocks glass, like cognac, brandy / red wine and spice to me. reminding me very much of the beginning of Amouage Sunshine, which has black currant and almond. I also smell plums, salty olives, other dried over-ripe fruits, resins, light patchouli - no smoke, a bit of cinnamon. I do not compare this at all to Serge Lutens’ Feminite Du Bois - this is way more boozy and deep- the only similarity is maybe the dash of spice. I need to try Angel’s Share, especially if the longevity is better. My partner can smell this all day on me but I cant pick it up except whiffs here and there after 30 minutes. I really like this but for the extraordinary price, not sure it’s worth the spend. Edit - I tried angel’s share and I see the similarities but look. This is SO much better. In my humble opinion only. And I think they’re ridiculously overpriced, so this is worth a try.

I love this perfume. It has fantastic silage and it really lasts, rich and warm and spicy. I was troubled by the seemingly incomplete scent tree, though, so went onto Veronique Gabai dot com. to see if I could find more. Because I was definitely smelling things not listed here or on the site from which I got mine. On the website, they list these notes: Mandarin, Ciste labdanum, Patchouli, Vetiver, Honeycomb, Vanilla, and Amber. These are the listed ethically sourced ingredients: Pink Pepper, Patchouli, Vanilla, Vetiver, Honeycomb. I still knew I was smelling cinnamon, and sure enough, in the chemical breakdown of ingredients they list Cinnamyl Alcohol and coumarin. Otherwise, they have the exact same descriptive as is printed above, "Night falls . . . " The sweet but not too sweet note is the honey. And there is definitely cinnamon in this. I don't know why they don't put the entire tree on there. Good selling points. Oh, well. This one is definitely a keeper! I'm very happy with it. It is, dare I say it, sexy.

Light spicy patchouli on a moderate syrup bed of resinous balsamic amber, slightly sandy/powdery with a touch of green pine. I’ve smelled this type of Amber many times and I am always a sucker for them. This one though is legitimately sexy, there’s a current running through this one that is incredibly sensual. It’s not too much spice or resin. Just the right balance of vanilla Amber goodness with enough depth to keep the experience interesting. This reminds me of many ambers before it but it’s closest to Taklamakan from SHL777 but with less of a sandy feel. I very much enjoy that one but I prefer Sexy Garrigue over this style of Amber.