Sirene

We are coming close to the end of the rose reviews that I have written for the upcoming Valentines day. Vicky Tiel Sirene is a Heritage rose bouquet. There is something about the beauty of old English damask roses that is elegant and fragrant and yet the do not stand out as having perfect form and bud. They kind of spread out and work best to compliment other flowers in a bouquet. Sirene is a wondrous scent. Its complex and the complimentary notes assist the rose while not quite outshining the star. I believe that it was nosed by the amazing Jeffrey Dame. And that it is a sibling scent of Ulysse. Ulysse might still be my favorite fragrance of all time and I have worn it hundreds if not thousands of times and it still seems new. Sirene has a good deal of notes as well and each seems natural, blended well, and yet each noticeable and distinct. There is a quality in the base and a call to sailors of attractive presence who would struggle in vain to resist its notice. Vicky Tiel makes amazing fragrances and if I were to tell one all the things that I like about this one, the review would be long enough to draw complaints and reject notice. Performance like with Ulysse is fabulous. It has fantastic longevity and good sillage. All you could ask for in a fragrance. Value is superb. This is a designer scent with a reference point of $20 an ounce and yet it is easily purchasable for under $20 and you can find it for $5 an ounce. My usage of this one is heavy. As with Ulysse, I find it perfect for Spring, Summer and Early fall and its strong enough to not shy fail in winter as well. It gets maximum extra credit for being repeat bottle worthy. I own not one or two but rather well over several backup bottles. And I do not plan on using them as gifts or swaps. I bought a wealth of backup bottles even long before I knew that Jeffrey Dame was the nose behind it. I did not want to risk reformulations or watching it discontinued and I bought what should be a near lifetime supply and even then I worry about running low. I easily open and use a full bottle of Vicky Tiel per year. They are frequent wears and this one rates with any of the house though it is a bit more feminine. This is an easy grade at 92. It has stared down very good and entered the realm of excellent. Sirene grades out as being in the same subset of quality as that of any rose fragrance ever made. It is so good that I honestly could care less if I ever own a Tom Ford Rose, Lyric Man, or Portrait of a Lady or any other rose that costs $100 an ounce or more. I honestly could see why men would drive their ships into rocks to get a the Sirens wearing this scent. Graded out at 92 there is room for improvement but I do not think anybody that wears this scent at anytime or to any function would ever have to take a backseat to someone wearing a better fragrance. This one isnt perfect but its excellent and entirely deserving of an A- grade. If one were to make bouquets with Damask flowers there is so much that you could do with them. And that is how I feel about Sirene. It is fresh and inviting and floral but it also has a zesty citrus feel with complexity musk and woods. It smells different on different days, temperatures, occasions, weather, mood and occasion. It gives you florals, and a bright rich rose. But it gives you some white, and some sweet vanilla cream pie. The geranium shines. And you get to the drydown base the musk and woods give it almost a foresty wet fresh cut feel. The bottle is nice and Vicky Tiel is said to have designed it herself. Even if someone hated this the bottle would be worth the price of admission. You can buy 10 bottles of this for the price of a high end niche scent which you might like less. It performs. It has some sillage. It smells natural and worth 20 times its cost and is sold at virtual giveaway prices. There is absolutely nothing that I can think of to fault this fragrance. There is room for improvement but any gripes are honestly slight. Ive docked it a little bit for not letting the rose be the absolute star but even then it is a slight problem. When something is this well blended it is ok if you do not have a loud obnoxious rose that demands notice. And you could almost forgive a fragrance that calls itself Sirene for having some screech. But it doesnt. Its pleasant, natural, beautiful, sweet, fresh, perky, affordable, long lasting, with a lovely bottle, and a complex smell that you will probably want to smell again tomorrow. Its a shame that so many will miss out on this one to chase prestige and fragrances of vain glory and price. Damask roses do not have perfect form but they are unmatched in scent. And with the right floral arranger they make some of the most beautiful bouquets you can find. Sure hybrid teas are known for their form and floribundas bloom more often but the Damask Rose is natural, and vitally fragrant. Damask roses were the flowers of legend written about across the ages. Vicky Tiel Sirene is almost an old masters still life painting in a world of portraits tipted by cubism and angles. This is a fragrance of women calling ships to the rocks and yet despite the name of the shreek there is something of the visage here, song and smell, that invites the reach of the hand and turn of the wheel that mourns of the come hither.

This is like being fresh out of the shower! I describe this fragrance as a fresh, cold, clean and very soapy and somewhat powdery fragrance. But I describe this talc more as a rose soap that is quite foamy and fresh, fresh without being aquatic, rather cold, like cold water. I don't find the talc in this fragrance like the common ones that are often confused with fragrances for older women, or talcs like La Vie Est Belle, Chanel No.5 or Lou Lou by Cacharel. It is very elegant and feminine, it is not informal, something vintage but for me it is timeless. Not for everyday. For rose lovers of course. You have to tolerate the talcum powder. Its performance is very good, you can't apply too much because it can become heavy and overwhelm you. I do not recommend it for hot summer days! More bearable in cold and spring weather. Its price is very affordable, at least that's how I bought it, apart from the fact that its presentation is fabulous. Very pretty to have on the vanity table as it also serves as a Vintage decoration. I think it is not a fragrance for everyone, you have to have a developed nose adapted to different notes. If you only like typical sweet, fruity or Gourmands perfumes, this is not for you. So far, I can't find similarity between this perfume and another one, quite unique. If you like Jovan White Musk, I think you might like this one, because they have something in common, floral, fresh, clean, powdery... and Vintage! But I repeat ''I can't find similarity between this perfume and another one''.

I genuinely love this perfume , it goes on sale here in Miami so frequently, in the shops for $14 , it’s so bright so sharp , so rosy!! And that’s why I love it it’s definitely strong and when u spray and walk around others will smell you , I’m over the top . So I use this to mix my other fragrances for example this will sound so crazy but if you mix this perfume and Clinique’s aromatics elixir, you almost get the same DNA of the classic vintage Fendi women , and it’s not me making it up. I have six full-size Fendi bottles, two medium and three small bottles .. it gives off that rose chypre when mixed with aromatic , I also love mixing this rose, perfume with anything with patchouly and oud .. I’ve even mixed it with tabu and smells amazing haha And I’m not light handed I go ham on this perfume when I mix it with others, but let me tell you I work in customer service in retail with Makeup and perfumes I’ve literally had people give me a hug just to smell me that’s how nice this perfume is ... Like I always say you have to wear the perfume the perfume cannot wear you.. be confident in it and you will see yourself walking around, smelling fabulous and possibly others hating but you know you’re amazing in this perfume ❤️

Magnificence in a bottle. I have the miniature, a frosted glass bottle with beautiful images of women surrounding the glass. The bottle is one of my most unique smalls. Sirene surrounds you immediately with a boozy rum scent of a Peaches Flambe. This is a rich, full, mysterious perfume that calls to your inner primal desires. Some fragrances are splashed, some are sprayed, some are walked through. Sirene is dabbed on pulse points and hidden areas. Sweet, powdery, heavily musky, this is a powerful weapon that takes you deep into the vortex of erotic perfumery. Sirene begins with lemony geranium and orange notes, followed by piercing, earthy florals of violet, jasmine and ylang-ylang, wrapped in powdery veils. This is a strong, animalic scent lasting hours. The vanille is strong and mature. As the Sirens sang their songs to the Mariners, as the Slavic Faeries were spirits of seduction, and Nymphs could bring madness and infatuation to an admirer, then this perfume is aptly named Sirene. If worn appropriately, it is a powerful drug ensconced within the bottle of maidens, not to be taken lightly or used daily. Sirene is for romance, for midnight dalliances, for seductions of love.

This is my daily fragrance, I almost always wear pink so this goes perfect with any outfit. It's very feminine, rosy, ethereal, clean, a lil powdery, fresh but a bit sweet, a floral sweetness tho, not exactly sugary. It is very sharp in the beginning but that top note doesn't last long. And it's powerful, so be careful with spraying. I always get overly excited to wear it and end up wearing maybe too much 😬 but i don't care because i find it very pleasant. The first time i ordered the 3.4oz bottle (clear glass and pink juice) i also got a small version of it (frosted glass, amber juice) which i think was probably the old one before reformulation. They are different, but you still recognize the scent. The old one smells a bit softer, warmer and a bit boozy. The new one is sharper and fresher. I love them both so much. And it's a cheap perfume, but it has great performance and it's unique enough where I live (everyone wears candy sweet ariana grande type scents) which i appreciate a lot haha. It also lasts long, more than 4 hrs on skin, and several days on clothes. Anyways i love this fragrance and the bottle it comes in 💖😊

I randomly blind-bought this (and I’m not sure why) but it must have been fate deciding, as I love this and it wants to be my signature. Let’s start with the bottle, I hate the strong pink colour of the liquid (as it looks so girly in my non-girly decor) and I hate the plastic bishops-hat style lid, but I love the glass bottle with the scantily-clad ladies all around. It smells like nothing else, but I’ll try to best describe it. It’s not dated nor vintage smelling in my opinion. The aldehydey opening is thrilling and I was willing for it not to change (as I hate vanilla). But the latter change is so comforting - it’s a warm, ambery, honeycomb-toffee-sugar, peachy-musk with floral highlights and ylang-ylang brightness. It mainly reminds me of Boadicea The Victorious ‘Valiant’ but without the hefty price tag, with a little ‘This is Her’ by Zadig & Voltaire but smoothed, refined and made ultra classy and wearable. It lasts (big selling point for me), it’s clean, it’s affordable, it isn’t overbearing nor too vanilla-sweet. An overlooked gem.

This lasts long on my skin and forever on clothes. I feel like I stole this for the price I paid. My liquid was pink if it makes a difference. One spray and I knew she was a gem. Powdery sweet flowers. I get floral more than rose. The sweetness is like powdered sugar. Light. It is soapy but as a person who dislikes soapy scents this is so feminine and delicate. Please let the scent come to you. Concentrated sprays do this perfume zero justice. I mixed this perfume. Half Sirene half Gyrfalcon The White Phase (a 540 clone) and it's sublime. Longevity is bonkers. TWP adds a bit more sweetness and gives it this flair that I cannot explain. The other half was mixed with Afnan Modest Deux. It turns into a sweet powdery cherry scent. It's powder for spring and the summer. It's refreshing. I will be buying another bottle because I like the scent as is. I just love mixing, lol. Powdery scents are more miss than a hit for me so finding this beauty at such an affordable price is a joy.

I received a sample of this from a fragrance friend. On first spray I was like woah this is sharp and has a lot going on! Then as it dried down I was so intrigued by what I was smelling. I have never understood what an aldehyde smelled like until this. When people say, fizzy, bubbly, I didn’t get it but this is effervescent like when you first open a carbonated beverage and then that sweet rose and violet combo linger so elegantly. I finally get it and this will be my foray into more aldehydic lovelies! On clothes this lasts for days, does smell Pink and girly girl femme. I will be picking up a full bottle because I need this interesting and glamourously vintage fume in my life! Edit: I did get a full bottle. Do you know what this smells like to me in the drydown? Pink Dove soap!

I didn't like this at first. I've let it sit for over a year and now it's paradise ☺️❤️ it doesn't smell weird anymore. In fact I can't stop sniffing my hand, it's so satisfying now. It's also 9 degrees Fahrenheit, so that could be the sweet spot. Although I'm sure I tried this in cold winter before and it didn't work. I believe it had to acclimate and settle and now it's ready. I can't describe what I'm smelling all I can say is it's gorgeous and addictive!!! And it was so overwhelming powder sweet tart strangeness. But not anymore! This gal is now comfortable in herself and is glowing! I'm so glad I didn't toss this as I was tempted to many times but the bottle is what kept me from doing so.

I used to drive a loong way to buy this..in the 90's you could only get this at Neiman Marcus. It was a special trip to make. And it was niche and very expensive. I would buy the O. G. Dolce & Gabbana with the red velvet cap, Angel by Mugler and this bright, happy floral by Vicky Tiel. Back in the 90's you would pay top dollar. The perfumes were BIG, and they had incredible performances. So many of them have been changed & watered down...this one has not. It's a steal for what you get. Bright, happy, heady florals that last and last. Use a light hand. Not much is needed. A beautiful bottle, filled with TNT florals that you can purchase for a song...what more could you want...

I tried this as a blind buy and I love it. It is purely floral. Previously I wore mainly Chanel No. 22, but it is difficult to find. This EDP lasts a long time, probably 8 hours, and is as complex as some of the more expensive perfumes, like j'Adore, which doesn't last nearly as long and is far more expensive. I'm surprised Sirene wasn't better marketed. It's a lovely, light, and complex floral with staying power. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves light florals with just a touch of warmth. Five Stars also made Norell, which is also nice but very strong, also with a long scent life. I always thought French perfumes were the best, but Sirene has proved me wrong.

I love getting perfumes in the mail. It's such a thrill to open a beautiful package and experience a new or already known scent. Today a mini of the amber colored Sirene edp arrived. The opening notes are intense florals that soften quickly into a powdery sweetness. There's a tiny hint of spice from the geranium, which tightens up the composition to keep it from being too sweet. Sillage and lasting power are average. The frosted flacon is beautifully detailed and will be a nice addition to any perfume bottle collection. Sirene is a modern feminine scent in the classic style. It's a well blended perfume and affordable, and I like it very much.

I love this fragrance and get many compliments on it. A clean soft, floral, rosey, powdery scent. I wear this year round and it's great for work. Personally, I wear it as a floral in winter b/c it's comforting. My 8 year old son loves this perfume on me, he calls it my "shell" perfume. Women have said " you smell exactly like a flower. Like a real flower you pick" and "You smell so good! I don't mean to offend you but like a sophisticated Love's baby soft". To me, this is a very soft fragrance and one that can be used everyday.

Blind bought this after catching my eye at TJMAXX at a great price for the edp. Looked it up here and the notes are what I like along with the mostly positive reviews so I got it. I absolutely love it! I agree that it's a bit similar to loulou, which I adore but it has a soapy sharpness to it like L"air du temps also. A great combination with a powder and rose dry down. Give it a few minutes to settle down before judging the scent as it took me back a bit when I first sprayed it on.

The opening notes are bright and intense rose and jasmine which settle slowly to musks and fresh spice. What I love about this bargain of a perfume is after a few hours the woods radiate out. On my skin I actually get a very subtle hint of smoke. This is a powerhouse of a perfume in terms of sillage and longevity so spray carefully. Wasn't sure what to think after reading all the reviews, but after buying I am impressed. Believe the hype.

It’s a gorgeous perfume, bottle designe and scent profile. The pink color is most definitely appropriate. Having read violet’s review, I ,too, have an 80s bottle of poison edt. I gotta say I definitely smell a similarity with the musky soapy rose being the difference. I think of it as Dior poison rose spice. LOL I’m happy that sirene did not trigger a migraine for me. Lots of perfumes do so unfortunately. It projects well too.

Mmmm mmmm mm so freaking good! I can’t help but notice the similarity between this on and... wait for it... Dior poison original edt from the 80s!!!! I had multiple people sniff both just to confirm and yes! It’s definitely a rosy fresh spicy rendition of Dior poison original edt. This perfume is absolute steal for the price. The bottle design is gorgeous! My bottle is actually the clear glass with pink juice. Love love love 🌹

Sirene by Vicky Tiel is sweet...almost edible like Sweet and Sour Asian Yum Dish ;-). But, I like it none the less. I wear it to work to lift my mood, especially on one of those high pressure days...deadlines. I returned to the store before the Manager Sale ended and purchase two more gift sets (greater savings than the bottle by itself). The Gift set was a full size EDP Spray. It lasts all day on my garments.

this smells like the color pink, sprayed it in the car and my sister was like "holy shit" she then sprayed some on herself bc she loved it. Smells like the soap that was at my grandma's country club. Lasts upwards of 18 hours on clothing, the first spritz sort of reminded me of yardley lavender, but it mellowed out into something completely different as as it dried down.

Soapiest rose ever, this smells nothing like the tuberose heavy Poison that the person below me said. This is roses and soap poison is tuberose and plum. I just had to point that out for anyone interested in this don’t expect that. I know she has other fragrances in similar bottles maybe she got one of those because again, Sirene is 0 like poison.