Hedonist

THIS PERFUME IS ABSOLUTEY BEAUTIFUL! One of the most beautiful scents I have ever encountered. The only other perfumes that have compared so far with such a beautiful opening for me have been Calligraphy Rose and Malle's Portrait of a Lady. Not saying they smell similar (they don't, not at all) but PoaL's and CL's opening took my breath away and so did this one. It's so amazing, the way the sillage will fill up the area around you with just a drop and give off the most heady, gorgeous scent. I'm not good with detecting specific notes yet, so this is just general impressions. Opening has lots and lots of sweet honey, somewhat boozy, very rich and bombastic. Lots of peach, but not the kind of sickly fruit peach smell I get in a lot of 'peach' fragrances, where it smells synthetic and overly fruity. Here it is perfect. This perfume is extremely rich, though. In fact, probably way too rich to wear to work or for every day but perfect for a night out or a special night in ;) Sillage on this is great, longevity is not very good on my skin (but nothing is good on my dry skin for the most part, so this is more about me than the perfume). I need this perfume. NEED. I am totally asking for this for Christmas. Edit- 3 months later- well I didn't get this for Christmas, so I have decided that my *only* issue with this scent is the price. I really wish it came as 75mls instead of 45, then I could justify it as being about the same price as a SL bell jar. Lol. Edit again- Well whatever about the price, I bought it anyway. There are so few scents that I LOVE LOVE LOVE, that I think it is worth it. And besides, it's not as outrageous as the price of some of Malle's stuff and I wanna buy that too!

Golden goddess. Southern Charm. Cozy cottage. Autumn landscape. Summer breeze. All in one. Gorgeous peach Vanille and Osmanthus. Syrupy sweet fresh floral gourmand. You can smell the quality of ingredients. More than one person commented that this fragrance smelled “very expensive”, which is a strange compliment, but attests to the quality of the oils. This lasts ages, envelops you and leaves a long lasting pleasant trail. - Golden hour on an autumn day in Scotland. An old castle overlooking the golden sparkling forest. You drink Scottish mead with peach and cinnamon as you say goodbye to the day. - Old Quebecs Christmas market. A sparkling winter night and the streets are bustling with people under the golden Christmas lights. You watch and enjoy as you take bites of the most delicious warm honey cake with apricot drizzle. -A warm spring day in Savannah. Your on your front porch overlooking the wisteria tree as butterflies hum about. You sip the loveliest fresh peach jasmine tea with honey sweetener. -Corsica on a hot summers day. Your overlooking the blue waters and the beach. You sip on your peach aperol spritzer as you smell the honey nearby Ultra femme. It’s perfection for me. Sparkling, sweet, woody, fruity. Can be worn casually or formally at a daytime or evening event, any season. Not work appropriate as it projects too strongly

"Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the primary or most important intrinsic good.In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximise net pleasure; pleasure minus pain". The luxuriant bottle, with golden bohemian crytal adorned juice, appears as if an artefact from the mine of King Solomon. Indeed, Hedonist is a befitting title for this all ensnaring perfume. I really feel that if Gold had a scent: it would smell just like this. At first sniff I am captivated, Hedonist is piercingly sweet, as in perfume personality.I am now thinking of my Peaches and Cream barbie that I received for Christmas when I was 6 years old.She was dazzling, truly a sight to behold with her gorgeous gown, the fine, flowing skirt with sparkling sequined bodice, matching sheer fabric boa and peach hued heels. Osmanthus is one of my favourite notes in perfume, it's like the bubbles in Champagne. Jasmine and Orange flower complete the floral Fantasia. Rum and Tobacco fit the persona and ideal of Hedonist superbly. The base is sophisticated vanilla. I find it hard to believe that Eve tempted Adam with an apple, it had to have been a ripe juicy peach! Now that I can believe, and believe you will too once you try Viktoria Minya's HEDONIST.

Hedonist smells like honey to me...Sweet, bright, delicious, almost sinful with a slight touch of illicit...it’s gorgeous and to me, this blend is perfectly balanced. Though the longevity is not the greatest, I love the smell so much. It is sooooo beautiful. That fruity/honeyed note is quite magical; it isn’t heavy at all, it smells airy, light, bright and a bit sexy/naughty!! I get primarily a sweet note of honey, then fruits, some florals, a very slight smidge of booze with a bit of smoke but that’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy in the background. The honey/fruity note is what’s most prominent on my skin. I am going to have to get a full bottle even though the longevity is an issue. Personally, I don’t think I can be without it...don’t judge me 😬😬 PS: not a safe blind buy!!!!! Get a sample first. (Luckyscent is where I got mine). Edit 6/14/22: I purchased a full bottle just a couple of weeks ago and I do not regret it one bit. It is one of my favorites for the Spring/Summer season and even beyond into the Fall. I am even considering getting Hedonist Absolute for this Winter...

If there could be a dessert that was made of a thin layer of rum-soaked spice cake, topped with baked peaches drizzled in honey, that's what I get from Hedonist at the first spray. Hedonist is gourmand, not chypre. I don't get anything chypre here, maybe just a little bit of woods, but I don't think that makes it a chypre. I smelled spices like cinnamon and clove. I finally realized there is a note of tobacco, which tends to smell like ashy cinnamon on my skin, which I love. I don't really smell flowers, maybe osmanthus. The scent of it is really golden, reminding me of honey and ambrosia with a glass of Alsacian gewurstraminer; or like peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream. I bought without sampling first. The bottle and presentation are indeed beautiful. More perfumers should care about those things. UPDATE 7/29/15: My chemistry has changed since pregnancy. I now get just more complexity than I used to. I now smell jasmine on my skin when I never did before. I enjoy it much more than I did 2 years ago, and it is now a huge LOVE instead of like!