Hedonist Iris

This review is from the sample kit ordered from Viktoria Minya's website. My parcel was lost in transit the first time and Viktoria very kindly replaced it :))) I had almost given it up for lost when I finally received the second dispatch after a Long wait. Out of the 5 scents, I like this the most. All of Viktoria's perfumes have this pleasant fizzy aromachemical base as a common thread tying them together as an oeuvre. Much like what 'Tauerade' is to Andy Tauer's perfume line. Each of her scents is a delightful variation on a theme. Hedonist Iris stood out for me because of its olfactory coolness. If I can just sum it up in a few words, it is a Cool Elegant Iris. The persona it channels is that of a well-kept woman, very high maintenance. Men (and women) wonder at her either because she is off limits or out of their league. Underneath the ice queen image however is a born seductress. This perfume is not only a statement to the woman wearing it, but also the man behind who is masterful enough to have her. This is a very well made fragrance by a talented perfumer. It is not my style but I'm very Glad to have tried it. Viktoria Minya's work is very feminine and girly, all champagne and bubbles and pretty little things. It's only my personal preference that I go for darker, more complex and harder-to-understand fragrances. I will wear Hedonist Iris out. It is a perfume I'll wear for other people, not something I'll wear for myself though.

My favorite iris. My favorite fragrance in general among all latest releases. It's a stunner! It starts with a sublime mix of red fruits and bergamot, I get also watermelon for some reason, but definitely acquatic too, in a unique and original way, not like cool water stuff. It's rich and refined, sweet and cuddly, but all the way luxurious and elegant. Fabulous! Towards the drydown, it becomes more muted and suede like due to the cedarwood, it's less sweet and definitely stays closer to the skin. Wonderful, but very quiet. I have a very dry skin, usually i have a problem with longevity, not sillage - in this perfume I get less sillage but I can smell it almost for days on my skin!!! I literally smell fresh and creamy ,powdery and musky and luxe- all at once. I tried Hedonist by Viktoria Minya before, and I liked it, it's a very sensual scent, but it is Iris that will go on my Christmas list, and I'm so much looking forward own this beauty!!!

I generally like iris as a scent since it ́s my name as well ;) Among all of the perfumes wiht iris dominance I like the Hedonist the most. Even after a long day I can still feel my favorite flower and slightly the black currant as well. I love the shiny bottle as well. I usually wear it on days when I know I have to face some chalenges. This scent gives me confident and works perfectly with my lilac pants suit. My best friend bought it as well after she has tried mine.

Extremely beautiful scent. I love the bottle, I love the fragrances , I love everything at it. It s elegant, it s fruity, my husband adores it when I am wearing it. This one triggers emotions, somehow it changes my day. When I shew the sample to my colleagues, after applying it, they were very enthusiastic. After 10 minutes the scents start to resurrect, and suddenly new fragrances come to life. I carefully studied the ingredients and yes the fruity aromas come to life.

I've tried all the hedonist flankers and this is my favorite. So much so that I've added it to my 'want to buy' list. The dry down is just so lovely. I do detect the iris note in the dry down, but this is a note my skin amplifies in general (I"m a floral green profile). Hedonist Iris is one of the best perfumes I've sampled in a year, I really enjoy it.

Wooow, it is surprisingly beautifule and elegant parfume! I tought that it will be too soft but it is stong enough- yes and soft too but it has a good sillage- there is a Hedonist Iris cloud around me all day. So the longevity is 8 hour minimum. There is musk, iris and cacao on it and at the beginning I can feel the black currant too. GOOOOOD!!!!

I have been using the Iris for 5 days. I have to say, it creates an elegant ambiance. It s serious but it can be warn buy younger age too. The vintage and modern impressions are planted in this perfume. Very feminine, alluring, soft, my boyfriend love it, he says it goes perfect with dark color dresses.

A woody musky scent in which the proportions are perfect. The fragrances come out in the perfect moment and gives me this evening feeling of going out, having a cigarrette on a date and feeling perfect. Lovely

Honestly I love it, but I don't think I love it as much as the original. With a foundation like that, you could add anything to it and it would be beautiful. Really impressed with Viktoria Minya! 8/10

Hmm, lovely, I have the vintage-retro impression. It gives me that vintage feeling, yet it gives a natural , close to nature feeling as well. Very feminine, elegant.

Great job, the woody-musky proportion are in a perfect way created. I feel it very soft and delicate. Great sillage and longevity.

I just added this to my collection and I am over the moon for it. Huge love.

Great job Viktoria Minya!!! Another great fragrance refined and elegant.

The perfume is gorgeous! The scent is brilliant! Love it :)

adorable frag, very easy-going AND classy in the same time!

This begins with a mix of woody and powdery notes. Right off the bat it’s much dryer than the other hedonist incarnations. It quickly becomes almost lemony, and the powdery iris recedes into the background. After a couple of minutes I get sugared lemon and sharp tangy green cedarwood. Lemon merges into bergamot shortly afterward. Through this whole opening pink pepper plays a lovely support role giving an edge and a sharpness to the other notes, you would never smell it on its own but you can smell it lending definition and a sparkling quality to the others. This hedonist, unlike any of the others, is clear, crisp. Greener. They are creamier, sweeter, more sensual. I keep going back to adjectives like ‘clear, sparkling, sharp, defined, crystal’, etc. It feels alive. 1/2 hour in it becomes much sweeter, adding in some vanilla? Sugarier lemon. This could also be brought on by a higher skin temperature, as at this time in the wearing I was walking quickly in 13 degree (Celsius) weather and thus became a little flushed. An hour in the sugary lemon has been replaced with lots of powder. The iris is fully present, and the concoction is not at all sweet anymore. Dries down quickly. It is a skin scent within 3 hours. Mild and subtle and nice but not anything terribly wonderful. Lasts through a shower as a skin scent, though...disappears around the 9 hour mark, though that may be inaccurate considering I did shower during that period. 6/10

An extremely beautiful scent. Just GORGEOUS and lovely and pretty and basically all things wonderful. It is clearly well thought out and planned, with time taken to ensure a quality perfume. I am not good at detecting individual notes but I can say that it is sweet, but not cloying, and definitely more iris flower based than root (which is a VERY good thing imo). Extremely delicate and feminine. Surrounds the user in a cloud of soft, sweet iris and cocoa. The ingredients used smell very high quality as well. My only issue is that it's so soft and delicate that I do have a hard time smelling it. This may not be true for other people who have better noses, but it is just too light for me. I was hoping more for something like her first original Hedonist, which had great sillage and longevity, but this is a very true skin scent that is hard to smell.. :(

Hedonist Iris is quiet and nuanced, with noticeable cacao notes. I imagine sitting in a coffee shop, wearing a soft cashmere sweater, during a lull — the morning crowd has already passed through, and the early lunch hour crowd isn’t in yet. It’s late September or early October, relatively warm, but the sky out the window is cloudy. My coffee cup is long empty, but a couple of tables over someone is drinking hot chocolate with cinnamon. I usually don’t do well with powdery notes, but they are very mild here. Just like the rose in Hedonist Rose, the iris in Hedonist Iris becomes more apparent as time goes on. Also, while the description says "fragrance for women," I think Hedonist Iris would be quite charming and elegant on a man -- especially one wearing a cashmere sweater and sitting in a coffee shop.

"Hedonist Iris" has a cool, creamy texture that reminds me of body milk. I get a smooth, natural blackcurrant warmly embraced by a very subtle and dry cacao pod. It is not gourmandishly sweet at all, which surprised me considering the cloying intensity of the original Hedonist. Nor is it densely powdery. It has the same charm to me as "Premiere Figuer" by L'Artisan - obviously with completely different notes, but with the same soft, balmy quality. Much like the other release "Hedonist Rose", it quite reserved and fairly linear, but the structure, texture and balance achieved here is much more impressive. This is a good day wear scent; gentle and non-intrusive.

this opens with a lot of iris and musk with a dash of pink pepper, that gets a bit stronger in the first few minutes. it stays linear and i get no other notes. it's just a powdery musky iris with pink pepper on my skin. *maybe* a tiny hint of cedar to add woodiness. i get zero blackcurrant here too, maybe it's a skin chemistry thing. i have smelled another similar perfume but can't place it right now. it's a very pretty iris for spring.