Peony Couture

No joke, DHL just dropped this off at my doorstep. I couldn't wait to try this, and hands down, this is the best blind buy I've ever made. I took a really big chance on it because I'm ordering from the US, so it's only an available through Liberty London. I'm a floral girl through and through, but rose and peony are surprisingly not my favorite floral scents, as I typically gravitate towards gardenia and jasmine. But this....this is heavenly. It's a solid rose and peony for sure, with that pepper and licorice adding some depth and interest. Just last week I was considering Le Labo Rose 31, but only grabbed a sample because my friend and I agreed that it didn't really project. You had to have your nose pressed up against my wrist to catch any whiff of it at all. Peony Couture is what Rose 31 wanted to be. She's loud and she's proud, but in a very classy way.

This is a blind buy for me, based on the rose note. However, the rose is a tad shy, and is hiding behind the peony, but the incense and anise are front and centre on my skin. This has a very similar opening to Lolita Lempicka Lolita except for the bashful rose, which is creeping forwards as time goes on. A very beautiful and feminine fragrance, can't comment as yet on longevity as it's only been on a couple of hours. I don't see her in couture, I see her in a beautifully thin and floaty summer dress. EDIT An hour later and the rose HAS ARRIVED! It didn't announce it's arrival either, one minute it was in the cloakroom and the next it's dancing like no one is watching, surrounded by the other notes all clapping it on! Phew, this was unexpected! The peony may make it's name, but the rose is what became. Just what I was looking for!

Wow! This is a true love for me. I first tried it cos it came in a discovery set when I ordered opus kore (also incredible) to my girlfriend. To me this is peony straight up, I have honestly never smelled something that is more exact then this. It is like dipping your nose in a peony and getting it ALL, the floral and the peppery all at the same time. I also smell the anis which is an amazing compliment and just gives it that extra spice that makes it interesting. To me, this scent feels like when you walk in to this very chic boutique hotel that has made their own perfume. It’s expensive and BEAUTIFUL. I must ad that I get tons of complaints when wearing this.

My favourite perfume. It somehow manages to smell like real peonies and roses and also to smell unlike any fragrance I’ve tried before. At the end of a day of wearing this I feel like I’ve been wrapped in a cloud of pink flowers and candy floss. (Just in case it is helpful to anyone else - I tried Delina because they do sound similar don’t they? Delina was also lovely, but much much sweeter and almost sherbety to my nose. I wouldn’t be able to wear it myself, but adore Peony Couture. This is a girly perfume for a grown woman.)

In love with this one, so pretty, very similar to Delina and Blouse it’s like in between of those too, has pretty rose and little softened from peony and I can totally smell pepper and something a little sour. It’s gorgeous, very crowed pleasing. Performance is amazing. I have a travel spray but it’s on my want list now for full bottle. May be after I ran out of Delina. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.