Le Grand Jeu

So I needed another Goutal Songes ? Yeah, looks like it. I don't care. Well I saw the aesthetic of this brand, the 2 perfumers of this one (2 great), the notes. Could not resist. Overall, it's lovely. Less sharp than my old bottle of Songes, softer. Will last all day but not aggressively, just a fleeting scent. It's probably gonna be my "pick me up" scent for the Summer. I don't get the previous comment, my bottle is really just coconut, gardenia, bubblegum tuberose on some vanilla background. Simple but effective, no need for more. The new Printemps store in NYC Wall Street location has this line for testing !!! Their luxury-indie fragrances section is fantastic. Finally some diversity in indie fragrances and not just the typical big names. Interesting stuff there.

Coconut milky goodness! Hints of green crispness but also quite bold. Topically flowery sweet but in a dressed up way. Most tropical coconut-y scents tend to lean suntan / sunblock-y but Le Grand Jeu offers something else to the senses. It has a citronella scent to it that I absolutely adore. It has sex appeal. Imagine summertime in the beach. You’re all dressed up in a linen blazer and pants, looking good, smelling great as you walk across the shoreline with a hot date. Le Grand Jeu lasted for more or less 5 hours on my skin. Sillage grew in the heat which is great for this type of fragrance. It’s definitely a head turner because this scent makes you feel sexier than usual. Oh lala!

Oh this is coconut creamy straight away. It's full on coconut at first, and the florals comes around as it dries down. It's silky smooth and sumptuous, like a late warm summer night. I'd count it as a coconut milk perfume before a gardenia one, but the maker's description is honestly spot on. I don't usually like coconut scents because they tend to be a bit grating, but this one is lovely. If I was to describe it as a colour, it'd be #FFFCF4

The longevity is great, but it sits very very close to the skin. The most amazing thing about this perfume is that I kept smelling my wrist all day and kept guessing if I would smell coconut or magnolia or tuberose the next time I stuck my nose onto my skin. It really was a play...it kept changing. The quality of the materials used for this fragrance is amazing, very natural. There is something about this perfume that makes me smile.

This is a new favorite for me! I get hit with a powerful burst of gardenia in the opening, but it softens quickly into a creamy coconut vanilla delicacy softly supported on a bed of white florals. It has just the right amount of sweetness - a hint of edibility without being cloying, candylike, or juvenile. I absolutely love it, and this might end up being *the* official summer and/or vacation scent for me.