Elle

Ignore the pyramid above. There is a strong raspberry or deep red juicy fruit , prevalent in the opening and stays throughout. if you like the sound of that, it's worth getting a bottle (at a discounter!). The fruity notes are creamy, and the amber base takes some time to come forward but when it does it blends so well with the floral fruity top notes, I fell unexpectedly in love. The fruit takes a backseat after a while but it never completely disappears. There is a phase about 30-45 minutes in when the fruit starts to evolve, taking backseat to the other notes and in that phase, I went slightly anosmic to the juice. For a frightening moment I thought it was gone, but I could still see the oily spot on my wrist so I knew it wasn't. I waited a bit and sure enough the fragrance continued to evolve and finally settled into its final form after a few hours: creamy vanillin amber base with those fruity florals dancing on top. The lasting power in INSANE! All told, it was nearly 14 hours before the scent fully disappeared.

I absolutely love this scent, but bought it by accident after smelling Elle Anniversary and falling in love with that one. Elle is still an absolute love though. What a beautiful, elegant, comforting scent. It feels light wearing, but creates a gorgeous scent bubble that I can smell throughout the day. It seems each time I smell this, I get something a little different. This is only my second time wearing it since my bottle arrived, and I can definitely smell an almost blackcurrant/berry scent in the base. I just find this such a beautiful fragrance. It's so easy to wear and is definitely now one of my favourites.

This is such an interestingly beautiful perfume. Strangely enough this smells different on the atomizer/sniffing my skin up close vs smelling it from arms length. I much prefer the way this smells from a distance, thankfully the projection is strong to allow this. I constantly get whiffs of this throughout the day and somehow this perfume flooded my room with this smell for hours after I applied. It’s a gorgeous slightly fruity shampoo smell. It has a coldness to it, almost like wet hair with shampoo in it. Dries down ambery and soapy. A very gorgeous, elevated scent with lasting power.

I'm going to sound as a total profane, but to me Elle smells very similar to the original Lolita Lempicka, or at least this is the first thought that comes to my mind every time I sniff the wrist. Maybe Elle is more elegant, not so "in your face" sweet, but at the end I cannot stop thinking that I could pull off a similar perfume for a fraction of money. I like both a lot, it's just that price difference is insulting.

I love this. It's soft and subtle but projects extremely well. Very well blended