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My Signature
627 reviews
Subtle. At first I was put off by the forward iris, until I started sniffing my skin. Then I got hooked. It is chocolatey, but it's more rooty than I would have thought, and there's depth and complexity. The touch of bergamot on the opening makes it magical. I love anything that mixes sparkle and earth, and this does it sumptuously. If you want to smell expensive and ethereal, this is it. Other perfumes do this too, but this one has no sharp edges. Even the oud, which comes through a bit later, is gentle, with just enough funk to make it real. Projection and sillage are enormous and it lasts forever, so a 15ml bottle will go a long way.
One of the best of this ilk For the price it puts MFK to shame, as if this was packaged in an MFK bottle for 300 euros I'd believe it. However that's more of an indictement of MFK than than high praise of Prada. What I like about Prada is they use Ambroxan and Ambrocenide sparingly (take note MFK and Dior). A powdery, lavendery blue fragrance that stands out from the rest. Also, the iris is strong, so if you like Armani Code Parfum, this is cheaper and better. Now I'm into the drydown and the vetiver comes through. This is a very good, complex fragrance with stages, great for the price.
Beautiful, but my goodness this is strong (I have 2015 batch), be careful with the sprays. Used prudently it's a delicate chiffon of intruigue, one spray too many and it's a sweet honey gas bomb which will have people gasping for breath, and it lasts forever. Update: very similar to Relection Woman, which is better. They both have a fuckton of calone, but RW wins with the resiny incense base.
Crazy strong,, eternal and enormous sillage. Classic incense aroma to die for. Very addictive and good quality in a sort of old school way. Not sure I'll wear it out and about but it makes for an opulent bedtime spray or two. Warning, this becomes a choking hazard if you overspray or spray too near the face. One on each inner elbow then apply wrists to elbows works marvels for me.
Amazing perfume, with an arresting, dazzling opening. One of my favourite ouds.
Sugar-dusted, dewy, green tuberose and lily flowers on a spring morning. Delicate and fleeting, too fleeting if I'm honest. It's criminally short-lived for the price, but it is so beautiful. It does have sligtly more projection than I first thought, but only for an hour or so. As with most in the line, it's more than meets the eye at first. I'm gonna say it's a love, despite the performance. Perhaps you can't have such a sparkling, delicate beauty and expect it to belt out for hours on end. Update - after a couple of hours, the florals are basically gone and I'm left with a creamy, tart vetiver scent, which is lovely, but totally unrelated to the opening. I still love it, ignoring the price (I didn't pay top dollar for it), but it's one of those scents where I'll crave the opening again one hour in, and so I could end up burning through it FAST. Update: came back to this after months and the vanilla is super strong. The opening is pretty similar to Angéliques Noires. Perhaps I prefer it in cooler weather.
This for me is a true testament to the power of branding. For all intents and purposes it's pretty heavy on the feminine branding, yet if this was in a traditionally masculine guise I wouldn't bat an eyelid. That being said, it doesn't resemble any other perfume (OK it has a little in common with L'Instant de L'Homme by Guerlain, voilà, that's a masculino patchouli chocolate scent). This is a wonderfully pungent, constantly evolving slap to the face. Addictive and somehow gourmand but not gourmand (a trait I'm picking up on in many Mugler scents). I'm not sure I'm ready to pull this off yet, but I've thought that before and then found myself loving a perfume I reckoned I'd never wear For a designer house, Mugler keels it real, brash and bold, but without entering into the screechy side of designer hell (Sauvage, anyone?).
Pretty harsh opening, but gosh, it dries down into a wonderful, creamy sandlewood with some fruit stirred into it. I get more pear than rhubarb. The drydown is among my current favourites, and while there's a touch of ambroxan, it doesn't overwhelm, it adds a sort of nuttiness to the whole effect. It's not exactly gourmand, but it's not far off either. Ethereal and unique. Amazing performance too, of course.
Fig
I get fig leaf. It's quite nice, nothing special.
Love it. Lot's of people griping on here about performance. You must be anosmic, I can smell this hours later. The banana blast does subside, and violet comes forward, but then around two hours in it rebalances and I get the banana in a delicate, creamy haze. Any more banana would ruin it for me. It's true genius to be able to create a photorealistic fruit scent with an accord, and it goes to show that with Celine Ellena, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. Update - longevity is eternal on my skin, incredible! Update - AP store on Rue St Honoré tell me this is discontinued, they're just selling off the last stock.
