Roses Elixir Montale

I am grateful that I never tried Dior's Miss Dior Cherie (yes the super famous one with strawberries and popcorn notes that sounds utterly delectable) and am therefore not suffering withdrawal symptoms nor handing over my kidneys in exchange for a bottle on Ebay.

So when trawling the perfume forums one day and noticing many people were swearing that Montale's Roses Elixir is a dead ringer for MDC, of course my curiosity was piqued and since there hasn't been any news of a discontinuation, it was safe to indulge my curiousity. Must I add that the girly girl in me was dying to get my hands on that Barbie pink bottle? I sensibly settled for a split on the same perfume forum. 

First spray...orange peel!! Freshly grated and still spitting zest all over you.

Then comes the romance. Roses and strawberries and tart strawberry leaves and roses and strawberries and...you get my drift? Real strawberries too, none of that migraine inducing pink industrial waste pretending to be the fruit. This is like a Valentine's Day in a bottle. Guys save on the flowers and get a bottle of this instead, it's probably cheaper than roses on V-day. 

I like that the sharp citric acid and green tartness of the strawberry leaf keeps this from falling into a syrupy sweet mess. The musk is evident but it smells clean and slightly soapy here and as time goes on, an amber base shows up and keeps the opening notes company by throwing in some cozy warmth into the mixture. Roses Elixir leaves a prettily pink scented trail wafting behind you and stays as a blushing scent cloud for hours on end without wavering.

Ahh L'amour...nothing beats Blane and Andie.

Roses Elixir is living proof that Montale does do other things than oud/rose combinations.

I leave you with my favorite song from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. I adore John Hughes' movies!