Delire de Roses Caron

Desirability: Full bottle and back up

Source: www.b-b-com.ru

Feminine. Dainty. Graceful.

This smells like a garden party held within walls covered with thousands upon thousands of rose blooms in every shade of pink and yellow. The sky above is crystal clear and blue with not the slightest threat of rain to mar it. The slightest of breezes keeps the party cool and lively with the uplifting green and floral scent of the blossoming hedges but not heavy enough to ruffle the table linen, upon which a delightful feast of pretty treats is laid out, the fruit in season is lychee and here it is in abundance from lychee Martinis to lychee panna cotta. Delicate rose petals and tiny fragrant buds of jasmine are scattered across the table cloths whilst at the corners of the party stand cavernous pots as tall as your hip holding lotus plants with guppies darting about under their broad leaves from which grow translucent pink, purple white and golden blooms. 

On me the exquisite fresh rose blooms and the sweet lychee fruit are the most dominant and although lychee can get a little dense and syrupy, Delire de Roses stays light and tender throughout, rather soft but long lasting. 

A beautiful antidote for Monday blues and somehow I'm reminded of my darling nemesis/niece warbling "Ring a Ring o' Roses".

Source: theillustrationist.com

Philosykos Diptyque

Casual Friday at work and Philosykos is very much unisex and casual. My first true "figgy" perfume and while over the years I've met and appreciated other figs such as Profumum Roma's Dambrosia, I've not felt the need for another fig...yet. Although I've got my eye on a discounted full bottle of Dambrosia. 

While Dambrosia takes you on a journey from a ripe fig to a glazed fig tart in its drydown, Philosykos smells like I'm standing under a fig tree, or many fig trees. Or even wearing a fig tree, leaves and all. It's a linear amalgamation of sweet juicy figs, green trees and fresh coconut water drunk straight from the shell. Crisp, woody, light...absolutely delicious and natural smelling.    

The only downside to the EDT is that it fades really fast and stays close to the skin. I've heard that the EDP smells remarkably similar to the EDT but with much improved staying power.