Ferderic Malle Portrait of a Girl begins with roses simply earlier than they bloom, with hints of inexperienced and woody stems within the cool early morning air. For many of its growth, the rose stays the star and driving pressure, however the scent turns into extra earthy, smoky, and woody over time as notes of patchouli, sandalwood, and incense turn out to be extra dominant over time, till the rose begins to dry up ultimately fades into the background, though it is nonetheless clear sufficient to know it is there.
Other than the scent, it might be extraordinarily vital to know that that is one bombastic cloud of perfume – it has an intense sillage and projection and can fill a room with the scent for the following day as soon as sprayed (even only a puff or two). It was one of many strongest scents I’ve ever come throughout by way of sillage!
The record of the model’s grades is under, though retailers have additionally listed benzoin and castoreum as grades.
- High notes: rose
- coronary heart notes: black currant, raspberry, carnation
- base notes: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Frankincense
It wasn’t only a rose opening simply earlier than it bloomed, as a result of that got here a couple of minutes later, however the stem and leaves – a way of inexperienced and wooden. The rose has been sweetened with ripe fruit – maybe a refined distinction from raspberry. The scent had a coolness, like daybreak on an early spring morning. It did not take lengthy for the sweetness to take a again seat whereas the spicy earthiness got here to the fore with the rose.
The fruity sweetness returned after half an hour, overpowering the earthiness and woodiness to encompass what grew to become a spicy rose, and a tendril of smoke wafted within the background. As Portrait of a Girl advanced, it grew to become earthier, smokier and extra woody, with rose taking middle stage. The drydown took about 4 hours to actually present itself because the rose grew to become extra closely blended with patchouli, sandalwood and incense to the purpose the place the rose was within the background.
For testing, I used two sprays from 2mL pattern vials utilized to the underside and high of my wrist space on my left arm. I used an unscented moisturizer earlier than making use of the scent as that is additionally my swatching arm (aka being extremely parched at a sure level) as I discovered the scent did not final properly right here in any other case. It was an extremely lengthy lasting scent that was nonetheless noticeable on the pores and skin the following day and had fairly a projection for the primary 4 hours and a long-lasting sillage for a number of hours after put on.
Subjective, I am glad I attempted it, nevertheless it’s nonetheless too early in my exploration of rose as a word to make an actual determination on the place I’d rank it by way of general enjoyment. This was a perfume I purchased to attempt as a result of it had rose with a number of different notes that I do know I like and I like the scent of blooming roses…although I am not sure if I just like the scent on me for a very long time (versus in a bouquet or within the backyard).
This specific scent was additionally exceptionally lengthy lasting with an enormous wake, and I favor perfumes that dwell in my private house however do not linger once I depart a room. About midway by way of the check, my husband walked down the corridor — he did not even enter my workplace — and remarked, “Wow, it smells like fragrance in your workplace.” The following morning, my workplace nonetheless smelled. For me, that is an excessive amount of depth outdoors of my private house to put on comfortably!
Out there sizes
- 100ml for $395
- 50ml for $270
- 30ml for $200
- 10ml (journey spray) for $79
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