Ylang in Gold M.Micallef Review

In the heart of winter a whiff of suntan lotion and coconut has the benefit of transporting us into a more carefree locale, with white sands, spun like sugar, lapping waves humming at the background and a gentle warm breeze bringing the aroma of a thousand leis. It's enough to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and the cold, miserable grip of wintertime for a minute!

The hints of boozy richness in Ylang in Gold recall saturated hues of rust and copper, done in a heavy silk drape, subtly changing with the play of the light upon the threads. I can feel—rather than see—the soft shimmer, like the trompe l'oeil of beige eyeshadow edged in taupe with a champagne highlighter gives the illusion of deeper, larger and more alluring eyes. This is a luxurious fragrance that is as delicious as a lemon-tinged vanilla pudding, taking a page off Casmir by Chopard, focused on the lusciousness of ylang in the floral heart.

Ylang in Gold straddles the precarious balance between sweet, powdery-musky and woodsy and ends up smelling golden, generous and gorgeous.

The bottle is a solid rectangle with gold and rhinestone details and the juice comes in both a plain and a gold-specked (24K) variety that sprays lightly shimmery.

 

Elena Vosnaki Elena Vosnaki is a historian and perfume writer from Greece and a Writer for Fragrantica. She is the founder and editor of Perfume Shrine, one of the most respected independent online publications on perfume containing fragrance reviews, industry interviews, essays on raw materials and perfume history, a winner in Fragrantica Blog Awards and a finalist in numerous blog awards contests. Her writing was recognized at the Fifi Awards for Editorial Excellence in 2009 and she contributes to publications around the world.