Delicate Boadicea the Victorious for women and men

This is more a chypre than a floral. If you expect something prim and lady like forget it. If I had to compare it with something I would say it is Kouros+ narcissus. It smells decadent and rich, also kind of woody. I do not understand why they chose such a name for it. It is not delicate at all.
It would suit somebody like Jackie O.,and I would never say she was delicate. Elegant yes, well breeded,independent.
The lasting power is tremendous.

(This review is for Eau de Perfume)

I am in love with DELICATE! I always admired the tender spring beauty of bluebell woods with cool shades of blue, lavender, green and purple. DELICATE expresses this beauty so well. It is green and fresh like a gentle breeze bringing the waves of beautiful spring flowers mixed with the green new leaves and warm sunshine. I can imagine a beautiful young girl from Jane Austin’s novel walking through the sunlit bluebell woods when I smell this fragrance. DELICATE is absolutely gorgeous!

DELICATE opens with a gentle green and fresh scent that reminds me a lot of spring daffodils. The waves of hyacinth slowly waltz in and mingle with very green and absolutely gorgeous galbanum. The galbanum presence is quite strong right from the beginning. The heart notes bring fragrant lily, hyacinth and a bit green rose. The rose becomes rosier and less green towards the dry down. The dry down is very subtle rose with spicy galbanum on my skin.

DELICATE is elegant, feminine and classy but at the same time very natural and green. It is very harmonious and delightful to wear. One of the best spring fragrances I have ever tried. On my wish list for sure. The longevity and sillage are decent.

The first word out of my mouth upon spritzing on Boadicea the Victorious DELICATE was: chypre. After a fair amount of googling, I finally came up with these notes:

Bluebell woods, hyacinth, rose, lily, jasmine, clove, cinnamon, galbanum

To my nose, this composition is a very classic, old school--or, if you like, "old lady"--chypre. Lots of galbanum, to be sure, and whatever the complete list of notes may be, the overall effect is not unlike that of a number of standard chypre perfumes, all of which can be procured for a fraction of the cost of DELICATE.

One feature of this composition worth mentioning is the significant rose note, which comes through even in the slightly murky drydown. With the excellent longevity and sillage characteristic of classic chypres, this fragrance is more robust than delicate, but it is a nice one, albeit more or less redundant and definitely overpriced.