Prelude to Love (for women and men)

BronxBeauty

Someone gave me a raft of BK samples, of which Prelude to Love was by far the most interesting and wearable. It reminded me a little of those high-class, French-milled soaps.

Like the other posters, I'm not sure the BK series lives up to the hype and its heavy intellectual baggage. The scents purport to build step by step on modes of sexual interaction, but the execution of some just doesn't cut it. "Don't be Shy" reminds one of French Toast, while "Taste of Heaven" is a barber-shop concoction.

I did enjoy Dangerous Liaisons, however.

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I received a sample of this perfume when I purchased another fragrance. Since yesterday was Valentine, I decided to wear this perfume. The title itself lends to the holiday and the venue we were going to, a jazz club.

Prelude to Love: opens up with beautiful blend of delicate sweetness. Possibly from the Calabrian Bergamot or the Freesia Accord.

As it warmed down (hours later) the Cordamon and Iris notes developed. At times this reminded me of Infusion d'Iris, more like Infusion d'Iris dressed up heading to a masquerade party. You kinda know who is behind the beautiful costuming but you second guess yourself.

Hours and hours later the soft musk notes came to play.

Prelude to Love, is like a fine class of cognac. It is an acquired taste and eventually you learn to appreciate the fine taste.

By Kilian uses the purest of perfume notes and sometime very expensive ones other fragrance houses may not use them for mass commercial usage.

The marketing (I think Veuve was referring to)is "with the protection of the environment in mind, each product has been created with the intention to never be thrown away." The bottles are refillable...Enjoy this product for life."

By the way, I woke up the next morning still smelling this lovely scent.

When you decide to purchase a perfume from this line take your time in choosing the right one for you. You won't be disappointed.

veuve

I should preface this by saying I severely dislike BK's marketing bullshit, and that I've avoided sampling their scents for the longest time. In the end curiosity won and I sampled a few on a strip, and this was the only one I tried on skin.

What attracted me was the fresh, bright, peppery ginger note I get right at the top (on paper, less prominent on skin). Anything ginger will win me over. For all the citrus mentioned in the notes, I get very little indeed. 'Course, curious me checked the BK website, which lists the supposed perfumers formula - and which for PtL has no ginger at all. Whatever the conjuring trick or olfactory illusion is, I like it.
Orange flower plays a supporting role here, and doesn't annoy me as much as it tends to do a lot. I'm glad I never looked at the notes, or I would not have sprayed it on skin. Later on it focuses on the cooler iris more. I really like the iris and ginger combo!

Overall it's a summery, lightly spiced floral. Competent if nothing earth shattering. I like it a lot, quite to my annoyance: I don't think BK deserves me liking their product.
Anyway, not worth the price. Can't imagine what WOULD be worth that price, but that's me.