Ligea la Sirena Carthusia for women and men

very hippie and balmy. sensual, warm spicy molasses-like and resiny . not sure of how unique it is, but it smells warm and captivating.

This is a perfume that I bought immediately after first smelling it. After wearing a few days in a row I realize that I should have gotten a sample first. I do like the scent. The opoponax stands out and it is a very creamy resinous smell, but I feel like it is lacking something. It needs a little more edge. It's almost too soft, and by that I don't mean the sillage or staying power. Both are quite good. It's just that the creamy powdery smell of the resin leaves me craving a little bit more. I plan on exploring this perfume layered with other scents that may be a bit more racy. I think it would actually go nice with Boyfriend by Kate Walsh, or maybe over an amber or patchouli oil.

I see that i'm not the only one to receive this perfume very similar to Shalimar :) I like it, even very much. In both Shalimar and Ligea mostly I can smell Opoponax which i love and i't makes them one of my favourite perfumes. It remind's me a bit of pepper mixed with mint, it's spicy yet refreshing. Love it.

Opens with fleeting mandarin and very nice carnation and eventually moves into a very creamy sandalwood with lots of powdery opoponax. Once again I've encountered a pleasant well-made perfume that is extremely overpriced for what it is. For the price you could buy Shalimar or Bois des Iles, which are better versions of this.

Ligea failed with Ulysses and her siren song failed to lure me either.

Sillage: 2-3 feet
Persistence: good, 5-8 hours
Fabulosity: Sunday brunch
Price to value ratio: very poor
4/10

I have tried Ligea La Sirena a couple of times times now and I just love it. On me it first smells like citrus and after a while I can feel vanilla. When I tried it the other day it reminded me of some other perfume...it was Shalimar. On me Ligea La Sirena smells almost like Shalimar and I love them both.

Oh, I love Ligea! Beautiful at all stages, from the lovely mandarin opening, through the powdery and rich drydown. There is something fresh, almost a mint note, in that drydown, that really makes this one a winner for me. Very intriguing. I've worn this for a couple of years and I'm still in love!

The love I bear for Carthusia all began with this fragrance. Ligea la Sirena is one of those fragrances which I find highly addictive, meaning a sure future addition to my collection.

This fragrance opens with a scent that reminds me of gingerbread men. Despite the funny looks I received from the sales people when I announced this, I hold true to my statement.

It's a tad sugary, spicy and deliciously powdery. Everyone is mentioning the powder. Sure, there's powder but it's nothing like Chanel's No.5 or No.22, and nothing to compare to Carthusia's more powdery Aria di Capri.

To my nose, Ligea la Sirena is incredibly sensual, somewhat edible and dusty in an old-fashioned sense. I love strong, old-fashioned and spicy scents, so this fragrance is right up my alley.

There are many notes missing from this listing, some of which are; cinnamon, white rose, ginger, vanilla and amber. Particularly towards the drydown, Ligea la Sirena bears a resemblance to the beautiful and classic L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain.

This is one fragrance which manages to seduce you as it moves through its development. Beginning with a sugary and foody cinnamon, mandarin and ginger burst, it later develops into a soft, feminine and woodsy powder base.

The longevity is rather impressive and the same could be said for the sillage. I feel comfortable in scents like this one, and I can agree with the consensus that its a versatile fragrance, for almost every season and occasion.

This actually smells great on my friends, horrible on me. Way too powdery on me. Sensual on one of my friends.

I'm not a fan of powdery scents and Ligea is indeed powdery, but I happen to like it! Not a fragrance I would wear for myself consistently, but a very somptuous one and quite complex. Very longlasting, warm and gentle enough, but with a good sillage.
I agree on the soothing efefct, but more in a secure feeling way.
You need to like opoponax to wear this. It is not just about powdery and baby powdery scents. It is more of a regal powder if it makes sense.
It smells a bit like a Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier.

In the Greek mythology the sirens with a wonderful sound, But there were sea nymphs with murderous nature.the noon Italy islands interspersed with rocks, than Sicily, and its tiny island Capri was their habitat. You watch their victims from here persistently, that seducer their song, and let the sailors be seduced with their magic sound, Let them be destroyed then.enormous contrast, as the beautiful girls retain a flowery field, between them Ligea, the perfume name wears, their dead victims truncated around them lie. Our getting acquainted with the lime and lemon are beginning with the vigorous inundation of a fragrance after a couple of moments these are replaced by the sensation of the bitter orange, which one onto the presence of the bergamot gives to make a conclusion. As if we would sail now in between the dry one, rocky islands from the strong wind our swelling, faded white sails. Our cruise leads towards our destiny when he withered between the coastal stones, and from the salt bitten we feel the fragrance of trees. Guides, the increasingly sweeter one into a windless sea bay on a Mediterranean day arriving with wafts tangerine ripened. The bay broadens out here, the short chord of the fruit fragrance gets lost, and long in front of us lie Capri island typical flowery tickets, which may be a white rose, rosemaries, lavenders. Curative implements, and mixed grocer (cinnamon, clove) his fragrance dazes the fragrance looking for his calming down. Not anymore we govern, only our body what makes his thing, we are not the lords of our senses already. Our ship does not take a coast yet in order to aim at pieces running onto the rocks. Soft opium arriving with warm seaward wind his intestine catches our sails, Opoponax. Sensuously dusty, and passionately seducer strengths, which lure the unsuspecting adventurer into a dagger, get away. The velvety softness giving the immersion is replaced by a dark, cruel and tart sound, which indicates that the time of the delight was over. Ligea, and the sirens entrapped their charmed innocent victim, for who his fate was sealed already. The nymphs' enchantment proves to be persistent because their squeeze gives a very strong and unforgettable sensation. The destiny encloses his wearer's leather in a slightly acrid and sweet ticket forever. Onto the ancient siren picture, the duality is typical of this perfume so. They wise men, attractive, they plunge into a death at the same time; into sky lifter and into hell giving a shove simultaneously. The perfume sweet and sensual, but friendly and killer, according to me age limit. 18 are recommended in addition to a year exclusively!

Warm, powdery opoponax like a faint breeze carrying a love song. Okay, poetry aside, this one is very powdery, but that's opoponax for you. The added notes, however, keep it from being a bath in baby powder. Now, I normally detest powdery perfumes. There are a few I do like. This one, I adore. Something about it is both gentle and serene, powerful and smooth. In the same vein as Imperial Opoponax but more complex, this scent is delightful. It won't work on some and it might even be dreadful on some, but on me it's a warm breath on my skin, soothing and beautiful.