I am sniffing my wrist with the great pleasure I always feel when I discover a new fragrance that suits me magnificently....
Ah jasmine! The combination of jasmine with the tender gardenia and orange blossom (another wonderful flower) makes me think this should be called "tendre poison"... Alien is my other favorite jasmine scent-this one is pretty and soft, while Alien is sexy....
I don't think this smells poisonous--this "poison" instead describes the perfume as a forbidden indulgence, a delicious but expensive sensual pleasure that poisons your state of being into "broke" or "al verde" or "sans le sou"....I wonder how Tendre Poison smells-perhaps like a perfume that should be called "Pure Poison"?
It's not very animalic, fresh, or stuffy. It is "creamy" however. Creamy, as in smooth and muted, an in this case femme deluxe. If I smelled this on a tomboy, or a man, I would be very intrigued.
Very expensive, but I found a barely used 1 oz bottle on ebay for the same price as a brand new mini. I never tried it on myself before buying it, but I knew I wanted it when I smelled it on a friend. I love that I could spray my neck with it once and feel beautiful-I don't really want sillage, but I want to be able to smell myself, and think "beautiful", and I do like to be noticed....
Oh lastly, the bottle is beautiful. I love the spherical shape, and the opalescence is stunning and modern. It's not as beautiful as the bottle that holds the fragrance called "Tendre Poison" (One of the most beautiful bottles I've ever seen), but the descriptions of Tendre Poison lower my expectations. Could a Dior fragrance be any more tender than this one?
Update:
After deciding to swap this one, I have to say that this smells very clean-a clean floral-The great musky character, and the softness of the jasmine are wonderful, but it's a synthetic scent, as most Diors are.Synthetic doesn't always mean bad, this is both lovely and sythetic at the same time. I love Dior's fragrances most of the time, but I am all about natural smells. I would always keep this one in my collection, especially for smelling light and pretty on summer nights, but there are other scents that fit me better. The first time I smelled this scent, I smelled it on a very pale lighter-haired Brazilian woman, and after wearing this a few times, it made me think about how some fragrances suit some women more than others, even if Pure Poison smells pretty much the same on me as it did on her.
Sep
04
2009