Kat Von D Poetica Kat Von D for women

fruity and spicy one. berries, passion fruit, musk and patchouli. nicely put together. kind of romantic and young; it so completes the name. moderate lastage 4 hours is what I get.

Kat Von D POETICA smells a lot like several yellowish perfumes--with mimosa or mimosa-like notes. It reminds me of Jill Sander Style Pastels SOFT YELLOW, but also Benetton GIALLO and a bit of Guerlain AA TIARE MIMOSA. Also the Henri Bendel mimosa perfume.

Rose, you say? Hmmm... I've smelled a lot of rose perfumes, and this does appear to me to be wafting of roses at all! My best guess is that all of the rest of the notes together conspire to produce a pseudo-mimosa. Assuming that all of these notes have been constructed, it is certainly possible!

POETICA is probably my least favorite of the Kat Von D collection, mainly because it smells like so many other perfumes of which I'm not particularly fond. There is a certain yellow creaminess which some people may like a lot, but to me it's just okay. I would not buy a full bottle (I have the rollerball which I received in the set of four).

I bought this in the Roll-on format and the smell appeared to be old smelling and it was too strong.

OMG, i love it, the opening is citrusy, then it become very floral but in a good way, the lasting power is nice, the bottle really pretty!

Definetly a flowerbomb, and when it first is applied, it's flowery in a bad way. After a while it calms down into a regular floral with bits of rose. Often what I do is use the rollerball of Poetica on my wrists, then layer with the limited edition Saint Angeles. SA really helps to control the overwhelming rose, and when they're dried down, it's very sexy and dark.

Fist of all, I love the packaging! The cap is gorgeous, heavy and it doesn't look cheap in any way.

Poetica is alcoholic in the beggining, so I highly suggest to test it on the skin and never on the paper strip!! The top is fresh and citrusy. When the alcoholic part fades, it reminds me just a little bit of the top of Amor Amor from Cacharel, and I think it's because of the combination of citrus notes (which are not listed here) and berries.

But the citrus fades after seconds and the fragrance turns darker and deeper in the heart and the base. These parts reminds me a lot of Very Irrésistible L'Intense from Givenchy but less woody; berries, rose and patchouli are all well blended, it's dark but still charming and super sexy! And no, I can't detect praline, and it's not a gourmand at all. Maybe the olfactory group is just floral.

In my opinion, Poetica is one of those perfumes that you can wear in any season. Yes, the scent is dark but not heavy, so it would be amazing to wear it in the night time even in hot weather.

Poetica is an EDP, but I would say that the longevity is bad; it stays for 1~2 hours on my skin. The sillage is quite poor too, and I have to reaply it all the time. It makes me really sad because I do love the fragrance, but it's hard to find (at least outside of US), so I don't know if I'll be able to purchase it again if the bottle is gone. The quality of Kat Von D's makeup line is just amazing, specially eyeshadow palettes; Poetica could be much better for sure.

But if you like Very Irrésistible from Givenchy, definitely give it a try. It's a pretty perfume!

Ok first of all, this is DEFIANTLY NOT a gourmand in any way shape or form. I get major flowers here!!!!Lots n lots of rose & tuberose, very nice tuberose actually, I can't smell no cherry or berries at all , but just a tad bit tartness off the top from the passionfruit??? I can detect the dustiness of the orchid a bit, and I really am a choco perfume lover, and this , sad to say does not have it at all. I think the notes might just be posted wrong. I do however pick on some woods in the drydown. I normally dislike straight floral's, but this is very pretty, I have not liked a pretty scent in a loooong time. Oh and this smells better when you get a wiff, not when you smell it directly on the skin, so best apply light because it last a long long time unlike the first 2 scents.

Has anyone tried it yet? I collect her perfumes, at least the ones I really like. I want to know if it's worth it for me.