Gourmandises Keiko Mecheri for women

I just got a large sample of this and I have to say I do not like the initial spray. It's sweet but not in the way that you would want to smell sweet...almost like some desert that went bad. The dry down is better but I don't know that I'll wear it again because the initial smell does seem to linger a bit too long and the dry down isn't that worth it to wait for it!

I'm surprised by the negative reviews here. I tried out my sample today, I didn't expect such a strong rose, but it is not overwhelmingly strong, and is tempered by a jammy and faintly spicy (saffron?) note. I can see where it might be called gourmand because of the jam smell. A couple of small dabs lasted for 8 hours on me, and towards the end I also got a faintly vegetable smell for a while. I think I'm going to get a FB, but want to try Loukhoum before I commit to this one.

When I first tried it I was so disappointed and chafed that I was to write a really bed review of it. I felt strong, stinky burst of alcohol, no jasmine, nor rose, nothing from the praline or jam-note - listed by Luckyscent.

So now I have to see that this scent is not as bad as I thought.
The beggining is still very strong and farfetched, syrupy, clammy, and has a bad-Lutens-like-frills, like a spoiled marmalade made by good old Granny, and it takes an hour for the whole juice to carry of the final stage. And than..... It is really like a rose-jam. Not sweet, a bit acidity is swinging back and forth, a bit oldish, it is definitely not my cup of tea, but I can see the meaning of it by now.
And unique. No doubt.

This is a nearly edible, rose-inspired fragrance that conjurs up images of rose petals, sprinkled with a generous pinch of sugar. No, it is not nauseatingly syrupy. The spicy, salty saffron offsets the initial sweetness, while musk lends depth to the base. Somehow, the rose manages to stay luminous throughout. It is not really powdery; in fact, it feels fairly creamy. The overall effect is very pleasant. The scent lasts all day on my skin.

A lovely rose scent lightly accented with vanilla and some other floral and spicy notes, fairly linear throughout, but with the rose dominating toward the end. Fairly strong and long-lasting with medium sillage. This seems like a very feminine fragrance that evokes a romantic bouquet of yellow roses.

I love Gourmandises! All the heavy (sometimes choking) powder of her Loukhoum is removed and what is left is soft rose lightly powdered with confectioners sugar.
My favorite Mecheri so far!

It's an okay fragrance to me... but it comes off a little strong to my nose. It smells of powdery rose at first, which I like. But then something awfully tangy/sweet arises to which I seem to be hypersensitive b/c it kind of hurts my nose. Very sharp smelling and persistent. I let it sit hoping it would develop into something else, but I had to scrub it off after a couple hours because the scent was making me irritable.