Myrrhe & Merveilles Keiko Mecheri for women

This is another perfume which reminds me of Chanel 5. Also YSL's Opium. When I first smelt this I instantly thought of my mum, who wears the Chanel.

The myrrh, jasmine and citrus blend together to give a slightly aldehydic effect. I can only just pick out the almond, but it is there, smoothing the fragrance a little and adding a slight nutty sweetness that I always associate with almonds.

As I said about another fragrance that reminds of Chanel 5 - If you've tried Chanel 5 but weren't too sure about it, try this. It's quite similar but has a slight variation on the theme that might appeal to you.

This is one of the most extraordinary fragrances I own, and I love it dearly. For me this is aromatherapy in a bottle, it's almost like an anti-depressant. The first minute the smell is VERY strong, acrid and sparkling; so strong that it actually stings my nose. But it settles very quickly into a clean-sweet and fresh aroma of tangerines. Myrrh and other aromatic spices give it depth and make this a very warm and aromatic smell which lasts nearly all day on my skin.
I do understand the negative reviews as well. This perfume has such a unique personality that you either hate or love it. I think there's no middle way.

I love Myrrhe Ardente, but Myrrhe & Merveilles is disgusting and cheap smelling. I will give my sample away.
ETA: Everybody hated the sample...

I hate to rain on this parade, but I put this on tonight after a bath and took it off to bed, but have been tossing and turning for about 4 hours and realising that this myrrh note is disturbing me. I'm off to scrub it. I want to like myrrh as it is such an exotic note, but I have tested Goutal's Myrrh Ardente and Lutens' La Myrrhe as well, and not liked them, and have now put two and two together and realised that myrrh makes my stomach curdle. I'm OK if the myrrh is in the background such as in incense mixtures, but these three all have very prominent myrrh notes, almost to the exclusion of any others, so it has been a learning experience for me. On others, I expect it would smell wonderful.

Very pretty aldehydic carnation, but it's very very similar to Chanel #5 in the cream form (NOT in the liquid form) and Camay soap. Lovely, but not what I expected.

Myrrhe & Merveilles is the full of suprises, really good ones. It's more a beautiful flora than an oriental to me.

It starts off really sweet, well-blended nectar sweetness with a light optimistic spirit just bursts out the second it touches your skin. It has to be the combination of mainly citruses and jasmine according to the notes I can read here, but it's so well-done, so refined and I cannot smell any stand-out jasmine or orange.

When the happy and light spirited sweetness goes away, I smell slightly powdery notes, deliciously luxury. It reminds me really nice ivory-colored soap.

The dry-down is like a much refined and wearable version of Floral by Kenzo and Baby by Harajuku Lovers; it's quite comfy, powdery, clean sweet with a really really tiny nutty hint, slightly cold, which is a really nice way to express myrrhe and really merveilles.