Couture by Kylie Minogue

Kittycat63

Tried this for the first time today and it's a nice perfume. In some ways it reminded me a little of Carolina Herrera's 212 Sexy at first, which is a perfume I love, but I'm not sure why because there don't seem to be many, if any, similar notes! Unlike 212 Sexy though, it has poor staying power and faded very quickly on me so I wouldn't waste my money on a perfume that doesn't last. Other than that I think it's nice for a celebrity scent.

Malibu

COUTURE is the first Kylie/Coty fragrance that I could actually see Ms Minogue wearing as I recall an old magazine interview in which she said she didn’t actually wear perfume… What I’m trying to say is that COUTURE is close to the skin; therefore the staying power is very poor. You’ll need to keep the bottle in your bag to constantly ‘freshen up’.


Having said that, this is actually my favourite Kylie fragrance; there are no headaches or no sweetness induced nausea. COUTURE applies with a sharp, almost masculine scent (I assume this the mix of cherry and lemon flower), before quickly settling to a mild, watered down violet fragrance. After an hour or so only faint - but lovely – wood/vanilla mix.




I wouldn’t buy the retail price for COUTURE; it wears like a body spray. When they have offers on I might be tempted to pick up a bottle – I do have a weakness for cherry and violet notes in my fragrances.


Bottle & packaging = Yuck. I’m by no means an expert on couture, but this looks cheap. It looks like something I’d expect to find with the deodorants, not displayed with the fine fragrances.

Spring25

I sampled this fragrance as a roll-on. I have to agree with missk that at first spray, it did remind me of "stale sweat and pineapple juice". Thankfully, the fragrance morphored into something more pleasant within about five to ten minutes. I could faintly smell the cherry note and a little jasmine and violet. Soonafter came the lovely woody vanilla drydown, which is very light and clean. Unfortunately, it did not last very long - no more than a couple hours.

missk

Like Christina Aguilera, Kylie just can't get a single fragrance right. As disgusting as it sounds, Couture only makes me think of stale sweat mixed with pineapple juice.

This is in no way as sexy as the bottle and the advertising seem to suggest. It is really hard for me to comprehend as to why Kylie would allow her name to be put to this, let alone how she could release other fragrances like Darling which smelt like bitter dandelions and Showtime which was so sickeningly sugary and sweet that I got a toothache.

This fragrance could only be embraced by young teenage girls as there is a slight sweetness with the cherry and lemon blossom notes. However, I'm not sure whether young girls are a part of her fan base.

The drydown is the nicest part to this fragrance, which is a simplistic vanilla and woods scent. Not overly unique, but nice.

Szonja

As a celebrity fragrance it is absolutely not bad and quite long lasting.
The most intensive notes are cherry (or rather cherry liqueur) and some fresh floral scent. It has the aura of the '80s I think.
I've tried it on my skin and it wasn't bothering at all, but I don't know if I could wear it on because I can't decide whether it's a perfume of young women in their 20s or women in their 30s. It's a great difference. Only a man or a friend could decide it by smelling it on me.
The bottle has fantasy in it, I like the egg-shaped bottle, the golden liquid (it's like champagne!), the paper box with the lace and the inspiration of Kylie's gauntlet.

solocha

I only tested this on a magazine strip, but I liked it. To me it is a non-conflicting, day-wear scent, maybe also for an informal evening. It smelled to me buttery at first, then like a vanilla custard. The vanilla is quite nice and not sickly sweet.

vertigo

I get a lot of cherry. My nose is very sensitive to this note because I don't like it.
Staying power is ok. 4 hours and it still lasts.
I think it's better than the other Kylie's fragrances, but I still don't like it.

I'm surprised by the very drydown. It's really sophisticated, reminds me of some Bvlgari fragrances.
But you don't buy a perfume for its drydown :|