Musc de Java Les Nereides for women

just tried it yesterday, from a sample from Luckyscents,, nice opening with the earth smell little fruit and a lot of nice grass,,,,
musk not yet..........
waiting for it to develop and it did indeed!!!! the fruits just vanished and the -nice i have to admit- earthy grass scent remained,, only so faint that i had to try hard to detect it on my arm,,
musk not yet..........
Two hours later,, everything is gone and musk never appeared-at least on my skin-
maybe i would buy such a perfume if it was a 10$ scent for early in the morning, out of the shower, would never though think of paying niche perfumerie prices for it!!!!!!

Musc de Java brings cheerful fruit, specifically, berries, to the powdery sweetness of musk. Sounds simple, but could also go horribly, horribly wrong. There are musks and there are musks. My own love/hate affair with this particular glandular secretion (now all synthesized, no doubt) has me loving the richness, the decadence, yet also quickly growing tired of it's overpowering tendencies, as well as it's propensity to develop a "just barely turning stale" note on my skin. Sadly, both musk and berries have had some ugly turns with dime store renditions. When reading the notes for this number, one almost immediately pictures a bottle that arrives with a free teddy bear keychain and a coupon for ear-swabs.

With those biases clearly in mind, I plunged in and found Musc de Java to be redolent with a childlike cheer, sweet, but thankfully not at all cheap or junky. The berries are a soft round drop of Chambord, which is in dramatic contrast to other musk and berry offerings out there - for example MPG's Fraicher Muskissme and L'Artisans Mure et Musc, both of which have their own grand merits, but are quite quite different frags. In contrast to their bright fresh fruit hearts, Musc de Java lets the title character have all the glory.

Powdery, the musk has great longevity on me, long after the berry notes have faded away. Certainly, each will have their own experience with this one, (musk always lingers powerfully with my chemistry), but I'm pretty sure that the very pleasant, very gentle overall effect will be universal. Not so sure about that Unisex designation - this is a pretty fluffy little frag. I suppose the drydown drifts a little bit more into the androgynous zone, but there are certainly none of the harsher male notes here. Enjoyable, with a cling that could become cloying if applied carelessly. All around, a quite, quite nice one.

and no teddy bears.

Berrries, black currant and violet leaves. A wonderful wonderful fall scent.

the name makes me curious, but the bottle desiign doesn't present the javanese style at all...hmmm

I love, love, love this scent! i wish it had more lasting power though. the grass element really makes it smell like a summer's day...just gorgeous with the berries and the musk. its my second favourite summer smell behind 'lily'...the drydown is very beautiful.