Miss Habanita Molinard for women

Miss Habinita is not for me. I enjoy some chypres, fruity scents, I even enjoy moss in scents, but MH has too much of the "old style" feel for me. Verging a bit on rotting fruit in a not so good way. I should have been warned with the comparisons to Habinita of which I am also not a fan but I decided to foge ahead. Needless to say I suppose I gravitate towards brighter cleaner scents. This one had me reaching for the soap. So be warned, if you do not enjoy scents with an older feel to them do not try this. It is not a modern fruity scent. It could have been created well before the 80's. On the otherhand if you are not a fan of the modern fruity scents, and you DO enjoy the older styles, maybe MIss Habinita is for you.

I had a friend of mine bring back a bottle of this for me from France, and I was scared it would wind up being a syrupy, grape and peach mess. I was pleasantly suprised at what came out of the bottle.

This is most definitely chypre, and while I dislike chypres in general, it works wonderfully for the fruit here. The grapes and the peach are not of the sugar sweet variety, but more sparkling and light.

This was described to me as being a lighter, sweeter, more fruity and younger version of Habanita. I've yet to smell Habanita but there is a faint impression of something deep, dark, and leather in the background of chypre fruit. It is very faint but it is there. I can only assume this is the work of the oakmoss, but judging by the notes in Habanita I can definitely see this being a younger sister to Habanita.

The drydown is smooth, creamy, and pure vanilla. I wasn't prepared to like this, but I have to say that Miss Habanita has won me over. Which says a lot for a self proclaimed chypre hater.

Sillage is fairly impressive. I sprayed just a little on my arm, covered up in a long sleeve shirt and thick coat, and all day I was looking around for whatever it was that smelled so nice! Unfortunately, as soon as the drydown hits the scent all but dissapears into a vanilla skin scent.

Fun, fruity, sweet and light-hearted is the best way that I would sum up Miss Habanita.

Initially all I get is a grape juice scent. It's sweet, tangy and thick and oh so delicious!

That overwhelming grape juice aroma eventually fades as peaches and a floral note takes over. The sweet scent of vanilla provides a creaminess to the dry down.

I find the lasting power is at least six hours with moderate sillage.

A great warm weather offering from Molinard...that can even be worn in winter too.

Its for young ladys, between 16-25 years old. Very beautiful, fresh and fruity, young.

Peaches n Cream!!! with the sparkle and fizz of Patou Sublime!
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This one has got nothing to do with the original Habanita which I like a lot. Miss Habanita is a young scent that found me disappointed. It's like many scents out there for young girls and did not fulfill my expectations of a "lighter" version of Habanita.

I had this one for my 18th birthday , it was not this bottle though , it was a much prettier one (maybe a special edition ?). The scent was the same however . I'm not always a fan of the Chypre group , but this one is so special , it's glowing ,it's warm , it's generous and happy , and fruity indeed , but maybe not enough to be regarded as a floral fruity .
I prefered wearing it in fall or winter , the sweet perfume are yucky in summer imo :-P