M by Marcel Marongiu Oriflame for women

Ez az illat nagyon hasonlít az Avon Surrender for Her-jére.

This is a very unisex type of perfume. Best for self-confident, expressive women above 25. It gives you an "I am strong, I am competent" vibe.

I smell mainly RESIN, the type you encounter with when you wax your legs. They say the main note of this perfume, rock rose has this kind of leathery, resinous smell. Nowadays the main ingredient in amber is the resin of the rock rose (called labdanum), so you can get what I am talking about. The upcoming scent of wormwood around twenty minutes gives a minty, medicament-like tone combined with the smoky incense which is quite detectable from the start. The head-heart notes are embedded in a very creamy base, dates and patchouli for sure, making it warm and cozy in the long run. I didn't really detect any distinctive flowers such as the rose or iris but it surely has some kind.

Great lasting power, especially on clothes. It can last even more than a week. I find it quite complex and unique, but those who fall for sweet scents won't be pleased with this one. I think it represents the feeling of autumn, for winter I would imagine something more oriental and spicy e.g. like Mirage. A superb purchase for the price you can fetch Oriflame scents.

Wonderful!!! I love it....!

Amazing lasting power! At list on my skin I could feel it more then 10 hours. So it's a great perfume for work days, if you don't want to spray it again during day.
Fragrance is very interesting, warm, elegant and chic! Mostly I can feel wormwood in it.

I'm gonna get this!!!!! Can't wait!!!!

This smells like a glamorous night in a bottle. The leather of rose are quite dominant here (though the rose is slightly weaker than leather). It's a cool scent, but since I'm a college student I find this too mature for me. Maybe I'll wear this kind of fragrance for work.

I think it is a very sophisticated fragrance but can't feel anithing else just rose and leather. Pretty masculine. I like to use it when the weather is windy in autumn and winter. I think this scent is belongs to wind. :)

I like the powdery warmth of the amber-patchouli-suede-incense combo sweetened by the dates and rounded out with rose....but the wormwood gives this a sour note that I dislike. If it were not for the sour wormwood...I would really enjoy this scent!

I have tested this some days ago and I really though it was a men perfume, then I was surprised to see that it was a women one. I still think that it smell just like you are wearing your boyfriend´s perfume. I really don´t like or understand the composition of this scent, as I said it will suit perfectly to a man.

the bottle looks great but sadly, all i got from it is intense black pepper all the way from the top notes till the dry-down; i guess it doesn't work with my chemistry for the time being, i'm giving it a fifth try or smn, i won't give up on it till i'm sure it really smells bad (at least on my skin)

I don't like the Oriflame perfumes, at all. But I admit M by Marcel is very feminine, elegant perfume to me and fits me perfectly. It's great...
9/10

I'm in love with this fragrance!!! So much,that I must spray it even when I go to bed.... I feel like I can drown in this perfume... Fantastic!

This is my oriflame favourite perfume.yesterday I got it Anf I love it.The best long lasting it lasts all day.I am very hapy about this.

oooooohmph!!!! here we are ! i recieved it today morning and guess what? i m wearing it proudly right now... stunning bottle, square shapped and heavy with a golden top, nice done, don t have to take off any cap, the spray is integrated in it. just spray and enjoy it!

i m starting to share with you my journey with marcel by oriflame now:

initial spray: purest blast of tigerbalm! someone did mention this and yes, indeed, i confirm 100%!
it's soft and not causing teardrops in your eyes as tigerbalm can do sometimes. i like this initial spa-blast.
who don t like tigerbalm though, should not even think about putting fingers on this one...

after this initial sensation of about some minutes, it seddles down to a slightly minty-medical aroma floating inbetween a incredible warmth coming up from your skin to your nose... yam! what's this ? it's sooo delicious! nag champa incense sticks and rose married perfectly with sweet dates and and powdery iris... oh my godness ! i can tell, i never smellt something comparable before and it doesn t remind me to rykiel woman that much as i was expecting by the notes... ok, for the dates, rose and a distinct warmth is does, yes, but that's it. this perfume has a completaly other caracter than rykiel woman, but not less good. it's lovely and strange, not something for girly-floral lovers or sweet-gourmand lovers. it's kinda classy-elegant and sophisticated, yet very very modern.

at this state it reminds me rather to my highly praised lalique le parfum for the medical aspect and the incredibly warmth and smoothness. this is the only perfume i know, i could compare a little bit to Marcel by oriflame for its wearing sensation.
well, do i like it? as far yes!

hmmm. there is now a lot of absyinth detectable after 30 min. wearing it... the warmth has gone down to just a tad and the medical character is now dominant. in the background some hints of an italian leather designer store (suede), powdery-dusty patchouli and a creamy amber-trail are showing up nicely. hmhmhm... intriguing!

40 min. after applying the base comes through really earthy, warm and elegant, still with a hint of medical absynth aroma, the suede leather note comes through now very intense and tempting, for those who like this aroma of expensive leather stores... mmmmhmmm yam! feels expensive and exclusive, the leathery earthy-powdery base reminds me of kelly caleche by hermes right now.

i mean, if you like the smell of buttersoft leather, smooth amber and a hint of dusty patchouli-absynth, u gonna love it!
whit this one u will be shurely noticed in a inoffensive and positive way. it is an excentric perfume for shure, but not a screaming one, rather soft and tender with something that intrigues people to come closer and take a whiff, and somehow it smells also familiar and cosy.

it has a great, but not overpowering sillage.
maybe it's not sexy for everyone, but shurely not disturbing for anyone neither.
otherwise for some people it could be a real on tuner as well. such a nicely blendet and intriguing scent, i guess, i m in love with it! to me it smells very sexy!

staying power seems to be very very good.... i didn t lost any intensity after 50 min. now... hope it will last some hours!

1h after applying: i get constantly caressing, now again very warm powdery ambery whiffs, when moving around, the very much appreciated hint of medical cooling absynth inbetween, still recordnizable. simply loooveeely!

maybe this will not be a mega big succsess for oriflame, simply because it is really extraordinary, not common in any way and not a mainstream scent for shure. innovativ and avantguardish.
i would chose it rather for daywear than for nights out, because of the only reason, i do reach for sweeter and heavier stuff, when i go out at night.

for winter this can easely become my signature for a while, guess it will not boring me quickly like others do. i think it could be also comforting to wear it in warmer spring days, in summer, when it's really hot, i m not shure what this would do on your skin....
i just ordered a 2. bottle cheaply on ebay, from someone who apparently didn t liked it, just in case they will discontinue it too quickly, what would be a real shame. :*)))))

after more than 1,5h the perfume is still changing and fooling around with my nose; lovely trails of everything i described... at the moment, sweet whafts of dates and rose are regrowing on my skin and alluring my senses! this stuff is incredible! wow! madly in love now! <3<3<3

ad. note:

- is it unisex?
at my oppinion not really! maybe an androgyn type of man, who loves to play with his female part inside, could wear it proudly with smokey eyes and black clothes. ;)

- is it dark and mysterious: yes

- is it sexy: yes!

- is it warm or cool? both!

Top notes: absinthe, rose, incense
Heart: Turkish rose, date, iris
Base: patchouli, amber, suede

Artemisia absinthium = wormwood

guess the wormwood is what some people are mentioning as pepperminty - cool - masculin vibe. indeed wormwood features in a lot af male fragrances, more than in female scents. but this could be very interesting blendet with sweet and warm notes. it features also sweet dates, rose and amber, as in Sonia Rykiel woman perfume. i m really curious to this perfume and ordered a bottle on internet. can t wait to test it!

over all, the notes are similar to the mentioned, my all time fave perfume, SONIA RYKIEL woman-not for men.

i ve high hopes to find in this one a similar but slightly different scent (without the peppery note of Rykiel but extended with wormwood instead), to variate soemtimes. can t wait!

review will follow as soon i get it in my hands.

i don´t know why, but it smells to me like a tiger balm.
But i like it.

Smells like a minty spiced-green mans perfume with a bit of sweetness. Wierd that this perfume is for women. Not for me!!!

sweet incense, fragrant rose, medium persistence, however, is the best perfume Oriflame ... in 90% seems to be Galliano.

I've got this perfume for a month now and I don't regret buying it. Very good staying power, I love its very first notes!! Mysterious, definitely makes a statement..

Dolce Vita by Dior..do you remember it? For me ..this is M..warm memory of Dolce Vita..strong yet sweet

wooooow woooooooow wooooooooooooow really it is amazing omg

strong smell that i adore
strong power :)

This is a nice creation ,daring,strong incensy ,fancy and modern ..Strong opening to lead to a sweet caramel creamy dry down.
Perfect for a night out.Well Done.
If i am asked to compare to another ,i'd say Gucci by Gucci edp definitely :)

Let's face it - this perfume smells fantastic!

It's made in the style of Midnight Poison by Dior & So Elixir by Yves Rocher - I mean very strong on beautiful sweet rose and powerful, earthy patchouli and incense!!
I smelled it from a sample and I was truly spellbound.

I even dare saying it's similar to Epic by Amouage ... Spicy, earthy rose.
I believe this is what reviewers refer to when they say it's masculine: patchouli and incense accord.
Very sexy, a definite head-turner.

But!
M by Marcel has a very serious drawback which makes me furious - terrible staying power. Typical Oriflame creation. After twenty minutes rose, patchouli and incense are gone.
You are left with soft, sweet, creamy amber & suede.

Lovely, but not fair!

M is a masculine female fragrance. I can clearly smell the suede note. As Sensoria mentioned, this fragrance gives me a very familiar feeling, maybe a male fragrance from the past i don't know. If you like masculine perfumes you should try this.

I only could test it in de brochure from the paper. But first thing I noticed is the familiar smell of something else. Think Yves Rocher had something like this with his Nature Millenaire, which is I think discontinued, and his Neonatura Cocoon. It smells rather masculine and dark. Gorgious bottle, love it!

Hope I can try it soon out of the bottle because from a paper brochure is not the best way to test a perfume.