Un Jardin A Cythere

From a sample on my skin (I know summer in Greece, so I have high hopes for it): First sniff lemon peel under an olive tree in Greece 🫒 in a sunny chilly day ☀️ (more spring, than summer), so yes!, It's evocative of that vision. As it develops, the olives get weaker or less prominent and I can clearly smell the pistachios that bring a sweetness and nuttiness to the scent, making it more pleasant (because who wants to smell like olives filled with lemon peel, ready to be eaten for lunch? Not me) It's done with very high quality ingredients. A very olfactory scent. I expected much more, though. It's unique, herbal-green, light, pleasant, kinda solar-airy, uplifting (compared to the un Jardin sur de Nil), more feminine leaning with a lemon peel done correctly in a high quality, balanced and a so ever slightly bitter way that I love! I usually dislike any citruses, but here it's amazing. To my nose: 8.5/10

This was a love at first sniff with the Citrus and Pistachio in here making it a little bit solar, but tempered by dry woods. It's an extremely nostalgic smell that immediately transports me to a hot, dry day walking on a dusty path that's lined with dry bushes, lemon and pistachio trees with dry branches around you. It's delicious and I plan to get the body wash, lotion and a full bottle for this Summer. I can also see this as a great scent to wear after you've had a swim at the beach, and want to go for a meal after. Just long-lasting enough to make an impression and make you feel put together when you go to a second location, but not so much that people will have to smell you fragrance through their dinner.

This fragrance is beautiful and this is from someone who dislikes both green notes and pistachio notes. It’s a light, soft scent that starts out with a burst of bright citrus and then dries down to a creamy pistachio that is not gourmand or sweet, but creamy and comforting. The olive tree note is present the entire time. I have a very large collection of 600 plus fragrances, and this is probably the most unique out of all of them. It’s perfect for hot summer days or a summer evening at home scent. The vibe it gives is walking on a Mediterranean island with a soft breeze carrying the scent of citrus and olive trees. It’s simple, yet refined, and could easily be a summer time signature scent. Love it!

I really like this scent, the only problem for me is the very week longevity on my skin. I once stumbled upon this in a shop, tested it, liked it, but after 3 hours it seemed too much, I was noticing a strong caraway seed smell, and decided not to buy it. A year passed, I was waiting for a delayed airplane, and once again saw it and tested it, and fell in love. I usually give more tries, after learning from my previous mistakes. Don't forget the perfumes may vary on your skin depending on your cycle and hormones. I went home and ordered a small bottle, but the testers and perfumes longevity s incomparable. The tester lasted at least 4-5 hours, the perfume lasts an 1 if I'm being kind.

This lovely fragrance is so unusual with the slight peppery greenness from the olive leaf and warm nuttiness from the pistachio. There’s a very bright, sharp lemony opening which settles in the long dry down to a beautiful warm, woody, creamy Mediterranean vibe with just a hint of lemon. Longevity is good on me at around 6 hours. When I wear this I really want to be in an old olive orchard on a Greek island on a hot summer’s day with views out over the azure Mediterranean Sea, lazily sketching the beautiful old trees, sipping a glass of ouzo, and eating olives with preserved lemons and some salty pistachios.