Make Up Store ~ Your Valentine edp
I tried a few fragrances for the first time last week at the Make Up Store at Paddington. Their latest perfume release is a Fragrance Library which are "written as a personal ad that describes the user of the fragrance". I don't care about that, I just care about the scent. :) I wasn't expecting to be crazy about any of them; as for the most part, they just seem like easy to wear fruity florals which I already have enough of.
There are eight in the range, edps and also candles:
Champion Deluxe ~ top notes: apple, peach, jasmine petals / mid notes: same according to the leaflet / base notes: musk, blonde woods, amber
Fashionable Lifestyle ~ top: pear, lemon / mid: violet, dewy lily, green herbs / base: marine, amber
Less is More ~ top: tangerine, red currant, pineapple / lily of the valley, cyclamen, mango / base: plum, musk, marine
Your Valentine ~ top: bergamot, pomegranate, pear / mid: cyclamen, peony, lily of the valley / base: vanilla, musk, praline
Holiday Luxury ~ top: rhubarb, tangerine, kumquat / mid: jasmine petal, lilac, green herbs / base: praline, peach
The Trophy ~ top: fressia, lime, grapefruit / mid: geranium, guava, peony / base: plum, tonka bean, cedarwood
Twenty Forever ~ top: bergamot, black currant, fressia / mid: white orchid, apple blossom, fresh rose / base: sandalwood, musk, amber
All Through Genuine ~ top: grapefruit, lemon, green apple / mid: lis ylang, violet, vanilla flower / base: almond, sandalwood, vanilla
I wanted to try Holiday Luxury but it wasn't available. The Trophy was very fresh on my skin and All Through Genuine was quite lovely, softening to a very pretty vanilla, but I have enough of those.
Your Valentine stood out among the others. It's quite strong at first, but something about it takes my fancy, as even though it's very sweet, it has a darkness to it, maybe the dark red of pomegranate juice which is lightened a little by fresh pear. The peony and lily of the valley come out just a touch; but it's when the gorgeous musk, vanilla and praline reveal themselves from the base, I become smitten. It's that smooth, airy toffeeish praline that clinches the deal for me, mixing in with the remnants of the pomegranate. Quite delicious.