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Stoned Sample Winners

The winners of a sample of Stoned are: Dleep, Rachael, and Minsun! Please e-mail me your addresses at aromascope at gmail dot com.

2 comments March 27th, 2007

Perfume Review: Songes by Annick Goutal

I chose to start my spring floral series with Annick Goutal whose floral compositions blend with spring weather exceptionally. Such scents as Eau du Ciel, Eau du Camille, Quel Amour!, Eau d’Hadrien possess such an aerial, fresh character that I find very easy if not love, definitely appreciate on spring days. I’m yet to explore the soliflores - Le Jasmin, La Violette, Le Chevrefeuille, Neroli. Meanwhile, my biggest admiration goes to their latest creation - Songes.

For me Songes is a perfect pick for the seasonal transition - its tropical floral warmth cuddles while spring comes to its full swing. Inspired by a night walk in an exotic garden on the island of Mauritius, Songes is the olfactory replica of the most intoxicating white floral bouquet - frangipani, jasmine, ylang-ylang. In contrast to most Annick Goutal fragrances, Songes is bold, sultry, intense. It greets you with heady frangipani and ylang-ylang and only takes seconds for jasmine to absorb the blend with its indolic charm. The effect is creamy, with a distinct “dirty”, slightly bitter undertone. The longer you wear Songes, the more it captivates and embraces. This succulent potion truly has no rivals.

Songes features the notes of frangipani, tiare, jasmine, incense, vanilla, copahu balm, pepper, ylang-ylang, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, styrax. I’ve tried Songes in both eau de toilette and eau de parfum, and, while I find both concentrations equally amazing, I much prefer eau de parfum (which is what I used for this review). Eau de toilette is much less heady and vanillic.

11 comments March 27th, 2007