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Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Freezia d'Or

04 03 10 - 08:35

One of the other samples I was sent recently, along with the MPG Soie Rouge that I blogged about several days ago, was Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Freezia d'Or. Long long ago I think I liked freesias, when I was a teenager. Not now.

I'm definitely with the hard-ass editor in The Devil Wears Prada: Miranda didn't like freesias.

As soon as I put this on my wrist, the back of my throat started to itch. That's what we're starting from.

Anyway, I think freesias are nice enough looking. They last pretty well as cut flowers in water (not that I've bought them in a long time). There are a number of different colours, so you get choice.

If you haven't smelled them, freesias are sweet, not ethereal, with a underslip of very soft powder.

This is part of the Les Accords Mysteres grouping on the MPG website, which I don't get at all. There's a straight up floral grouping, which is where I would have naturally grouped it. It's.Not.Mysterious.

FdO on me starts out straight up sweet and slightly mettalic powder. Warm and sweet. Powdery and sweet. Almost the smell of those powdery candies you grind between your teeth which make the sides of your tongue hurt.

There's something lemony in this, but not tart lemon -- actually, lemon drop candy (can we feel a trend) and a bit of mint.

I don't usually push what I'm smelling so much when I'm sampling but it was necessary to get past the sweet metallic powder.

I think this is fragrance rudeness: not that the perfume itself is rude (or skanky or pongy), rather I feel the need to be rude to it. I feel irritated and I am being rude.

I had difficulty finding a notes list for this. Bits and pieces add up to freesia, green notes, tuberose and musk.

And, you know: I'm going to have to wash this off. I have very mild asthma. The only times I ever get breathless now and need my meds are during infrequent very bad colds. Perfume never bothers me -- until this. My chest is getting tight. Off to take a shower.

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