Voulez-vous coucher avec Moi by Kilian

So, I only have Voulez-vous coucher avec Moi, Liaisons Dangereuses Typical Me, and Intoxicated left. Looking at the three, I am most excited about Intoxicated, then Liaisons, and Voulez-vous I could be without, so I'll get that one out of the way first.

Voulez-vous coucher avec Moi is a terribly long name to write, so from here on out, it's Voulez.
Voulez has notes of tuberose, gardenia, ylang, mandarin orange, neroli, orange blossom, sandalwood and vanilla. Someone at Kilian really likes florals. But not me. Good Girl Gone Bad was bearable, but this scent opens with something reminiscent of old fragrances. My head immediately went to Tresor by Lancome, an old flanker of something Dior, even something old-schooly like Shalimar (but not the same scent at all). Voulez is DATED. It smells like the perfumes elderly ladies wore when I was a child. That's over 25 years ago.

This isn't Voulez-vous coucher avec Moi, this is "Grandma let me sleep in her spare bedroom filled with dried old flowers". Heavy set amber base, they've used an oil only to make the perfume last, and then macerated all sorts of flowers and made a sticky, floral concoction. I have to wash it off, this has onset a headache.

Good Girl Gone Bad by Kilian

 

The samples from Kilian I have received wouldn't be my own first choice. Most of them are floral, so my expectations for Good Girl Gone Bad aren't high.

Notes of osmanthus, rose, orange blossom, tuberose, jasmine, narcissus... Honestly, I am anything but stoked. I can only hope that the white cedar and amber will save the day.

Good Girl Gone Bad is a complete surprise! Fresh, light and not at all a heavy floral. Drying down, it reveals floral notes that remind me of a Tom Ford scent (Neroli Portofino Acqua?).

The scent becomes somewhat soapy and has a very straight forward note of creamy osmanthus and orange blossom that isn't overpowering.

Do I like it? Honestly, no, because I despise floral scents, but I cannot look past the fact that it is bareble. 

I have to say, yet again, the the scent doesn't seem luxurious. It smells like a fancier French marseille soap. If you like feminine, delicate and non-invasive florals, this would be perfect. It is very pleasant to the nose, but too boring and yes, floral, for me... NEXT!

Love Don't be Shy by Kilian

 

So, let the journey of trying my first Kilian perfume begin. Not only that, but I have twenty plus samples to go through! I honestly just pulled a fragrance out and got the one I have heard most about.

Love Don't be Shy...

Notes of marshmallow, orange blossom, neroli, honeysuckle, amber and rose, promises something sweet and floral, so not my usual cup of tea, but hey, per theory I shouldn't like Delina Exclusif either, but it is one of my faves.

From first spray, Love Don't be Shy is intimedating with it's insanely reddish hue. Note to self, do not wear with light clothing. Secondly, I immediately get a marshmallowy sweet note that is surprisingly not overwhelming. Love Don't be Shy reminds me of something, but I am unsure, which fragrance. It is floral too, but not overwhelmingly so. Love Don't be Shy is very romantic, but I am still unsure if it's verging on being a little juvenile?

One thing is for sure though, it isn't just verging on something synthetic, it is in fact scratchy to the nose as are most synthetic fragrances (to me). I apologise to all lovers of Love Don't be Shy, but if I had to smell it with closed eyes, I would say that you have sprayed a generic body mist in a mall. Think expired Victoria Secret mist.

I sprayed once more needing to give it a second go. A slight opening of rose and marshmallow, the rose isn't rose-ing, but gives the scent a red floral note. I am honestly bored.

I see why people like it, but the hype has been hyping the wrong fragrance.... NEXT!