Heya ULGers, One of my friends’ businesses here in Sydney City Perfume has been having a big sale on their Floris Travel Sprays. You may know that I’m gaga for a travel size. These are perfect, at 10ml, to throw in a bag and fly away. Also perfect when you know 100ml will probably never get used. So I grabbed three, only one of which I’d smelled properly: Night Scented Jasmine. I knew it was a love but couldn’t bear to buy another 100ml big white floral, so 10ml will do me fine. Probably more chance of me wearing it if it’s not a 100ml bottle in its box, in another box, in a cupboard, in my perfume room. Today I’ve been wearing Chypress and have just given myself another respritz. Maybe you’d like to come along for the ride?
Chypress by Floris 2017
Floris gives these featured accords:
Top: Bergamot | Lemon | Orange Flower | Neroli
Heart: Jasmine | Rose | Osmanthus | Ylang Ylang
Base: Amber | Vanilla | Musk | Patchouli
If you were a fan of the early 2000s Narciso for her or SJP Lovely but wished for something a little more sophisticated then maybe Chypress is the one for you. Still a lean into the radiant floral but less OTT and more smoothly balanced. It’s like the next step in the story.
A rose flavoured orange blossom/ jasmine with a little tropical ylang running through. Not enough to be a major tropical night delight like Songes but a hefty nod to the genre. I love that the pithy musks of sharp citrus bergamot stay right into the heart. It gives a lovely shrill pipe above the bouquet.
Chypress dry down is that beautiful radiant white floral with a whisper of vanilla, still not tropical but a teeny bit more so.
It’s now tomorrow lunchtime and still my arm has a wash of Chypress. That’s some serious longevity, maybe 16 hours. It’s more than a skin scent but you must be close to smell it.
Definitely leaning fem but I’ve been enjoying Chypress in dude mode for a couple of days now. Easy to wear and a lovely life story.
Have you tried Chypress? Sound good?
Portia xx
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Definitely sounds good to me, Portia. I am a fan of Night Scented Jasmine too, which also has good longevity – I can still smell the white musk the following morning. I am a bit horrified (?) to find I have about 10 different Floris fragrances, so I must like the house! Still kicking myself for giving a nearly full bottle of Malmaison to a friend, and have been wondering what the new interpretation, Wilde, smells like. I am jealous of your perfume room!
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Hey JillieCat,
YAY! Nice to see another Floris lover. They make lovely perfumes. well balanced and easy to wear. I keep a couple of their Soulle Amber in the cupboard for gifts, it’s such a lovely amber.
Please don’t be jealous of the perfume room. It’s in complete disarray currently and needs a good clean up.
Portia xx
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I do enjoy tropical florals and LOVE travel sprays – hard to justify full bottles when I open my perfume closet…
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Yeah MMKinPA, Travels are so good. A delicious bite of fragrance.
HA! I think we ALL look at the perfumes we have and are overwhelmed.
Portia x
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Haven’t really explored Floris even though I’ve been aware of them, but this sounds like a floral delight. I agree it’s easier to reach for a travel spray as it sometimes takes a special mood to open a box containing a new 100-mL bottle!
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Hey Nose Prose, Floris is a lovely house that does the basics beautifully. They have a couple of interesting outliers but mainly do the classics well.
Yeah, I think maybe 1/4 of my collection is unopened.
Portia xx
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I’ve been exploring Floris lately and found many good fragrances. Chypress is well done along with Wilde. I may get a travel spray of Chypress. My favorite is Bouquet de la Reine.
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OOOH! Thanks for the heads up RR. I’m not sure that this two are in Oz yet but will look.
Portia xx
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