Le Jardin Retrouve

Osmanthe Liu Yuan

Too much leather and musk to call this fresh since they saddle it down with staleness. The first few whiffs are of blunt industrial strength citrus cleaner and a mop made of leather. At worst, I thought this would be a complex, mature scent, but you can hardly call three distinct overpowering notes complex. It mellows out but I still have the same complaints about the citrus, leather, and musk strangling everything. On my skin, a semblance of harmony only comes at the end. It smells more cohesive on paper. Throughout, the floral notes are there and sometimes peeks out a little more, but overall nod towards incense and can’t escape far enough to make it fresh. I agree with whoever said nice perfume on a heavy smoker, though I might say it leans more towards shampoo.

The opening scent was really nice but it smells like perfume on a smoker. It has an odd smoked cigarette smell.

It stinks not my style at all

I thought I was going to love this but it really gives Old Lady. Really floral but then the musk and leather muddies it in an unpleasant way. Had to mix it with a vanilla-forward fragrance to like it.

Loved the floral notes