A while ago I gushed about this new perfume that I was on the hunt for; YSL’s Parisienne.

Well, I managed to track it down and test it out for an evening. I would have preferred a sample but Sephora doesn’t have it and the Bay wouldn’t decant it for me at all! Phooey! So I had to go off a spritz on my skin for one evening.

Sadness!

The scent I was in love with was not the main part of Parisienne! When I tried it on the top notes were blackberry and way too sweet for me. I don’t really like smelling like food. It turns out the part that I loved was the long-lasting finishing notes  (?) after the perfume had almost faded away. In the magazine sample that I initially smelled, I loved it, and I still love the scent after it has faded, but there’s no way I could wear that perfume just for those last few notes–it is far too cloying for my taste.

I’m so sad, I really wanted to love that perfume and finally have a signature scent that wouldn’t make me sick.

Though I wonder… any perfume junkies out there, do you know what the last notes are in that perfume? And do you know of any other perfumes that contain them as the main part??? I would really be interested in it!

So the search remains. For now I am back to liking Lancome’s Hypnose. I got those little sample bottles at a party a few years ago and am still getting through them. I think that if I can manage to finish my sample I may treat myself with the big one…