Chypress by Floris – Undina’s Looking Glass
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