I'm doing my best to review Tiaré Mimosa but have yet to be able to put any on my skin. The samples leaked out before they arrived.
It does smell good, however!
And again, it is from the Aqua Allegoria line so it is reasonably priced and perhaps less potent than gardenia sometimes can be. Tahitian gardenia is a bit less pungent than the ones from the garden that I love to have in bowls in my house.
It also smells less strongly of Tiare than the Avon one from last summer, Tahitian Holiday, which I also reviewed, and I do like.
notes of citrus, pink pepper, mimosa, tiare (Tahitian gardenia), vanilla, vetiver, and musks
I'm glad it has some vanilla in it, as well as the vetiver and musks -- that moves it from a strictly tiare fragrance into another realm. And this is what I smell in the remnants of the sample. If that is the dry down, I know I would like it.
I thought I had some Cruel Gardenia around here to compare it to, but I do not. I know that as I stood in the store, a woman bought Cruel Gardenia on the spot. I had gone on a search for something else, so it flew under my radar at the time. I can compare it to Mayotte, which is a lovely creamy gardenia, the second generation from Mahora which did not have the rich, creaminess and was strident until it settled down.
In either case, this is an AA, so it is less rich and opulent, plus there is no creamy aspect.
What do you think?
Do you have this one? Do you have Cruel Gardenia or Mayotte?
Where you can buy it
Call or email Claire (702-732-7008) (GuerlainPalazzo.STORE@lvmhuspc.com) at the Guerlain boutique in Las Vegas. There is no sales tax and no shipping charge for mailing in the US. (I think you'd pay tax if you lived in Nevada.) (I can't speak for international shipping.)
Let me know if you try it, and tell Claire you heard it from me.
Karin
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I just love the name of it!
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