In addition to linden, I’m always on the hunt for mimosa scents. So far, my hands-down favorite mimosa fragrances are Parfums de Nicolaï Mimosaique, L’Artisan Mimosa Pour Moi and Caron Farnesiana. For a person who has never smelled mimosa in real life I’m awfully obsessed with this note. I wonder if I’ll feel the same way, once I smell the actual flower, or if living with this imaginary notion of mimosa makes it ever better.If you’re familiar with my top there favorite mimosa scents, I would compare Molinard’s mimosa with Caron Farnesiana with which it shares the most similarity. The PdN and L’Artisan Mimosas are very true to the flower, exhibiting a natural and slightly green take. Caron Farnesiana blends mimosa with heliotrope and creates a marzipan-gourmand impression. Molinard’s Mimosa is also a creamy almondy scent that is surprisingly delightful. I bought Molindard’s Mimosa from BeautyEncounter for about $25 bucks, expecting that I’d use it to spritz my sheets if it sucked. It doesn’t suck, it’s pretty good, though I must confess to basing my review a bit upon the price tag.
Molinard’s Mimosa reminds me of the one and only time I made pie crust from scratch. The smell of dough and sensation of flour on my hands is this fragrance. There’s an element of L’Artisan’s Bois Farine here, a doughy quality which I want to knead between my fingers. Because of this association there’s a dometic diva idea running through my head – I imagine a country cottage with those adorable lace curtains, shifting quietly as a mimosa tinged breeze billows through them as I place the pie in the preheated oven. There’s a 1950s retro association about Molinard’s Mimosa – it’s cuddly soft, slightly doughy, dreamy and delicate. Unlike the PdN and L’Artisan there is no cucumber or green here – this is all creamy, dreamy deliciousness.
For $25 bucks Molinard Mimosa is wonderful. It’s not long-lived, lasting maybe 2 hours, and I do spray it on my sheets.
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Mimosa is one of those notes I don't have a good handle on, which basically means I haven't smelled enough soliflores or scents built around it. I just recently got a vial of DSH Mimosa, but I need to play with it a bit more.
ReplyDeleteYou've made this sound delicious (and that price is delicious too). I love Bois Farine, and anything that evokes that kind of doughy, floury scent would be okay by me. The Caron sounds pretty amazing too, since I enjoy heliotrope/almond accords.
So many perfumes... Sigh.
Just curious, have you tried the recent Kenzo Silk Flower? I think that's based on a type of mimosa.
Hi Joe,
ReplyDeleteMimosa is hard to find when it's blended with other florals - it seems easily overwhelmed. To smell what I think of as a real/natural soliflore, try the PdN or the L'Artisan Mimosas.
Caron Farnesiana is dreamy if you haven't tried it. The parfum/extrait is worth it...
No, I haven't tried the Kenzo - on the list it goes!
Abigail, I agree with you on Mimosa Pour Moi; I have enjoyed two springs here in France and MPM really is like burying your face in those fluffy, yellow blossoms.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered about this fragrance...see it on ebay for cheap all the time, but couldn't bring myself to risk it...sound like I'd like it more than I thought! My fav mimosa will always be Une Fleur de Cassie, but a less challenging scent it always welcome.
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