“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”

I had to re-spray this one a few times not because it faded quickly, but because I got something a little new each time I smelled it. First spray, the floral fresh notes were prominent, the tiare flower and jasmine taking the lead with the pineapple honestly coming out more on the paper than it did my skin. In fact, most of the fruity notes from that and the peach were supporting second fiddles to the clove and patchouli, which blossomed quickly upon the dry down. The woody and fresh notes really come out later on as the scent evolves along its path, taking its time to reveal itself in all its multi-faceted glory. There is a spiciness underlying it all, not overwhelming but more accentuating the entire piece.

The person behind this period fragrance is the writer George Sand, a woman who wrote under a man’s name in order to garner recognition and respect in a man’s world, and by golly it worked for the bass-ackwards norms of their time. She had a prolific career and the regard of many greats of the day, including some very scandalous lovers.

10/10 fragrance, would wear to seduce Chopin.