Description

My favorite gardenia pefume. Gigi lights up on the skin like a stick of incense. Smokey sweetness billows forth, eventually burning down to reveal a sensual floral perfume. The scent is predominately gardenia on me, lilted by an accent of ylang ylang. Dripping into the flowers is a juiciness that smells like a mix of underripe green pear skin and vanilla pear liqueur. It’s not sugary, though. I find the pear and rich vanilla are tempered by a note that calls to mind stem greens, paired alongside a vegetal musk note. (The musk is suggestive of the same skin-like one I get from Helmut Lang parfum.) This green note and the quiet musk pin the gardenia down onto my skin. It’s not until 4 or 5 hours into the wear that I actively notice the dry sandalwood at the bottom of Gigi’s composition. And I may be crazy here, but I perceive the faint whiff of french vanilla buried way down in there, too. The staying power is great on me – it takes 7 to 8 hours before I feel like I need to refresh it a little. Overall, this is a sweet but tender perfume that charms me anew everytime I wear it. However, Gigi is not a fragrance you wear to impress others. It is one you choose for your own sake, when being luscious sounds like an end in itself.”