LE COUVENT DE MINIMES

From the first seconds a tangerine note and some bergamot provide restrained freshness; not really refreshing but just providing an underlying gentle zest. Later on this merges with a gentle bright rose that again is quite restrained. Still, both strains need in beautifully, and the high quality naturally developing ingredients add a quietly fruity glow to the whole composition.

The performance is surprisingly good for such a citrus-base fragrance, with moderate sillage, good projection and nine hours of longevity on my skin. This is an unobtrusively pleasant scent for warmer climes, not the splash-and-refresh sort of summer scent but more restrainedly bright.  Quite natural.  Lovely.  3.5/5.