Hypnotic Poision - Dior

Yesterday, me and Poet was out for coffee in town, and chatted away like we always do.  Life, future, "the perfect day", whatever that comes to our mind really.  Everything and anything.

I have this thing of liking to be in the corner, especially at cafes or restaurants, and yesterday was no different.  Until this couple sat right next to us.  Both with blond hair, in the late 20's and speaking with an English Accent - which sounded quite pleasant for some funny reason.  Now I have to say, I do think English accents are quite beautiful, but only so when it's used correctly.  I've never been the greatest fan of teenage or typical youth way of corrupted speaking.  Too much or too less accents can often ruin it too.  Only if everyone talked like they do in the movies - but yeah, that's a day dream.

It was Poet that recognised the scent originally.  As they sat down next to us, he leaned over close to me and whispered 

"is it just me, or does he smell AMAZING??"

I had to crack a giggle.  Indeed there was this beautiful scent swifting in the air as they sat down.  But funny enough, I recognised that there was 2 different scent, and not 1.  And I wondered which one he was talking about.

"Are you talking about HIS smell or HERS?? coz I'm loving hers"......

I must have look like a weird person, even when we continued to talk after they sat down, I was still puzzling my mind, trying to figure out the accords of this perfume. 

I thought it smelt like some fresh cut lilies and roses, still attached to the stem.  As for roes, it was not too strong like red, not sweet as white, and my image was a pale pink or yellow rose.  It was a very fresh scent like in the early morning with dew still on the petals, slowly vaporizing into the air as the sun came up.   I guess if you wanna simplify that term, it's also referred to as green - but I always think there are more than 1 word to describe scents.

While Poet left the seat as he got a phone call from his worrying parents at the airport giving him a last minute lectures before they flew back home, I had to ask....

"excuse me for this sudden question, but do you have any perfume on yourself by any chance??  because we were just discussing how amazing it smells"

She gave me a very cute smile with words of "well, thank you", and told me that it was this perfume....

I can't say I've ever heard of or seen this perfume before, but she even had the miniature bottle on herself, and as I was smelling it, Poet came back from the outside, and asked him if that was what he was smelling too, and it was.  So obviously it was HER that was smelling amazing, and not HIM.

I went online this morning, to find out what the notes of this perfume was.  One of the website defined the following

"It is categorized as an Oriental scent with a touch of vanilla. The base notes consist of sandal wood, vanilla, moss, jacaranda wood, and musk creating the mysteriously exotic foundation of this fragrance. The heart notes or middle notes include rose, lily of the valley, jasmine, and tuberose, creating a mixture of the signature scents of the original perfume with the exotic scents that are mesmerizing. The top notes consist of bitter almond, caraway, coconut, plum, apricot, and pimento which combine the lower notes into the primal and exotic scent of Hypnotic Poison."


I was quite pleasantly surprised to find out that jasmine was in it too, as i thought it didn't think the smell was as sweet as most jasmine based perfumes, but then saying that and now thinking back, that's probably what gave the kick into the notes.  I don't think I've met a perfume that is as refreshing as this without having citrus notes in it, and I LOVE IT.  To the point I'm almost tempted to go to the store and buy myself a bottle or tester on trademe so I won't get overloaded with perfumes that I can't use up....


Also, the word "orient" always makes me think.  It tends to be that the perfumes containing jasmine is often referred to as "orient",  but especially for this perfume, it makes me think of a french palace and some beautiful women, in middle of a rose garden with dresses.  A place where men can only observe from distance while the ladies gives a mysterious smile at them behind their fans, while hinting their sexual innocence...


Simply put, a classy seduction.....??