
Dry down improves a lot, enhancing the aroma out kind of less massive, soapy and softer (frankly more delicate and wearable). Vetiver? Naah, just a tad of ambroxan, patchouli and musky floralness. I can catch in this introducing stage a sort of secret dirty "sweated/spicy" greenness, a kind of resinous spiciness and faint piquancy conjuring me something I use to get in Cartier La Panthere as well. I get by soon rosey-musky "hotness", spicy/juicy blackcurrant, mainstrean pungent floral vibe (mostly a surrogate of magnolia and less notably the rose) and synthetic vanillic muskiness.

Almost by soon unstructured (I'd say collapsed at birth) this fragrance hardly manages to be glamour since unfortunately lacking that earthy-minty futuristic spark (or a pop sophisticated fresh muskiness) making the fortune of quite glamour innovative juices a la Thierry Mugler Alien or Givenchy Very Irresistible. This juice is initially almost cloying and highly mainstream (somewhat cheap, probably due the "spicy/sharp floralness-effect"). Scents as this one, despite declaredly "easy going", unpretentious and humble, could finally jeopardize the reputable fame of glorious "maison" as Estee Lauder. Modern Muse Le Rouge is a mediocre (highly synthetic in terms of wearer perception) sultry musky accord from Estee Lauder not so (conceptually and partially "aromatically") distant from scents a la Elie Saab Le Parfum (which is better), Armani Si or several Marc Jacob's. In conclusion if you enjoy the original Modern Muse, you might like this one too. Perfect for weddings, birthday events and parties. It can be worn in the daytime or for evening events. The middle is my favorite part of this one. The result is a spriny rose without any darkness or complications. It harmoniously blended with sensuous patchouli and warm vanilla. This sensation is gradually joined by a heart of rose essence, modernized with a magnolia accord. The fragrance exudes an immediate and lovely tartness freshness, derived from the top note strawberry and red currant. Feminine, romantic, simple, sensational, chic, sensuous, sweet, savory and cheerful. The smells like a field of flowers and sweet tarts with just a hint of patchouli and vanilla that helps set it apart.

It brings a sense of peaceful calmness and makes think of an innocent, youthful romance.

I expected this to be a generic scent but it is more so of a simplistic beauty. She dresses her seductive lips in timelessly elegant colour with a sensual lipcare texture and keeping her soul with the essence of floral fragrance and femininity to embrace her mood and emotion with a love potion. Like a Estee Lauder lipstick, the scent is the sign of ultimate chic. Be-muse-ingly unamusing but just acceptable. I get moderate sillage, excellent projection and a impressive nine hours of longevity on my skin.Ī spring scent that alters between bluntly biochemical laboratory fakeness and phases of unexciting pleasantness. The base develops a slightly spicy undertone with an ambery side - this time there are ultra-generic notes - and a vanilla aroma that is agreeable but rather trite indeed. The drydown, not unexpectedly, shifts to the floral range, and after expecting another onslaught of laboratory fumes I was pleasantly disappointed: whilst the rose I am getting is rather pale and anaemic, there is a triad of jasmine and magnolia, with whiffs of oleander on its tail, which are, whilst still somewhat generic, synthetic and pedestrian, much more convincing and lack the unbalanced features of the top notes. A loud, artificial candy-raspberry-cum-blackberry lolly impression greets me, and it is not of the very pleasant type.
