Comments on: Parfums DelRae Emotionnelle ~ perfume review, sort of

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:27:21 +0000

What a shame!

By: Kess

Kess — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:38:34 +0000

I just sample it and I’m getting the ‘rotting melon’ right off the bat. The juicy ripe melon was only in the vial, alas! (That was the first melon-prominent fragrance I tried, so I did not have any pre-conceived notions, I swear!)

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:32:17 +0000

Interesting, because I would have thought that someone who didn’t have a chip on their shoulder about melon would have loved it! Oh well, there’s more melon out there if you’re determined

By: mals86

mals86 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:05:19 +0000

Tested this one today. It smelled nice in the vial – fruity for sure, but in a sort of cantaloupe-for-breakfast, with-flowers-just-outside-the-open-window sort of way. Then I put it on skin. Although I am not as opposed to the idea of melon as a lot of perfume fans (probably because I missed that whole early-90′s calone overload, lucky me), I didn’t like the melon note here. It smells extremely overripe – garbagey, even – as opposed to the happy, juicy scent I was expecting. After an hour, the decaying, flyblown melon wafts off and the rest of it is rather pleasant. The progression goes from Rotting to Eventually Inoffensive but Unmemorable. A big “NO” on my test notes.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:23:41 +0000

Glad you like it!

By: StarAngel

StarAngel — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:27:15 +0000

This reminds me of the Guerlain classics–it’s seasonless, but I’ll lean a bit more towards summer since it smells like melon with the scent of old money and hidden scandal. I picture someone with mega glamour wearing it. It’s definitely going on my purchase at some point, list!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:48:21 +0000

It's worse somehow than civet or cumin… maybe raw, unadulterated civet. Are they really coming out with that as a fragrance or is it a joke?

I only had durian juice once at an Indonesian place in SF — it smells vaguely of raw sewage but is also EXTREMELY sweet. That being said, I would consume it again.

Also, for whatever it's worth, I like Mousson quite a bit, and I didn't get a bit of melon in Vanille Galante, the way you did, Robin.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:59:44 +0000

Now you see this is very intriguing to me that you mention Insolence. I did not like Insolence Edt at all – over the top fruity fluff but I loved Insolence EdP – powerful, probably too powerful but a huge WOW factor and it just smells so good because it has a lot more than just fruit going on and none of the dreaded cotton candy. And now it's gone here in the USA and I think its gone because maybe they are catching onto the backlash in regards to the fruity perfumes. And it's a shame because in my opinion, finally someone did a fruity perfume RIGHT!

I have not tried Emotionelle yet but if its a well balanced, well done fragrance then I may try it. This is why this blog is so great, you get to hear the views of so many diverse people. I love it!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:22:09 +0000

LOL you're killing me….how about : Eau de Melones Verte, Bois de Melones, Un Jardin de Melones Apres le Match de Football, Ceci N'est pas Une Melone, and for the movie lovers amongst us: Melons on a Plane !!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:05:20 +0000

Don't forget “Voile de Melons” and “Melon Extreme Sport”