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Wonderlust
Finding out whether a creamy, powdery fragrance belongs on your skin is a genuine question rather than a rhetorical one, and the Michael Kors Wonderlust Eau de Parfum Discovery Set is the low risk way to settle it, because this style suits some people wonderfully and smells like talc on others. The fragrance itself is a study in softness. It opens on bergamot and pink pepper, bright and dry for a moment, with almond milk already present underneath, soft and pale and vaguely milky. There is no gap between the opening and the comfortable part.
Its middle is built on three sweet materials pulling in different directions. Heliotrope supplies a soft, chalky sweetness, sambac jasmine a rich creamy heat, and carnation a spicy, peppery dryness that gives the heart its definition and stops it going flat. Beneath that, sandalwood smooths, benzoin sweetens with a resinous warmth, and cashmeran spreads a musky haze across the lot. The drydown is gentle and long, and it clings to clothing more than it carries through air.
Alexis Grugeon, Aurélien Guichard and Honorine Blanc composed it. Wearing it from a small vial over several days is the right test for a scent like this, because it is the skin that decides. Try it in daylight and in mild weather first. The other advantage of the small format is portability. This is a travel friendly fragrance by temperament as well as by size, soft enough not to trouble anyone in a confined space and warm enough to be a comfort on a long journey. Two sprays is the correct dose and it lasts well on fabric.
The brand is American and dates from 1981, when the designer launched it as a luxury accessories and ready to wear label. Its perfume has always been licensed to outside firms, and more than one has held it.
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