Reve Indien by Fragonard
Leathery, smokey, dry sweetness of spice like cinnamon and vanilla in a smokey way marks the beginning of Reve Indien, by Fragonard, as well as got me immediately associate this scent with the legendary Shalimar by Guerlain. To be honest, as an occasional Shalimar wearer, these two scent smell nearly identical to me.
Seconds later, Reve Indien has this grown-up gourmand slightly rice-cake-y sweet syrupy woods infused accord coming in, to lighten up the whole scent and makes it a bit different from the smoother dry Guerlain-y vanilla dominant Shalimar.
Reve Indien develops in a quite linear fashion afterwards. It seems to me that the Fragonard scents I have tried so far have a pattern in developing, allow them stay on my skin for quite an average length and then stay close, lingering like forever, Reve Indien is no exception.
Overall, I'm quite surprised by this "Shalimar imitation" in a really good way, even though I find that Reve Indie is a bit too close to the real Shalimar. This perfume can be the Shalimar with a less smokey, but a bit more sweet amber hint, and can be easily worn by someone who doesn't always have that type of grande personality/occasion to pull off Shalimar all the time.
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