ALIVE EAU DE PARFUM: A Universally Likeable Fruity Vanilla Perfume
Woody Aromatic
Annick Menardo
A fruity vanilla scent – plum, apple, and black currant is melting together with your vanilla. There are cinnamon and thyme added to the mixture for an extra kick. The perfume is grounded in sandalwood, cedar and olive tree. When looking at the notes, you think, hmmm, that must smell yummy and outstanding, and yes, it is an all-year rounder type of fragrance. Alive is juicy and warm with some nice touches of physicality, yet it does not knock my socks off. It is a more refined and spicier Christina Aquilera fragrance. The more scents I try, the pickier I am. My apologies.
ALIVE INTENSE EAU DE PARFUM: An Appealing Jammy Raspberry Flanker
Amber Woody
The top is fueled with pretty detectable raspberry. I find a similarity to La Vie Est Belle Intensement by Lancome. I could almost swear I smelled iris too, but apparently, there is vetiver instead. The whole composition is sweetened and deepened with benzoin which is quite enjoyable. It is a sensual combo, yet it does not reach the qualities and eroticism of the Lancome beauty. If you are not on a strict budget, get La Vie Est Belle Instensement. It is levelled up.
ALIVE EAU DE TOILETTE: A Watered Down Summery Version of Alive
Floral
Honorine Blanc and Marie Salamagne
Guys, common. What is this? A burst of apple and orange toned down with jasmine and may rose, balanced with some standard woods and moss? Fruity – floral – woody, meaning I am tired of this profile. There is nothing outrageous about it except that it does not last. Why would you take the original Alive which is already light, and make something even lighter? It is a fresh, watered aroma with no potency. I know I know, it is common to make an EDT after you have done EDP intense, so business-wise, it makes sense. At the end of the day, you can spray it on your way to the gym or work when your goal is to fit in with no intention of being remembered.
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