Carnival Femme Fatale - Plein Fatal

Carnival is exceptionally short this year, so you have to hurry up to make the most of it. Unfortunately, it slips away like bursting champagne bubbles... And since we're talking about this drink, it's impossible not to mention the perfumes tailored for carnival and packaged in a golden champagne bottle.

Plein Fatale, the first women's fragrance from Philipp Plein, combines the most popular accords for women - fruits, flowers and sweets - but does it in an original way, adding its own dot over the 'i'.

The opening of the composition sounds like the moment of popping a cork from a bottle of champagne. The cool freshness of currant and bergamot, intensified by notes of sparkling pink pepper, hits the head and puts you in a decidedly party mood. When the bubbles slow down their race, flowers come into play. They define the feminine heart of the composition. Tuberose and ylang ylang play the first fiddle here. Together they create a powdery, intoxicating, slightly narcotic trace that will stay on the skin for a long time. The base notes create a soft base built of musk, sandalwood and vanilla. There are also pralines here, but - fortunately - served in very sparing quantities.

Plein Fatale is not a fragrance that flaunts sweetness. A beautiful break is the patchouli note. It adds elegance to the composition and makes it difficult to find a fragrance on perfumery shelves that smells similar.

Although the Philipp Plein brand is associated with ostentation, its first women's perfume is an example of a fragrance characterized by refined elegance and originality. I attribute this success to two elements. Firstly, to the perfumer who put it together, and he is the exceptionally talented Alberto Morillas. Secondly, to his skillful weaving of the aforementioned patchouli note into the composition. Cool bubbles, sensual flowers and sweetness restrained by cocoa patchouli is the perfect recipe for a scent for a carnival temptress!