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Parfums MDCI La Surprise & L’Aimee ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 22 May 2020 11 Comments

French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched La Surprise and L'Aimée, two new fragrances for women in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collection.

La Surprise (above left) ~ "Inspired by one of Fragonard's paintings of the famous series "The Pursuit of Love", part of the Frick Collection in New York, Cécile Zarokian has masterfully captured the lovely scene fearring [sic] an elegant young woman surprised in a fragrant and romantic garden by an admirer, a rose in his hand." With green accord, cardamom, bergamot, rhubarb, white flowers, rose, peach, freesia, violet, woody accord, musks, solar notes, patchouli and sandalwood.

L'Aimée (above right) ~ "After her acclaimed creations for men, L'homme aux Gants and Cuir Cavalier, Nathalie Feishauer has once more masterfully captured the charm and the sweetness of the young Mrs Sériziat painted with her child by Jacques-Louis David in 1795, a timeless masterpiece that can be admired at the Louvre Museum in Paris." With  bergamot , mandarin, blackcurrant bud, rose, jasmin, champaca, lily of the valley, orange, heliotrope, orris, raspberry, peach, cedar, vetever, patchouli, amyris, oakmoss, sandalwood, vanilla, amber and musks.

Parfums MDCI La Surprise and L'Aimée are available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum.

(via parfumsmdci.free.fr)

Possibly of interest

Parfums MDCI La Ravissante ~ new fragrance
Parfums MDCI L’Elegant ~ new fragrance
Parfums MDCI Promesse de l’Aube ~ fragrance review

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: cecile zarokian, mdci, nathalie feisthauer

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  1. springpansy says:
    22 May 2020 at 12:51 pm

    I love the name La Surprise. I can’t tell if I am even interested given the barrage of notes from both of them. MDCI usually does high quality, though.

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    • galbanumgal says:
      22 May 2020 at 1:45 pm

      Barrage of notes, indeed. Intrigued by the association with the Frick, but wary of the scent description.

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    • Robin says:
      22 May 2020 at 3:35 pm

      It seems like when the list is long, people complain about the barrage of notes, but when the list is short people complain about that — or worse, they assume that’s all that’s in there 🙂

      I personally prefer longer, more complete lists. If they had put one more sentence in the description portion, describing the scent more than “surprised in a fragrant and romantic garden by an admirer, a rose in his hand”, that would help.

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      • springpansy says:
        22 May 2020 at 5:14 pm

        Interesting – it IS hard to please everyone, isn’t it? I always prefer shorter lists of notes – as long as those highlight what the fragrance is meant to smell like, in other words, the goal of the creator. Of course I realize that different noses will also interpret the fragrance in different ways, too!

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      • Cynthia says:
        26 May 2020 at 9:08 pm

        I find with a lot of French brands that I may not smell all those notes, but they combine to make a beautiful whole. MDCI is one of those brands that I find something to like in almost every one of their perfumes, so I will certainly give these a shot.

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  2. perfumelover67 says:
    22 May 2020 at 2:09 pm

    Those bottles! ?

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    • austenfan says:
      22 May 2020 at 2:31 pm

      True, all they lack is a couple of tassels. ?

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      • SheriG says:
        22 May 2020 at 3:10 pm

        I had a similar thought – “WHAT? No tassels?”

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      • Robin says:
        22 May 2020 at 3:35 pm

        The men’s had tassels. These ribbons look too small and prissy, like they were an afterthought.

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        • austenfan says:
          22 May 2020 at 4:18 pm

          We really ought to get in touch with Claude Marchal to have this serious lack of tassels seen to.

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          • Oakland Fresca says:
            22 May 2020 at 6:58 pm

            Ha!

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