Synthetic For Women - 1342

Smells just as I remember Jicky smelling in the days when I could actually afford it!

Don't get me wrong: This is very close to the original. The DNA is there.
However the original has an animalic skank note which Synthetic doesn't have.
So basically Synthetic is like an "improved", more user friendly version of Jicky.

All the rich woods, herbs, spices and florals are hard hitting and there in Synthetic, but there's less of the animalic skank, which makes Synthetic more wearable.
Not that Jicky is not wearable, but it can be quite off putting to some people around the wearer. Whilst Synthetic is a little more public friendly and can be worn without insulting anyone's less perfume experienced noses.

It's an amazing perfume. Highly complex. Mesmerising. I'm so happy to have it.

Not my usual perfume but wanted to try some of the old classics. This starts out as a very aromatic citrus almost astringent but dries down to a lovely powdery lavender woodsy musk.

To my nose this smells exactly like the inspiration, however, the sillage and longevity were noticeably less. I have reordered the roll on oil to see the porformance of that, I'm guessing it will be better

Edit Now given 5* review 13ml EdP is better than I recall from the sample.

Option Review:15ml Spray Extract
This perfume is hard to get hold of and quite expensive so I was delighted with the Perfume Parlour version. I have been asked what my perfume was while I was out shopping. So have ordered the body lotion.

At last, a great interpretation to Jicky. I am transported back to 1980s in London department store Selfridges where I first sampled it but did not have the funds and subsequently it was discontinued as are all the best frags !

Not quite the same as the original (not as richly leathery with that little bit of skank!) but still lovely.

A marvellous interpretation and with the original Guerlain on one wrist and PP on the other I cannot tell the difference!