the heart opens with a bold rose in full bloom, followed by sugar coted petals of powdery jasmin, creamy magnolia and at least a bite of ripe plum. on this stage i can really smell the different aromas, heavenly blendet to a very delightful creamy-sweet aroma.

the scent grows very mutch on your skin, it feels sweet, warm and comfy. delicious intoxicating trails are coming up to my nose, mhhhhmmmm I like the opening luscious fruity notes, even if they're a bit... unapologetic. The looonnng middle period jars me. It's spicy and peppery on my skin. Is this the patchouli? I have to assume it is, because I can find NOTHING in the listed middle notes that would blast my nostrils in this way. I am not a spice fan. the juice in the cute little dropshaped silver bottle is pure bliss! i expected something very different, not that smooth and innocent. don t get me wrong, the scent is strong and intense, not weak but soft and dreamy. kinda adictive. Scent very rich, greatly rounded, I get mostly combination of fruity notes and flowers with patchouli as undernote wich makes it more stable. Many users say that they get ecstatic feeling sniffing this perfume, which tells that composition is real masterpiece.The sillage and longevity are impressive. Unfortunately for me, this means that the middle section of that sharp peppery smell lasts far too long. I basically count down the hours until the finish... MR isn't more expensive than fragraces from D&G or Chanel, so I don't mind the pricetag for a frag of this quality. The longevity is about 4-6 hours on me, or even longer but after that it's more of a soft, sweet skinscent (same as other high end frags). After about 4-5 hours I feel like I want to refresh, to make it stronger. La Prairie fragrances took a different turn in 2009 with the introduction of the Life Threads series. Silver, Gold and Platinum were introduced in 2009, with luxurious bottles decorated with fine filaments of the precious metals. This line of fine fragrances was continued in 2010 with the introduction of the next wave of Life Threads fragrances: Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald. The bottles of these fragrances were adorned with gemstones. Limited editions and gift sets of Life Threads fragrances were offered in 2011. i can imagine spraying myself over and over with this and i would feel like a goddess in paradise, sitting inbetween ripe fruits and berries and juices, smelling their intense aroma, inhaling a deep breath of woods and mosses to my nostrils, while delicate flowers are spriding intense trails of their pollen everywhere and the creamy odor of their petals hangs around in the air like clouds of sweet dreams.

I remember testing Silver Rain sometime last year and finding it a little too heavy on the berries. When I read that Midnight Rain also featured dominant fruity accords, I must admit that I feared it to be just as potent as its predecessor.

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Midnight rain should be haunting, mysterious, darker, a bit moody. Where's the incense and the dirty patchouli? Where's the leather and the ebony wood? WHERE is the midnight? Hell, where's the rain?? What is it about this expression, "Angel clone", that I do not understand? I know what ANGEL is. I believe that I understand the meaning of the word 'clone'. Why is every other sweet floriental in The Holey[sic] Book dismissed derisively as an "Angel clone"? Oh well. Anyhow, when I came across Midnight Rain, I was thrilled. I spritzed it on a sample card and took it home. I kept it on my makeup table and sniffed it excitedly, knowing I had finally found a keeper. I waited for my birthday to ask for it (because as many have noted, it's pricey!)