Vendor: Les Liquides Imaginaires
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Les Liquides Imaginaires · 2014
Melancolia Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Divisive
fresh
uplifting
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Think cool mint and bergamot with ginger bite: that is Les Liquides Imaginaires Melancolia. It opens with mint and bergamot, moves into laurels and ginger and settles on musk. It reads unisex.
It is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. A good pick for casual days. Released in 2014.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and uplifting for casual days.
- Sample first if: you are unsure about strong fresh notes; this one divides opinion.
- Skip if: you dislike green fragrances.
Around $107.
Explore more: More from Les Liquides Imaginaires · Fresh perfumes · Mint perfumes · Bergamot perfumes
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
The Brand
Les Liquides Imaginaires
Les Liquides Imaginaires is a Paris niche house built on conceptual perfumery: each release is composed around a theme (the sacred, the seductive, the cursed). 35 Les Liquides Imaginaires perfumes are catalogued, spanning about $89 to $285 in price. People discussing this house most often name Les Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête, Les Liquides Imaginaires Dom Rosa or Les Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood.
What the picks smell like
Les Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête (EDP, 2021) reads as creamy milk pudding warmed by cocoa and vanilla, drying down to tonka bean, vanilla and cocoa. Les Liquides Imaginaires Dom Rosa (2013) comes across as sparkling grapefruit, pear and rose with warm incense, opening on champagne and grapefruit. For Les Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood (2013), expect smoky red wine cherries, rose and violets over oak.
If you like what you see here, gourmand perfumes and floral perfumes are good next stops, and the Scendira brands page has the rest.
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Vendor: Les Liquides Imaginaires
Bloody Wood
smoky red wine cherries, rose violets, oak
$144.00
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like cool mint and bergamot with ginger bite. It opens with mint and bergamot, moves into laurels and ginger and settles on musk.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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