Miu Miu l'Eau Bleue (Daniela Andrier for Prada, 2016)
Sometimes, the Perfume God gives you unexpected gifts. Sometimes they have a strange, difficult character, they seem to hold you wide... But since the first sniff you know there's something inside. You can not understand what it is and go on slamming your nose on it until you end up falling in love with it, even before the answer comes. Miu Miu L'Eau Bleue is a fresh floral fragrance, based on lily of the valley. I kindly detest this note, and spring-y, blooming scents make me wrink, but well, I completely fell for this strange creature dressed in a pale blue silk gown singing with Kim Carnes's voice (if you don't know her, click here and listen). Lily of the valley, rose, green notes, jasmine, hedione, white musk and a strange note called akigalawood create an unexpected cold, bitter, extra-dry, luminous, powerful, scent, standoffish like just few others. And brave, too : in an era of floral, sugary, overly musky, glitter-and-sequins perfumes, this one spe