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It is shocking to see what has been done to this perfume. Batch 22UDOSG, purchased via “Perfume Shop”, Feb 2022. If Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud would’ve been dead, he’d be turning in his grave, but as he’s alive, he’s probably hitting his head on the wall, as he’s watching his baby being butchered, and then sold, that Frankenstein of a monster, at the pretense of being a real child! As my 2007 bottle had almost run out, I bought a new one, 50 ml. I’ve heard that reformulations are rife in the industry, courtesy of IFRA regulations, but Lancome keeps swearing by that this perfume hasn’t suffered the fate of others (“cross my heart and hope to die”..) Bullo...-ney! This is nothing like the “Poeme” I fell in love with in the late 90s! The pyramid in this batch had most definitely slimmed down - without a doubt! Original “Poeme” had intricate layers with almost 30 ingredients declared, and I used to be able to smell them all, in turn, slowly, over course of hours, the pyramid would progress, opening up, middle notes coming after the top, then the base, and I would find and notice each ingredient. I could smell them all! But not anymore! Now, it’s like a flash bomb mess, a stun-grenade: opens up with weak initial accords of something simple, although resembling “Poeme”, but not quite, then suddenly, changing into the final base notes of powdery sweetness within 30 minutes(!), missing the middle notes of mimosa, leather or orange blossom, with the apotheosis of this new mess: a completely varnished scent (even cheap vanilla is gone) after 3-4 hours! Shocking! Before the scent would stay on me through the evening, and day, would trail after me, surrounding by a cloud of yellow flowers, now, gone after 3 hours, not a whisper of it is left the following day on my blouse. I wish companies like Lancome would stop selling something that is no longer there. At the best is misleading. If the product has changed, the bottle and name should change too. This desire to chase profits and cut corners would only damage the reputation in the long run, as now, I will be looking for another scent elsewhere (and for my cosmetics), possibly looking for something vintage, as contrary to the perfumery industry beliefs, who keep churning juvenile scents of sugary flower bombs of simplicity for the last twenty years, not all women want to stay pre-pubescent forever and star in their own “Lolita” movie. Some of us are happy to grow up and not afraid to be heavy or moody, and for once, at the happy age of 40, finally have enough disposable income to buy the pleasure in the form of our favourite perfume. I am very upset with “Lancome”! Having bought two 50ml bottles, now I am stuck with a simple and weak body spray, but above all, I hate being lied to or taken for a fool!Read full review
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Fantastic value for money as the perfume lasts all day, I get lots of compliments when I wear it would recommend to anyone young or old
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Very pleasant and long lasting smell my daughters favourite .
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Ask me again when I've had time to use it
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sensuous aroma
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