In a post-apocalyptic time, the whole world is a mall, and you’re walking through it with your mom, a juice box in one hand, smelling a whiff of her perfume as it trails behind her. Your hand are sticky, some of the juice has leaked, but your’e not going to tell her because she’s on a mission. She wore her red lipstick today (red means business), and her heels click-clack. You can barely keep up, but your other hand is in hers, and its warm softness reminds you that everything will be ok.
Lancome’s Idole Power is here, and I hate to say it but this is the only one from this line I’ve smelled, and I like it.⠀
This one is a punchy rose with a juicy apple opening and a creamy dry down. It kind of reminds me of Santal Majuscule, the rose and sandalwood perfume I’ve loved before, but instead of the Lutens subtleties, we have a rich powerful rose – an AI rose, if you will, so rosy that it smells more like a rose than a real rose. The tartness of the opening combines with the powdery makeup quality of the rose, adding vinegar to it’s almost cucumber-like freshness, before it calms down and becomes a more tame version of itself.
This is an eau de parfum intense, and yes, it wears like a powerful perfume. One spray lasted the whole day on me, and I caught a faint whiff of it when I woke up in the morning. Use it when you want to be remembered.
