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The moment Dylan Purple touches skin, pear juice floods forward with surprising intensity, its juice-like tartness immediately undercut by bitter orange's citrus bite and bergamot's gentler brightness. You're hit with something genuinely fresh and slightly savoury—the opposite of the expected sweet opening.
Within 90 minutes, purple freesia emerges as the true protagonist, its violet-tinged petals settling into partnership with mahonial's spiced wood and pomarose's warm stone-fruit whisper. The composition blooms horizontally rather than vertically, spreading into a sophisticated floral tableau where belambre's animalic warmth creates surprising sensuality beneath the florals.
The base reveals its synthetic scaffolding—iso E Super and sylkolide create a clean, crystalline dryness that prevents any creamy sweetness from dominating, while Virginia cedar and ambrofix anchor everything into a faintly woody, skin-scent territory. What remains is quietly present rather than broadcasted; intimate and melancholic rather than triumphant.
Dylan Purple announces itself as a fruit-forward declaration wrapped in floral restraint—a fragrance that knows its sweetness but refuses sentimentality. Christophe Raynaud constructs something deliberately tart at the outset, where pear juice and Italian bitter orange create a sharp, almost savoury opening that immediately distinguishes this from the syrupy fruity florals cluttering department store shelves. The pear arrives with genuine juice-like luminosity rather than the candy-coated artificiality one might expect from a 2022 release; it's crisp enough to prick the skin.
As the composition settles, purple freesia dominates—and this is crucial—the purple descriptor isn't marketing hyperbole. The freesia here carries an almost-violet undertone, deepened by pomarose's subtle stone fruit warmth and mahonial's woody spice, creating a floral bed that feels sophisticated rather than delicate. There's a faintly animalic warmth threading through, courtesy of belambre, which prevents the fragrance from floating away into thin air.
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