It's more like catching whiffs of the bloom of a rose or it's scented petals, lacking in the citrusy greenness of the bushes and stems.

simple, yet elegant and top quality custom made dresses, how she never missed an appointment by her hairdresser and she never left the house without wearing lipstick and sunglasses in the summer. In the dry down, it becomes a smooth, warm vanilla and almond caress, with hints of sandalwood and benzoin "wafting" around it.It continues with this loveliness until it gets to a warm, milky, powdery undertow which remains closer to your skin. Voila some of the same notes are shared by both perfumes: rose, peach fruit, alcohol, spices, amber, benzoin, sandalwood, cedar, vanilla. Diamonds and Rubies is for a woman with some life experience under her belt, a woman with confidence and ability.

It starts off quite strong with plenty of projection filling the air, and it wears off over the next few hours, but you can still catch whiffs of it off your skin during the next four hours without needing to bring your elbow to your nose. Unfortunately, in this instant gratification era people think it is an "old lady" scent (the kiss of death) instead of trying to understand the perfume, opening their perfumistic horizons. One was White Diamonds and the other Diamonds and Emeralds and then Diamonds and Rubies in parfum form. The opening note lasted several hours, slowly but linearly transforming in to a creamy powdery base, too milky and creamy for me - I like a ‘dry’ powder, lots of benzoin. Sparkling White diamonds - this one is very different and I get what people mean now when they say it smells like a “freshly Washed and clean” fragrance.Diamond and Rubies on my skin is very different from Charlie Gold, its main notes are rose and spicy peaches on an amber/benzoin/vanilla . I bought the largest bottle available because anything this good is bound to be reformulated sooner or later. It is a good perfume, certainly smells like I spent more than I did, and it dries down to this lovely, peachy, powdery rose.

Other vibes it gives me is retro cosmetics and powder, rose soap, and again, a gourmand vibe via the peach. I love gourmands (Fantasy, Rocker Femme, Hidden Fantasy), but I also love green , spicy , floral, woody scents.

This is more complex with the fruity, floral, spicy notes but shares that beautiful, warm, soft, almond note. Probably cinnamon, maybe nutmeg, and sometimes I smell a faint hint of something vaguely like eucalyptis. This creation is so unique, it smells like perfumes from other times yet manages to fit in a particular modern aesthetics.