I’m not a fan of flower-infused scents ‘coz most of the time they stifle me to death. Most perfumes are so overpowering, they smell like Baygon to me.

But, Lanvin Eclat D’ Arpege is a way different.

Amidst having a hard time pronouncing this sumptuous scent from the house of Lanvin (pronounced as “Lan-van” just like Clarins), I mustered my dire hesitation on road-testing this scent and asked the saleslady to try it on me. So, she sprayed twice on my wrist where the pulse point is located. I am not sure why perfumes must be sprayed on pulse points, but maybe because those points hold the scent longer and make it linger more throughout the day. Going back, I tried taking a few sniffs. I was immediately in love with the scent the first try!

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