Midnight Blossom

Midnight Blossom Eau de Parfum is a white-floral bouquet turned down low for the evening. It opens with a quick flash of mandarin, bright and lightly sweet, before jasmine and tuberose take over. The two flowers sit close together. Jasmine is sugary and a little green, tuberose is creamy and slightly heady, and between them they carry most of the scent. Underneath, amber, musk and a soft touch of vanilla keep the whole thing warm and skin-like rather than sticky, so the drydown reads as cosy, clean and faintly powdery. Wearers who know the eau de toilette find the same character here, and the parfum is meant to be the longer-lasting version. Opinion on that is split. Plenty of wearers get a full day from it and report compliments, while others find it fades to a skin scent within a few hours, no better than the toilette, so a 50 ml bottle in the handbag for a midday top-up is a sensible habit. It is light and polished rather than loud: a fragrance that stays close and draws people in instead of announcing itself. Within the Discover range it is the sweet white floral for dinners, dressed-up days and cooler evenings, and it is often compared with the warm white-floral style of Black Opium, though it is softer, muskier and much easier to live with. At this price it is an easy gift or an everyday treat.