Milan Crystal Purple For Women

Milan Crystal Purple chases Emporio Armani's Diamonds Violet, a flirty fruity-floral gourmand made for a night out. It opens juicy and exotic - raspberry leading a burst of litchi and passionfruit, sweet and mouth-watering. The heart turns powdery and floral as a soft violet takes the stage alongside Bulgarian rose and dewy lily of the valley, romantic and a little nostalgic. The drydown is the gourmand part: nutty praline and sweet vanilla over earthy patchouli, sticky and warm. Where the original wears six to eight hours with the violet lingering on stage as the fruit fades, this dupe keeps the raspberry-violet-praline story but reads flatter and more synthetic through the violet and settles closer to the skin sooner. It remains a playful, flirtatious fruity-floral gourmand - juicy, sweet and a touch nostalgic - that wears well from spring into the cooler months, an affordable budget stand-in for the Armani.