Treasure

Treasure opens juicy and warm, ripe apricot and peach woven with dewy lily of the valley and a glint of bergamot, that sun-kissed fruity entrance Tresor is loved for. The heart is all soft femininity: a full, velvety rose at its centre, supported by powdery iris, a whisper of heliotrope and delicate jasmine, dense and a little old-world. The drydown settles into a cosy powdery veil of vanilla, sandalwood, amber and musk, the beloved skin-scent finish of the original. Against Lancome's Tresor, this clone keeps the fruity-powdery-rose signature intact but renders the blending less velvety and the powder a touch more synthetic, losing some of the original's dense, radiant elegance. Tresor is a strong, warm projector; the dupe steps it down to moderate projection and a few hours of powdery rose before settling skin-close. As an affordable, romantic powdery floral for cooler-weather evenings and dates, it captures the elegant spirit well.