Girl of Now Shine
Pineapple is what separates Elie Saab Girl of Now Shine Eau de Parfum from the original, and it changes the character of the whole thing from creamy to bright.
Ropion and Labbé kept the shape of the original composition and lit it up properly. Pineapple arrives first, juicy and slightly tart, with pistachio underneath giving its green salted dryness, pear adding more juice and mandarin orange a citrus edge. Bitter almond follows in the middle, sharper and more marzipan like than the sweet kind would be, with orange blossom clean and white, jasmine creamy and full, and ylang ylang bringing a banana sweet, slightly waxy floral weight. Vanilla, iris and patchouli close it, the vanilla smooth, the iris cool and powdery, the patchouli earthy and dark, and that trio keeps the fruit from becoming a dessert.
It was launched in 2018. It is a six hour fragrance with a loud, cheerful opening and a powdery, creamy second half, and it projects more than the original does in the first hour.
Warm weather and daytime suit it better than winter evenings, which is the opposite of its parent. It is aimed at young women, and it is the one to try if you like the family but want something sunnier. Anyone who found the original too creamy in a warm room should start here instead, because the fruit does the lifting that the nuts cannot.
The house was founded in Beirut in 1982 by an eighteen year old Elie Saab, and made its name in couture evening wear before moving into bridal and red carpet dressing. The perfume side of the business is licensed, and the Girl of Now family is its most extended line.
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