This Is Really! Her
Honey is not a material many houses dare to put in a modern women's scent, and Zadig and Voltaire This Is Really! Her Eau de Parfum does, in a 2024 composition by Sidonie Lancesseur.
Pink pepper and basil open it, and basil is the unexpected one. It is peppery and green with a faint aniseed edge, and set against the dry sparkle of pink pepper it makes the first few minutes sharper and more herbal than anything else in this part of the range.
The heart is rose and chestnut. The rose is full and deep rather than dewy, and the chestnut brings its roasted, dusty, lightly sweet character, the two of them making a combination that is both floral and faintly edible without ever becoming a dessert.
The base is the interesting part. Honey is thick, sweet and a little animal, with a waxy quality that can turn heavy in the wrong hands. Patchouli is what stops that happening, bringing damp earth and a bitter edge, and vanilla smooths the join between the two. The result is a drydown with real weight and a slightly dirty undertone beneath the sweetness.
At eau de parfum strength this lasts well and sits close after the first hour. It is a cold weather scent and an evening one, and it suits someone who finds most new feminine releases too clean. Two sprays is enough.
Against the rest of the range it is the richest of the women's bottles, and the obvious step up if the lighter ones have stopped registering on you.
The house designs ready to wear from Paris and has done since 1997. It licenses its fragrance, and since 2014 that licence has been with Beaute Prestige International, which sits inside Shiseido.
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