Celine Dion Sensational Fragrance
Every woman has the power to be sensational, says Celine…
Celine Dion has launched her latest fragrance, Sensational Story.
Sensational is described as “multi-dimensional and sparkling” capturing “the essence of a star”.
Sensational is a captivating, fresh and vibrant fragrance featuring notes of crisp apple, icy pear, freesia, jasmine, rose and amber that build a bold, dazzling scent. The Celine Dion Sensational collection is available now.
I am, however, more familiar with Sensational’s perfumer, Maurice Roucel. Roucel is responsible for such terrific fragrances as Frédéric Malle Dans Tes Bras and Musc Ravageur, Hermès 24 Faubourg, Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist, Rochas Tocade, and more you’d certainly recognize. Sensational was released in 2008 and includes notes of pear, apple, freesia, plum, mimosa, jasmine, rose, orris, muguet, violet, amber and musk.
Sensational opens with plenty of pear. I don’t normally mind pear, and sometimes — as in Bill Blass Nude or Annick Goutal Petite Chérie — I like it a lot. But here it smells cheap to me, like another predictable fruity floral or maybe a scented hand wash from the grocery store. The pear never gets too sweet, though, and thankfully the perfume evolves.
After twenty minutes or so, the pear hushes a notch, and dry, winy rose and mimosa step up. As the mimosa kicks in, the fragrance warms and softens and smells much less industrial. Its texture changes from the flat, cold pear to a fluffier, more velvety floral heart. Fruit still rides in the background, but now it feels like an extension of the rose with maybe a touch of violet. I don’t smell any distinct iris or muguet.
Sensational’s mimosa holds its own against the rose-fruit combination. Usually I think of mimosa paired with more creamy or almondy notes, and it’s interesting to smell it here. Interesting, but not particularly compelling — at least, to me. But it does smell grown up and doesn’t pull from the hackneyed playbook of fruit and patchouli or flowers and woody musk.
Over the next few hours, Sensational doesn’t change too much, but fades into a quiet, sweeter, rose-inflected musk. It lasts about four hours on me and wafts a three or four foot sillage.
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