![]() The liquid has faded as well but has traces of floral notes are still present. The solid has faded to the last base notes of vanilla and patchouli. The L’Interdit solid is just over 3.5 inches in length and slips easily into a handbag.Ĥ:00 PM: the two scents have not evolved further and both still have intimate sillage, though the liquid is slightly stronger at this point.Ħ:00 PM: both are now skin scents. The fragrance has actually not evolved much since my last notes at 10:50 AM. (I remember now why I didn’t rush to buy the solid.) Fortunately, the solid goes on as a creamier, better-balanced scent.ġ0:50 AM: the two scents have settled and smell identical, with intimate sillage.Ģ:00 PM: the two scents still smell identical. The floral notes present as sicky sweet grape soda. Here are the fragrance timelines and my thoughts for each.ĩ:00 AM: liquid goes on very LOUD. Performanceįor each fragrance, I swiped the solid on my left arm and sprayed the EDP on my right arm, at the same time, and compared the two while making notes throughout the day. I’m not worried that the case will break or accidentally slide open in my purse. The cases are durable enough to be tossed into a handbag, and the twist-up tube holding the fragrance snaps tightly into place. The new fragrance gesture should not be made on the lips… The packaging resembles glamorous, high-end lipstick tubes–so much so that Givenchy put a warning on the boxes that these are not for use on lips. ![]() The tube slides out of the case via a ribbon loop on the end. The clear acrylic case houses a twist-up tube that contains the fragrance. The packaging on both of these solids is phenomenal. ![]() Eau de parfum samples were purchased on Mercari (and also included with my Irresistible order, hooray!) Packaging (The solid is also available at Sephora and it’s still $34 there.) I ordered my Irresistible solid–also $37–directly from the official U.S. My L’Interdit was $34 (the price has since gone up to $37) and was purchased at Nordstrom. Virginia cedar is often a troublemaker for me, and I was afraid the rose note would be overpowering, but both the liquid and solid present as champagne fruity-florals on my skin, with the rose and cedar tucked seamlessly into the bouquet. (In this one, I smell traces of Ange ou Démon–probably my favorite Givenchy and another one that needed a little time to grow from a like to a love.) On the other hand, Irresistible was a blind buy but was an instant love. Having tried both the solid and liquid several times now, I have come around on the fragrance and enjoy it very much, especially in the solid format. In fact, I waited a full 18 months after the launch of the solid to consider it again and bought a sample of the EDP to try a few more times before purchasing the solid. I wasn’t nuts about L’Interdit when I first tried it in liquid format. In general, I like most Givenchy fragrances, but some have taken a while to grow on me. I’ll make just a few quick comments and then I’ll get to the details I think most people will find helpful for these two solids: the packaging and how the solid perfumes stack up against the eau de parfum versions. They’re very well-known scents with lots of reviews already available across the internet. I considered doing “Swipe” reviews of these, but neither is a new fragrance– L’Interdit is from 2018 and Irresistible from 2020. You can probably imagine my excitement at seeing Givenchy offer not one but TWO of their most popular fragrances in this format. There are so few designer/department store fragrance brands offering solids these days.
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