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I've tested it a few times and the dry-down is really great on me; sensual and comforting. I find that during the first 20 minutes, a weird milky/vomit note comes to the foreground. It seems to fade into the middle notes or perhaps it's part of the middle notes. What is it? Is it the civet mixing with the vanilla?

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I am eternally thankful that I don't find that particular note in Jicky. Are you testing the EDP or the EDT?

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Originally Posted by Squeezeweasel I am eternally thankful that I don't find that particular note in Jicky. Are you testing the EDP or the EDT? It was the EDT. I also find that if I exhale on my wrist through my mouth, I can get that note to flair up again from the moisture.

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I've got the EDP ... and I've tried it half a dozen times ... and I still can't get my head around it. I've been beating myself up over the notion that that it is the civet note that is repulsing me - which would make me an unliberated square ...
but my conclusion is that the dominant notes are two of my least favourite ones - lavender and vanilla. And that's why I cannot take to this classique.
Of course the fact that I don't like Musc Ravageur either may mean that I just don't have the animal sexy juice ... Grrrr
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Jicky is absolutley horrible and sickening. It smells like shit and lavender mixed together.

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The civet and vanilla are very prominent in the pure perfume, but I don't get any 'baby vomit' note; nothing in the least bit like sour milk. It could be that some of the EdT notes are weaker and 'let out' something that the stronger versions hide better... and of course, everyone's skin chemistry is different.


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I ve got the EDP and to be honest I do understand very well that the first half our of my actually beloved Jicky is hard to handle: "baby vomit", "sour", "shit mixed with lavender": you re right! But: After half an hour or so the civet note ("baby vomit", "sour", "shit") melts perfectly into a classical fougere structure and in the end it gives it a certain depth and sensuality.....Same thing in Ungaro II and so many others.....

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Originally Posted by costello I ve got the EDP and to be honest I do understand very well that the first half our of my actually beloved Jicky is hard to handle: "baby vomit", "sour", "shit mixed with lavender": you re right! But: After half an hour or so the civet note ("baby vomit", "sour", "shit") melts perfectly into a classical fougere structure and in the end it gives it a certain depth and sensuality.....Same thing in Ungaro II and so many others..... Thanks for your post, I was begining to think I was cursed with bad chemistry. Jicky really is a magical recipe!