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Beautik Haute Parfumerie Bucharest, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, MFK, MFK Amyris femme, perfume, review, spring perfume
Family: Floral Oriental
Notes: lemon tree flowers, orange from California, amyris from Jamaica, iris from Florence, vetiver from Haïti and musky amber
With your thoughts flying to the exotism of the island of Jamaica and your heart living in the romantic city of Florence, Maison Francis Kurkdjian‘s Amyris Pour Femme dwells between the sunshine and the earth, being the magnificent creation of the two.
It’s a sublime perfume, the most sensual and feminine I have ever tried on! The sweet, delicate and slightly powdery scent of the amyris tree is doubled by the extremely delicate and rare scent of the orris rhizome – the two of them make the core of this perfume. They are brought together by the brightess and the freshness of the citrus notes, and the earthy touches of Haitian vetiver and the amber base give body and structure to this otherwise “common” floral perfume – the oriental twist, I personally love in my perfumes!
I’m usually loving strong and empovering scents all year round, and I’m not so keen on florals or fruitty ones! In summer I like fresh scents like Annick Goutal‘s Eau d’Hadrien!
Not too fresh, not too floral, not too deep… Amyris Pour Femme is the perfect balance of everything mentioned above, which makes it in my opinion utterly feminine and an excellent transitional perfume. And when we all celebrate femminity and everything that comes with it, other than during spring, when everything is brought to live again by Mother Nature?!
What’s your favourite spring scent?
Have you tried anything from Maison Francis Kurkdjian house of perfumes?
As always, thanks for reading Beautiful… And see you again soon!
xx, Annie
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Mami și Zâna 
I’m really into Spring perfumes at the moment. I always tend to go for mild scented perfumes for Spring time that is light and floral. And, this one seems like a great choice. At the moment, I’m loving Marc Jacob’s Daisy which I’m really about.
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Also, I love the floral fragrance of Iris flower and the earthy essence of vetiver.
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Oooh, I’m going to check this out if possible when we go to LA next week :0) I’m like you and tend to prefer other families of scent, but the occasional beautiful floral is wonderful. For spring I quite like Jardin du Poete by Eau DItalie. It sounds like it would be a floral, but it’s more of a green scent (think crushed foliage and tomatoes). It’s neat! XO, ma belle 😘
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hmmm! Jardin du Poete definitely sounds like a perfume I would definitely love to wear! never heard of it before ma belle so thank you for bringing it to my attention!
I will definitely research it! 🙂
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although the brand isn’t familiar and I don’t think I will find it in my usual perfumeries!
oh, well! there’s still Milan and Rome! haha! 😉 xx
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thanks for sharing it and can’t wait to see how you liked my Amyris! 😉 beaucoup des bisous!
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This sounds lovely 🙂 I’ll see if I can smell it somewhere in a perfumery near me!
Btw, I have another youtuber for you: her channel name is “AllThatFresh” , she creates lots of different makeup looks 🙂 She’s got dark brown hair, stunning green eyes, and is more on the pale side. I like her tutorials / looks because (most of the time) they are not too heavy, not too dramatic yet still serve as an inspiration!
Let me know what you think of her channel 🙂 I’ll see if I can come up with more.
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ahhh! thank you so so much lovely for all these amazing recommendations and for not forgetting about sharing them! you’re a real gem! I wrote down AllThatFresh as well and I will make sure to check her channel as well!
I’m so so jealous of green-eyed girls though! LOLOL I kind of wanted green eyes as well! still kind of do! haha!
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Of course! I haven’t come across any other suitable youtuber yet, but I think her looks should inspire you for a while 😀 (given that you like her style).
And her eye colour is just.. beyond gorgeous!
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good gracious, HER EYES! they’re just the eyes I’ve always wanted! whoaa!!!… and you were absolutely right… I will have me some inspiration for a while, which I couldn’t be happier about! haha! so thank you once more lovely! xx
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and no worries lovely! there’s no rush! I’m kind of out of time during the week days, so I can only check YT in the weekends!
but when you come across other accounts like these you reccomend, please let me know again!
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PS: someone might have or might’ve not been inspired by a certain pink hued tutorial from All That Fresh! :D:D:D;)xx
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I will definitely let you know!
and definitely smell anything MFK! you’ll SO fall inlove! 😉 xx
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Definitely going to check this perfume out ,it seems amazing ! 🙂 & my fav. perfume for Spring is the Marc By Jacobs Daisy Eau so fresh.
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hi lovely! thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your favourite MJ Daisy with us!
I, personally, haven’t worn any MJ perfume yet! but it’s never late, right?!
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what should I go for? what shouls I start with? would you recommend this one as an introductory perfume to the MJ scent world?
lots of xx
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oh. and one more thing! your name is quite familiar as it’s very common in my country… which raises the question… are you from Romania as well? lots of xx
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Hello Annie ! You should definitely start with the Daisy eau so fresh or the Sorbet & Yes I’m from Romania as well 🙂 but I don’t live there anymore.
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thanks for the recmmendations lovely! 🙂
where do you live atm? :)xx
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I just started using a sample of Roses de Chloé – I think I love it.
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hmmm… not sure if I “sniffed” this one before! Chloe perfumes are cult classics though, and I bet this one is quite lovely as well! 😉 xx
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plus if it has roses in it, it’s definitely lovely! 😉 xx
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Such a stunning post – your photography never fails to wow me huni!!! Haven’t tried anything from this range… currently making my way through a bottle of Tribe and dreading the day it runs out!! lol XXXX
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haha! I’m the same with all my favourite perfumes as well! but then I think that I get the chance to try a new one and maybe fall inlove again! 😉
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Yep, me too – I recently tried the Gucci Bamboo, and ohhhh I think I’ve just fallen in love head over heels. Usually I’m a DKNY (original) gal – but my sense of smell seems to be widening these days. Always nice to change it up 😀 XXXX
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I love trying new perfumes as well, don’t get me wrong my lovely… but I guess I became more picky and gravitate towards certain scent families… it’s been a while though, since a perfume blew me away! and I kind of need a change as well… I would love to try a scent from Byredo next! love their candles but I haven’t splurged on one of their perfumes yet! 😉
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I love the key word here being ‘yet’ hehehe All in the pipeline 😉 Know what you mean about staying in certain families when it comes to perfume, my mum seems to be like that as she’s a Chanel lover through and through. My sis on the other hand seems to hoard Thierry Mugler… whereas I’m a bit of a perfume tart lol If I like it I’m buying it 😀 XXXX
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the key word “yet” is already history my lovely! just got me a new perfume from Byredo! I’m a bit nervous as I kind of blindly ordered it online, just reading the description of the notes! fingers crossed I’ll end up loving it! haha! 😀
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lol lol Just had to have – and rightly so, well deserved treat!!! Hope you enjoy it immensely when it arrives – always so much fun receiving packages in the post 🙂 XXX
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one of the favourite things in the world for me as well!
as for the well deserved treat… oh, well!… let’s put it like this… I will go on a shopping ban… sometime soon! I hope! :D:D:D:Pxx
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Soon always sounds good… it’s near but not near enough for the negatives to take effect… if that makes any sense at all lol xxx
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and I guess it also comes with the age… my Mom is a Chanel girl true and through as well! I, for once, I’m older in certain aspects than the majority of the ladies of my age… and that’s probably because I’m also influenced by my group of friends as well!… I really don’t know if I make any sense, but hopefully you’ll get my point!
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Totally get you… there are so many things that will remain timeless regardless of age or era… you’re a classy gal for embracing it! 🙂 x
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well, my lovely lady! I kind of have to, haven’t I?! there’s no way back!
and the age issue doesn’t bother me at all! never did! 😉
I look younger anyway!.. younger enough not even to be taken seriously at the Post Office! haha! xx
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lol lol Hey – never grumble about your youthful looks… that’s SUCH a blessing 😀 XXX
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haha! it really is sometimes! like the little ones, I usually get away with things easier! 😉 xx
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oh! but there’s nothing to stop me if I really like a perfume!… cheap or crazy expensive, doesn’t matter! I like it I buy it as well! haha!
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Me too Annie – I fine the same with products, if I love the scent it’ll more than likely end up at the till with me (particularly anything citrus!) happy sigh lol xo
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love me some citrus scents as well! especially in summer! find it so refreshing! a good citrus-y candle will always be lit up somewhere inside my home as well! 😉 xx
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Oh I loooove citrus candles Annie – without a doubt my favourite scent!! Just wish citrus based perfumes would last longer… tend to fade very quickly 😦 xxx
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yayyyy! mine too! there’s one from Diptyque I particularly love as it has mint accents in it as well! 😀
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Oooh,now that sounds interesting… can’t say I’ve tried anything like that as I’m too busy hovering over citrus! Must start expanding my scent palette a little more 😀 XX
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yeah! I do like to combine scents! both in my own perfume and my home scents! I went to that point where I was burning 3 candles at the time! haha! nuts! ;):P xx
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Ahh my gosh your poor head – I’m suprised you didn’t keel over from perfume overload! Clearly a scent junkie 😉 hehe xxxx
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yeah! I somewhat managed not to faint! lol it smelled absolutely fabulous though! xx, Annie | Annie’s Beauty
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loling so much at this!!! The trouble with picking your favourite scent when you have too many to choose from lol Have a wonderful Easter weekend lovely XXXXX
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haha! exactly! 😀
and thank you so much lovely, but being Orthodox Christians Easter this year is later than the Roman Catholic’s… we’re celebrating it, on May 1st this year. anyway, one more reason to celebrate right?! haha! have agreat one as well if you do celebrate it now! lots of xx
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Ahhh right! That’s actually quite interesting as Orthodox Christianity is something I’m not overly familiar with, must research as I do enjoy learning more about other cultures etc. As I’m sure you can imagine, Ireland is a country based on very Christian morales though I can’t help thinking sometimes significance of many of our church events are overshadowed with consumerism. My Lindt chocolate bunny collection doesn’t help that argument either lol But, like you say another reason to celebrate 🙂 xxxx
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and yes, I do love to layer my perfumes as well! I start with the star pick of the day, then I add one or two more ( one of which being the Escentric Molecule 01 ). 😉
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See, you’re such a classy pro at this Annie 😉 3 sprays of the one scent and I’m out the door… need to up my game lol xxx
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LOL not a pro at all lovely! haha! I kind of have too many! 😛 but shh! don’t tell! 😛 ;P xx
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Secret’s safe with me chum 😉 hehe xxxx
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but again, my “taste” for perfume is already “educated” so to like a certain perfume it has to be in a certain way! 😉
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PS: I haven’t tried these two perfumes you’ve mentioned… I only know Guggi’s Flora, Guilty and the original Gucci ones… nothing from DKNY… next time I’m in Sephora I’ll definitely have some fun! 😉 😀 xx
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Think you’ll like the Bamboo…. as for the DKNY it’s a bit of an ecclectic one – you’ll either love or loathe it! 😀 Let me know if you get to check it out XXX
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I sure will! and drop a line on them when I’ll do so! lots of xx
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🙂 XXXXXXX
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oh, my! that sounded so “unfaithfull”! o.0 hahaha!…
in my defense I have to admit that I always have in hand a backup of what I love… be it perfume, be it makeup, be it skincare… not that crazy when it comes to fashion items as I couldn’t afford two Givenchy mini’s for the life of me?!?!?!… LOLOLOL
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I’d be ecstatic with just the one Givenchy mini… oh to dream Annie lol lol Always good to have a backup like you say though 😉 hehehe xxx
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trust me! once you got your first designer bag, be it a mini or not, you want them all… key is to realise that you can’t keep up with the realeases ( unless you’re Miroslava Duma, Chiara Ferragni or Alexa Chung to get some for free! haha!!! ) I remember there was a time I was making countless whishlists on net-a-porter, harrods and selfridges!…
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Annie, I know if I started that it would become an obsession – think I’ll stick with Monsoon, and save a few pennies into the process!!! Too addictive sigh escpecially for someone who LOVES bags!!! lol xxx
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hahaha! I totally get it lovely! I try to avoid as much as I can “certain purchases”!… hahaha! cheaper products are great as well! 😉 xx
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and thank you so so much for complimenting my photography! that’s the compliment I’m the most sensitive about as I’m no professional and not using professional equipment either! :D:D:D
lots of xx
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You are SO welcome – you really shouldn’t feel sensitive at all huni as your images are always astoundingly beautiful. Very talented & creative gal, an inspiration for sure ❤ XXXXXX
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thanks for your constant and unconditional support my precious lovely lady! you’re the best! lots of xx
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And the very same to you too XXXXXX
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lots of ❤ xx
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but oh well… things have changed! somewhat… since now I’m doing lists for my makeup… at least it’s more affordable than luxury handbags! haha! :D:D:D:D:D
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So very very true!!!!! lol XXXX
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Sounds lovely! 🙂
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it really is! 😀
what’s your favourite spring scent lovely?
lots of xx
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oh! and do you have an all-time favourite perfume? like a signature scent or something like that?
lots of xx
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I love the flora gucci and versache bright crystal! Have you used any of those?
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both are lovely florals that I personally haven’t used but I sure do know how they smell like! from the two I prefer Gucci Flora but the Eau Fresh version! it’s a bit more zesty and less floral… I might remember it wrong though, but my olfactory memory hardly fails me… 😉 xx
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I love DKNY’s Be Delicious, Dior’s Blooming Bouquet. =)
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lovely picks lady! Dior Blooming bouquet is a fairly recent release, if I’m not mistaking, from two years ago… right?
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Yes I think so, I love its feminine scent. =)
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It’s really lovely indeed! 😌👌🏼🌸😘😘
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I clearly remember being offeref as a gift with purchase a couple of samples. but I can’t remember when exactly was that… and of course, it started bugging me! haha! 😀 xx
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I hate that feeling, hahaha. oh dear.
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Hahaha! 😅😅😅
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never tried anything DKNY before though! should I?
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I guess the best is to go to the counter and have a smell and see if you like it. I like is because it is so refreshing.
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I’l definitely do so lovely! Wrote it down ever since you shared it! 😉 Giving it a sniff as soon as I enter a perfumery that carries it! 😌xx
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That’s always the good idea. I am on a make up, skincare, perfume band because I just buy too much
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yeah! I need me one of those bans as I also buy makeup like there’s no tomorrow! haha! :D:D:D
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and guess what?! I’m looking at my makeup drawers and always think that I don’t have enough… that I do need this, I absolutely need that… when the frail voice of my conscience whispers in my head that I definitely don’t need anything else for another 100 or something! :D:D:D 😛 xx
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I put everything in a drawer, when i open the drawer, it feels like it is overflowing so i won’t buy anymore. =)
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My favorite Spring scent is Comptoir Sud Pacifique in Vanilla Coco. (Totally addictive :))
http://www.sephora.com/vanille-coco-P386771?skuId=1475391&icid2=brand%20content_undefined_brand%3Acomptoir%20sud%20pacifique_p386771_image
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definitely checking it out! thanks for sharing lovely! 😉 xx
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