Pink peppercorns, Patchouli...Just gorgeous! (Morgan: Morgan Femme, Eau de Toilette)

Member Name: leanne8686

Product:	Morgan: Morgan Femme, Eau de Toilette
Date:	12/12/08 (401 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smells gorgeous, cheap, pretty bottle

Disadvantages: Doesn't last a long time

I went into Boots today before work, the idea was to have a look for Christmas presents for my friends and family but I ended up spraying lots of perfumes to choose a new one for myself!
I was looking at the special offers stand and had a spray of loads of testers, I wanted something different to my usual sweet perfume; Thierry Muglers Angel.
I found this little bottle and had a spray, gorgeous; this was the one. I looked at the name on the bottle and tried to find the price on the price list hung above the stand, no sign of it so I presumed this was a full price one someone had put back in the wrong place, just my luck!

Then I spotted another tester bottle near the full price perfume cabinets and there it was inside the glass cabinet with an amazing price tag of just £4.99!! (This is a 35ml bottle by the way)

According the Boots website, this is currently half price so even at full price I think it's a bargain.


Morgan De Toi
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Morgan De Toi are a clothing retailer owned by a French company. They are a fairly expensive fashion brand so knowing this I expected a pretty decent (but expensive) perfume.
They have stores worldwide and sell clothing, jewellery and perfumes.


The box
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This perfume is in a really gorgeous box, its metallic red with a picture of the perfume bottle curving around the right hand side; this is in a paler red/silver colour. The Morgan De Toi branding is along the bottom of the front of the box and along the top is the brand name in curly fancier writing.
I'm thinking of grabbing a few of these for Xmas presents as the box looks lovely for a gift.


The bottle
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I'm a girly girl and the bottle does matter to me, I want it to look pretty on my dressing table.
This bottle ticks all the boxes!
It's made of clear glass with a red base which kind of reflects the colour up into the clear perfume inside. The bottle is in the shape of the female body with a cinched in bit for the waist, where the belly button would be is a little silver ring which dangles off the bottle; this looks like a piercing. The silver ring has a red gem in the centre of a tiny silver heart, very girly and gorgeous!
The lid of the bottle is silver and the bit you press down to squirt is made of red plastic set into the silver lid.


The perfume
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According to the Morgan website this perfume is made up from:
Bilberry flower, Nectarine, Pink pepper, Crystal Amber, Black Jasmine, Agar Wood and Patchouli.

It is described as a sensual scent.

At first it seems quite strong; I've just sprayed some on my wrist to talk you through the scent of it. The first thing I can smell is a slightly citrusy tang (from the nectarine I guess) it smells different to any other perfume I've ever owned but I love it already.
After around 30 seconds the scent warms up and I can smell the amber and patchouli coming through, its starting to warm up and at this point it reminds me very much of YSL Opium, a favourite of mine; just a milder version.
After a minute or so, the warmness of the amber and patchouli is still there but I can now detect the pink peppercorns, a strong hit of spice.

Its very feminine but not at all flowery, I'd describe it as sweet and spicy; not the same type of 'sweet' as any sweet smelling perfume I've tried though, Its not at all sickly or something a teenager would wear.
It's a sexy smell which I'm sure would attract the office hotty at Xmas parties if you had your eye on him!


I sprayed some on my other wrist before I started work, that would be about 12.30 and the smell has gone. I wish it had lasted longer but it's a small enough bottle to take out with you I think so that won't be a problem.



I definitely recommend this perfume, it looks lovely so would make a great gift and I can tell you it smells really good too, not at all like you'd expect a £5 perfume to smell, it's a rich and expensive fragrance!

Summary: Definitely recommended for under a fiver!