Passion Dance

Passion Dance is an oriental floral for women, released by Avon in 2003 with no perfumer credited. Grapefruit and lemon open it sharp, with papaya flower adding something softer, and then it turns dark: black rose and narcissus with immortelle and water lily behind them, more earthy than pretty. The base does most of the talking, oakmoss and patchouli over vetiver and sandalwood with amber and musk rounding it out, which gives it a mossy, old-fashioned weight. It lasts a moderate while and projects moderately, and it suits autumn and winter evenings.