Okay. OK!
One admits it’s not May….
And therefore technically not the season for lily of the valley. 
But heavens to betsy, on occasion one simply can’t resist!
And what’s perfume for if not to play with the seasons anyway? 
In vintage cologne form, Caron‘s Muguet du Bonheur is a golden bar of gently aldehydic faux florality.
Antique, fleeting, savon pur and utterly, if momentarily, prepossessing. 
There’s the usual talk of soapy, dusty, short-lived and, at once, elderly.
Nothing of the sort.
As light and bright as late Spring sunshine filtered through white blossom, this is nonchalant perfume for longer, warmer days and walking with no purpose other than being outside.
A scent worthy of its golden lid and splendid insignia. 
Whilst I have chosen my own aroma on this occasion, another opportunity to place a new perfume on The Dandy‘s skin will arise with the next instalment of The Perfumed Dandy’s Hit Parade.
In the meantime if you would like to thrust forward a fragrance for future fame on The Hit Parade simply visit ‘Suggest and old scent or recommend a new one’ and leave your suggestion there.
Have an especially fragrant day.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy. 
The Perfumed Dandy. 
Just plucked out my tiny vial of vintage Caron Muguet du Bonheur and dabbed it on. I’m pretty use to Guerlain Muguet and this is very, very different and more seductive due to the lilac, heliotrope & orange blossom. A marvelous way to start the day!
Dearest Mary
How right you are, that slight nuttiness and the lilac, together with the muguet come together on my skin to deliver something almost akin to, but definitely not, banana. And the orange blossom underneath, all woven with aldehydes. Quite a remarkable piece of engineering for such a slight and subtle scent.
I adore it!
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Caron’s Muguet du Bonheur must be one of the few muguets I haven’t tried. I’ll have to work on that, especially as I am enjoying exploring Caron lately. I’m currently enamored of Rose de Caron. And I don’t care what season it is. 🙂 Enjoy your weekend, Mr. Dandy. xo
Dearest Lily
As Mary so eloquently points out above, this is no ordinary muguet. Too much going on for that whiter-than-white never been kissed Edwardian sensibility we associate with the flower. But then, Diorissimo has a darker side!There is so much to be discovered in Caron’s back catalogue. Rose is lovely, though it varies in incarnations, do you have the very recent one or something older?
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Have you ever tried White Petals by Keiko Mecheri? I remember lily of the valley and peony…
Dearest V
Keiko Mecheri is a parfumeur I hear nothing but good things about, but we seem to have so little opportunity to sample here.
Muguet and Peony, now that sounds as soft as a feather bed.
How very Sunday.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Even though it’s autumn here, I feel like this is the sort of scent I should be wearing right now, as it is still very warm.
Dearest Nena
Whenever there is warmth it’s a good time for lily of the valley. Autumn and spring especially. The lilac in this one adds a little sparkle that would be just perfect as the seasons gently change.
My Muguet du Bonheur is a cologne and lasts about as long as I’d expect it to, I think the toilette is more soapy and has an endurance an hour or too greater. In this instance I think short but sweet is better.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy