Gardenia Rattan

I really love this fragrance. The term "summer in a bottle" is admittedly cliche and tired but for lack of imagination, this description fits for me. It's breezy and tropical and reminiscent of days in the sunshine, cooling off in the ocean. It's quite natural smelling and it's definitely light enough to wear in warm weather but not weak and timid enough that you stop smelling the lovely notes a couple of hours after spraying. It's stylish, too. There is a polished "perfumey" feel to this scent which keeps it feminine and sophisticated. I've been wearing Gardenia Rattan tonight to ward off the January blues and it's working! This is the sort of thing I'd imagine surfer girls in Hawaii would smell like after a day on the waves. I may not be lucky enough to jet off for a week of sun, surf and tropical blooms but for now, this is close enough!

I think over the years Estée Lauder seemed to lose the plot somewhat and started creating those boring, made for the masses, crowd pleasers which lacked the depth, skill and originality of the old school Lauder fragrances. Thankfully, along comes Aerin with a beautiful fresh take on fragrance which I think has elevated Lauder to the realms of 'great fragrance house' again. Gardenia Rattan is a stunningly fresh and beautiful summer fragrance. The gardenia and tuberose mix perfectly and the whole composition resembles a walk along the side of a river in summer, where flowers grow by the river bed and there is a fresh smell of water mingling with the smell of summertime. The perfume has outstanding longevity and great projection. This is neither pungent nor overpowering, but retains an air of addictive beauty. Stunning!! just stunning!!

Aerin Lauder’s Gardenia Rattan is the first scent in a very long time that has made me change my signature scent! I am a diehard gardenia lover and I love the creamy sweetness of those beautiful white florals, but I love salty oceans scents in the summer because they smell so refreshing and cool! Gardenia Rattan combined my love of sweet gardenias and salty ocean mists with a tropical kick from the Tahitian tiare flower! I will be wearing this all through the spring and summer! I get loads of compliments and to me this fragrances is well worth it’s new signature status!

Stuck in an airport for far longer than expected so of course I walked over to duty free. This was the only thing I found that truly blew me away - creamy and utterly intoxicating. I didn't pick it up this time around, but I can't wait to get my hands on this again. Mmm. Edit: scrolled up to see how others had experienced this scent and was surprised to see how many people voted daytime! For me it is so thick that I could only imagine wearing it at night - a warm summer night sitting outside with a well-made drink, to be more exact (i.e. my personal heaven).

I love this perfume and wear it for dates and spring/summer days. It’s floral but well balanced. I love the smell of gardenias and tuberose. It’s very sweet and feminine without being too sugary. Works well with my body’s chemistry and has good staying power. I wish the price point was a bit lower, which is why I don’t wear this perfume every day. Wearing it occasionally though, keeps me from becoming immune to this wonderful scent over time, so I get to enjoy it fully every time. Definitely like to keep it in stock.

I have it on now and it's really sublime, superb. The gardenia is not shouting but is very much prominent, genuine, centre stage proper. I love gardenias so for me that's perfect. The sea notes make it unique, lovely combination . The tuberose is lovely but taking a very appropriate back seat. The private collection version is creamier and fuller flavoured, this one is a different take on gardenia, fab for summer. I hope to get a bottle of this in the future!!

This makes me feel like I’m smelling gardenias in a tropical garden and brings me right back to my last tropical vacation. It has a very familiar smell that I get whenever I take a deep breath and smell the air while walking in the tropical gardens there.

I adore Aerin's soft Gardenia Rattan. On me its a lovely, warm and sophisticated white floral. Its become one of my favourites, and I definitely see this perfume as a great new addition to my collection.

Gardenia Rattan smells so truly gardenia! My grandmother love it so much!

A more sweet, comforting version of OUAI’s gardenia.

This is a very lively and spirited gardenia fragrance, very nice for spring and summer. Far crisper and lighter than what I expected, this seems to be very consistent with the other Aerin scents I own and have sampled, which is to say while very pretty, it is very simple and performs more like an EDT than an EDP, disappearing completely in 2 hours. It also never really evolves - what you smell at first in basically what you get. I wouldn't mind these "issues" were it not for the price. As many have pointed out, these quite simply are not worth upwards of $150. They smell very pleasant and they are packaged beautifully, but I would never purchase a full bottle because of this. I got Gardenia Rattan and my other 2 bottles at reduced prices, and I enjoy them, but I doubt I will be adding any new Aerins to my collection because of these issues. EDIT - LOL! Ever since I started using a steroid nasal spray for my sinuses, I feel like I am discovering many of the things I was previously missing, discarding them as poor performers, of thought myself anosmic to them. Gardenia Rattan is no exception! I wore it today, a reasonably warm day, and I was able to detect it for several hours, both on my skin and on my clothing. An unusual scent for one who's name features the word "gardenia", it is present, but subdued with a freshness I attribute to the marine notes. While this is still not a love, I like it much more than I originally did! It is very pretty and feels quite feminine to me.

I am a huge fan of EL's Private Colletion Tuberose Gardenia, so a couple of days ago I was at the counter planning to splurge on a huge bottle of PCTG when I saw the Aerin colletion all lined up waiting to be explored. I immediately dived for the Rattan Gardenia with great excitement. At first sniff it is very similar (to me) with a crisp white floral opening, then the sea salt hit me with a tickle and then it settled very quickly into a dry woody tuberose. I really liked it and was torn. The price for 50ml of this was the same as the PCTG for double the amount so I did not have to think about it too much. The SA game me a handful of Aerin mini spray samples to take home and have been wearing it all day. It will be perfect for a hot summer day as it is much lighter and not as pungent as PCTG. Very elegant and understated; should not offend anyone. I will be back to get a bottle ... one of these days!

This is one of the only real unisex white florals that I think I’ve ever smelled and I really like it. I am personally very drawn to Gardenia, Tuberose, and Peony as they are my mothers favorite floral notes. As a kid, her signature scent was the namesake Kate Spade fragrance before it sadly got discontinued... It was a heavenly scent and this perfume reminds me of it... ever so slightly... but with slightly salty and marine notes that bring it into a more light and unisex feel. There’s also a slight musk, and I get the slightest hint of pepper but that might just be my body chemistry interacting with it. It’s really refreshing and light. For me it’s the perfect fragrance to wear before bed... it’s not too strong and it’s soothing because it reminds me of my mom. I only have a sample bottle but I may look for a full bottle down the road.

I feel ambivalent about this one. I don’t dislike it, but I am not sure I could say I really like this with confidence. I think it’s a little bit too creamy in the opening note, which might be from Tiare flower. And to me, that is not the best note. Over time, the creaminess dies down, which works in its favor for my olfactory preference. It’s definitely not bad. I have to experience this a bit longer to form a more concrete opinion. At least one good thing is I don’t have any perfume that resembles this scent. Update: 06/23/2023 I tested again today, and I now really like it. I could detect more of tuberose, which I now really like when well-formulated. This is very nice. Creamy but fresh if that makes sense; somehow it works. Someone suggested layering this with AL’s amber musk. Pretty nice.

I have a pretty strong dislike for watery notes so I was a bit apprehensive of how this fragrance would turn out on me. It's very pretty and feminine, with gardenia blended nicely with a small layer of tuberose (I have a tuberose addiction, but concede that this is gardenia's show). There's a definite acquatic note that sort of blurs the flowers together and doesn't overwhelm. Someone else said "polite" and I think that's a great desription. It's pleasant, but not hugely exciting. Sillage is gentle and longevity okay. I think it would be nice for daytime.

I absolutely loved Amber Musk, so I decided to give the other ones a try as well. It's a great gardenia scent. Creamy and sweet, but fresh and uplifting at the same time. A summery gardenia scent! I usually associate gardenia with more deep winter fragrances, but this one is very suitable for summer in my opinion. a very interesting line of great fragrances, I'm glad I found it!

This was my signiture scent for the summer. It is a powdery scent that stays fresh from the beginning to the end. From reading the notes i expected it to be a strong bouquet of white flowers but it is not. It has exceeded my expectation for a gardenia tuberose scent . To me it feels like a crisp white shirt on a hot day .

Creamy and sweet floral perfume. A nice option to work also. Aerin line contains really pretty nicely done floral perfumes like Lilac Path and Ikat Jasmine.

This is another poor reflection on the present day status of Estée Lauder. So far all of the Aerin Lauder scents are over priced and poor performers, and uninspiring . None that I have tried have any presence, but then Youth Dew and Beautiful have also been stripped of their beauty also . Who would have ever believed that Estée Lauder scents would be such poor formulas ? They were always very well made, rich, and complex with longevity and sillage .

Gardenia with marine notes and musk. GR has a generic feel, probably because of the fuzzy water and musk notes. Gardenia can be sharp and metallic, but in this fragrance it's rather soft and muted. Sillage and lasting power aren't great, as others have noted. Nobody's likely to be offended by this perfume, unless the wearer takes a bath in it. I'm not a big fan of Gardenia, and this perfume hasn't changed my mind.