En Fleur

My friend in the 80s used to wear Les Fleurs blue lid original. I'm not kidding when I say, they don't make perfumes like they did back then. Made for Houbigant, that perfume would be sold for hundreds of dollars these days because of the pureness of the ingredients. It was as if you were buying a piece of France in a little bottle that cost you a few dollars. It was so clean and fresh and floral but had something to it that I couldn't put my finger on. I LOVED this fragrance, (I never smelled the pink lid one listed here but Les Fleurs the original isn't listed on fragrantica). We barely had any food in the fridge so there was no way I was getting a bottle of perfume so I never got it. Now it's listed for like $40 plus dollars and who knows how awful it'll smell after it's aged a hundred years (lol) so I haven't pulled the trigger on that one, but oh I'd love to have my own bottle and see if it smells as good on me. Update, found a small bottle of Les Fleurs for $18. Of course it's gone way south (I'd prob have better luck with the sealed spray bottle) and turned into a powdery granny mess, but besides that, it's turned into a cross between Anaiis and the single note of Eglantine. (with a pile of powder poured on top : ( (wasted my money) Sad sad sad sad it's gone so bad. I'm going to try to find a bottle of En Fleur and see what that's like now. Prob waste more money.

Fragrantica has added some lesser known little beauties to the base lately and this is another. "En Fleur" was a flanker to Alyssa Ashley's "Les Fleurs", circa 1980. "Les Fleurs" was a wonderful fresh floral. It smelled like those little white clovers that bloom in spring. "En Fleur" was more of a mixed bouquet: sweeter, a little spicy(carnations predominated), more full bodied. Alyssa Ashley was an offshoot of Houbigant. It's perfumes were aimed at a younger crowd. Maybe these two were too innocent and old fashioned for the women who were reaping the benefits of the women's movement. I don't recall either setting the perfume world on fire. Both were discontinued pretty quickly but both deserve a relaunch.

I absolutely LOVED this perfume. I looked for it for years! I would buy 15 bottles if they brought it back. I have never found a fragrance like it. I received so many compliments on this perfume.

Very powdery floral with iris and musk and spice. Hard to pick out what is going on here but it is lovely.

should be a feminine and warm fragrance, but with something that seduces so walk down the street !!