Annayake Pour Elle

This one is a secret treasure. It isn't very well know and therefor underrated, but Annayake Pour Elle is an amazing perfume. I have recently purchased a 100ml bottle + matching shower gel and never ever want to be without it again. Pour Elle could be a potential thread for my beloved signature Creed Love in White. Its such a unique freshness, a warm freshness. The tea/water lily/wood combination is amazing and the noes are so well blended. Its perfect balance - warm and fresh, airy light but with substance and a spicy kick to it. To me this one feels classy and sophisticated, but with a lightness at heart. Funny enough I associate it with fall/autumn rather than the warmer months, even though the ingredients list would indicate otherwise. I highly recommend to try this, no matter what type of fragrance you like as Annayake Pour elle could potentially appeal to anyone.

Original, tender, peaceful, sunny, airy. My cousin, who worked in a salon in Europe, introduced me to this perfume years ago, and since then I have never been without it. Being a Japanese perfume and not having a big brand name, it is not well known in the US, which is too bad for everyone. It's a perfume you never get sick of, and it doesn't cling to you like sweet slime, but reminds of itself in delicate wafts of wildflowers and bergamot tea, underpinned by soft woody notes and the slightest touch of musk. It is not long lasting in the sense that with normal spraying, it becomes your private perfume after a while - detectable only to you (and your lover). But if you spray a good amount on your clothes, a cloud of elegant and delicate freshness will follow you all day.

Overall, this is beautiful. It has nice development, and I see it as relatively safe and sophisticated, but not entirely boring. It starts off with a very pleasant citrus from the bergamot, but almost goes citrus cleaner. Thankfully, it doesn't go that far; it is tempered by the tea. In the near drydown, it smells like CK One with a hint of something extra, like more sophisticated CK One. It's brighter and less powdery though. In the further drydown, it smells quite similar to the far drydown of Gucci Mémoire d’une Odeur, that bitter almond note, I assume from the tea and fig. Definite recommend if you like either of the fragrances I mentioned. It's well balanced and well worth the money.

well this is a turn up for the books. not a fan of greens or tea scents (i particularly dislike the elizabeth arden green teas) but i really love this. it's so gentle and calming. there is tea there but it's tea with milk and sweet sugar rather than dry jasmine green tea, if you know what i mean! towards the end there's almost a minty note to it too. the wild flowers and bergamot are the main notes throughout for me though and i'm so glad. they sweeten and freshen this scent to a beautiful but subtle level. now i've got to try and find this baby somewhere....hmmm...?

Very interesting fragrance. Although it is marked simply pour elle, I find it quite unisex. Tea like, woody, pebbles fragrance that reminds me a lot of Escale a Pondichery by Dior. I'm glad I have found something similar with almost the same parameters for the fraction of the price and with better avalibility. It is not long lasting and stays close to the skin but I find it so minimilaistic and despite of the similarity to escale... quite unique. Gem to me as I adore tea fragrances. P.S. Althought there is no cardomon listed I can clearly smell it and I love it.