Noa Perle

Love at first sniff. As Lainey said, a marvellous fragrance in a marvellous bottle. So beautiful and fits the name perfectly. It IS mood-lifting, for sure. Starting out fresh and slightly aquatic, with a light citrus touch (the bergamot). Then watery flowers, like petals flowing in a lake (that peony!)... you refresh and rejoice, bathe in it, and while you do, something different, more substancial, is materializing in your palm... you feel it more and more, emerge from the water and realize it is a perfect, marvellous pearl... The drydown is one of the best I've smelled, the hazelnut accord is soooo beautiful as it slowly appears and keeps getting stronger and stronger, emerging from the water and flowers and overcoming them, to finally blend with the most delicious vanilla. I must say that at first spray, in the store, it smelled exactly as I had expected it to smell - watery and fresh, but with an intriguing "something" behind it. Bought it and put it on to go to the cinema with friends. It was on my wrist and decolleté and I smelled it all evening and late, late into the night. TRUE LOVE. I found out that something must be right about my zodiac sign (I'm a cancer) - water is my element and pearls go with it.

It's like two different fragrances in one, the second part being significantly better. It opens up with a fresh almost tropical citrus, a pretty common opening overall. There is someting disturbingly alcoholic about the initial opening, but just 10 minutes later it evolved into this unusual, increadibly pleasant soft smell like melting creamy chocolate icecream sprinkled with hazelnuts. Even though it is tasty, it's not a gourmand perfume, rather an unconventional floral fragrance with nutty undertones. If the opening was a bit disappointing, the middle and base notes were surprinsingly good, warm and cool at the same time, but still very comforthing. It's a departure from the classic Noa in a good way, beacuse it is not as soapy, plus it has a touch of aquatic. I think it's a good fragrance for the winter because the top notes are reminiscent of summer, while the rest will serve you a hazelnut hot chocolate to remind you cold days are not that bad after all.

IMO Noa Perle has two phases which are not similar at all. The opening is very sharp, zesty almost screetchy. The first smell is much alcholic. But after 15 minutes it starts to sit on my skin. It softens down and warms up. Floral notes start to talk. And the drydown is the best part. The nutty base is gorgeous. The smell stays still soft floral but it gets warmer, sweeter and creamier. I don't like the opening but I love love love the drydown. The sweetness of Noa Perle is just at the right amount. Not cloying or suffocating at all. The drydown reminds me of a Summer sunset of a day spend in nature. The sillage is average I don't think anybody near will be offended by this perfume. That makes it nice for office wear. The longevity is so good that you can enjoy the warm, soft, nutty phase for hours.

I don't feel like this should be considered a floral fruity perfume...on my skin, the hazelnut is quite prominent after an hour or so. I get a touch of tangerine in the beginning and then creamy florals. Overall, I would say it definitely has gourmand in its character. I find this very pleasant to wear from time to time. Something about it makes it very distinctive to my nose. It's light, slightly sweet, and before the hazelnut kicks in it reminds me of soft fragrant flowers after a spring rain. And speaking of rain, something about this makes it perfect on me when it's gloomy and rainy outside...hot or cold. I love it on these days!!!

This is the one perfume I find myself buying over and over again. When first sprayed I find the peppery note somewhat of a shame. I just don't like peppery smells much I suppose. The dry down is absolutely amazing however. The peppery note fades after a while and a beautiful very sweet and warm floral smell emerges. I've made this into my signature scent, I just can't get enough of it! The scent is quite strong, but I don't find it overpowering or too heavy. It's just strong enough to be noticably there and it's staying power is great.

So excited to get this fume! Found on eB $20 for an ounce with shipping included. So it is still out there! I find it nothing like the white Noa, but I do like this a lot. I find it very similar to how I remember "Ode au Reve" by Yves Richer, though the discriptions here do not seem to have any shared notes to speak of. This starts off as a very sharp white floral, then mellows out into a floral & nutty scent. I really like Olivier Polge, and enjoy many of his scents, Flowerbomb & Florabotanica to name 2.

I miss Noa Perle. I used to wear it all the time and it was something special on me, I guess it meshed well with my body chemistry. I always found this perfume interesting. I used to really enjoy the way it developed throughout the day - the zesty citrus, the florals, the creamy hazelnut! And the dry-down would last and last and last... I always felt feminine and special wearing it. I wish I could buy another one of those beautiful bottles.

I've had two bottles of it and I'm still in love with this beautiful scent! It's very sophisticated and I think that every woman should have one! This is one of my favourite scents and I recommend it for any age. Although it's a fruity floral, the hazelnut base makes it wearable all year round! I found it for a very good price, so I bought four bottles!!! Price: 15 euros for 50 ml EDP and 10 euros for 200 ml body lotion.

I blind bought this little gem about 8 years ago for $20. Loved the zesty pink pepper opening which would then turn into a lovely floral on me. The hazelnut drydown was delicious,creamy,warm,comforting and very long lasting - I still have a tiny amount left to enjoy. Really sad this was discontinued. Hoping to find another bottle of this one day. Update - lucky me - found a 30 ml unopened bottle for sale online!

I miss this scent sooo much! this has always been my go-to fragrance. as many others have already mentioned it smells very sharp in the beginning but the drydown - oh the drydown! I love it with all my heart. I've never ever received so many compliments as with this one either! please, please bring it back...

I like Noa just a bit, but I love Noa Perle : it's sweet and clean too, but flowers appear a few minutes after the first pschit and it makes the perfume warm and creamy. I think this one can be worn at any time, not only during hot days. Now I want to try all the Noa fragrances : each one is different.

I just love this one.. Bought it second hand (full bottle) for peanuts. It opens very green and fresh, soft, and light, yet so very there. Drydown is sweet and nutty. It lasts for a long time as well. I put it on last night before bed and could still smell it well this morning. Safe blind buy. Yummy!

Please bring it back Cacharel, this is a masterpiece. I’m so enough and sick with the jokes called fragrances this days. I want back the elegance, the sensuality and femininity that I want in a fragrance to speak about me, not some cheap disgusting cologne masculine fragrances so called unisex.

My holy grail, Cacharel please bring it back! I logged in here few years ago to find a substitute for Noa Perle but......there is no fragrance like this one. My number one. I really miss it.

This perfume is a masterpiece. Whoever decided to discontinue this scent ought to lose their job. Huge fail. Unforgivable. Off with their head!!!

I'm looking at its empty bottle at the moment and i miss it very much. It was fantastic, love it. Please cacharel; bring it back :(

I would say, it's even better than the original one... too bad it's discontinued :-/

The sea foam that Aphrodite was born from... captured in a bottle.

I miss this fragrance please bring it back !

I'm a big fan of Noa, it's one of my favorite everyday perfumes, so I didn't hesitate when I had the opportunity to buy a sample of this flanker. The notes list makes it look very interesting. Well, it's less interesting than I hoped, but it's pretty and pleasant. Like the original Noa it's very suitable for daytime use, but they don't smell alike. To me it's mainly an orange blossom fragrance with some peony and a zesty, slightly bitter kumquat in the opening. It's light, clean and fresh with a subtle underlying creamy warmth. This is rather close to the skin, especially in the drydown when the kumquat is gone and hints of hazelnut show up. Honestly, I wouldn't have figured that this has a hazelnut note if I didn't see the notes list. There is a slight nuttiness which is rather dry and not gourmandish, but the scent is so weak at this stage that everything feels a little blurry. All in all I like the scent of Noa Perle, but it doesn't move me in any way.