Promesse

Since this is my signature fragrance I'm going to do my first-ever review on it. I was gutted to find out that they don't make it anymore. Out of all of Cacharel's fragrances Promesse is my absolute favorite. I've received more compliments on it than any other scent I've ever worn. I generally love fruity/gourmand scents and this one is especially lovely. It's not sickeningly sweet or overbearing either. The longevity and sillage are moderate. On me it opens with a strong berry note, fresh and sweet, with a prominent hint of orchids and then settles into a warm and inviting vanilla, raspberry and cake scent. I only need to spritz it on once in the morning and I can still smell it at the end of the day, albeit faintly. I seem to grow out of scents fairly quickly, but never with this. I've worn it consistently since 2007 and I still haven't tired of it. Also it doesn't smell stale during the hot summer days. I've never found it nauseating or cloying. I used to be able to buy it for around $35, which I thought was a bargain. I'm surprised it never gained in popularity. Lancome Tresor Midnight Rose is a pretty good substitute, so is Lanvin by Jeanne Lanvin. It's a beautiful scent if you want to feel youthful, vibrant, innocent, sexy and sophisticated all at the same time. It would suit women of all ages. I hope they bring it back and soon.

(This review is for Eau de Toilette) I bought PROMESSE when it was first released in 2005 and to this day it remains among my favorite fruity floral scents. It is lovely, fun, and romantic at the same time. It is like wearing very girly but elegant summer dress with cheerful pink floral design. It is surely not very complex, or formal scent but this kind of scent I want to wear when I feel like dancing up a storm on a dance floor with my man. PROMESSE opens with the fresh citrus and then transforms into lovely, very berry, slightly tart and sweet blackcurrant scent. I love blackcurrants and berry scents in general and I find this one very lovely. The gentle orchids are the heart of the fragrance. They are subtle but nevertheless very beautiful. The scent is close to the skin but it lasts for at least 5 hours. If you love fruity floral notes and looking for easy to wear, pretty and chic scent then this one might fit the bill. My friends and family seem to enjoy this scent too. I love wearing it to the parties. (My overall score is 9/10)

I love this scent! It makes me happy and I get a fresh feeling from it. Like someone already mentioned, it is romantic and fruity and like all of my scents, it is also flowery. When it went of the market I bought my second bottle of 100 ml, which I cherish. Fortunately I already discovered a good replacement: Feerie by Van Cleef & Arpels, unfortunately, Van Cleef & Arpels is even more expensive than Cacharel! Both fragrances are very longlasting and both contain black currant and jasmine. Honestly, I love Feerie even more, but that is probably because I am a sucker for rose scents. Feerie contains Bulgarian rose and Egyptian Jasmine, while Promesse doesn't contain rose, but it does contain jasmine. From the 28 bottles of scent that I own, 13 contain rose and 14 contain jasmine. (And 12 vanilla, which has nothing to do with Promesse at all, but which happens to be another ingredient in perfumes which I am very fond of.)

Promesse is super sweet like berries dipped in sugar! Sweet, romantic, charming, juicy, fruity, flirty, delicious, cheerful, summery fragrance! Promesse opens with a very strong blast of delicious mouth watering juicy, slightly tart berry’ness! A beautiful combination of sweet fruits and soft florals. Very well balanced. The black current note is the most prominent. The sillage and longevity are both great! I can still smell this softly on my skin hours later. Any age can wear this, not just young teens. This is my mum’s signature scent who is 50+. An excellent fragrance for the spring/summer! Lovely bottle too!

Promesse is absolutely beautiful! Smells like forest fruits, flowers and musk. Longevity si pretty good, 5-8 hours; it stays longer if sprayed on hair. Very appropriate for spring, summer time but it is also suitable for winter, black current notes are more intense on cold weather. I received many compliments while wearing this, even from people I did not know! Very young and alluring, gives you a feeling of happiness. Too bad it was discontinued. Tresor Midnight Rose is quite similar although is sweeter than Promesse.

I received this as a gift in my 20s and wasn’t too jazzed about it; I found the bottle and its contents too juvenile with the fruity sweet opening. I’ve just now have started to appreciate this in my mid-30s. The magic is in the mid and drydown, which to my nose is composed of powdery candied violets, musk, and lingering raspberries/blackberries, but without as much juiciness. It’s lovely, soft and feminine, great for spring/summer daytime wear, but also comforting for wear to bed.

I have dreamed about this perfume for a few years and finally I have it. This scent is wonderful and I love it. I can not say exactly what I sense there, but there is a combination of fresh mandarins with bergamot, sweet delicate flowers and forest fruits. This fragrance is quite intense, vibrant and sufficiently stable. It is rather for the day than the night, for the young, confident and sensual women, who are sometimes romantic. One of the most beautiful fragrance :-)

I've had this fragrance for about 4 years now (same bottle). When I got it as a gift, I found it to be a rather generic fruity-floral: young, naive, and too sweet. After rediscovering it recently, however, I've found the woods hidden beneath that citrusy, berry-y nectar!!! And that makes me very happy. So while some perfumes need to hit the trash can after a couple years, this one just gets a lot better.

It's 2017 and I'm still SCREAMING Promesse come back into my life....this scent holds a special place in my heart and I've yet to find the perfect dupe and a scent to even come close to this dear beauty signature scent of mine. It was affordable, long-lasting and just plain gorgeous on me....I will always cherish this scent and it will forever remain a long-missed favorite.

Anyone that knows of any alternatives or recommendations of similar scents to the fabulous scent, please share. Thanks in advance :) Here are mine: Tresor Midnight Rose-Definitely sweeter though. I prefer this more during cooler weather. I'm still on the hunt for more alternatives. To date, I've tried Jeanne by Jeanne Lanvin and I still prefer Promesse much more.

I was surprise to love this one, because it's less complex than most Cacharel , really not the best Cacharel , but still love it . Very floral ,cheerlful and romantic , great in spring , but also in winter to cheer one up before gong to job ! Like some user i think it's better on younger people.

It is also available at Superpharm stores, so don't worry girls - we'll survive, it's not gone!:-D And if you want a noble replacement, go for Tresor Midnight Rose, Tous Neon or Versace Eros. They all share similar notes and quality, although all are slightly different.

I used to love this perfume so much a few years ago. It is soft, sweet, fresh, delicate, pretty, light, breezy and romantic. I think I used four bottles of it. If you like light, fresh yet somewhat sweet, I think you would like this perfume. I highly recommend it.

My all-time favorite fragrance, I really hope they put this back out on the market one day. I'm settling for Lancome's Tresor Midnight Rose at the moment, but the scent doesn't last as long as I would like on me. We miss you Promesse, please come back.

@misstierra05: you read my mind! Still missing this amazing fragrance and nothing I have tried can measure up with it so far.. Well I did find Gucci II to be an okay replacement, but turns out they discontinued that one too :'(

This is the first perfume I ever had. I have happy memories when thinking about it. The citrus slightly cuts the sweetness of the flowers and make it very well balanced. The dry down is great!

This is a very romantic refreshing scent. I have some special memories connected to it so probably this is why I love it. I prefer Promesse EDP over EDT because it lasts much longer.

Oh my gosh, this lovely fragrance is discontinued :(? I regularly borrowed it from my mum, till she finally saw my crazy obssession and gave it to me... It was love at first smell!

This perfume is a joyful music. The beginning of a romance, voice of spring, wide smile, romantic love and a beautiful woman, shining like in her motherhood:)

@nitschevo, believe me this is discontinued. I've emailed their customer service. I think they just haven't taken the information for it off of the site.