Bain de Champagne (Royal Bain de Caron)

Royal Bain in its modern version is nothing short of a men's delight. It may be quite different from what it was before, or not quite what it was, but as it is now, it's a truly delightful floral barbershop-style vegetal of vanilla powdery goodness. I keep waiting and waiting for that dull, rubbery sour note that so many similar cheaper scents eventually have (and usually quite quickly) But Royal Bain never goes there. It remains sweet, floral, and just slightly woody in the base. As it evolves over a few hours, it takes on a nice deep fruity edge - almost like the scent of apple peels that have oxidized for a little while - a kind of sugary, ripe sweetness that almost smells a bit like wine or cider, but all in a very pleasant and refined way. The base remains very rich and almost buttery. As I type, I'm at about 3 hours wearing time - Royal Bain still smells great, just slightly diminished and gentler now. I thought at first that this might just be something you splash on in the morning to be followed by a proper scent later in the day but this could work as a 'most of the day' scent, I think. Spring florals are close at hand!

THE ROYAL BATHROOM OF PRAYERS _______________________________________________________ Ever since I was a child, I loved lilac. I loved the lilac trees, the lilac bushes, it's overwhelming strong scent, it's colour ... simply everything. One of the best features, even nowadays, that I simply love about the lilac, is that a lot of people don't like it. It's almost the same with 'ROYAL BAIN DE CARON'. With ease Caron built a wonderful lilac shrine. But it's more that just a shrine. It's almost a fortress, with thick pillars made of opoponax and benzoin. And the shrine is being guarded by defensive towers made of mysterious imperial vanilla and gorgeous sandalwood. At the end of the day, you will come to do, what all others have done before you at a shrine. You pray. You pray and thank the wonderful God of Caron for letting you witness the wonder that is LILAC. Overall: Just like religion, ROYAL BAIN is not for everyone. It is inceredibly strong, with huge sillage and even an obnoxius longetivity. It's powdery, very sweet and very 'in your face'. Longetivity: - 20/10 Sillage: - 8/10 All in all: 9 out of 10 points.

I rember smelling this as a little girl at my grandmothers house. It sat on her shelf along with carven ma griffe and tweed. Royal bain by Caron was first developed at the request of California millionaire William Randolph Hearst to scent his bath instead of champagne. It was thought at the time pouring champagne in the bath was the height of luxury. The formula has changed over the years so take the reviews with a grain of salt. They are probably correct for their bottle. My bottle is pre ifra regulation as there isnt really anything that screams synthetic about it. This is a vanillic creamy sweet soft plush powder oppoponax bomb. If you liked the drydown on Opium.. this is similar. Amoung the creamy powder is rose, lilac, sandalwood, benzoin, inscense, and the caronaide plush musks. Its soft, comforting and lovely to wear at bedtime. I did not experience any fruit or champagne , perhaps the lift could be champagneish... Perfect for a dandy, someone that loves creamy powdery vanillic soft scents...there is a reason its been around since the 1920s.

This makes for the perfect nightcap, a pastel balm for my weary body. Its first movement is antique lilac and spiced rose, tender and comforting, with a foreshadowing of warm resins. There is a metallic hue, a glisten, that outlines these florals, jogging the memory of a distant, out of reach past, either my own—or of one's life before my own. I think of a pristinely groomed man of the early 20th century, trying to make his way in the world, dignified and earnest. I imagine that kind of man that would be illustrated by J.C. Leyendecker, strong-jawed and wide-eyed, averting his glance, yearning, and his smell is of fresh-from-the-barber-powder, nosegays, opoponax and benzoin, with just a soupçon of his own perspiration. I anticipate dreams when I wear this at bedtime, dreams where I am rescuing hurt souls from the past and sending them to a future that looks better than the actual future that is today. So yes, that's Royal Bain de Caron.

I have a sample from mid summer 2009, and just purchased a vintage bottle. The new sample, on my left hand, has incredible staying power, a delicious, powdery, sensual, almond-y lilac note. The vintage formula, on my right hand, smelled identical, at first, but after an hour hour, the powdery lilac has muted. And, the formula on my right hand makes me sneeze, whereas the modern one, on my left hand, does not make me sneeze. There you have it. Both are beautiful. The modern formulation has more depth and staying power. An hour on into the drydown, it has a nice hot chocolate kind of quality. I was about to say no chocolate on my right hand, but yes, it is there-- a slight chocolate on the vintage version drydown. Maybe nuttier and richer on the modern formula, with a touch of the tabac blonde vanilla pipe tobacco. I think both versions are absolutely wonderful. The old one seems more floral. I actually prefer the new version.

In my endless search for vintage French perfumes, I ended up finding a bottle of the older formulation that is labeled "Royal Bain de Champagne" vs "Royal Bain de Caron." Not sure what I was expecting, but the first immediate thought I had when I applied this to my skin was "wow this smells like champagne." Super unique and interesting scent - not very strong but I don't think it's supposed to be. Super floral, and maybe the older formulation is different, but it not sweet even slightly. I'm honestly kind of craving a little sweetness... maybe the newer bottles are better, who knows. It's boozy but it reminds me of the dried rose petal salt we'd sprinkle on cucumbers back in Iran. Fun and unique bottle as well, love the Deco style. Definitely dropping a capful in the next time I take a bath (whenever that may be).

This is an oppopanax and benzion heavy hitter. The vanilla and the rose are there and very vaguely the piquant note of lilac. I can detect amber but the sandalwood is very faint. Its slightly sweet but more than that it is sort of creamy. I totally get the similarity with the smell of newly washed hair. I can also see why someone thinks its similar to Geurlain l'instant (it would need more rose) It really has good longevity and moderate sillage. I am using it to layer with other fragrances that are poor on longevity or too strong or too spicey (eg Kenzo L'elephant) to soften and round them. It was so cheap but its smells of luxury. Very nice and so comforting like a big cashmere hug!

Just ordered another bottle after 2001...yes you heard that correct( same bottle for years same smell no spoilage ).....I’m 38 years young now and like then still reminds me of coconut essence champagne ... mixed with 24 karat gold ( if gold had a fragrance I guess )and a lil chandan scented hand rolled Incense on the dry down end....classic beauty ..friend of mine when I was about 16 Silled a lil of hers on a teddy bear I had....how I discovered my love for it silicate and fragrance wise...bear still smelled like Caron for weeks even years ...highly recommend as a blind this is cute on my vanity and a decent all around smell on random days buy....you won’t regret it

Royal Champagne Bath was primarly meant to be a bath water additive or splash. Sort of a posh Jean Nate. The size of the bottles(very large) at a relatively low price point compared to other Caron scents of the day support it's intended usage. It was sold mostly in very large sizes. We also carried some small travel sizes that came in the exact same bottle and label sizes were were sold unboxed. I had male customers who regular purchased the small sized bottle. To me, the beauty of this scent is in the bath.

it is increadibly gorgeous delicious parfume - if i would call it - it smells of "caramel", "bon-bons" "ananas" - it simply say nothing. The smell has a big palitre of notes...it smells delicious, happy, expensive, musky and vanilly. It is also one of Caron's creation which EVERYBODY like without exception (as most of the Caron's scents are not everybody taste - but they ARE ALL trully UNIQUE experience and gorgeous!) I LOVE CARON!!!!

There is something about this perfume that keep me coming back....I am having quite a lot of bottles myself and Royal Bain was always out of my pick but irronically there was also nothing that could make me miss madly. I even went angry on that day when I miss her so much but could not find her anywhere, turned out she was borrowed by my girlfiend (Royal Bain rocks on women too) Arghh!!!

My family is on our second 250 ml bottle over the last 10 years. It is really nice mixed in bath water and I generally like opoponax. Lots of benzoin and lilac as well. This perfume does remind me of a 1980s carpet cleaner powder that I used to use to clean spots out of the carpet growing up as a kid. Without this association I think I would like this even more.

This used to be one of the most beautiful perfumes on the planet, but has been reformulated - and is a shadow of what it used to be. Nevertheless, it still has a charming, powdery touch to it, and the topnotes still speak of champagne and sparkle in the rain... So much better than Flower by Kenzo which copied its structure, and still a very extravagant choice.

My mom has a bottle and it makes me so happy everytime she wears it. One of these days I'll snatch one bottle for myself and enjoy it fully. Truly versatile, beautiful, and signature-scent worthy. I never get tired of it and it is a beautiful scent to wear when you have nothing else to wear. Elegant, classy. Lovely all-rounder!

A classic mother smell. I immediately think of my mom when I smell this, but I am biased because she's owns a bottle that's still not empty! I find myself constantly smelling it. I used this classy, older woman scent all the time as a kid when I play dress up. A very timeless heavenly fragrance. I hope it never goes away.

Мирише на нещо вкусно, на козметика, на релакс, на много неща и същевременно е уникален, страхотна бутилка, това е един от двата Caron, които познавам и искам още. Страхотна трайност.

Comforting floral and vanilla. Often receive compliments when I wear it.

This is a lilac fragrance and that should be the top note.

Oooh, this was a nice find! This was one of those spur of the moment blind buys, you know the ones, you are browsing through an online retailers catalogue and add a couple of things you've been meaning to try to your basket, when you see it "people who bought this also bought..." and it is something you have never heard of, so I thought, sod it, at this rate I may wind up on the streets but at least I'll smell good! Fun bottle, mine is the 125ml splash edt. I mean, it is verging on the tacky, but in a fun way. The scent itself is really beautiful, sweet but not in a gourmand, fruity or sickly way. Elegant, feminine, pretty, gentle, I like this a lot, the only reason it is not a "love" was that I have only just tried it, so need to see how it wears (day off today so it hasn't had a true test run yet!), and because I am less keen on the splash bottle. Ok so I have 125ml, but it isn't the easiest bottle I found I had to basically shake it into my palms and apply, like an aftershave. Except not to my face. But it is not the most efficient. I may decant some into a little atomiser. I tried this in the bath today, added a capful to the water and it did smell lovely and luxurious. Himself even decided to join me ;) so at least it didn't repel him! Left a gentle lingering scent on the skin for about an hour after. I then applied some a la the method described above, and it lasted about 4-5 hours I think. Little hard to say as it turned cool tonight so I put on yesterdays jumper with traces of violet blonde and cabochard on it! This was very nice. Would like in an edp spray. I will be interested to try other Caron scents on the basis of this.

What an odd scent. I don't quite know how to describe it, lilac which gives me a very "old fashioned" vibe, like the charm of lilac bushes sharing their scent through an open, lace curtained window. This perfume feels "shady & cool" despite all of the warm, resinous ingredients. It is a very soft scent on the skin, as previous reviewers have described. I'm really having quite a feeling of nostalgia here, how the cool scent of lilac bushes in the shade melds with resins & vanilla here, I would have expected to be absolutely repulsive! But, it is really beautiful! I'm surprised, & taken aback to be honest. It's dainty, well mannered & old fashioned in the best possible way. Not for everyone, that's for sure. I have a feeling a lot of sweets lovers would not be enchanted by this contrasting elixir, but I'm definitely intrigued enough that I think I want a bottle! It reminds me of simpler days, sunshine, lace & lilacs. Warm skin, a pleasant nap on a crochet pillowcase, this beautiful scent. Delightful! It's very close to the skin, so do not expect sillage here, this perfume is for you. It's definitely for me! I think I want to try it in the bath too. It progresses to a sweeter & softer scent which eventually starts to lose the cold edge of lilac & settles to a delightfully comforting skin scent.