L’Eau de Toilette

Another splendidly beautiful Carven perfume! I love it ALMOST as much as Carven Le Parfum, which is my signature scent. I adore them both. I think Carven is wonderful. I love these bottles, and the colour of the liquid is so fine and perfect, and perfectly expresses the feeling of the perfumes. Carven L'eau de Toilette is so fresh, so scintillatingly spring-weatherish, so crisp and gentle, and such a lovely sweet pea, peony and juicy lemon scent. I feel always happy and calm and enlivened at the same time when I wear it, which is often. It is so sweetly yet crisply refreshing. The white hyacinth gives a lovely smooth and alluring feeling to the whole, and the woods and musk soften and earth everything. And as always, the very lovely freesia adds its own special aura of sweetness and light, and what can I say about the wonderful smell of wisteria? An amazing, slightly spicy lilacish scent. Totally beautiful. The brilliant Francis Kurkdjian has done it again! What a divine genius. He and the House of Carven are a beautiful gift to perfumery.

This is a flanker of Francis Kurkdjian's Le Parfum EDP for the same house a few years ago. While his Carven Le Parfum EDP was elegant, sexy and sophisticated, this 'take' on some of the same notes is a wholly different creature, a gossamer fairy enrobed in some of nature's finest, most delicate fragrances. Airy, sheer wafts of sweetness capture your heart; it's truly a spring time/innocent maiden sort of feel playing out here. There are some nice woody notes to ground the scent as it wears over time, and some touches of musk.But overall it's lightness and effervescent beauty is what steals the show. This is perfect for warm weather, easy to wear and easy to love SIlage is moderate, longevity at least 9 hours so far. I love it. Not for young maidens only! This 63 year old adores it too.

I love this scent! Normally edt's are not strong enough for me, but I was shocked I sprayed this on and although it has light sillage, it lasted for hours - 6+ and I kept getting soft wafts of it. To me its light and airy, green smelling with tons of citrus - I thought it was grapefruits or mandarin. It reminds me a bit of victoria's secret bombshell - the original version. Citrus and fruity, but definitely higher quality and much longer lasting. I prefer this to the Carven Le Pafum. I got samples of both from a recent saks fifth avenue order, and this one is just superb. Definitely not something I would ever imagine myself really like, but I just couldn't stop sniffing myself lol...it evolves and is just lovely.

L'Eau de Toilette by Carven smells like potently fresh and fruity shampoo like Garnier Fructis or the equivalent, combined with very ripe juicy and sweet lychee fruits. Definitely a modern-smelling composition. In fact this perfume would most likely result if you combined the two things I just mentioned. I actually can't detect much else. I'm baffled by all the flowers listed in the notes. This perfume is extremely strong and energizing. Perfect if you want to smell CLEAN like fruity green fresh shampoo all day long. The sweet powdery sandalwood base reminds me a lot of Hanae Mori.

Oh dlane1953!! I completely, totally agree with your beautiful review - and I'm 65!!! Carven L'eau de Toilette lasts a good 12 hours on me, and I adore it! It's so light and fresh and sparkling! Beautiful!!! It is for any woman, young or old, it doesn't matter. A woman is a woman. And Carven L'eau de Toilette is a dream perfume, for any woman who loves perfume!