Castelbajac

I love this perfum, I wear it for sevral years, its me :) i discoverd it sinds the beginning, i walked into a store and needed something else, so i took two samples of perfume, broght it home, and tested them, i went back and started my adiction on this scrent, its a shame they took it out of production :( but lucky i have still stock from it so i wont run out, i finaly changed my perfume when they did discontinu it,, even i have some bottles left, i alwys grab back on it.. the sweet almont it starts with that,, strong and sweet, than it goes smoother, lily-of-the-valley i smell them try the day time, together with the patchouli and vanille combined with the cedar, the musk i wont trace back. for me its soft but last all day on me, elegant, and very sensual, love it

I purchased this on the advice of a perfumer at a Seattle perfumery. It is almond, almond, almond, a bit of vanilla and musk and then almond, and more almond. If you like almond scents, which can be rather hard to find as a dominant noted parfum, try Castelbajac. You may love it. The bottle looks like a grenade and has this funky cool silver metal cord that you pull to make the spray device turn either on or off. Very different than anything I have ever tried. If you like this, try GF Donna by Giovanni Ferre. They are interestingly similar (despite not having all the same notes), ...minus the coconut and floral of GF which is a bit more complex and longer lasting.

It smells like almond liqueur. I love the scent of almond liqueur. I'd even open up a bottle of Frangelico just to smell it. I am not into wearing sweet scents, but I liked the development of this one on my skin, the kind of development I had not expected at all. Update 2020: still searching for a new almond liqueur-scented perfume. I was using my Rapid leather cream when this marzipan note reached my olfactory and I felt an overwhelming desire to get my hands on an amaretto hinted perfume. A mix with smoke or wood would add complexity to it. It would be perfect!

The Red bottle, and nothing but. Marzipan, mildly sweet marzipan with a hint of orange zest. So tender, innocent, refreshing, beautiful! It reminds me of the marzipan my father and I had in Toledo while on vacation there in 1999. It is the best Marzipan in the world. I can't find this fragrance anywhere. the clear pink glass bottle doesn't smell the same...

I just want to explain to all those who love this scent that the new 2017 Castelbajac Beautiful Day is actually the same scent as the 2001 Castelbajac (well, as same as it can be 17 years later). The perfumer is also the same - the great Maurice Roucel. So if looking for this little beauty, see if you can get a bottle of the new Beautiful Day!

I love this perfume, its so different which is what i also love about it im surprised that i like the almondy part of it as i generally dont like the smell of almond flavorings but this is beautiful I have an old sample which i am still able to wear from. It certainly has longevity.

I have a bottle that says serie limittee on the back and it does not have the two hangy things or the holes for the hangy things .....anyone know anything about this ...I can't find anything online...smells fantastic though ..any woman that wears this risks getting pregnant

one of the most UNIQUE perfumes ever devised. Not only is is beautiful, pleasant and addictingbbut has great longevity and sillage. Sorry it has been discontinued. Recommend you get it while there are still a few on ebay

one of the most UNIQUE perfumes ever devised. Not only is is beautiful, pleasant but has great longevity ans sillage. Sorry is been discontinued. Recommend you get it while there are still a few on ebay

I really loved this one. Impossible to now but If I can I would repurchase on a heartbeat. This perfume started my love of Almond scents

One of my favorite perfumes. So sad that its discontinued. It smells like fresh warm almonds. I love wearing this to bed.

Thanks @perfumecriric! I'll see if I can find a bottle of 2017 Castelbajac Beautiful Day

Reveiwing a vintage miniature. Opens sweet and rich, clear marzipan aromas. Fresh and delicious. Very subtle spice, maybe some orange blossom? Softens quickly, is a touch creamy, becomes a tad nutty (almond). It leans feminine but not overly so. Even though it's "gourmand-esque" it manages to remain bright and fresh and not sickly. Gets nuttier and a little woody, remains sweet and "edible", starts to get fainter (about 15-20mins,) still noticable though and with fairly consistent wafts. In the air it does smell clean, maybe a little like detergent or white linen with subtle floral notes just behind. As it wears it becomes more feminine and the sweet florals become a fraction louder. A little later as it drifts around the wearer the marzipan note is still apparent and there are quiet proposals of fruit and, when smelt up close, something akin to face/body cream. Would suit someone in their teens up to about 40-ish. Every season except high-summer. Does seem suited to late autumn-early winter though. Is more feminine, but as a guy who enjoys the work of Maurice Roucel I'd probably wear this. If it had it's release today by a niche house they'd almost certainly market it as unisex. Performance is OK, subtle yet persistent longevity. I have definitely smelt this before, albeit a while ago. The fragrance does smell of its time (late 90's-early 2000's) if you have fond memories of that period, you'll probably enjoy this.

Mellybee - this is the best description of Castelbajac :) I was wearing this while making a honey-roast ham & was transfixed about how well the scents played together! Away from the ham, the sweet almond/gammony scent lingered, but not in a bad way at all. It is a very edible, warm scent. It is so much more than marzipan, but you need to give it time to develop. On another note, I also found drinking a hot cup of Lapsang Suchong whilst wearing Chanel Antaeus to be very enjoyable...& I noticed how well it went with Euthymol toothpaste, too! How bizarre!

Good friend of mine. Pleasant and sweet scent, with obvious marzipan note. I'm not a big fan of marzipan, but dispite of this I love this scent. Very unique, modern. Laidback. More friendly than sensuous or sexy.

almonds all the way! for those who love the smell of almond in a perfume that lasts......

To be honest I've got a bit weird association with this fragrance. In the opening there is a sweet delicious marzipan, but suddenly I am back in my childhood. We are roaming the countryside with other kids, discovering the neighborhood, peeping in through the windows of the houses, and there is what I feel in this perfume. A larder. First I behold lots of gammon and surprisingly I firmly smell the gammon in this perfume. Later I notice that there are some jars of home made apricot jam in the other corner of the larder and I can smell them too. Bizarre collusion of the notes with my skin chemistry which misleads my nose.

people are going to throw stones at me for that but...this is the worst perfume I have ever smelled. it smells like industrial toilet detergent, it is so chemical, so harsh, all notes in here are violently synthetic. to me it is like a worse version of Reminiscence MiFa, which was way too chemical for me as well. I don't understand the fuzz that is made around this perfume, prices on eBay reach a hundred euros for a bottle!!! as an other member said,either you love it or you hate it. I just cannot love it...

..how did i end up buying it, God only knows... i was influenced by its originality and i overlooked its harshness... A metallic, ill smell, headache inducing and neither masculine nor feminine - rather industrial... if not, probably very artificial... bad bad smell.. it strongly reminds me of In the mood for love by Gianfranco Ferre, although they share no common notes.. It has a soapy dry down, that in my view, fails to save the day... All in all, one of the worst perfumes i've sprayed on me.....

Holy crap, this stuff is HORRIBLE. I almost wonder if my sample has turned because I just don't see how it's possible they can sell a perfume that smells like industrial strength toilet cleaner. It was in a sealed bag, though, so maybe that's actually how this really smells. Either way, it's pretty lame to be expecting sweet marzipan and then get blasted with nasty, harsh nose stinging chemicals. This one puts the fume in perfume, for sure. Hideous.