Innocente Fragilité

Sweet coconutty fresh sweet Jasmine (no indole undertone at all), a soft spicy gardenia and A touch of ylang ylang and a clean smooth milky white musk to anchor the blend making it an all over clean and soothing scent for a hot summer day. This is really beautiful in its simplicity. And I love it that the Jasmine and the flowers are portrayed in their fresh state. So contrary to what other have written calling this animalic and what not. This is indeed a very innocent and fresh take on white flowers. Nothing indolic, which is what white flowers begin to smell like when they are outbloomed and begin to decay, (which also can be very intoxicating). But there is none of that here for those who do not like Jasmine in that state. Someone even described this as being animalic... But there is nothing animalic in here. None at all! The coconut and the musk also helps adding sweetness and a creamy ness that gives this lovely summer vibes and makes this a very happy scent. I can in an way agree with those who have compared this to Blanche Bête but with no lactonic note but instead the creamy ness of the coconut and the musk accompanying the white florals. In a way this is a super feminine version of Blanche bête. And it has the typical Chabaud dna that also gives it a very cozy vibe. To me this does live up to its name as it is indeed a reminder of the innocent an fragile and so quickly fleeting part of summer where everything still is light green and lush and the gardens are fully in bloom before the heat takes over and the flowers begin to wither... It is however not a very shy little wall flower but a lush and vibrant garden of alive flowers. It is however not a super projector but offers a moderate silage and lasts about 3-6 hours before it can only be detected as a soft skin scent. For those who wonder about soapy ness this is a clean musk, but I find it goes a bit more into the direction of floral spicy rather than a traditional soapy one... But if clean musk spells soap to you, then maybe this will qualify. But that is not really my impression. What can I say, I really enjoy this little midsummer bouquet of white crispy flowers.

From the Chabaud Maison de Parfum's site: "TOP NOTE: Coconut HEART NOTE: Gardenia, Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine, Orange Blossom BASE NOTE: White Musk" The coconut is missing from the listed notes ;o) Put the coconut in its honorable place I can say that this is a beautiful monoi fragrance, coconut and gardenia of the best qualities left to slowly macerate in the warm sun of the tropics with a delicate but firm support of jasmine, ylang yalng and musk in the dry down that make it even more creamy and delicate. Not a purely tropical or summer fragrance, it is not "fragile" nor too "innocent", it is a nice combination of creamy flowers, delicate but firm, warm but never faded flowers, something you could really hope to smell in some hidden corner of the world. Projection from medium to moderate, only on fabrics tends to project more with loss of heat of the fragrance; good duration over 6 hours before gently fading and staying on the skin; rather reduced evolution, only in the opening in which jasmine and gardenia compete to conquer a place in the sun - spoiler: wins the gardenia - the composition then remains stable and in balance. Really realistic and natural, if everyone knows Chabaud for the milky gourmand, this floral scent confirms its excellent quality in the natural and realistic rendering of the elements in composition.

To me, it's weird when people say gardenia sticks out to them in this. Maybe it's because I smelt this side-by-side with Boheme et Chic... which isn't even described to have gardenia, but I really feel the top notes definitely contain it. To me, this is a kind of vintage (but not dusty-musty) scent, a bit like cashmere, or cotton, or in general: the smell of clean linens, with a lactonic smell and.... not so much coconut, but almost rather a very soft fragipani note.

An amazing, light, clean, feminine scent. Like a very fancy white soap. Really evokes the name. It's basically like Blanche Bete, but soap instead of milk. The coconut adds a creaminess. I really love it. It's so fresh, sweet, and clean. Without being overpowering in any sense.

This would be the perfect scent for a lady who is done with all the stupid shit in life and who is now dating a successful gentleman to settle down and enjoy the life as a mature and responsible lady. Very clean, soft and sexy. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 7/10 Projection: 7/10