Allure Eau Fraîchissante pour l'Été

I have recently purchased a bottle of this from Ebay-lucky find and great price! Its just a lighter version of the original allure,the citrus comes out more and it is more suitable for the daytime In my opinion.

As it is a summer fragrance, it smells the best now in hotter days. It is quite heave, i just need one spray on my wrist. Good sillage too. I bought 50ml for about 25 Euro.

Allure Eau Fraichissante Pour L'Ete or Refreshing Water For The Summer was a limited edition Chanel fragrance one of the flankers for the Allure perfume. I owned this scent for a number of years before it was discontinued. I loved it and wish they could bring it back. This fragrance opens with the signature Chanel aldehydes an they're made even more fresh and invigorating with citrus notes of bergamot mandarin and grapefruit. Lots of oranges. It was summer in a bottle. The floral heart of the perfume contained beautiful jasmine, rose and magnolia. The base had a fair amount of vanilla in it. The frag reminded me somewhat of J'adore by Dior because it had similar notes of citrus and magnolia. This scent lasted all day and into the night every time I wore it. It was beautiful and although it's gone I'm comforted with the fact that J'adore still kind of smells like this one.

Beautiful floral. The honeysuckle is what most jumped out at me after the citrus and aldehydes. I thought it was strange for a Chanel perfume. It's more aquatic and refreshing. More citrus than usual. Just enough flowers. It has flowers I'm crazy about: magnolia, rose, lotus, water lily and jasmine. No flower outshines the other. You can literally smell all of them. Dry down is vanilla. It's refreshing and sweet. I also wear the original Allure and this flanker is a nice addition to the original. Beautiful, feminine, sweet and more refreshing than the usual woodsy patchouli Chanels I don't care for.

This is my all time favorite version of Allure, and now I'm just waking up to the fact that it may no longer be available except for scoring on eBay. If so, I'm sad. It's beautiful. On Makeup Alley, there is some complaint about Allure Eau Fraichissante's staying power and sillage; however, whenever I have worn it, people with discerning noses have always sniffed and sighed, "Someone's wearing Allure." The EDT and EDP aren't as lovely on me as the Eau Fraichissante. Good luck finding it and trying it!