Cristalle Eau Verte

The opening of Cristalle Eau Verte is revolving around a sparkling lemon with hues of white flowers in the background. In this stage Cristalle Eau Verte smells like an expensive lemonade (although somebody else told me it reminded them more of vitamin c fizzy tablets) - refreshing and delicious. This might be the best opening I have experienced so far in a summer fragrance. 40 minutes in, it gets greener but retains its citric core notes, a dynamic that keeps on going for the next few hours. At hour 3, the fragrance's formerly clear citric heart gets muddled by the iris and the magnolia. Despite this being the stage of CEV's development that I liked the least, it is still pleasant enough. For ther next four to five hours, the florals become comparatively strong, but they are always on a sour, green and dry side. Here, the scent gets more and more beautiful again. At its final stage, from hour 7 to 11 (!), what you get is a soft, smooth lemon. Cristalle Eau Verte is a very well-done citrus scent, perfect for summer - kind of what I wish Goutal's Eau d'Hadrien had been. This one really IS all about the citrus and still manages do develop into various distinct stages. In this fragrance, I hardly get any sweetness at all - even the floral notes lean bitter. My overall impression is, that CEV is a light, tasteful and skillfully blended product that is a tad unusual but still perfectly workplace-safe. I do recommend this one for any gender and age- it's a beautiful summer scent. TL;DR: expensive lemonade, transparent bitter green with lemon core

Cristalle Eau Verte is a very contemporary, chic and natural scent. Despite its naming as green water, Cristalle Eau Verte is nowhere near a sharp green scent, but rather relies on lemon and bergamot with a following combination of nondescript jasmine and magnolia in the mix. Neroli s also noticeable in this citrus-floral perfume. Sheer, cologne-like and thus genderless, youthful, clean and sunny, it reminds you of a relaxing vacation. Needless to say it's a classic choice in spring and summer. Carefree and soothing. Also, sensual. In a blind test I would have never thought it's a flanker of Cristalle, although I know Cristalle very well, so Cristalle Eau Verte stands alone. Also I wonder why nobody hasn't commented on the sprayer! It's hands down the best sprayer in perfume bottle I've ever encountered; it distributes the perfume in the widest way possible, with only two sprays my whole neck was covered with the scent. Lastly, all those females who find Chanel perfumes as granny/old lady style ( I hate these terms, but let's be real, that's how they characterize them) should really give Cristalle Eau Verte a chance, it surpasses Gabrielle in my opinion and 5 L'eau, both in execution and longevity, and it's youthful without being cheap-tacky-fruity as countless newer perfume offerings for young women Sillage is very good in the beginning. After two hours it sits closer to the skin and survives for at least five hours.

I have had my eye on this fragrance since it first came out. I smelled it at nordstome and I loved it. I finally decided to get it. Its not cheap but I think it was worth every penny! WOW!!! I think this is a perfect fragrance to wear for summer! I sprayed my arm with it 2x when I got home. I was hit with a refreshing burst of lemon and bergamot, then honeysuckle accord and Jasmine, finally the most beautiful dry down of abstract white flowers and neroli. This has a long lasting flirty very flirty sexy smell. It reminds me of bvlgari crystalline very sheer and transparent, but they are a little different in their own little way. When you think it has worn off and you don't smell it anymore, people around you can still smell it. This is crazy, but I was standing around someone and this was hours after I applied cristalle verte, I sprayed it around my neck, well... I thought it was her, I told my friend wow you smell sooo good, she said Im not wearing any perfume she said that is you smelling good! I was really shocked because I was thinking like other reviewers on here, I cant smell it...I was really really happy to hear that! Its like freshly made lemonade in the summer time and a bouquet of freshly cut fragrant white flowers, I just love it, it smells good! I think this is going to be my summer scent and I will give it a little rest sometimes and wear bvlgari crystalline also! Really great for anytime wear and 25+ :D

Very good scent! So simple, crisp and modestly green, every way beautiful, even heavenly. If there really is magnolia here then this by far the best expression of it that I have experienced so far (the other two I have tried in the past are also good but much stronger and more specific, more distinguishable). Edit over a month later: still having used my tester makes me feel that despite the thigh price, I have to get a bigger amount of this somehow, it is just too much perfect and enjoyable! It has slowly moved to the category "6 points out of 5" in my book... Edit2 on 5.5.25: Got it at last for a very good price. This scent is just unbelievable... The highest form of (magnolia) freshness. I already bought Pour Monsieur in between as a replacement because they are similar. Pour Monsieur is certainly woodier and slightly sweeter too. Cristalle Eau Verte is unisex. The Bvlgari's Mon Jasmin Noir L'Eau Exquise is mentioned as similar -- well, I have that incredible scent as well and yes, they are similar, Bvlgari's one is a lot sweeter. These two and Pour Monsieur seem to grasp a certain spring freshness in a perfect way. These three are light green by the smell -- exactly as the colour suggests. Edit3 on 12.07.25: After having used it a lot during my vacation it turned out that it doesn't last much on clothes where I mostly use my perfumes. I had to reapply this 3-4 times a day.

I had never heard of this Cristalle flanker. Generally speaking, I didn't OG Cristalle particularly well either until I purchased the EDT a few years ago to get to know it better, but I was certainly aware of it's existence. In retrospect, I wish I had gone for the EDP over the EDT, but in the end, the important thing is that my interest in Cristalle is what brought Eau Verte into my life, and I love it! I'm not a big fan of citrus scents generally speaking. They work well if you crave something refreshing in the heat, but the notes themselves don't tend to capture my fancy. But throw a little clean, non-cloying, and non-indolic magnolia in the mix, and my fancy has been caught! Like it's mother, Eau Verte doesn't seem so much to attach itself to my skin, but instead it gives me this illusion of floating around me, not on me. While moderate, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised with both the longevity and slight projection it possesses. It will even leave a soft sillage in it's wake when sprayed on clothes that flow with you when you walk. Being Chanel, naturally there are also exquisite flowers lending support, all balanced on a cloud of musk. This is easily one of the best blind buys I have ever made, and I am looking forward to wearing it in the heat, giving me a refreshing citrus/floral blast without sacrificing an ounce of sophistication.

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming” Neruda. Imagine someone trimmed away all the flowers on Earth during one spring morning and left only aromatic foliage, crushed leaves, wet grass, cut stems and lemon trees. Foliage, herbage and leafage come together to sing under the shade of the tree trunks and a misty breeze carries that green bite. You sit under one of those lemon trees and you pick one of the leaves and rub it between your fingers, you collect recently cutted iris stems, green milky sap tingles your nose. Holly Chlorophyll, Batman. Conjuring a garden in full spring glory without the predictable overdosage of florals is hard enough, but done in a way that is transparently synthetic and still managing to convey a believable feel of botanical hyper-realism is a bit of a feat. A garden without a hint of dirt or earthiness, of course, this is a Chanel after all. Less sharp than Balmain’s Vent Vert, less diaphanous than Bel Respiro and more casual than No. 19. If you like that typical elusive class and cold feel of a Chanel, you’re in a bucolic mood but you want to steer away from the flower-braided pastoral cliches and well-kept gardens, I highly recommend this to you.

Cristalle Eau Verte... What a bright, classy, innocent perfume created by the famous house of Chanel! Cristalle Eau Verte starts out with an incredible burst of energizing lemon and bergamot, which aren't too sweet but also not sour. It's so juicy! I feel like I'm drinking a refreshing lemonade! It dries down to a neroli-jasmine combo, with floral and musky hints. Dries down beautifully, we can conclude. However, the main note is definitely the lemon, in the whole stages of this perfume. The thing about Cristalle Eau Verte is, even being a totally citric and refreshing perfume, it does never lose the class Chanel has used us to. With this, you can wear it daily, being perfect for warmer weather, but also in the office, or even on special occasions, like a wedding. It's not a very complex perfume, but it's something you appreciate for its quality and energy. It feels like a wake up in the morning. Oh, and this one is definitely to be shared and enjoyed by both sexes; it would make a perfect citric fragrance, for both men and women alike. If you're looking for a classy yet completely refreshing summer perfume, wheter you're a man or a woman, give this one a try.

This was very unexpected. Cristalle Eau Verte always seemed throw away to me from the notes to some of the reviews. I recently came into a bottle, and it blew my expectations away. This is one of the juiciest and bright lemon/bergamot openings I have tried. I typically shy away from lemon bomb openings, and I had initially struggled heavily with Cristalle EdP's citrus top note. But Eau Verte is a totally different direction. Once the amazing sparkles from the opening dissipate, the lemon stays and gets creamy/waxy floral with that magnolia--it all just feels irresistible as you melt away in uplifting and cool greenness along with it. Smelling the sprayer gives me fragrant lemon in ice water, the heft of the bottle itself feeling like you're holding a decadent cold drink. It feels natural, it feels elevated. It is safe in the most happily secure way. This isn't a statement perfume except if you're trying to let everyone know you're staying home all day to smell this perfume over and over. The joy truly is in reapplying this. I think you'd want to even if it did last a little longer.

Lovely and refreshing, on my skin this comes out at lemon rind and bergamot, with very pale and indefinite flowers on the background, maybe some magnolia. No sweetness whatsoever to be found here, like a glass of unsweetened iced green tea with a large slice of lemon in it. It is probably the lightest Chanel I ever had, which is good for summer time. I like the original Cristalle, but the fact that this has no resemblance to that one doesn't bother me a bit. If I was to compare it to other fragrances, I would compare it to Hermes Concentre d'orange verte, and Dior Escale a Portofino, and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. This one is sort of in between those 3, with more dryness and more lemon peel. Not very "chanelish" in character, as it lacks complexity, but very very pleasant. I got it in a swap, thank you Gillie, and I like it a lot, I can see myself drowsing in it in hot summer days! Actually I love it! A keeper for me!

I sprayed Cristalle Eau Verte on my wrists this morning and immediately thought of those paper straws that are filled with lemon powdery sugar candy. It is the beginning of February. The days are getting longer and I am anticipating spring. I wanted to wear something with magnolia in it because I had been searching out new magnolia fragrances. Then I remembered Cristalle Eau Verte. It is so beautiful! I'm not looking for another magnolia fragrance now. I last wore my Cristalle Eau Verte in July of 2023. I was still a bit on the fence about it. No straddling the fence now. I love this fragrance. My bottle was purchased before the 2023 version. I'm not sure if they are the same. I really want a back up of this fragrance. Chanel has raised their prices though. Now I'm on the fence about the new price. I will let you know what I decide.

With the arrival of summer here I've taken Cristalle Eau Verte out of its winter hibernation bed, and wow, each year when I do this I am reminded of why Cristalle Eau Verte always has a place of honour between my summer scents since I discovered it about 15 years ago. This is all about the fresh lemon done in the most perfect way, along with beautiful neroli and magnolia. It is simple, classic and so elegant. I think with this one, in warmer and hot weather, you can use it any day at any moment for any occasion and you can never go wrong with it... as long as you love lemon ;) For this kind of scent family, and despite all the comments I've read about it not lasting long, the performance is outstanding on my skin. It lasts nearly the whole day and is very present to me most of the time.

I got it in the 2010s and it has been my summer signature scent. The citrusy and white floral scents blend very well together and create a happy, crisp and youthful profile. The white floral is not nauseating and hides behind the citrusy scent. It is feminine but neither girly nor sweet. It lasts all day on my skin and several days on my clothes. The sillage is quite impressive so I only do 1-2 sprays. Longevity is longer than a day. It doesn't resemble any Chanel fragrance I experienced before, including the original Cristalle, which is much smokier and better for cold weather. I was bummed that Chanel discontinued it for a while and stopped using it daily. Now that it has come back, I'm finishing up my first bottle and am excited to get the new edition.

I absolutely love this! Contrary to most peoples thoughts (judging by the reviews here) I actually think Cristalle eau verte is quite complex. Starts out with a refreshing blast of bergamot and lemony citruses, the clean strength and lasting power of neroli. It then becomes quite green and fresh to me, I also swear I get a hit of black pepper...seriously I do, although no such spiciness or seasoning is present. A base of musk which is present throughout the entire transition finishes off this fragrance. This oozes Chanel class and for me could easily be a unisex fragrance, I wouldn't bat an eyelid about wearing it. I love how different this is to the original which is too bold and old Skool feminine for my tastes. I may well get this for summer.

A beautiful, contemporary yet uncomplicated Chanel fragrance, unfairly overlooked by many. While I appreciate the originality of Henri Robert's creation (Cristalle edt, 1974), I'm not a fan of it so I kept ignoring Eau Verte, thinking it must be a greener, tarter, colder version of the original. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong. It's luminous and breezy like the verdant, fresh air of spring. (Aroussa mentioned fresh tulips and I coundn't agree with her more.) Although many other reviews have cited that it doesn’t seem at all related to the original fragrance, to my nose the drydown reveals the carefree, younger sibling of Cristalle. A wonderful, fresh, very wearable expression of a sring flower bouquet. My new spring favourite!

This is my absolute favorite Chanel fragrance, and I did not like the original at all ( I wanted to after I read the notes but it just smelled like soil to me. Too earthy for my skin.) but I absolutely love every part of Cristalle eau Verte, from the top notes (green, crisp, and lemony with just the right amount of sweetness)to the heart (creamy and rich smelling florals) to the finish (a lightly floral musk). It's the perfect summer fragrance for me and I find it to be very modern and refreshing but still unique and classy, true to the Chanel brand. It's feminine but I find it to be dry and green enough that a man could even get away with wearing it. I absolutely love it, it's my favorite Chanel other than the Les Exclusifs Beige.

I love all the versions of Cristalle. Edp and edt smell similar but maybe edt a bit more luminous. This way verte smells completely different than Cristalle edp or edt. Most Chanel’s fragrances smell different between edt edp parfum. This smells so fresh like a fizzy sprite lime lemon drink. Very effervescent. Perfect for humid hot weather. I can’t stop smelling my arms. It’s a little pricy but chanel is amazing. I do miss the complexity of the regular Cristalle. But I have the edp in Cristalle so I wanted a different fragrance. I recommend if u like fresh fizzy fragrances. Can be a little one dimensional but I still can’t stop smelling it. Very unisex. Anyone can wear it

I found the original Cristalle such a disappointment I was a little leary to try this flanker. But I decided to brave it out... First spritz on skin, this is a bright juicy lemon. Not screechy like Trouble but refreshing and bracing. I sniffed this up for a few minutes and then horror of horrors, the dark green monster reared it's ugly head. I thought oh no, here we go again, the awful dank mossy dreariness of regular Cristalle seemed to creep through and try to disrupt the citrus clarity. But, just as quickly as it came it seemed to morph into whafts of mandarin tinged with jasmine and white flowers. Very beautiful to behold!

I chose to try this because of the message I got here in fragrantica about citrus scents. I must say this is another beautiful composition of citruses and flowers by Chanel. Elegant, fresh and full of citrus and greenness. Just how I like them. It's crystal clear. It has a little spice and might seem sharp, but not in an annoying way. At least not for me. I know they are not so similar but Chanel chance eau fraiche and this one have some things in common and I would choose Chanel Chance eau fraiche over this one. (Both are green and citrusy, this one here is sharper than Chanel Chance eau fraiche.)

I have a longevity and sillage problem with most chanels EXCEPT cristalle eau verte!!! FIX THE VOTES PEOPLE! cristalle eau verte is one underrated GEM. citrusy, green but not bitter and chypre-ish, but fresh and uplifting. Its the best green zesty and juicy lemon and bergamot scent with an aromatic magnolia heart. when i finished my bottle i thought ill replace with chance eau fraiche but tried it a the couter and it doesnt have the lighthearted feel and crispy freshness of eau verte. lasts longer than any summer fragrance i own. so big like:) scent: 7+/10 longevity: 6/10 sillage: 5/10

Here I am again. Last summer I was singing the praises of this light and classy and feminine Chanel creation. I'm still with it this summer. Only I have discovered a new diminution to it: yesterday, I spritzer it on myself before leaving work. Then about 20 minutes passed... I got on the elevator with a colleague...she sniffed the air in the small little space of the elevator and said, "Mmm, fresh tulips!" I was amazed. Perhaps that's it, she nailed it. That elusive indescribable air to this Verte Cristall. Fresh tulips - I love it!