Tres Jourdan

This is gorgeous. Both in presentation and smell. The bottle is unique and maybe the perfume was ahead of it's time. Could probably be re-classified as fruity-floral. It's a balmy spring evening here in Adelaide and I was just out in the garden when a lovely smell wafted my way. I wondered if it was one of my flowers or even the freshly washed laundry I'd just hung out, but then I realised I'd just put on a little Tres Jourdan and that was it. Really lovely. I don't know if many of todays literally thousands of fruity-florals are as good. If they are I wish I knew which ones they are, because I don't like that fake fruit chemical smell so much. Tres Jourdan comes close to capturing the joy of fresh flowers combined with sweet, lush fruits. It is discreet but some fragrances are so lovely it's fun to keep sniffing my wrist or waving my arm to keep the fragrance wafting around.

My bottle(s) say “Eau de Parfum Concentre..” It is simply another variation of Trésor... and the quality is similar to first Trésor formula..

06. January 2011 Launched in 1992? This could be easily as one of the nowdays floral-fruity fragrances, so consider it as somekind of the prototype of modern perfumery.. No wonder that when i have applied it today i wasn ́t excited a lot, but as i remember back in the days when i was a teenager this fragrance was quite unique. Partly because of the bottle, partly because of the scent itself. Laura Biagiotti ́s "Venezia pastello" smells actually quite the same, only more concentrated. When at first you get all the fruits the drydown is mostly all about peachy rose and lightest hint of tuberose. Actually it is still very nice but as i have written earlier,nowdays there are a lot of similar scents widely available, so this one has lost it ́s value and you ca buy something cheaper and more affordable. Nevertheless i still love it: partly because of the bottle, partly because of the memories, partly because of the fragrance itself :)) P.S. The lasting power is sadly not the best, on my skin it dissapears mostly after a half an hour sadly. I have to sniff it very close on my skin to detect it. UPDATE: (2015), now i also purchased a bottle of EDP concentree, and i like it more, than the EDT, it is more juicy and peachy, than EDT, which is more watery to my nose. Still like it, and i must say i was wrong by saying that this smells like a modern fragrance. No, it is not a modern sweet fragrance but at the same time it doe not smell vintage and one can easily wear it nowdays as well.

It took me a while to pinpoint it but I’ve finally figured out what Tres Jourdan reminds me of - it’s a dead ringer for Dial Gold. I’m not sure why, but I get zero fruity or floral notes from this fragrance. All I smell is dollar-store liquid soap. Perhaps it’s the musk overpowering everything else? I wanted so much to like Tres Jourdan, but to me it comes across as cheap, tawdry even, like some brightly colored discount dupe spray from a sales shelf straight outta the 90’s. If it’s not already obvious, suffice to say that Tres Jourdan isn’t for me. It’s especially disappointing because I love the bottle design and I bought it because it’s got a similar name to mine, but sadly this will never be my scent, signature or otherwise. If you like this EDT, hit me up on Poshmark because I have a nearly-full bottle that is never going to get used.

I get lots and lots and lots of oakmoss not listed as a note plus lots of grapefruit for a tangy woody mossy fragrance. The main floral is heliotrope that dominates with a hint of apricot but this scent isn't sweet or fruity. It is oakmoss, grapefruit, heliotrope, musk in that order. There's a sharpness from the cassis leaf also. This scent is a bit bitter.