Chloé Eau de Parfum

Alright, Y'all, story time. So I'm in Sephora one day, probing almost every bottle on their shelf (a typical Sunday morning). This particular Sephora is on a busy street, you know, and happens to be in a very "luxurious" area of the city. Look our the window and you see things like Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Gucci stores, Dolce and Gabbana, Escada...you get it, it's THAT part of town where everybody is busy and no one is underdressed. And there was me in my Sunday sweatpants. So I was minding my own business, lost in the perfume world, and this lady comes in. Her heels were the loudest in this quiet store, she's wearing Leopard fur, with her Louis Vuitton handbag in one hand and another Louis Vuitton shopping bag the size of my fridge in another, strutting her way down the aisle, straight to the perfume section. She was maybe about 50, heavily perfumed, gold hoop earrings, about 20 rings on each finger. Her liquid lipstick smudged under her chin and she almost slips on the tile, letting out a dainty little "oh!" as she stumbled. ....and then she asks the sales girl standing behind me for Chloe. Chloe! CHLOE! Chloe - the epitome, the definition of young, modern, femininity. I stood a little off to the side as the girl found that precious little tester for her. The bottle was all cute and done up with its bow, pink and graceful. And I hear them talking loudly, Oh, no nononono, I want the biggest bottle that you have... This is the biggest bottle, ma'am, the biggest one we have... But THANK YOU LADY. She drew my attention to the bottle, I don't think I had smelled Chloe before. I was thinking to myself, what in the hell does Chloe smell like? Because when someone heads with such determination to the perfume shelves and asks for one in particular you have never smelled before, you will definitely be curious. Chloe smells like first love. Maybe she was the girl in your class, your lab partner, your crush. Maybe she was your first kiss. Maybe she was the biggest deal at school. Its a delicate little floral scent that just embodies happiness. And then I realize, maybe Chloe is one of those perfumes that is genuinely made for everybody - because it has that curious ability to take you back, back, and way back, to that wonderful time, whichever moment it may be for you, when joy was all you knew. I just thought, you know, in this downtown area, when everybody's walking pace is twice of mine, ladies with their feet aching in heels, eyes glued to their phones, black tote bags, where skyscrapers dominated and cars honked - maybe Chloe is all these ladies needed. To remind them of young, carefree days in the meadows. Mind you, that lady walked out with three of the biggest bottles of Chloe (and almost slipped again). I hope that lady wears her Chloe well. I hope it gives her as much happiness as it gives me. And I hope it reminds her of her first kiss, just like how I am reminded.

First off, I am so sick of perfume snobs leaving negative reviews about perfumes because they smell too "clean" or "common" or this or that. I can almost sense their noses being stuck up in the air while I read their reviews. I know everyone is allowed their opinion on here, but c'mon people, do we really all have to smell like $250 L'eau d'Oud of Silver Tibetan Unicorn Butts? Ok, now that that's out of the way, my review for this perfume... Chloe is the most expensive bar of soap I have ever purchased (lol). No, but really, this is an aggressively clean, soapy rose-like scent that is great for extremely hot days (like we have here in Southern California). It will have you smelling like you just took a shower ALL DAY. Yes, all day, because Chloe is the longest lasting perfume that I own. It will stay on clothes for literally days, and I wish all of my perfumes lasted this long! I don't care what kind of possibly toxic ingredients are in this perfume to make it last forever, I am just glad that a perfume still exists that doesn't disappear after 2 minutes (yeah, I'm talking about you L'Artisan). So what if I may smell "common" and/or too "clean" to certain individuals, and my perfume might be worn by a neighbor, and Chandler Burr hates it (the dude loves Tommy Girl, one of the most "common", "clean" scents ever made). Perfume is supposed to be fun, not an "I am better than you because I shop at Luckyscent" soap opera drama revolving around a perfume caste system. So, if you love extremely clean, soapy rose scents, Chloe is for you. Just beware of perfume snobs who smell like L'eau d'Oud of Silver Tibetan Unicorn Butts, they may not like it. ;0 Lastly, out of all the perfumes and oils I own, my fiancé has chosen this as his recent favorite. Why? Because he says that it smells like a "clean, fresh woman." I don't choose my perfumes based on what men like, but there you go - proof that men love this perfume, if you care about stuff like that!

chloe is very pretty, clean rose floral. the cedar note is what grounds this scent from being too one-note rose water. on me, chloe is very grounded and comforting. i can count on it to be a very stable performing scent as well. something i throw on when i dont wanna offend anyone around me and wear a white fitted cardigan and a long, flowy skirt, ill spray this and layer it with something cute like BBW sweetest song or glossier you to make it smell like me on steroids. i usually dislike white florals because they wear very screechy and loud on me, but chloe is very soft and balanced and does not overwhelm my natural scent. i feel like i can throw this on in the office and people will be like, awww you smell nice today darling. there are some floral perfumes that ppl wear in the office where im like damn i dont wanna smell this rn... but chloe is fine. shes not bothering anyone <3 definitely safe year-round, wouldnt reach for it at night but you could if you wanted to! also i think this would be very good as a going-to-meet-partner's-family scent.

A modern classic! Dewy, fresh, clean, pink florals perfect for springtime. Chloe was my wedding scent many years ago and I always enjoy revisiting it this time of year. This scent profile really is timeless and continues to inspire modern interpretations like Delina La Rosee, Lust in Paradise and Power Self, among others. Out of those I listed, I think Chloe is the cleanest and most transparent, but also the simplest. I always feel sophisticated, fresh and feminine when I wear this. It’s girly but serious at the same time; like something you wear to church or to meet the parents. Chloe has excellent performance and leaves a distinct trail as you move. Even though I don’t reach for this scent profile every day, I’ll always have Chloe in my collection because it still holds up. The correct notes according to Chloe: Top: peony Heart: rose petals, magnolia Base: cedar, ambergris

I got this as a gift from my aunt in vacation and this is the one of the rare big bottles I finished. Without knowing anything about it, I started to wear it in this windy and cold spring day, in a village at the top of a big mountain. It smelled so ethereal and beautiful, calm but alive with the crisp mountain air. So looking at the comments about this beauty people tend to say its safe and boring, soapy and demure etc. but without conceptualizing the scent and smelling as is, it has a otherworldly quality to it. You know, if you smell it on your mother or an colleague it would smell just good, but this is a beast waiting to be wake up, on open air settings on the right people. So I definitely recommend to ethereal floral lover girlies to give this a chance when you go hiking on a crisp day.