See by Chloé Si Belle

I did NOT expect to love this one, but I do! What a pleasant surprise, one of my favourite new launches of 2015. Has very little to do with the original, and, that's great. Sure, there are 'tons of white florals' and 'boring orange blossoms' and a lot of things are not original - but hey, I have a gardenia-radar, and in mainstream scents gardenias are not trending at the moment. Not many new launches with this note. I keep my eye out on EVERYTHING new with Gardenias. Opens very fresh, as if there were some citrus or abstract 'apple blossoms' in it (however, there isn't), transforms into something in the likes of Chloe, Love Story for a while and then goes straight into creamy, massive, gardenia with heavy, smooth, velvety petals. Gorgeuous. This creamy, beautiful gardenia reminds me of the very drydowon of Marc Jacobs Woman or Collection Extraordinaire Gardenia Petale from Van Cleef & Arpels. If you are into gardenias, like I am, and non-heady white florals, thiswill be just lovely to you. Well done, Chloe.

The opening is a floral smack in-your-face, lol. So so strong, I can definitely detect gardenia in there, but birch leaf and cucumber make this girl just a liiiiiitle bit more green. Then jasmine and orange blossom kicks in, creating this divine floral cloud over my skin. The dry down on me is a bit green but still very florally, jasmine and orange blossom are still there and they stay with you all the way to the end. Wearing this little beauty makes me feel like I'm taking a tour in a well groomed opened flower garden that has just recently stopped raining. However the flowers are not fully bloomed, somes are just buds, somes are starting to bloom. It is pleasant indeed, floral but not too overpowering. Very refreshing and absolutely lovely. Great for everyday especially spring.

I've had this for three years after blind-buying it from the clearance section of Marshall's. I have to admit I knew very little about fragrance at the time and this was probably the third fragrance I'd ever bought. I've come to love this one, even though I was initially repulsed by the combination of leather and extreme greenness. However! That, as well as the admittedly very strong gardenia, have kept me coming back to this scent time and time again, although I could never use it daily. It's just too strong and even sharp for that. Mentally, I've labeled it my bad-bitch perfume, and it's really done wonders for my sanity in periods where I've felt heartbroken or uncertain about what I'm doing, which is often, to be honest. I'm so glad I picked it up.

This is a clean and elegant scent. The opening is slightly fruity, but not too much; the heart is floral (gardenia mixed with neroli), but not overpowering. It's very well-balanced with green notes, which give it a nice freshness. The dry-down shows some wood and musk, but it's still airy. All in all, it's a very balanced and well-made perfume that is also versatile: daytime and evening wear. Sillage is good and has good staying power (on the skin and on clothes).

oh what a wonderful scent. Got it yesterday and I am absolutely in love with. It`s so feminin and pretty nice, sweet (but not too) and fine, elegant and young, but also for Ladys in the higher ages. If you love Happy from Clinique, you will like this too.

sweet sweet SWEET!!!! Soooo adorable!!! It made me kind of dizzy at first,as if puting my nose into very very pleasant flower...Felt like i was a bee,couldt stop smelling again and again! Definatelly want it!!!

It is more than avarage floral fruity perfumes out there. The birch gives it some smokiness. The notes are blended well and it is quite a classy type of clean floral fruity smell.

Very pretty scent. I fell in love with Chloe because of this scent. It smells like a clean rose fragrance and I’m here for it.

It nice but quite strong on me. I prefer to wear it on a night out.

This reminds me of a leather jacket drenched in rose-dominated floral perfume. I'm a huge gardenia fan and why I can't smell it in this fragrance, I'm not sure. This was a blind buy but I don't regret it. I realize rose and leather aren't a big part of the composition but it's almost all I get! It was quite bitter when I first sprayed it. I don't find it subtle! I find it to evoke a dominant and perhaps somewhat standoffish femininity. I want to wear it when it is bitterly cold - in the heat it would be too suffocating. After a few hours on my skin, it loses a great deal of its bitter edge and becomes a more inviting floral. There is just a hint of warm spiciness that comes out under the flowers, which is a lovely sensation. It hasn't lost its potency and it definitely won't let me forget that I'm wearing it. This fragrance is far more dominant than I prefer most of the time, but I am growing into this one. It wasn't what I was looking for, but it's what I wanted... if you can make sense of that!

I generally like everything there is about See by Chloe. This is not similar to other flankers, but I like it too. It's rather well-composed considering, it's all about white flowers. I sense all of them: neroli, gardenia and orange blossom. It could be really sharp and bitter, but it's not at all. I find it subtle and elegant. More of a daytime scent of a serious business woman. The birch note is really interesting. I sense it intensely for some reason and it reminds me of sauna at the countryside. Totally wearable great white floral!

Soft but strong, sweet but sexy. Si Belle tell another story compare to the original version. This one reminds me of a confident woman who is fearless and ready to open any door to see the new world. It's a pretty floral scent with a twist. Birch leaf gives some dusty feeling to the floral and creamy base is so gorgeous. Unfortunately, it's limited edition so I cannot wear it as much as I want. Common, Chloe!! Why did you do that to all of your amazing fragrances?!

Okay this smells EXACTLY like a flower shop or a lush garden. I would recommend this to someone who loves the smell of fresh cut flowers, or works in a flower shop... I think people would think you got this scent from real flowers, since it's not too enormous and offensive. The scent is very pure white flowery, not soapy. Very nice.

To those who remember Absolutely Irresistible by Givenchy, this is very similar but with far less sweetness. I actually find it slightly bitter. First tried it today, didn't like the opening but the middle notes and dry-down are amazing. Might also be one of the few leather scents that actually suit me well. :D Big like.

At first it smells quite greenish, is it a birch leaf? :) But after a while I can smell fresh floral notes, nice and refreshing. All in all, it's pleasant fragrance for green scents' lovers.

I had used that perfume when I was a teenager and it made me feel so feminine and cute, it was lasting for hours and sometimes days!

It reminds me Roberto Cavalli so much, it's nice but not a love.

Very White floral, and all about The gardenia.

I don’t get any white florals in this even after the dry down. On initial spray you get .. Citrus , Bitter orange , with faint woody amber notes On the dry down you’re left with only the citrus .. sourness ? Personally don’t like the sour notes for the summer🥲 because in my country we get so much humidity so I prefer more fresh light perfumes. I currently use it for layering with other perfumes.

Kinda strong for me really. Its very overwhelming. Thid is one that will prolly give me a headache. The top notes are too strong