Chanson d'Eau

After years and years of absently looking at this green bottle in the boudoir of my mother's perfumes, until one day I decided to take it out and looked at it better ... "Chanson d’Eau" a French name !? Strange... I thought (in my ignorance) it will be an occasion or a recycled gift !? read the label below ... COTY !!! How COTY !!!? I asked for further explanations to my mother who candidly replied: She is there she forgot Paola years ago (ex-wife of my brother) she probably didn't like it (having received it as a gift in turn) she never claimed it in the time it remained there .... Anyway !!! I tried it immediately and was dazzled: At the juste pulvérisé very fresh triumphant notes of citrus flooded my sensory (now after years and years almost a green distillate) at the dry aromatic basil emerged in all its magnificence with delicate floral notes of lavender and jasmine ... I was amazed... This fragrance is crazy !!! At the unmistakable dry down, the warm and enveloping base of sandalwood and Tonka bean. Naturally my investigations deepened here on Fragrantica and I noted that it is a fragrance from 1995 (in full fruity era - gourmand) that is much loved, at low cost. Fragrance with an aromatic, fresh, green Sillage, fragile and evanescent duration. Democratic price. I guarantee you that it keeps splendidly even after years of total stasis. Chapeau Coty

A lovely fresh, green fragrance which I'm loving at the moment. I remember having this years ago (in my teens) then somehow forgot about it until I saw it pop up on ebay. Got a 200ml bottle for just over £8. Was hoping it would be as nice as I remembered - it's even better. So glad I bought it. In fact I've ordered another one 😊 it lasts ages on me and I certainly won't be forgetting about this little beauty ever again. Excellent value for money.

For me this is an absolute classic. It's cheap, it's from the 90s, it has crazy good longevity for a green perfume of that price. One of my and my Mama's all-time favourites - a go-to perfume when nothing else works. It's herbal, green, uplifting like a classic cologne, but like I said – the sillage and longevity is far better than a cologne. If you don't know it and you love green, fresh scents - go for it and blind buy!

I can't imagine not having this in my wardrobe, even if I were to use it once a year! When winter comes to an end and the world around is grey, but the warm and humid wind from the Atlantic brings some fresh drizzle and thus gives me the hope for the spring, this is the time for Chanson d'Eau. And so it has been for the past 17 years:)

This is Irish Spring Soap in a bottle, very green, citrusy and soapy in a good way. I love it, It doesn't irritate my nose, i feel like i literally stepped out of the shower, this will be something id be wearing for the entire summer. Scent develops into a musky scent after 3-4 hours, longevity is okay, but i got compliments!

Oooh , how I remember this.... One of those inexpensive supermarket and yet fantastic smelling perfume. It was one of those typical summer scents, refreshing, aquatic ,fruity and yet NOT sticky sweet. Really loved it . In France we had a terrible catchy annoying TV ad for this perfume >

There is nothing in the world like Chanson d'Eau....la la la lalalala ....sorry it HAD to be said! Wow I loved this fragrance in my 20s, so fresh, so crisp, amazing simplicity and cheap. Still can be obtained cheaply on amazon. Go for it, you can't go wrong. Happy memories indeed.

The smell of my youth....I had this perfume about 15 years ago when I was 14-15 years old and I couldn`t afford an expensive perfume... it smell as green stuff, very fresh. Still like it. I think that I`ll buy it again.

Fresh,green and aromatic. You will smell like shop with herbs. Can be unisex. Strong cardamom note. Many will thinks Its kinda old fashioned tho

thats pure green freshnesh,I use it as office freshner or even when I feel stressed as a moment of calm in my fingers,green wet summer

Running errands that day in Mercadona (a Spanish supermarket very popular for their in-house toiletry) may have triggered my fancy for a fresh, revigorating scent! That pretty depolished green bottle caught my eye. I've tried the tester under its splash form and adored the burst of aromatic citrus straight away! Then, I spontaneously bought a Chanson d'Eau gift set containing: that pretty 100ml glass bottle spray, a cute 15ml travel spray, an enormous-sized deodorant spray and 200ml shower gel. Full price was between 8-10 euros, can't remember exactly. Still, it's incredibly cheap, even for Spain! It’s available as we speak. That juice is very very good, which proves further that high price point doesn't have to be the crucial quality denominator. It opens with cheerful citrus, clean lavender. So pleasant. Then, it warms down to mandarin peel, basil and woods. I'm not a super fan of basil in perfumes in general, it smells too warm, intrusive and masculine on me. But I recognize it gives some personality. I wish the cardamom was incisive, that would cut down the warmth from basil. What a shock discovering mango among the notes! Although I can't get mango, I guess it's that ingredient that lends that ever so light sweetness in the dry down. Sillage is quite strong. I must take it easy with spraying because that basil will give me headaches otherwise. Longevity is fine. The aromatic (basil again!) and woody parts are very heavy on clothing. I'd consider that juice unisex ADD ON: paired with Demeter's Thunderstorm, it makes the latter wearable. I would go as far as to say it saves it. More details on that under my review on Demeter's Thunderstorm ;)

Well this is a trip! I found the full set of the notes in this on another site and now it makes much more sense, because honestly the notes listed here might be misleading on what this actually smells like. Top notes: mint, basil, mandarin, lemon, bergamot, orange, lavender, hyacinth Middle notes: Jasmin, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, mango, pineapple, green cardamom Base notes: iris, sandalwood, bamboo, musk, tonka bean First spray. BOOM! An explosion of greenness and citrus! At first you get grass. Very quickly that turns to zesty lime. Zingy lime sorbet sprinkled with blades of fresh green grass. The lime vibe must come from the lemon and bergamot?! The tangy sorbet probably from pineapple. Then after not too long it calms down to a gentle green, citrusy quietly floral skin scent. Super clean and super fresh, without smelling like washing up liquid. A tad detergenty but only in that you’ll have a bit of a fresh laundry smell about you. It’s so pretty! I’m enjoying wearing it today but I suspect this will be wonderful on very hot days. I’m so glad I bought it that I’m already considering getting a 200ml bottle to store in case it isn’t in production anymore. If had a good comparison I’d let you know, but this is unusual in many ways. However I think it would be a safe bet if you like Elizabeth Arden green tea, as that also dries down to more of a clean skin scent, this this one is way less herbal and musky.

I only have the natural spray and deodorant set, haven't seen the edt for a very long time.. This is fresh, with barely anything sweet going on. Like fresh cut grass with lemon peel and garden herbs and juniper (i get no lavender) really refreshing, almost like a mojito! I'd say brings Eau d' Rochas to mind even for a split second, so if you're a fan give this a go too. This is a budget scent you'd be grateful for in the summer heat when everything else is annoyingly sticky and sweet. I think men could give this a go too - the drydown is kind of unisex in my book!

I think It is the best chanson d' something. Fresh, green, gentle. It's not unnecessary sweet like today's perfumes. I'm still keeping a big bottle. It reminds me of my own freshness.Very young, very innocent, very romantic, very hopefull times.

This smells like fresh, herbal water. It is a timeless fragrance that is perfect for really hot days. However its lasting power is poor for an EDT. If it stayed longer on my skin, it would be a staple for me. I guess I won't repurchase.

O de Lancome meets Dove. Very fresh with a creamy undercurrent, I’m enjoying it in hot, still weather. A nice find for 6 euros!

Used to wear this in school, and now is my mother's signature fragrance. Timeless and lovely. Very recognizable! :)

dated? never. in fact, this is how every woman should smell during summer, like she just got out of shower.

I just saw 100ml for 5€ on a discounter. For that price this is a masterpiece. :D Lovely.

I could swear I detect musk in it.