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all of courrèges’ perfume bottles had me hooked, so I asked the sales associate for something with a fresh laundry vibe from the line, and they suggested this one. initially, it wasn’t my favorite, so I set it aside and tried out some other options. as I left the store with a different perfume, I noticed a soft hint of fruit mixed with that clean, fresh laundry scent, which turned out to be this fragrance. I regret not buying it, but totally will after my new bottle finishes.

It's love for me. An airy, gentle, soapy scent with some woodiness in the drydown. It's extremely beautiful to me, also extremely expensive. I have a hard time justifying this price tag for this scent.

Lovely clean, light, floral in a gossamer musky cloud. The ambroxen is undetectable to me here (I loathe ambroxen). Perfect Spring/Summer scent & perfect for layering.

Sometimes ambroxan, iso E super etc. when used at reasonable ratio, has a quite pleasant effect to my nose (see Escentric Molecules, Comme Des Garçons, Armani Privé etc.) Such is the case here. While I often bemoan fragrances that use these powerful materials in ways that block out the rest of the notes, here it acts as a woody unifier making everything smell a lot like delicious red cedar oil. Slightly left of unisex, this kind of one-note scent (which there is a huge market for including me) really drives home the point that perfume prices are absurdly high right now. Something will give when we just refuse to pay this kind of money for this kind of thing. But price aside, this one smells good. 3 out of 5.

I'm surprised how negative these reviews lean! I quite like this scent! It's my perfect "laundry" scent and, for me, it's a much more wearable "laundry" scent then others out there from the category (Blanche from Byredo for example - or anything else in the category that rely on aldehydes..) I do get the comparison to other "skin scents" but this has more amber (ambroxan), giving it a deeper, richer base than fragrances like fleur de peau. I often wear this to sleep or on days spent at home when I want to feel extra cozy, clean, and fresh. Definitely my favorite from this line but I've yet to try to new hyper- releases (mirrored bottles).