J'adore Parfum d'Eau

I went to the Macy's before Christmas to buy this as a gift for a girl friend who wanted it and then tested it on a blotter and ended up loving it enough to buy it for me too. I love the bottle in the pearl white color. For me personally this is much better than J'adore (as in just J'adore) which continue to sell at all Macy's fragrance department stores. As you spray it, it comes off oddly enough not like a typical perfume but a lotion. Smells like a very expensive, high quality luxury hand and body cream. Milky and smooth, buttery, sweet but mostly clean. The white flowers are well-blended and not heavy at all, rather soft but still very much a fragrant example of what they are supposed to smell like. The magnolia, the jasmine, possibly an unlisted orange blossom. You have to be into white floral scents in order to like this. The jasmine has little green touches here and there enhanced with neroli and citrus but this is not a big orange fruity perfume. It's strictly white floral with creamy magnolia and jasmine. Both these flowers are big enough on their own but together they really deliver a very pleasant floral smoothie type of thing. This is so delicious. Some have said it reminds them of Dove soap (the classic white one) and or Nivea cream. To me it's neither. It's just like some divine white hand and body lotion that I wish was real! Can't they make a body lotion out of this one? When you wear this on your skin, it's refreshing, calming, soapy and bathy, like having taken a bath in milk and white flowers. It's better on skin than in the air. I like to put this on as I am drying after a shower. The clean white flowers smell so good. Downside is the poor longevity. On me less than 2 hours. The scent is also linear and very simple without much character or personality. It's so much like a skin product that smells floral, only slightly herbal and milky smooth, creamy and soft. Feminine but possibly unisex for the guy who likes clean bathy soapy aromas. The scent lingers for a while to the point where I am not picking up on any base notes. There has to be more going on in this formula and has got to have unlisted notes we are not being told about. Maybe there's white musk. Maybe there is amber. But definitely no wood or green notes other than the little green there is in jasmine leaf and or orange blossom along with neroli. But it's color is definitely white. It's probably a little too lactonic and 'body cream' for a wedding day scent. It is very nice if you like soapy fragrances, white florals, creamy lotion scents. Good for any time of the year but best in spring and summer.

If Dior is reading: Sell this in attar oil form. You took Arabic oud, put it in your scents and are now selling it. This is one of the best DIOR DNA's I've ever smelled. It's linear jenneh (heaven). I remember being a teen in the late 90s, I forever mourn the loss of my precious CD Poison OG formula. Now, she's a shadow of her former self. I still recall the launch of the original J'adore. I purchased a giant bottle and I don't think I even used half. I moved to a warmer climate, it's tropical weather and I find white florals far too powdery. Fortunately, this isn't a powdery scent AT ALL. This is that scent you can wear to the gym, MD office, it's intimate and luxurious. Inoffensive, yet, the ultimate form of competency. I adore the green notes dancing with the neroli and jasmine. This should have a matching lotion. I understand the non alcoholic route but this gorgeous DNA would work wonders in an 3ttar oil for those of us willing to pay for it. If you're living in a tropical climate, work out, sweat, active? This is the scent to get one motivated. I can tell there's some synthetic notes in here as it's not completely photorealistic & in that dry down the signature Dior DNA which for me = pure comfort and familiarity. Feminine, class, sophistication, a modern day take on what I believe Renaissance royals would have worn. The bottle is beautiful w/o any cheesy gimmicks. Since Dior has some of their flowers sourced from one grower with an exclusive contract, no one can replicate this scent b/c specific flowers are sourced right out of Grasse. Fr. Some of us are willing to pay for this non powdery beauty in pure oil form. This has now become my new favorite white floral frag despite I feel it's over priced diluted with water & longevity. Attar + lotion would fix this.💓💓

I got this fragrance yesterday, and I must say I’m quite impressed by it. Like some have already said, it’s a very “modern” inspired version of J’Adore, gently hinting at the OG J’Adore, but with a something-something (I’m looking at you, magnolia) driving it somewhere else. It lacks the structure of alcohol-based perfumes as far as development of the scent; it’s quite linear. What you smell is what you’ll get throughout its wear. To me, it’s much like a body mist. Very discreet, non-offensive, non-complex, “grab-and-go” kind of scent. Performance is actually decent for a non-alcohol perfume: I get about 4-5 hours longevity, with somewhat “loud” (again, not alcohol-based perfume loud) projection for the first 30-minutes, then sitting close to skin for the next lasting period. I do get whiffs of it everyone so often, but it’s non-offensive and quite discreet. Performs like a body range lotion or body milk, and lasting power like that of a BBW cream. I mainly use it after a shower to freshen up, and then layer my other perfumes on top. Seems to give it some depth and a hint of “different” to my combos. I’m really enjoying this one so far. The sprayer is pressurized and will distribute nicely. I gently shake the bottle before use to try and not have white blobs of scented water dispersed. The liquid itself is not transparent (it’s actually white), so it feels like they’ve watered down the body milk and made it into “perfume”. Not sure if this is really necessary; but it’s a good choice for people who can’t use alcohol-based fragrances. It definitely performs so much better than Chanel No.1 Rouge; it actually feels like a response to this Chanel mist. To each their own... try it yourself and see how it goes!

I was introduced to this flanker while intending to purchase the original J’adore EDP at my local department store. I did not expect to like d'Eau as much as I did. It’s a softer, creamier and slightly more aquatic version of the original EDP that I love. The small changes tone down some of the ‘screechier’ notes in the original, making it slightly more modern and youthful (in my opinion). As many people mentioned below, it smells like the ultimate “out of the shower” scent. Like clean, fresh skin on a woman. The only caveat about this flanker is its longevity; it is certainly not as long-lasting as the original. I tried a spray of each version on my wrists and on my skin d’Eau only lasted a couple hours, whereas the original was still going strong 3+ hours in. This might not be entirely a bad thing though; the softer sillage of d’Eau makes it much more wearable for the office and other places where people might be sensitive to scents. I should also add that my boyfriend much preferred d’Eau over the two. He said it was less “thick” (god bless him for his lack of perfume terminology!). The design of the bottle is also gorgeous. I did notice that the spray on this one comes out like a fine mist, which I also really enjoyed. Overall I find this to be a very well-done flanker in the J’adore line, which will hopefully help bring on a whole new generation to appreciate this iconic perfume. I am also now leaning more heavily on purchasing this one over the original :) Edit: After trying this one a few times (via my sample spray), I am ultimately really disappointed with the longevity, and decided that I won't be purchasing. If it was longer lasting, I would definitely have purchased this.

When you first spray this,you feel underwhelmed,because you just think:Nivea body cream (the classic one). Then as the perfume notes progress (and yes you have stages),you can detect the Jasmine and that J’Adore dna somewhere in the background and it becomes dryer and thus more soapy-powdery than the initial very creamy notes you first get. The spray nozzle is perfect emits a beautiful fine spray mist that suits the style,the color and the type of this fragrance. Cleaness and finesse. Is it groundbreaking and original and does it’s price tag justifies what you get in return?No.Not because it isn’t a lovely perfume,but simply because it is done before,as it is extremely similar to Azzaro twin for women (the white one).Both project and last long,they are almost identical,and Azzaro twin is extremely affordable compared to the dior. Also,the Azzaro spray nozzle is amazing and sprays similarly as the Dior does. This perfume projects and lasts long enough,and stays on clothes too.I don’t get the reviews saying it doesn’t.Ι can feel it constantly emitting around me.It’s performance is very very good,no complains there. Perhaps some reviewers got fake ones?Who knows... I feel that depending on the aspect you go for ,you will have to choose the appropriate season/climate to get the best of it.If you want the lotiony-creaminess then choose humid or rainy weather (you will get some green notes as it projects too).If you prefer its drier more powdery aspect,then go for dry colder weather.I prefer the latter. 😌