Tendre Poison

Tendre Poison by Christian Dior is now a new favorite of mine and I have to say, I've never smelt a perfume anything like it before! It's a very bright and uplifting scent and I don't find it too strong or too weak in intensity of smell. The bergamot and mandarin orange tickle my nose at the beginning with a hint of spice, ( must be the asafoetida) but it isn't incredibly citrusy to me. I get a hint of woodiness from the rosewood as well, but it's also not super strong here. All of these notes just keep the beginning as well as the rest of this perfume lovely and fresh and unique. The heart notes are then all about the tuberose, orange blossom and freesia, with a dash of sweet honey. It's a white floral perfume, but done in a very green and natural smelling way that's also equal parts alluring and mysterious. I'm not smelling the rose here, though. I'd say that the notes most prominent to me are the orange blossom and then the freesia, which is thankfully not a dirty smelling freesia as some freesias can be. In the base notes I can smell the musk, the heliotrope and a bit of the sandalwood but I can't smell any of the vanilla. All of this grounds this perfume and makes it fairly musky, like a green and white floral musky haze over the skin. I'd say that the vanilla probably adds some sweetness to this fragrance though. Sillage was fairly big at about 6 feet from my skin and people could detect it but weren't overwhelmed by it. I was receiving compliments all day about how beautiful my perfume was! The longevity of this fragrance was also impressive, lasting 8 and a half hours on my skin. This is not one you'd have to re-apply during the day at work at all! You would for going out during the evening, though. This perfume was incredibly hypnotic and made me think of green fairies frolicking around and dancing on flowers and trees in a beautiful forest in the moonlight. Tatiana queen of the fairies would be wearing this during a ball, her scent emanating like a beautiful wild flower, her golden curls blowing in the wind and the undulating and diaphanous peridot green chiffon of her dress brushing against the floor as she glides across the dance floor. Indeed, a perfume for the inner fairy queen in all of us! So sad that Christian Dior discontinued this. I'm definitely going to buy a full bottle of this after having just tried my beautiful and cute 5ml green apple bottle. 10/10 from me. (Edit: I now have this perfume and I'm thrilled! It is even better now that I can spray it on myself properly. I have the 100 ml bottle and it is GORGEOUS!)

Tendre poison killing me softy..... Soft, Clean, Soapy, Citrus, floral, green, hazy, misty, herbal, sweet honey, musky, woody, heavenly WOW who on earth would discontinue this heavenly fragrance? I’m a huge poison fan been in love with the original ever since I was little. Way back i remember seeing a green bottle of poison at the fragrance counter and was too young to go up to test it myself, my mom would wear Poison when it first released, so pointed her the green poison bottle but she didn’t seem interested in a flanker and had stopped wearing poison for years, this was around the late 90s, early 2000s, fast forward to now 20 something yrs later, finally discovered the name is Tendre Poison!! I was able to finally try it on and wear it! Oh boy I was dazed in trance of soft sensual, alluring cloud of beauty!!! I never had a chance to try tendre poison as a kid, I did try the other flankers, but non of them impressed me unfortunately Im not fan of any others flankers I’ve always been a loyal fan of the original poison, whether it be vintage, current formulations, and concentrations I love them all! Trying tender poison recently i can finally say that I love this flanker But sadly it’s discontinued, it’s the closest to the original with a fresher softer, misty, hazy, greener twist. •Top I feel and smell the soft citrus, Aromatic floral bergamot, i also get a juicy sweet mandarin •Middle comes the yummy tuberose, I get hints of powdery notes, i don’t see jasmine listed but I also get a touch of jasmine, a greener jasmine with a hint of skankyness ever so little, I smell the freesia, a nice bright juicy freesia, I dectect the honey a pure white floral honey, •Dry down, I smell clouds of musks soft a delicate nothing screechy, I also detect the sandalwood, not smoky but a cool soft cold sandalwood, Heaven!! For a fragrance from the 90’s, it smells so modern and timeless, definitely a compliment getter, my younger teenage cousins guys and girls complemented and ask what I was wearing, can be unisex, What an amazing fragrance, I have one bottle and will spritz this on special occasions. Is there a petition we can sign to demand Dior to bring back this gorgeous fragrance please? Why are things from before so much better? They just don’t make them like they use to anymore

Tendre poison is absolute Perfection!! I Loathe floral perfumes, especially any type of white florals as they usually go through a pee stage with my personal skin chemistry. This is the ONLY floral perfume i have found to not smell of old lady. Im shocked as it leans heavy on them. I strangely pick up a Jasmine note that is not listed. My mums house has a tea terrace that is completely covered in climbing Jasmine that gets really strong and sweet in the evening if we're sitting out. Tendre poison makes me think of those fragrant breezy summer evenings Even though the florals are the standout it smells creamy, green and mysterious all at the same time. Its quite complex as it's fun and playful but also femine and dark. I purchased a vintage bottle because i decided to buy all of the Poison collection. Just opening the box i immediately got 1990s/2000s classic old smell that usually smells concentrated almost granny like... i rolled my eyes and thought thank goodness i got a small one. After applying it behind my ears, in my arm joints and my wrist with the stopper I got classic era perfume, until it warmed. I couldn't help myself keep going in for more. It warmed into a creamy jasmine smell but it has a dark mysterious touch that i can't describe... it's almost Evil! It smells like evil green tainted Jasmine bouquet. I LOVE IT!! I'm truly OBSESSED!! TP makes me feel femenine but seductive in the worst way LOL... like when ursula arrives in the darkness on the beach with the locket in the fog. Thats how it smells like a seductive beautiful woman that has bad intentions upon closer sniff... anywho!! Im so sad its like 250 to 380 euros a bottle becauase i would totally wear this often as its unique and different to the modern day florals. I wouldnt say its heavy. But i wouldn't say its light either!. It's oily and creamy! Very senuelle. I read a few comments about how Cabotine is very similar, i purchased one of those too but to me Cabotine is missing the Magic, the Elusive element that Tendre has. Just to be clear i usually despise anything blatantly Flowers so this is a ln absolute gem to me!

My inner demons are always in fighting mode. One part of me is drawn to new and fashionable perfumes, while another insists on old, trusted, and cozy options. This time, as you may have noticed, the old-fashioned demons won. I prepared carefully for the purchase and decided to try a sample from the 2007–2008 collection. I could have chosen fragrances from the 90s, which are more common, but frankly, not many «living» specimens from that era have reached me. In the future, of course, I would like to compare them with earlier versions, but without unnecessary regrets about the money spent on it :) My first encounter with the fragrance wasn't very impressive. It reminded me of good soap from the 90s: lilies of the valley, greenery, and floral freshness. There were echoes of Eden by Cacharel, but this fragrance was more refined and softer, which justified its name. By the end of the second millilitre, I had fallen in love with it and purchased a bottle, giving it to myself for February 14th. In the bottle, the fragrance seemed even more appealing: during parallel testing, I noticed that some notes in the sample were damaged, but if it weren't for the original, I wouldn't have understood that. My liquid turned out to be clear, while another girl's was dark yellow. But these are minor details, not so important. I won't call this fragrance retro or anything similar — it's musk, white flowers, delicate honey, and the delightful gentle trail I've been looking for in modern Chanel perfumes. As the salesperson rightly noted, if you apply the fragrance to clothing or a shawl, its «sound» becomes even more charming. The only thing that saddens me is that I didn't know about it in the 90s and 2000s. Every time I apply it, I think about that. :) In general, each of the Poisons is unique — and I think everyone will agree with me on this :) UPD — It's identical to the modern version of Poison. I don't remember the old one.

Dior needs to get their act together and bring this incredibly unique fragrance back ASAP! It's such a singular and stunning perfume, and it has the most beautiful bottle of all the poisons!! I may be biased since green is my favourite color, but still.. The shape and curves of the original, more oblong bottle together with the clear glass stopper and that stunning shade of green.. Sigh, it's just so marvelous! It's so stunning, it kinda makes the other flankers look cheap in comparison... Can't they AT LEAST bring it back as a limited edition for let's say, Christmas?! It probably wouldn't work with all these new regulations anyway though, double sigh... I'm probably gonna fail miserably if I try to describe how this scent actually smells like. All I know is that it's beautiful, and it simply smells like a different era all together to me. It's quite shocking to see that it was released as late as 1994, and it's kinda ironic how this one smells a lot more "dated" (seen as positive this time)! compared to the original Poison. When I think of the 90's I think of fresh, unisex scents like ck One, and sweet gourmands like Angel, Hypnotic Poison and Dolce Vita, but NOT Tendre Poison. If I were to place this one under a decade, it could be anywhere as long as it's earlier than the 80's. Probably somewhere between the 40's to the 60's would be most accurate. I don't know what it is that makes me think this way, I just do, and it's amazing! It seriously lasts for ages as well! I really have a hard time understanding how this could not sell enough and therefore get discontinued though.. I'm guessing a combination of bad reformulations/regulations + Hypnotic Poison and Pure Poison becoming more popular was the biggest contributing factors. As well as the fact that it was probably released at the wrong time. Maybe one day it will be back, maybe..