Le Parfum Essentiel

What a truly beautiful perfume! I sprayed it on early on a warm spring day and it made my entire day so pleasant getting the whifts of a unique flowery frag. A romantic and ageless, but not aged, floral for feminine ladylike women. A fire-sure present idea for moms and grandmothers 🌸☺️ That said it doesn’t lack an edge for a young romantic girly girl either. I can see this on any age! White, pink, floral dresses or lace... excellent interpretation of Elie Saabs sensual designs. It is crisp, it is powdery, it is clearly gardenia (much better than my Gucci Flora precious gardenia where the stage is shared with a fresh pear, here gardenia is on main stage more powdery than creamy and supported by citrus flowers and cedar for slight freshness, crispness and greeny notes). The staying power is excellent too. Distinct but not offensive. Both daytime and evening appropriate. To me this is in same class as Florabotanica by Balenciaga - same cool floral by nature, yet not, wibe. It breaks my heart to see this at to low prices right now! I think that means it will be discontinued soon. Get it before to late!

I have a gardenia bush in a pot in my garden that I absolutely adore. It thrives beautifully in the tropical warmth, the pure white blooms stand out against the dark green foliage. On occasion when I walk around my garden, the wind blows the right way and I catch its scent on the breeze. This fragrance captures the scent of gardenia flowers very realistically. It's big and gorgeous and heady, from the first sniff I knew I had to have more than just a sample. Sadly doesn't last very long on me. I also don't get much patchouli. I have it in the purse spray and it's probably enough for me. I often just take off the cap and sniff it. I usually can wear big white florals with no problem but somehow I never feel like wearing this one out. Occasionally I wear it at home, just for myself, and it never fails to lift my mood.

I was unsure about this when I first smelled it. Then I purchased it. Later I started wearing it. I am now halfway through my bottle and I am starting to love it. It took time. My nose did not change. But I own a lot of fragrances, competition is fierce and this did not stand out. Now it does. It is bright and fresh, sweet, a bit mature (but would be lovely on a young girl), a bit classy, very approachable. It is pretty. I understand the references to a soapy element. I love soapy, I think soapy scents are very on trend, and I can tell you this is not a soapy perfume. It is a sweet white floral. Edit: I did finish the bottle, I did repurchase, and this is one of the two most complimented scents I have. Nowadays I have much less fragrances, but this one is among my staples. This is my little white dress.

I have been wanting to get this gem since it was released! Today I smelt it and it was everything I was hoping for! It is the best orange blossom and gardenia combination I have ever smelled. It doesn’t have lots of notes but the beauty is in it’s simplicity. The opening is Orange blossom and zesty mandarin orange and then immediately the Gardenia and the notes fused together in such a stunningly beautiful intoxicating scent. I don’t get lots of patchouli or cedar, I think it’s just to have a slight woody base but it’s not a patchouli bomb at all. This is a very classy, elegant beauty. Perfect for a wedding or spring/summer but I will wear it in all seasons. 10/10 if you love white floral fragrances get this one!!❤️

A soapy, clean white floral fragrance with patchouli (not the dirty kind!). I agree with the below, this isn't something that I was certain on when I first got it, but now I can't stop wearing it. It's carefree, simple and elegant - the name is very appropriate, it's the sort of fragrance thats a "grab and go" in my collection when I don't know what to wear. Non-offensive and great value for money. I do agree that there is a lot of patchouli in this fragrance, but not the kind of patchouli in Angel fragrances (where the patchouli is headache inducing for me!). Blended with the gardenia, it's a soapy, creamy patchouli that just adds to the longevity of the fragrance. This is a win for me!

When I first smelled this perfume I was instantly in love, a very white floral perfume and slight hint of citrus. I can never seem to pick up on that slight citrus note anymore however. The performance itself is not that great, it's a very intimate scent and hardly long lasting. That being said I don't believe that makes for a bad fragrance, there's always occasions that call for more intimate scents that aren't extremely loud and this definitely makes you feel 'clean' when you wear it, I would say to simply not have high hopes on the performance is all.

This is good but I think it could be something great if the orange and orange flower were turned up and the gardenia took the backseat. The overdose of heavy indolic gardenia gives it kinda an old lady vibe to me, but underneath you can smell the sweet juicy and sparkling orange. I layered this with CK1 All and it was amazing. Very feminine and really only for mature women. I got it because I got a deal from a close out sale, paid $7.99 for a new bottle and couldn’t say no, it will end up being a gift for an aunt this Christmas.

Beautiful gardenia fume, but wears very oddly. It goes strong for about 2 hours, linear, doesn't change, which I like, but after about 2 hours it just disappears without a trace. No dry down, no skin scent, nothing. Could be me and my chemistry as of recent. I will update if my experience with it changes. I am bummed, as I really like it, but luckily, it's very cheap to purchase. I would advise getting a bigger bottle than 1oz, which is what I bought.

I recently encounter with this perfume randomly. It is really beautiful and soft, playful but absolutely elegant. It is a white floral chypre perfume. If you are sophisticated and confident person who likes flower scents with a hint of sweetness you will love this. It last very long on my skin. I think it can be a good blind-buy. My partner also loves and complement every time I wear this. You feel the quality and designer's genre when you smell this.

I usually dislike gardenia, but this one i like. I smell at first the orange notes but then all i get is a nice white flowers which is the gardenia. It's for a mature lady who is well dressed and classy. It lasts 3 hours and after that i spray it again. Worth the try if you are a seeker for a white flower scents. Even a safe option as a gift for a classy women.

Definitely the most elegant Elie Saab flanker in my opinion. It is straight up elegant, perfect for the wedding. I am not a huge fan of gardenia, but this one is a good blended gardenia (imo way better and softer than the essence no 2 gardenia). Very lovely and a succeeded blind buy!! Would definitely repurchase this one :)

I just blind bought this and I swear, it’s the dupe of Dior Pure Poison! Not quite as strong on the dry down but the first blast is definitely all white flowers...which I love. It didn’t last all day, a couple of hours at the most. I love Elie Saab perfumes in general and this one is just lovely

I am a big fan of Elie Saab Le Parfum range. As predicted, I’m in love with Essentiel as well. This beautiful scent opens with soapy and fresh from the orange blossoms and woody earthy floral on the dry down. Super feminine, some might think this is a mature scent. But for me it’s lovely.

Summer dress, backyard kids birthday party potluck, hosted at grandma's house and you just washed your hands with the powder room's handsoap. Floral, soapy and clean. Bright and pleasant. I really like it !

This is absolutely beautiful for Spring and Summer and it’s a perfect blend of Gardenia and Orange Blossom. Fantastic gift for your loved one ❤️

I love this perfume, but then again, Gardenia is one of my favorite notes in any perfume. I definitely pick it up in this one

One of my signature scents, blind buy no problem. Love how it dries down and lasts even few days.

Reminds me a little of Vera Wang, but with more white floral

I got this perfume a few months ago from Marshall's on clearance for $24. Initially, I had mixed emotions about this fragrance on the first spray, but it leaned more towards dislike. Okay, so it smells really classy and elegant and it is pretty much a white floral bomb, with gardenia being the main one. However, it was so screechy and harsh that it brought on a slight headache. It's a really intense floral scent. Then, I got this fuzzy, hazy, damp and wet, but green accord just lingering in the background. I knew I smelled that scent before and it smelled like the early to mid 90's and gave me a flashback of birthday parties as a kid, and there was at least one mom wearing something like this, lol. And I didn't like that because now this perfume seemed aged and out dated, lol. But then I learned through this perfume what a classic chypre fragrance smells like, and for that I now I truly appreciate this fragrance for taking me on this fragrance journey. I am almost done with my 1 oz and I truly enjoyed wearing it this spring, and I would wear it when it rained and something about it paired well with that weather. Now, I have to mention the dry down, though it takes some time to get there for me, but with my body chemistry I get the loveliest and must luxurious soapy dry down. It's intoxicating. Longevity for me is about 4 or 5 hours, not the longest for an Elie Saab fragrance, but not too bad, still. However, this bad boy projects pretty far for the first couple of hours, but then it simmers down. I don't think I'll repurchase it again once I'm out, but I will forever remember this fragrance discovery. Update: I miss it dearly. The intense floral notes left an imprint on my brain and my memory. And now that I own the original Le Parfum, I miss this flanker even more.

Really nice STRONG, dense fragrance.. an orange flower mixed with cream and some slightly soapy pinching gardenia in the background to give it piquancy. There's some nice understated Chanel-esque patchouli in the base as well. The gardenia note has often been a problem for me, in Le Parfum I found it too sharp, here the creamy notes really temper that. I am reminded of orange sweet tarts candy plus orange blossom, and though there's something a bit artificial here, it doesn't really bother me. I don't know what this might be but there's also a musky element that is distinctly NOT sweet. It's hard to isolate though through the waves of orange blossom with my amateur nose though. Maybe it's the colone bourcet mentions below? If you mixed Terracotta and Coco Mad. with the first Le Parfum, you'd get something similar to this I think. It's very classically perfumey. I have zero problem detecting this on myself and one spray is more than enough for me for all day wear. There's a nice versatility here, I could wear this for day or a night out. The projection could be strong for the office, but not like I’m worrying much about that at the moment. :) Nothing revolutionary here, just pretty femininity, and a really great value. This compares favorably to perfumes at 3x the price. I got a small bottle of this at TJ Maxx for under 30$. Well worth it!