L'Eau Couture

It's funny how polarising the reviews for this baby are. One reviewer said that she took a 180 degrees turn on her opinion (from "meh" to "love"). Well... I'm similar :D I have the original EDP, EDT, the intense one and and the red resort collection, and I LOVE them all. I mean I really love them. With this one, I was going back and forth based on the reviews, but then decided to go for it and blind buy. It's discontinued, so no chance to try in a store. Straight after the purchase and the first 1.5 days I was a bit underwhelmed. I'm not a huge fan of green fragrances, and this smelt too green, too clean, too fresh to me. I like it sweeter and more intense. And since I have the original ES LP as the benchmark, I wasn't sure I was going to keep L'Eau Couture. But then something happened... I gave it a proper wear for half a day and fell completely in love! It's beautiful, it calms me down, it's elegant, and so sophisticated in its simplicity. The first 5-10 minutes I smell the green, somewhat bitter almond. Then I start smelling the orange blossom. I never get to the vanilla on my skin, for me it's definitely not sweet. L'Eau Couture makes me feel good and makes me constantly smell my wrist. It's like a warm hug that you don't want to let go of. My husband complimented me on it (which doesn't happen often 😁) I'm absolutely in love, and am baffled by my change of heart on this beautiful fragrance. Very happy to have it in my collection. Update: I heard that you have to use a fragrance for some time before it 100% unveils its real scent. Aka "get some air into the bottle". I think it's the case here. I also decanted about 8ml into an atomizer, so that could have helped with getting that air in. I'm head over heels in love with Eau Couture, and I can't imagine that it smelled like this when I first sprayed it. My reaction was "meh, ok....", and now it's a consistent "wow". I'm even considering getting a backup bottle even though mine is a 90ml bottle.

This is officially my signature scent. I smelled it for the first time in 2014 and fell in love with it. I was in my early 20s and broke, so I couldn’t afford it. I would think about it occasionally and put in low offers on eBay (sorry to all the sellers who were upset with my lowball offers). I’m now in my late 20s and I can finally afford this perfume. I bought myself a bottle, nervous that I might have misremembered it. I still have my original sample vial gifted to me by my aunt, but no juices are left. I basically blind bought this. I sprayed it and WOW. It is still just as marvelous as I remember. I am in love all over again. I immediately bought 3 more bottles as backups. This is my forever fragrance and I am so sad it is discontinued. It holds a special place in my heart. This fragrance smells like a warm, full bodied, well rounded cup of tea on a sunny cold morning. I get almost no almond, which is surprising. I smell bergamot, orange blossom and vanilla. This perfume smells like a cross between earl grey and jasmine tea. The bergamot makes this perfume smell like earl grey and the orange blossom almost reminds me of a clean, fresh, non-musky jasmine. This scent is very sweet but light. It then settles into a warm cozy vanilla but doesn’t really lose the orange blossom. It’s a very creamy and comforting scent. There’s no other perfume like this on the market. It smells similar to Jo Malone Orange Blossom, but without the sharpness or harshness. The bergamot and vanilla really round out this fragrance and make it a well-balanced, comforting scent. I love smelling this scent when I’m overwhelmed because it calms me down. My go-to aromatherapy scent. A woman who wears this is timelessly elegant, confident, youthful, slightly mischievous and sarcastic but poised and gracious. Good god I couldn’t pull this off in my early 20s but I feel like I’ve grown into this fragrance. I am so in love.

After elie saab edt this one is my next spring/summery elie saab love Pretty,clean,refreshing,smells just like an expensive hand washing gel which I die for it Vanilla and almond are not gourmandish here,almond is green and fresh,vanilla is creamy and not supersweat or warm and there is a touch of orange blossom as a elie saab signature Reminds me jpg classique edp,but a younger,more wearable and easy to like version of it,replaces the rose not of classique with a green,fresh note and I find this one powdery too,difficult to explain how something could be powdery and milky the same time,but actually this one is If you want to smell clean and fresh also sexy and not girlish during spring and summer,elie saab edt and this lovely smooth green couture are there for you اصلا پیچیده نیست ولی دوست داشتنی و دلنشینه رایحه کلی ترکیبی از وانیل هست،وانیلی ک نه گرمه نه خیلی شیرین و نه سنگین و بادوم‌ و شکوفه پرتقال بعنوان امضای الی صعب،ک شکوفه پرتقال هم نقش گلهای سفید رو بازی میکنه با تم عمیق و نرم و کرمی،و هم رایحه محوی از مرکبات رو از خودش بجا میذاره،ترکیب وانیل و بادوم شاید خوراکی و گورماند بنظر بیاد ولی نیست،بادوم اینجا بادوم سبزه و بیشتر از اینکه عطر رو خوشمزه کنه،اون رو فرش و سبز میکنه برای منم مثل خیلیای دیگه یادآور کلاسیک پرفیوم ژان پل گوتیه ست ولی ورژن جوونتر و سبکتر و همه پسندتر،منتها اینجا همون نت سبز بادوم جایگزین رز شده و کمتر پودری هست،ولی کماکان کمی حس و حال پودری و تمیز داره،سخته توضیح دادن اینکه چطور یه عطر میتونه همزمان پودری باشه و هم شیری و خامه ای،ولی این عطر واقعا اینجوره رایحه کلی یادآور رایحه یه ژل شستشوی دست خیلی گرون و خوشبو هست ک حضور ذهن ندارم اسمش رو،ولی همیشه درحسرت بودم ک کاش عطری بااین رایحه درست میکردن

I bought it in 2014, and have had it since. It is dark amber, almost brown, the green color lasted for maybe a year or less. But it is still beautifully addictive. I keep going back to it (and I have 3 other Elie Saab perfumes). White floral almondy wonderfulness, with strong orange blossom which I love. I don't distinctively pick vanilla, but my husband dislikes vanilla in perfumes and dislikes this one. Despite some common notes, I find that the original Elie Saab fragrances have VERY DIFFERENT personalities. For me: -- Elie Saab EdP is sharp, beautiful but very sharp, makes me think of a business woman with power. She's smart and serious and wears pointy heels with her suit. Very long life in my skin. -- Elie Saab EdT is girly and delicate, this is for a summer dress, fresher than the others, sadly short lived in me. She's young and happy, wears a flowy flowery dress, near the waterfront. Mid-afternoon summer vibes. -- Elie Saab Eau Couture is cozy romantic, orange blossom and almond make me think of a mediterranean city. She is a woman (not young girl), cozy in her large sweater and friends love her, perfect smell for hugging. Very long life in my skin. I have been trying to find a similar fragrance dreading the moment when I run out of my 50ml bottle. I bought GoN and hate it. This one is still unique, and one of my favorite perfumes ever.

This is beautiful, it really is lovely. I would never have guessed almond was the top and main note in this fragrance. the orange blossom orange flowers dominate in this scent for me- it is beautiful fresh and citrus sweet. It is impossible to dislike this scent. I do detect lashings of jasmine as a base note in this scent. I think this is my favourite out of all the Elie Saab fragrances I have tried so far. Perfect for spring and summer. I can imagine it being good for autumn too as it has a freshness and crispness about it that will be beautiful in cool air. To me the almond in this is the nutty base notes with lashings of jasmine built on top dominated by orange blossom/ orange flowers. It is a classy oriental citrus sweet perfume for me. It reminds me a little of the cartier range- it has the same luxurious feel as their fragrances but slightly more demure and much more citrus sweet. I think of hollidays in the country side and long late night evening walks through the meadows. I have just ordered this online, it is too good not to buy, even though it is a little pricey, i think it is worth it. It is expensive and luxurious in feel, yet has an innocence about it. I love this perfume, i cannot wait till it arrives and is mine to treasure! Bottle= 7/10 Scent= 7.5/10 Radiates=6.5/10 Lasting power= 6.5/10