Belle de Grasse

Beautiful mimosa. Real mimosa flower is very sweet, almost honey-like with dirty animalistic facet. Undeniably sunny and fluffy, with a touch of herbaceous woody green that evoques green almonds. It's one of those flowers that should not be introduced to the interior of our homes without caution. Like lilies and hyacinth, it can make inhabitants physicaly ill. What I like in this interpretation is the sensation of airiness, transparency and absence of everything even remotely heavy or dirty. And that makes it more wearable and successful than the others. Green woody touch is maintained to my sheer delight. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I do. I didn't even think I needed a mimosa in my life. Dewy ozonic quality is barely perceptible and adds another dimension to overall enchantement. It's a little wonder and wearing it makes me happy.

Wow! This is absolutely stunning! Fragonard is really out-doing themselves lately. This is a sublime powdery mimosa that is simultaneously fresh. I notice quite a lot of heliotrope, giving it a strong almond note. There are sweet green notes, which appears to be lilac based on the pyramid, but lilac doesn't specifically jump out at me. Belle de Grasse is a marvelous spring wedding bouquet with high quality that I rarely find in perfumes these days. Lasts many hours and projects like a perfume should. It's not going to suffocate anybody, and it won't disappear after an hour either. I envision Cinderella's wedding day, complete with blue birds, sunshine, and a white carriage. Magical mimosa. Also takes me back to summer in France and Monaco.

VERY powdery and floral. I was actually taken aback when I first sniffed it. I wasn't sure whether I loved it or hated it at first, but after wandering around the store with it on my hand for a bit, I felt like I had to buy it. It's very innocent and screams spring. The violet stands out, and since it's so powdery, I can also get a whiff of baby powder(?) in it, despite the fact that it's not listed as a note. The mimosa and musk also stand out quite a lot. 1000% recommend for more sunny activities like going to a park. (Stay away from bees though lol)

At first I disliked the marzipan note in the mid-base notes, but I've come to really enjoy the quirky balance between verdant-aquatic freshness, dusty mimosa pollen and barely-sweet almond (which I realise is a facet of mimosa), especially as I somehow get all of those elements in each sniff, rather than a sequence through time from application to drydown. Lovely to wear in warm weather and much more interesting than it first appeared to be, I've been spraying this a lot the last few weeks.

I have always loved the Mimosa and Lilac fragrance so when I saw this I had to have it even though it was a blind buy. I was delighted when it arrived and I could immediately smell the Mimosa and Lilac. It is a soft powdery soapy fragrance, like expensive soap. I wear this in the spring and Summer. Sadly it does not last long so you have to reapply but if you spray it on your clothes it lasts much longer. My husband always comments on how good I smell when I wear this.