Héliotrope Gingembre

Wow, this is really different and impressive! If you don't want to smell like anyone else, yet utterly feminine and delicious, this is your ticket. Wraps you up in a cozy cloud like a cashmere sweater. I'm trying this in summer and love it, but in fall/winter I bet I'll love it even more, because I get a "cinnamon apple cobbler" vibe. However, the powdery element keeps it from being a "sweet" or gourmand fragrance. If you like certain elements of Shalimar but find it overall too heavy/incensey, this is a good alternative. Longevity is excellent - lasts on me for a good 8 hours without even trying to smell it. I sprayed on in the morning and could still smell it a little bit on my wrist the next morning! I'm soooo impressed. Fragonard you have triumphed again!

Almond flour cookies with a little vanilla extract, dusted with powdered sugar and just a hint of freshly grated ginger. This is not hot and spicy, not like gingerbread or holiday cakes with cinnamon, but it is mouth wateringly delicious too. Fragonard never ceases to amaze me. Very similar to Guerlain's L'Instant Magique. I'm referring to the original Magique, not the new version, which I haven't smelled), but it is somehow more simple and not quite as sweet/gourmand. But yes, it does smell like almond cookies and powder. For the price, once again, Fragonard is hugely impressive!

This is a perfect fall/winter scent, if you want something that interprets sweet Christmas spices without turning you into a gingerbread man. It’s soft with intimate projection, a nice fragrance to smell up close like in a hug. It opens with a little ginger, that quickly subdues and let forward a sweet, powdery heliotrope sprinkled with cinnamon. It’s a little spicy, but it’s not gourmand at all. Definitely one of my favorites from Fragonard. Disclaimer: This is a review of the perfume version, the one in the gold aluminum bottle. I have yet to try the EdP in the glass bottle.

I love this line, and this perfume is no exception. It's a pure heliotrope powder-bomb on me with a slight ginger opening, which fades very quickly. All I get is heliotrope and vanilla, maybe almond and tonka as well. I do not know if it's just my skin, but it's only quality floral powder on me without any artificial undertones and the best kind possible. This is exactly what I love about Fragonard - nothing synthetic or fake at any stage during the wear of each scent. Longevity is great and I love the packaging. Niche perfumery at its best.

This was a blind buy, and I was quite nervous as I’m not the biggest fan of ginger. But I love heliotrope and this fragrance turned out to be a wonderful surprise! It’s a creamy, gentle ginger, not sharp at all, and after the initial burst of spice the perfume settles into the most beautiful, smooth vanilla and caramel heliotrope scent. It’s warm without being overpowering, and very easy to wear, perfect all year round. The bottle and box it comes in are works of art themselves. I’m delighted with my gorgeous new discovery.