Reine des Cœurs

What a wonderful discovery !!!! I bought this perfume blindly at an offer of Fragonard, because the name, the description, the packaging attracted me. "Fruity peach and spicy pink peppercorn head notes over an enchanted orange flower, rose and ylang-ylang heart notes, this fruity oriental perfume blossoms against a backdrop of musk and benzoin: In the Heart Kingdom, feminity is queen!" says Fragonard. Just the perfume arrived I found it beautiful, sweet and kind and with a nice bottle but I'm not falling in love immediately. But love has grown slowly, silently, insidiously, and it is now a passion was born and burns me and I am completely addict! Oh! When I wear it, I would eat me! :-) A tender and feminine warm cuddle, soft and smooth sweetness, the promise of a secret gentle eroticism. This perfume makes me feel beautiful, attracts women smile, and men's eyes shine. The fragrance is much older than Fragrantica states and Fragonard unfortunately has stopped production of the pure perfume! Now it is available only EDT, which although wonderful, it is not as intense and lasting the perfume concentrate. Why Fragonard? Oh! Please give us back this little gem edition concentrated !!!

Starts off smelling like Coco Mademoiselle, but on the drydown it smells like Viktor&Rolf Bonbon with that peach-caramel vibe. A few minutes later I'm getting the musk. Mmm yummy yummy! About 30 minutes later I can smell rose. I feel like Reine des Cœurs is a cross between Coco Mademoiselle and Bonbon, and at less than half the price of either of those!

Wonderfull indeed !EDP still exist in 2015, but the EDT is great and very longlasting (1 month on a silk scarf, incredible). The combo pink pepper musk ylang is addictiv even for a man.

What a nice scent! I tried the parfum version in a golden tin, so it's the strongest form. I still smell it on my arm after several hours. At the beginning it was intense and smelled like rose to me, mostly rose with a sharp spice, yet fresh. The SA told me it contains orange blossom and ylang ylang, which is true, but didn't mention the rose. I was not convinced. For me it vaguely smells like the rose-dripping Baroque that it's now discontinued together with other ones (why???), so it's mainly rose with pink pepper and benzoin. Luscious and feminine, but it needs a few hours on skin to fully develop it's lovely blend, maybe because it is parfum strength. It exists in EdP and EdT as well. This is not a complicated perfume, but it smells nice and cosy with a romantic touch. I see a vague resemblance with CK Reveal, but it's very far like an echo and Reveal doesn't work on me. I also smell a bit of old Realm for women, maybe the white flowers. There is a sweet note in the drydown that I think it's the sweet edge of benzoin. Very longlasting in Parfum, maybe not too projecting.

I have both EDT and EDP. It's an elegant, feminine scent, suitable for work and daytime, pleasant to wear. Yes, there is some similarity to La vie est belle, but Reine des Coeurs is a much better fragrance, with higher quality of ingredients - while LVEB is disliked by many due to the synthetic sweetness, Fragonard's Reine des Couers remains classy, more "quiet". Not cloying. Very good for spring and colder weather, I haven't tried it in summer, yet. Edit: Now as I own Coco Mademoiselle, I also see definite similarity here. I agree with previous reviewers!