Soleil

My son brought this fragrance back from France as a gift for me. His teacher said, "he sniffed every single perfume in Fragonard until he decided on Soleil." He said, "it smelled the most like me"...and it does! It just works perfectly with my chemistry the dry down is a soft-clean-floral scent with light hints of orange blossom, jasmine, rose and violet. I always get compliments! He was told, "that the perfumers use almost all of the flowers grown in Southern France in this fragrance." I adore it! *Note --- that each batch seems to have it's own unique base fragrance. One bottle I received has a very heady violet fragrance with a beautiful mix of all types of florals! I can tell it apart from my other bottles right away. Another bottle has an overpowering old lady type perfume scent. (Thankfully only 1 bottle has been that way.) I mix it with a vanilla fragrance to tone it down and it's nice. I have a bottle of Chanel #5 like this that I can't even mix with any of my fragrances to get it to work on me and I typically like Chanel #5. I have a new large bottle in my collection right now. I have found that this perfume smells the very best from a fresh batch. I'm not sure why...other than the types of flowers and the weather may play a big part in the end scent. I have about 10 bottles that I've received through the years...since the late 90's, and 4 or 5 are completely empty that are still very lovely sitting with my fragrance collection. The bottles are gorgeous works of art with a gold tone pointed sun for the top that has a carved textural look with a lovely oval glass bottle. * From Fragonard where this was made: Soleil is a heady blend of flowers – jasmine and orange blossom, lily and rose, iris and wisteria – offset by amber, sandalwood and musk. An intensely radiant fragrance that irresistibly evokes the noontide southern sun. This is THE great Fragonard classic. WORLD CAPITAL OF PERFUME ~ Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes (France) Grasse's exceptional geographical location has given the region a particularly pleasant climate favourable to growing numerous floral and aromatic species. Benefiting from the sunshine of the south of France, the mildness of the Mediterranean, the coolness of the nights due to the altitude and the abundance of waterways, the city enjoys an exceptional microclimate. Between land and sea, the pace of life in Grasse has always been set by the fragrance flower harvest. The guild of glove-makers was already using local crops in the Middle Ages to perfume their leather, and the rise of the perfume industry has established growing perfume plants as age-old Grasse know-how. Rose de Mai, jasmine, tuberose, violet and orange blossom were long grown by local producers — until the decline of the industry in the 1950s, accelerated by the importation of raw materials from abroad and the development of synthetic molecules. Since 2016, the entire Grasse ecosystem has been working to revive the production of perfume flowers. Fragonard is particularly proud to support these wonderful projects and the growing of the emblematic flowers that have been key to Grasse perfumery's story! Grasse remains the city of traditional perfumery and the homeland of many famous "noses", and is still the must-visit location for all those who love quality perfumery.

Soleil performs best in warmer weather. I bought the fragrance last winter and wore it a few times on the chilly days, but I've sprayed it generously this spring. I've worn it all day today and the fragrance has tremendous sillage and persistence in the approximately 80 degrees F (27 C) that we had today--very sunny and with a gentle breeze that kept lifting this gorgeous and happy aroma to my nose all day. I admit, I do wear Soleil in cold weather just for its beautiful and sunny disposition. It's an enjoyable reminder of good times and pleasant climates, even if it does't fully "bloom" in the colder weather. Soleil is a beautiful, cheerful jasmine and orange blossom "white floral" scent on my skin, in any season. It is not too sweet and dries down over time to a pleasant woody musk that fully expresses itself when warm temperatures and your body heat disperse it to best effect. Fragonard gets tremendous credit from me for creating and so aptly naming a fragrance! It truly smells "sunny" and creates the perfect mood for its name and fragrance, regardless of the season in which it is worn. Soleil's sillage is best expressed with a little warmth (both personal and atmospheric), but it's highly effective at creating a sunny aura even on the coldest grey day in January, and it persists very well in any season. Bravo!

The sun cap is so fitting for this fragrance. A beautiful, mixed bouquet of flowers that has a bright sunny element to it. The jasmine, orange blossom and lily really shine here, but the wisteria is the showstopper with its lightly sweet and spicy, dewy lilac and tuberose undertones. It's so beautiful. I really wish more fragrances would use that note. I can only pick up the rose as the fragrance progresses, as the same is true of the musk and iris. On me the iris and musk don't add much powder, at least compared to other powdery scents I wear, but they do give this fragrance a gentle softness which rounds out the edges while the amber and sandalwood contribute to that softness with a creamy, lotiony element that feels very lux. Since it's Fragonard, there is nothing synthetic, cheap smelling, or sharp here, though I did find this one disappears off the skin rather fast compared to others I use from this brand. Still, it gives at least a good 4 hours of wear on a sunny spring or summer day, which from my experience is the best time to wear this fragrance as it really projects then. Right now, in the cold, not so much, though I'm willing to overlook some minor issues because it is so pretty. Besides, Fragonard makes it affordable to respray with their very reasonable prices.

Long before I became borderline obsessed with fragrance, when I was about 16, my mother brought me a small bottle of Soleil back from a trip to France. It’s Fragonard, so of course, this is a masterfully blended composition true to what you expect from such a classic French perfume house. I had long forgotten this scent, until one day I was deep into a frgrantica rabbit hole, and saw this unforgettable bottle. Triggered my olfactory memory bank and I immediately found one on eBay. I was in heaven when I got my little dabbed bottle and it was as sublime of an experience, as it was in my memory. Now I need a big bottle. If you’re looking for a classic white solar floral fragrance, give this beauty a try.

I've finally found the perfect floral fragrance. This is so exquisite, so natural-smelling, just like being in a beautiful garden full of blooming shrubs and blossom, with a warm breeze wafting the scent to your nose in fleeting moments, so that you just want to inhale deeply to take in as much as you can. There is nothing cloying, sickly or spicy about this, just fresh blooms floating on a warm summer breeze. I'm so glad I found Fragonard, after years of looking for a fragrance that stays fresh on me and doesn't go 'stale' in the drydown. Fragonard must have a secret. Even if you're not a 'floral' person, they make many beautiful scents of all types.