Essence d’eau

Damn it! I don't understand it, but I've never had a perfume that smells of pee... This is the first one - smelling strong and confident (of piss) even after a couple of hours. Goodness... my skin never reacted this way. I'll give it another try in a couple of days, maybe today is not my best one. Update: I am starting to detect flowers in this perfume. Yellow flowers. But these flowers still smell slightly uncomfortable to me. Let's see what other qualities I'll discover in it in the next weeks. Yet another update: it is becoming interesting - I feel like the smell of pollen on me when wearing this perfume. A heavy kind of pollen, of yellow flowers, of course. There is something special about this scent - you have got to wear it confidently, boldly. It is unusual. Slightly powdery after a couple of hours; and it stills smells a bit "dirty" on me but that's something that often makes a perfume very sexy. Honey, which I love in perfumes, is very subdued here. I guess if it gets to fully convince me one day, it may become one of my very favourites. I'm getting closer to it now. An update, anew: This is my absolutely favourite perfume of all times. Not light, not modest, a tad dirty and extremely sexy floral.

it's crazy how much I love this fragrance. On my skin is warm smell of nectar. Probably it's honey and amber so well blended together. I wore Poeme but this is more soft, more amber pot dipped in honey, just gorgeous. I used up 30 ml bottle few years ago and I cherrished it to the last drop (have I mentioned that this is a smell of spring to me?) and gave it up I 'd ever have it again - but last week happened I found it on flea market in my country for eur 20 with posting and I am over the moon. I can't wait to next spring, I just wear it because of pure happiness shinning through this fragrance. Maybe we are going to find a swap resolution with previous reviewer, I truly hope so.

A beautiful scent. I've had my bottle a few years now. The narcissus provides some kick to the warm amber and other flowers. It is bright and intense floral. My dafs are in bud and this scent smells of spring to me. It smells of hope and of reawakening. I can get a bit nervous of florals but this is not overwhelming. I tend to gravitate towards wood or resinous fragrances. I'm perplexed about others mentioning lilies or gardenia!! It's most definitely a floral and nicely blended. What a shame it was discontinued. It really is a classy scent and reminds me of the vintage classics. It has both good sillage and longevity. I can see why folk hunt for it. It really is a beauty.

This smells exactly like honeysuckle. And I don't mean it kind of smells like honeysuckle, in a weird synthetic way, like many other yellow perfumes do. Essence d'eau smells like my childhood. My firends and I would spend many summer hours outside searching the neighborhood for wild honeysuckle bushes. We would decimate the plants, sucking the nectar from every flower we could find. This perfume is the sun setting on a warm, late July evening. School is over a month away and there are infinite honeysuckle bushes to discover, but it's time to go home and eat dinner with the family. Wonderful.

Another gem I discovered in these fogy, cloudy winter days. I love it! It's very intensive floral, but not so spring floral, not too harshy fresh floral, but mature, not thin but thick yellow floral. It sweet (I smell honey, so beautiful blended) but not annoying yet. I was fascinated at Poeme when I tested it and Essence will compensate it, it's no need to own two of similar. Maybe someone will disagree but I'm not such an expert to find any big difference.

This is 3/4Narcissus + 1/4Jasmine. I think... It is nice like a garden. It is sweet with a little balmy feeling. Lovely and quite unique. Top impression is yellow floral for me. PS: I agree with skysky900 & thatjacksonchic

This is one of the loooongest staying fragrances on my skin! It's very much like Lancome's Poeme, but somehow prettier, classier and less headache inducting. Not for shy girls who don't want to be noticed!

Nice fragrance. It reminds me a lot of Gaultier Classique EDT, but is lighter, more transparent. If Classique EDT is too heavy during summer, use this one.

I adore this gardenia fragrance. So fresh and yet mysterious. Strong and heavy, for confident women.

I bought this blind as an ebay bargain and I really like it. First spray- violets and a hint of booze which quickly dries down to Plasticine albeit fleetingly, followed by the big yellow flowers, which linger most prominently. This is incredibly evocative of a garden in summer in full bloom. If you have ever sniffed the inside of a daffodil where it's all pollen-y and slightly over ripe, then you will be able to imagine what this smells like. No harshness here, no aquatics or cucumber or spice, just really floral and soft and feminine. Good for office and day wear as it smells about as offensive as a fresh vase of flowers and who would object to that? One downside is that it seems to fade more quickly than I'd like it to, but it may just be my nose getting used to it. A real treat for floral fans.

This is a blind buy, just to try new scents. I was amazed that it resembles Poeme so much. But it is not a copy. There is a bitterness beneath the flowers which I personally think makes it interesting. Perhaps that's what Malgos refers to as the pee-smell ;O) It has an amazing opening and I aggree with Malegria: you float into the scent and I found myself sniffing my arm every five seconds. It's adorable. I'm not thrilled by the bottle. It's quite ordinary and it doesn't stand out. But the box has a lovely detail, covered with a silky fabric. I don't like the colour of the bottle (don't say pee again) but again: the box is creamy and lovely. You do get a bit disappointed when you pull out the flacon.

Wonderful, beautiful, Great. and a lot alike Lancome Poeme but more like Poeme lightlight and happier, more summerfeeling to this one. A favourite. Longlasting - on my skin about 6 - 7hours- I think its good. Underbar, vacker, suverän. Och ganska lik Lancome Poeme men mer ljus, glad, mjuk och lättburen. Poeme-sommar kanske. En favorit. Stannar länge på huden, på mig ca 6-7 timmar.

JUst a little light for me but,I love sillage bombs!IT is a sweet light floral.there is a woody dry down with touches of vanilla and amger.THe notes keep changing and repeating themselves.LIke a fantasy fume.JUst when u think u have it,it morphs.A non heavy yet long lasting fume.THe best of all fume kinds1.A good investment.

Essence is a really beautiful fragrance! Spray it on your neck, let it excel (because when I put it on my wrist, I could not appreciate it fully). It is mild, liquid honey. Warm and sweet (but not sickly).I would say that this is suitable for daytime use, whereas opulent Poeme is for nights:-)

This is not a shy fragrance. The narcissi and gardenia are very sharp and green. Then my skin turns it all into something very medicinal. I do not pick up violets or blackberries. Very powerful stuff though. . Glad I had a chance to sample but this not for me.

First of all thank you JoannaM for saying: It's very much like Lancome's Poeme! I've just recived it today and it is so similar with Poeme....And Poeme is one of my favorites. So...a cheaper version of Poeme and long lasting.

I bought this because of the very positive reactions here. It was a blind buy and I'm so happy I did! This smells sooooo loveley and its lang lasting on my skin. It does remind me a bit of poême only better.

This is my go-to scent for spring and summer. It's light and floral without being overpowering, and the hint of blackberry adds a touch of sweetness. It lasts all day on me, too!

This one is intense on every note in it. I feel like i wear a mix foggy floweral cloud. when i wear this i feel like i have to take a shower and it chafes.

Beautiful, I feel it on my wirst. I could bath in this! Really feminine, sexy and delicate. Next on my list "to buy"! And similar to POEME, which I love.