Chat Perché

OMG! I freaking LOVE this perfume! I got a sample of it for free. Chat Perche wasn't even on my radar to sample, and I am so glad I got this freebie to try. This is spring perfection in a bottle. I agree w/ the review below this does smell like blooming black locust. We have locust trees in our area, they are beautiful but haunting w/ their sharp and nasty thorns. Every time I come upon them in our local park I always think of the Passion, and I stop and contemplate. When they bloom in the spring the smell is heavenly. I find flowering trees of springtime to have a very floral yet musky quality to my nose. I call it the musk of springtime. This perfume captures that smell in a bottle. I can't stop smelling this perfume it is so beautiful. Womanly and girly at the same time. I can picture a young woman wearing this while walking along a path filled w/ blooming trees of spring. The pure white petals gleam in the warm spring sun and that sight and all the beauty of being surrounded by nature brings a happy smile to her face. It puts me in a completely joyful state of mind. It reminds me of my Linden Blossom perfume (not in data base here) from Provence Sante called Linden but it isn't a dupe. This is springtime flowering trees and the joy and happiness of spring in a bottle. Just stunning. I need this and will be buying a bottle ASAP. Well done Goutal Paris!

I agree with reviewers who say this smells like Locust blossoms. It smells like Locust blossoms to me too. At my last home, there was a forest off my property, and a stand of old, ancient looking Locust trees. In the winter, with their black scaly trunks and gnarly, twisted branches covered with ferocious looking thorns, these malevolent looking trees could have been used for a scene in a horror movie. But come spring they transform and burst into life with white racemes of the most intoxicating scent that filled my garden with their fragrance. That is what I strongly smell in this perfume, ushered in by a light, sweetly fragrant lemon blossom. That's sort of crazy because Locust is not listed in the notes, but sweet peas are. I don't know about that, but then again, not all sweet peas varieties smell alike. I know, because I used to grow many varieties of them, and there was a lot of variation in the scent. Some seed catalogues will even describe each particular variety's fragrance. Maybe there is a variety that smells like locust blooms which could account for that, otherwise comparing this fragrance to the note profile just doesn't make sense. Regardless of how that note was achieved though, I am so happy to finally find a fragrance that brings me back to smelling the beautiful blooms of the Locust trees once more.

I never formally reviewed this. I first purchased it during the colder weather after I received a decant from a friend. When the bottle arrived, I sprayed some on, still loving the scent, but terribly disappointed by the longevity. Being a Goutal, I wasn't all that surprised. Well now that springtime is here, I decided to wear it yesterday. Thinking it would be weak, I sprayed rather generously. I could not believe how much greater the longevity was! It lasted all day, though I did top it off once even though I could smell it. Then something happened that seldom, if ever, happens to me. I was able to clearly smell it when I woke up this morning! On top of all that, it's just simply a beautiful warm weather floral fragrance. I wasn't familiar with the smell of lemon blossom, and it really blew me away with how fragrant and delightful it is! I appreciate it much more than orange blossom, which sounds somewhat sacrilegious coming from a white floral lover, but it is so much lighter, and dare I say prettier - at least on me - than orange blossom, which can get a bit funky on my skin. This will be part of my rotation this spring and summer. I still can't believe the difference between now and when I first received it.

LOVE THISS!!! It's beautiful, green floral. Almost an orange neroli type but not quite. It's different than the usual neroli petitgrain, it is hard for me to describe. It reminds me of many neroli orange scents ,this has some strong floral added so it's unique to my nose. I like the name, although doesn't really correspond to cats in any way but it's what grabbed my attention and made me want to try this scent and I'm really glad I did. Imy favorite goutal is this

I love this so much! I first tried it in winter and liked it enough to buy some because I didn't already have a perfume with nasturtium in it, and that's a favorite flavor from my childhood (the flowers are edible) and it's a flower I have not been able to grow or obtain in my local area. I've been wearing Chat Perche this spring and loving it more and more. It's now very warm weather though not full summer heat yet and I just really really love this perfume!