Un Matin d'Orage Eau de Parfum

Edit 1 on Sep 14, 2023 After receiving Creed Iris Tuberose, I found out that this is not Tuberose fragrance.. Tuberose fragrance come with green edge but this is not. This is Gardenia fragrance. But it like it has been rained heavily So it is indole stronger. Depends on your mood. I don’t find it redundant between This and gardenia passion. (That one is more fresh, but no way as fresh like Tuberose) This had something to do with Myrrh / ambre powdery undertone. It smell almost like wet soil ===== Un Matin d'Orage (EDP) (Usd 60,0121A/15, binb tester) I own Gardenia Passion for a short period before this, also I own - JML Tuberose and Diptyque Doson. This is the most heady white floral in the brunch, also the most realistic, like you can almost smell the resin-like smell from from flower itself. The floral in here, is non-described but definitely white floral. Also interestingly I find this offer much better complexion in replication of actual white floral. This is by-far my most impressive White flower fragrance. The next one will be Amouage Opus IX and I will probably ending this venture and move on to another realm instead. Score 10/10 (I like the headiness in this) classification : Femme (very heady white floral) Bottom note on SUN 16 Jul: I was visiting Thai local niche fragrance shop where I have a chance to smell “Tuberose Absolute”; surprisingly this fragrance reminds me of it with additional note to make it smoother, a bit more creamy. But the essence of being heady white floral just encapsulate or replica so well inside this fragrance. Salute to you, Goutal Paris.

It was an extremely hot day for the beginning of May, but when I left work the sky was heavy with rain clouds and the air was filled with electricity. I stopped at a mall on the way home and decided to test some Annick Goutal’s perfumes. I never liked her perfumes really. At the same time I was not indifferent, they seemed to attract my attention with their peculiarity. And then I smelled Un Matin D’Orage on a day like this! When I left the mall, the rain has already stopped. What can I say...? It was a perfection - the perfume and that day complemented each other. I find this perfume to be extremely sentimental, a flawless recreation of beautiful moment in nature. Un Matin D’Orage is exactly that - the smell of garden after rain. The plants and flowers, the earth, ozone... I can feel jasmine, osmanthus (?) and somewhere on the background that glorious earthy-mushroomy scent of soil after rain. For some reason I would use words like voluptuous and creamy to describe it. It is divine! Sheer essence of warm rainy day in a bottle! Another stereotype broken! See, I thought I don’t like Annick Goutal’s perfumes, I also though I’m not a fan of white flowers. Hilarious!

I’m surprised to see so few reviews of this gorgeous scent. I bought this at Annick Goutal on a trip to Paris. The staff at the tiny store near place Vendome were so helpful my review includes a recommendation to shop for your Annick Goutal in Paris if you ever find yourself there. This scent is an unusual floral. It’s green and watery and grassy on top of a beautiful white floral bouquet. The description of a garden after a storm is spot-on. Unlike a prior reviewer, I do get a very slight vanilla smell, but it’s not sweet or cloying, and it integrates very well with the wet flowers. I find it to be both a daytime and a night time scent. The ladies at Annick Goutal gave me a “nuit” sample for the evening but I’ve just been reapplying my Matin d’Orage if I’m going out in the evening. The women also suggested a light mist on each arm, and then a spritz on my scarf, so that the fragrance is released when by scarf wafts about. Could this be a more French approach? I’d say I either go nose blind to this by midday or it wears away, but the scarf tip is a good one, because I find myself intentionally moving my scarf to get another lucious hit.

A Valentine's Day present from my husband (okay, I picked it out), I had never smelled this before. I also own AG's Gardenia Passion, which was my gateway drug into my love of white florals, but as far as gardenia fragrances go, I now prefer this one! I usually prefer creamy, heady gardenia and tuberose, but while still creamy, there is a freshness to the composition, almost as if the excesses of these powerhouse florals were stripped down and cleansed by a rain storm! It sounds like a cliche, but it is true. I am having trouble smelling the myrrh and the guaic wood, but I think they will become more apparent under different conditions. As of now, I have only worn it indoors at home. This is a standout among my other gardenia fragrances due to it's freshness, and I am pleased that my blind choice paid off. PS - almost forgot to mention the magnolia. While it blends in with the gardenia and tuberose seamlessly, it adds a lemony twist to the juice, adding to the freshness. I have fallen in love with magnolia and will be searching out other fragrances that feature it.

as it starts to rain more i look to this one again and again . it has an emotional feel to it, the bouquet here is melancholy . but to balance that, the base notes are warm and more present than the pyramid shows (vanilla for gardenia, myrrh for tuberose, palo for magnolia) . i havent tried the edt but i get a champaca note for sure . its very floral and at times might be oddly lactonic/animalic so id test it out . despite that, i think this is a beautiful scent, very lasting, modern floral, its in the same style as gardenia - chanel, but UMDO is warmer and closer to reality . also similar to bacami - bvlgari, but that one has less mystery, much more straightforward . boujee southern belle .