Cabotine Fleur d’Ivoire

I adore almond in all incarnations (marzipan, amaretto, roasted nuts) so took a chance on this. It's the greenest almond I've smelt, which seems contradictory given this one is also rather sweet.It is definitely not the fake (and almost interchangeable) almond/cherry essence you might find in Cherry cola or sweets. This almond is a little bit mysterious in spite of announcing its presence quite clearly. Along with the cloud of vanilla and musk, there is an edge of salicylic acid - the furry teeth feeling you get eating blackcurrant or rhubarb (which is oxalic acid) balances the sweet perfectly and stops it becoming cloying and one-dimensional. It's a delight right through, from the first spray through the gently floral middle notes and smooth, cuddly tonka base. Almond is there right through

I blindly purchased it without testing after reading so many positive reviews. It's an interesting perfume but I'm still a little bit perplexed about it. It is not a fresh scent and may be even heady If too much applied. I made an error from the very beginning because first time I applied it was for a travel on a long distance and I put tones of it because thought that it is not strong enough. In the end of this travel I had the only one envy - to get rid of it and take a shower, I didn't know where to hide myself from all this musk and tonka beans. So my opinion was biased from the very beginning. But after arriving to the destination my sister met me at the airport started to speak about how heavenly I smell and how much she loves it. I was really surprised to such a reaction and decided to develop my tolerance to this scent and to test it more. It should not be so bad after all. So now a month later after occasional wear I'm doing my review. The longevity is good and the staying power as well because finally just several spritz are enough. It's a pleasant scent slightly with powdery accords and almond as a star ingredient. But it's not an almond like in YSL cinema as in this fleur d'ivoire it's more pronounced and less saturated. If Cinema is an evening sweet rich scent with "grilled" almond fleur d'Ivoire is more a day lighter and brighter version with fresh almond (nonetheless it's not a fresh fragrance). I do not notice black current there but peachy notes yes. It should still be the effect of the first over application and I'm still not objective enough in perception of particular notes in it. But finally I like it and fleur d'Ivoire is in my like category. I apply it slightly since many spritzs make appear an unpleasant chemical note.

Chypre floral? Really? This is state-of-the art floral woody musk – well, with the barest hint of spice and a pleasant, rather astringent note (I like those) which I attribute to the cassis, or the salicylate stated in the description. It opens with a breath of almonds, cassis, indeterminate florals and musk, gains a bit of strength once warmed on the skin, and declines into a long and pleasant dry-down that you can’t really sense (besides the assurance that somehow, you smell good). It reminds me a lot of Cacharel Noa, in effect as well as packaging. This is miles away from the original Cabotine. Nor is this the Gres that punched us with Cabochard, but the newer, compromising Gres of the Hommage fragrances. I blind-bought Fleur d’Ivoire because it was cheap and I love the bottle shape (I find the basic Cabotine shape so romantic, and this had a classy ivory color scheme to boot), and it turned out the fragrance wasn’t bad – just not outstanding. A fragrance that can work magic on warm spring days, and one that manages to be so inoffensive and low-key it would be great for office, health care, or playing with little girls and their Barbies. Knowing me, for all my big ambitious crushes on Guerlain vanillas and atomic Elizabeth Taylors, it’ll probably be the Cabotine Fleur d’Ivoire that I’ll use up to the bottom of my bottle.

I get strong L'instant de Guerlain vibes from this one. D'ivoire is more easier to wear though, with a beautiful vanilla in the mid to the drydown that is a teensy bit gourmand from the almond. Performance is average; moderate sillage & it lasts a long time as a skin-scent. Nice! This one and Rosalie are my favorite Cabotine flankers. (they are similar to each other, and both are a relative to L'instant.)

Well, I seems like I'll be the first one to review this fragrance... I had a chance to try Fleur d'Ivoire in a department store today, and I was pleasantly surprised (I'm not a big fan of Cabotine, beside Fleur de Passion which I adore). On me Fleur d'Ivoire is powdery and soft, sweet - but not much - with a hint of freshness. For some reason I can also smell citrus in it, or maybe it's black currant?..