Madame Gres

I didn't have high hopes for liking madame Gres as I usually dislike cardamom,also pine apple and sandalwood as main notes.it was the only Gres perfume that I saw but never was willing to try it.lately I received a free sample of it and when I saw it discounted in a site I usually order my perfumes from,I decided to try it(a 3.4oz is 45$ when discounted.it seems Gres perfumes are cheaper in other countries) Madame Gres was a love at first sniff!I can see comparisons to miss dior edp.it has what I like in miss dior but strangely I find Madame Gres more interesting and appealing,Miss Dior(2012) is a lot similar in the opening part though it lacks this vibrant,mouth watering pineapple,they both calm down to much softer scents in less than an hour.Miss Dior goes to a musky path while Madame Gres developes to this warm,creamy-woodsy-vanilla base which I prefer eventhough I'm a musk lover it opens sweet and sort of boozy.sandalwood appears adorable here,blended with vanilla it creates a warm and sweet,rich and subtle creamy base to round soft powdery flowers and fizzy fruity pineapple sparke(it's pine apple reminds me pine apple in Givenchy live irresistible which I love).it's spicy but not strong in cardamom as I was worried.after half an hour sharp,sweet,spicy fruitchouli of the opening calms down and flower notes come out from the shadow to fill it with a feminine floral softness and refinement.flowers are light still detectable.I can pickup a pretty magnolia and a touch of peony and I'm glad to see flowers in madame Gres aren't abstract,non descript generic floral notes I agree with reviews calling it classy and playful at the same time.it develops from a loud and lively opening to a more serious and sophisticated drydown like growing from a vibrant mademoiselle to an elegant madam. I'd love to see a better pronaunced leather in it's base notes though it's quite satisfying as it it.don't look forward for a strong leathery base here since it's gentle and shows up faintly after an hour or two. Eventhough I dabbed a little longevity and sillage were satisfying and made my decision to order a bottle more firm.the fact that it can be a very versatile perfume is another plus.now I have to just wait and see wether dear hubby buys it for me now or during other Gres sale Edit: it also reminds me of Oriflame Possess

I started with Gres just 2 months or so ago. With Cabotine green, then Gres Gold which I love! Then the third purchase was gourmondy Rosalie. They are all very different but all offer something special. I'm a Gres evangelist now. They are right up my alley. It helps that they all cost me 15 Euro. So I thought I'd take a step up and try Madame Gres which was on a special for under 50. So it arrived 2 weeks ago. This beautiful apricot glass bottle and the elegant packaging so reminicient of Chanel No 5, which I have had a vintage bottle of for 30 years treasured in its box. Straight away this is quite rich fruity and floral on first spray.. Sweet... Creme caramel... I had doubts.. Maybe buying blind had worked with 3 cabotines and my Gres luck was out. I can't do sweet and cloying. I let it sit about an hour the dry down is soft and gourmondy, pineapple settles in and more softly, there's a warm toffee, Amber. I'm pleased it's not sweet on the dry down but classy and enveloping... Then the nicely balanced patchouli glides in softly to linger. It reminds me in moments of Allure.. I've had compliments. It smells French and expensive. I don't think it throws out that much, the sillage on me seems modest but It stays around morning to night softly stealing your heart. And then turns into an intimate. Addictive wrist glued to nose habit. This morning I decided to spritz some Gres Cabotine Gold on top of it to freshen things up. The vetiver of Gres Gold enlivened it and it was gorgeous after an hour. This perfume is beautifully crafted its not niche as I get Channel vibes from it, but comparitvely it can stand with perfumes costing 200-300 Euros. Gres can do no wrong in my eyes. Now I'm trying to get my hands on the Gres Lumiere Black, and Rose. Anyone got some to swap? I love it. I may have to update after a few months wearing. See how it performs as summer comes in.

A perfume of two halves. This goes on young, bright, SWEET, zingy and effervescent with a fairly heavy sillage. The juicy, bouncing entrance lasts for about 30 minutes maximum on my skin and then subsides to a slightly less than moderate throw. I don't pick up on grapefruit at all; this is all fresh pineapple and cardamom on me, when first sprayed. I'm not getting any flowers, either. The drydown is in complete and surprising contrast to that extrovert entrance, as Madame Gres makes a 180 degree turn and matures into a sexy, just-above-the-skin scent. The patchouli, sandalwood and leather take over - the pineapple has gone completely, although some residual sweetness remains. Spraying on clothing prolongs that exuberant opening whilst the drydown is reached far more rapidly on skin. The structure of the perfume reminds me of Hermes La Panthere, which has a similarly fruity opening and dry leathery base (although I am not suggesting MG is a dupe in any way at all). La Panthere is four times the price of Madame Gres, though; the difference in class is evident, LP having greater depth and heft to it and the ingredients simply smell better quality. Having said that, MG is a great and inexpensive (not cheap!) alternative (I bought 100ml for under £20 from UK eBay and I would have been happy with this for twice the price). I can't comment on any similarities to the 2012 version of Miss Dior, as I have never (knowingly) smelled it. I went to sleep liking Madame Gres and woke up loving it: another successful blind buy thanks to the reviews of lovely Fragranticans. ETA: Longevity is excellent - although a skin scent after 4 hours, I can still smell it on my arms 12 hours later (which is outstanding on my dry skin).

Madam Gres edp By Gres: Firstly I've Yet To Find A Gres Perfume That I Don't Really Like,& The Quality Of Gres Perfumes Really Amazes Me & Madam Gres Is Yet Another That I Really Do Like/Love!! This Really Is Such A Beautiful Classy French Perfume,That's Blended Extremely Well,Wear's Absolutely Beautiful On Your Skin & Really Lasts On Your Skin From Morning Till Last Thing At Night!! I Was Bought This For Christmas & Have Now Wore This Quite A Good Few Times & I've Always Received The Nicest Compliments Even From Stranger's Saying "Gosh What Is That Stunning Perfume Your Wearing"!! To Me Anyway,This Is A Very Mature,Classy Type Perfume More Suited To A Mature Lady/Woman,& As Someone Else Has Said "The Wise French Auntie"!! Wore When You Need That Extra Boost Of Confidence,Or You Simply Want To Be Refined & Elegant etc!! This Perfume Is All Those Thing's!! The Perfume Starts With The Most Beautiful Fruity Aroma Of Grapefruit & Then Pineapple Joins In!! It Does Kinda Reminds Me A Bit Of Diors "Miss Dior" In The Beginning But I Find Madam Gres To Be More Nicer & A Lot Cheaper Than Dior!! Yes This Perfume Starts Of Sweet But Certainly Not Headache Cloying In Anyway,+ The Longer It's Actually On Your Skin The Nicer & Nicer It Gets!! The Woodyness Is So Well Blended With The Stunning Patchouli It Just Makes Me Smile & Deffo Feel Good Factor!! The Minimalistic Design Of The Bottle "1940s Gres Style" To The Beautiful Apricot Colour Juice Contained Inside It!! & The Best Feature Is The Price It's Sold For On "Allbeauty.com"!! I Deffo Will Be Buying Another Bottle To Leave Away As It Really Is That Good!! Pure Class In A Bottle Without A Doubt!!

Lovely! Long lasting with impressive sillage, this pleasantly sweet, rich, smooth & powdery blend is a "must buy" for all Gres fans and lovers of oriental fragrances. Cardamom is seldom given top billing in a fragrance mix but here it's centered in the spotlight and I find myself wondering why it's not featured more often because it adds an unexpected pizzazz to what otherwise might have been "just another" oriental. Anyone unfamiliar with cardamom would be forgiven for mistaking its presence here for patchouli (also detectable in all its dark, chewy splendor) but as a baker who knows it well, I assure you it's here. And it is dazzling! Sandalwood is clearly identifiable as the source of Madame Gres' soft and slightly resinous, woody aspect. A drop of vanilla adds a spoonful of sugar that tempers patchouli's tart bite. The powdery floral aura is apparently provided by magnolia and peony but without the list of notes I'd have guessed pale pink roses instead. My nose detects no freesia, no pineapple nor the slightest hint of grapefruit. And despite the thumbnail of the black leather glove I really detect no leather except perhaps the tiniest bit of soft, pale, honey-colored suede but if I hadn't seen leather in the list of notes I'd never have guessed it was in themix either.. My initial impression was one of powdery/woody sweetness that held the promise of homey comfort and coziness. The hours passed however and Madame Gres took me by surprise as I realized she'd morphed into something both sophisticated and very "French" in the manner of "old money" elegance. She is most definitely Madame, not Mademoiselle. I am enormously impressed!

Madame Grès is a beautiful, classy lady. This is not the type of fragrance I usually go for, so I don’t wear it very often, but when I do, I can’t stop sniffing myself. It’s just that good. Madame Grès definitely had that Chanel vibe going on and the resemblance to Miss Dior is definitely there, but don’t expect a dupe, because Madame Grès is her own person. On my skin the flowery middle notes take the main stage. The fragrance is very well blended so individual notes don’t stand out that much. I can recognise they’re there, but can’t necessarily pick them out the way I can with some other fragrances. I can pick out the vanilla, but the sandalwood and leather are blended in so subtly, that I can’t pick up on them, other than that they add some depth to balance out the sweetness. This whole perfume is gentle sweetness. It’s flowery, but not powdery, so it’s not overly mature. There’s a hint of fruitiness, but it’s not juicy, so it’s not overly young. I can confidently say that this works well for a wide range of ages. If you like perfumes like Miss Dior, Coco mademoiselle and other sweet fruity florals like La Vie est Belle or even scandal, then this is definitely a safe blind buy. It’s right up there with the designer perfumes in quality, at a fraction of the price. Maison Grès is a fantastic house with high quality affordable fragrances. I can’t recommend this house enough!

Before brexit became a fact, I enjoyed blind ordering the very affordable scents from Allbeauty. Some where misses, some were gems (PM's Rose de Nagada! GR's Nuit Secrète and Belle Divinité -each on their own or paired!). Grès' Madame Grès definitely belongs in the winners' line. First to the packaging: the art déco lines, layout and lettering are stunning. As to the sleek bottle in a beautiful bois de rose - peach colour: same vein. Ok, the stopper is plastic, but what would you wish for given the modest price, right? Now to the contents: first spray is fluitchuli: floral, fruits, and patch. Then the cardamom (such a genius top note in this brew, and not rare in Grès fragrances) kicks in, and MG starts to evolve into soft fruits and florals and spice on powdery wood and leather and discreet vanilla. Comparisons have been made to a few big brand big price fragrances, and rightly so. But Madame Grès, Alix for da friendz, is enough of a Lady to be a grande dame on her own. Sillage and longevity are moderate, but the concoction is so well blended in a restrained and balanced manner that by definition it is not meant to be a biohazard for one's surroundings. In my book this is one of the most elegant EdP, in form, presentation, and content to be found for a ridiculously low price. Love! Edit: it seems allbeauty has resumed shipment to my country! <3

I kept smelling something beautiful and couldn’t figure out what it was. I didn’t realize it was my perfume. I’m still getting to know her. Madames Gres is gorgeous! I have nothing like this in my collection. I absolutely love magnolia and peony, and both are discernible to me here. This perfume is just so beautifully conceived, balanced, and blended. Subtle. I love the pineapple’s sweet and juicy presence all the way through, but spiked by citrus in the opening. Cardamom is one of my favorite spice notes, such a lovely departure from cinnamon and cloves. This perfume is deceptively soft. It doesn’t push its way in anywhere, intrude, or announce itself. It simply persists and surrounds and emanates. I’m so glad vanilla is a very minor player here - I don’t pick it out individually and am so happy it doesn’t dominate the drydown in any way as it is wont to do. The same goes for the patchouli - very soft with the leather. I agree with the review below that the drydown is the most beautiful part. A little powdery, pineapple-y, leathery on me. I’m so impressed. Madame Gres is a very fine perfume, elegant, smells so expensive. It wafts. Lasts more than 10 hours with 5 sprays. Backup has been ordered.

Extremely underrated for the profile and the price. This starts off as a dried pineapple and grapefruit smell (think fruit leather).It begins to smell very slightly like Pineapple Tarte Tatin made with vanilla extract as it dries down. For a scent that's easily under £20 for 100ml, that's impressive development. Reading it prior to purchase, I was concerned it would smell too pungent in heat. I can happily report, it seems to stand up well in the british heatwaves. Not the highest temperatures to be sure, but enough for me to know it plays well the "delights" heat has on the body. I feel Gres as a house is often overlooked as being for a mature audience. However,the more of their perfumes I smell the less I feel this to be true. With a little bit of clever marketing, I could see this becoming a tiktok darling. It leans feminine, playful and youthful. However could wear this at any time I feel. The staying power is respectable for perfumes generally (not just thoose at a If I had to compare it to anything, I'd say it smells a little like a La Vie Est Belle flanker where the sweetness has been toned down a touch.

This is one of the few scents that I immediately rushed to order a another bottle, so I can use this so much I want. To my surprise, my teenage daughter also likes this! This is smell of quality and sophistication, but in a very modern twist. This is not heavy or loud and if this resembles Miss Dior or Coco Chanel, this still has it's own personal character; pineapple make this very unique, we think. Still the scent is not sharp or synthetic at all. I devently can smell that same soft oriental kick, that can find in some of the more expensive French creations( I’m not an expert, but I’d bet that sweet, soft, skin-resistant and really addictive ingredient be a tiny-tiny little drop of real Indian agar wood...). This scent is really attractive, smell more expensive and be very personality too, Really Franch with oriental touch. Mayby the best cheapie, that I have ever wound. Thank you Madame Gres!

This is an optimistic scent even for pessimists anyway. :-) It radiates a positive love of life gives who it wear it. If you like perfumes like CK Euphoria with sweet juicy fruity florals a little powder like Sexy Betty Boop with chanel sensuelle allure vibe a bit so this is definitely a safe blind buy. I like it much more like the Euphoria. The pineapple I can't recognize it rather it's more fruity with powder and aromatic sweetnes but it goes away sooner and stay warm sweet spicyness so it best the autumn and cooler spring because its will be warm on your skin. I think teenager and young in theire 30 age can wear it. Moderate sillage and about 8h longervity. Unfortunatelly I miss the stronger pachouli from it and I find more sweetenes and this not enough mature for myself but I wear it happy in my 40. For its price excellenty product! (So sorry my english, welcome from Hungary!)

A blind buy based on the reviews of my fellow Fragranticians. It is a very crisp, cold day and my new perfume arrived absolutely freezing cold. On giving it a good spray when it had warmed to room temperature, my immediate reaction was 'this smells just like Christmas day!' Fruity, warm, boozy and joyous. As time goes by it starts to mellow down, and become more woody and creamy, but still the fruit lingers in the background. Then it's out on the country walk after a long Christmas lunch, with the air crackling with frost, and the trees and fallen leaves making the air pungent, rich and earthy, and then returning to the log fire and the liqueurs and brandy. All in all, a very successful blind buy. I love it and will be able to have Christmas whenever the mood strikes. Love it, and I shall definitely wear this on Christmas Day with my sisters and brothers-in-law.

My first 'boyfriend' used to wear this (well, not Madame Grès *en tant que tel* but an exact clone of this - it was the early 2000s and I'm sure he had stolen it from his mother, bless her heart). He had the most silky smooth satin skin and wore grape-flavored roll-on lip gloss. Somehow it completely worked and I found myself craving Madame Gres some 15+ years later. This being said, it has become my winter signature whenever i need to feel bright. Doesn't work so well in the summer (I find it doesn't unfold as well) but the bottle is staying close to my heart. Definitely one of my top 10 of all time, probably because the price is so nice. (Generally speaking, Grès is also in my top fashion designer brands... oh the gorgeous dresses they used to make! Too bad my figure is more Rubenesque than Hepburnesque!)

This is my very first time with Gres perfume. I am so excited when my parcel arrived in front of my house. Very simple and classy style of the box and bottle. But, I was so struggle to take out the cheapo feel plastic cap every time when i want to use it. So end up, i throw it away. Surprise, surprise, surprise that all I can say when I smell it. It really reminds me of legendary Chanel No 5 but it more lighter version. I was very2 impressed with the quality of the fragrance that I get with small amount of money. Sometimes this perfume remind me of how the fragrance mall/counters normally smell. Sillage and longevity is good on cloth but not on my skin. I will always keep this in my wardrobe considering what i get with a little spending. Recommended and safe for blind buy.

This is a gorgeous scent, absolutely insane performance for the price. I can't believe the criticism on the longevity on this. For perspective I wore this for the first time today, I put it on at 6:30am as I was leaving the house, I got on a bus, a train, a tram, arrived at work at 8:30am, I when through to lunch, ate lunch in a Chinese restaurant next to the open kitchen, finished the work day, repeated my journey home, 13 hours later I can still smell this on myself, and not just on my clothes. It still had moderate sillage on my train home. It opens fruity, but not sickly and develops into a lovely ambery, floral, dusty scent with little hints of the fruit opening. So feminine without being too sweet and girly, I love it.

Theoretically, I hate fruity sweet perfumes. I hate pineapple. I hate most vanilla perfumes. But I still love this. The house of Gres is kind to me.So far, I have been able to (happily) wear everything I have tried from them. So I blind bought this. The first blast was sweeter than any sweet that ever sweeted. But somehow, still lovely. The dry down is heaven.I am not sure how to describe it but it is gorgeous on me. I have Miss Dior and don't wear it. But I wear this all the time. I have two tips- 1. If you spray this on clothes it seems to stay closer to the early sweet blast. 2. If you want to get to the gorgeous drydown and are impatient, rub it.

Madame Gres is really Carmen Miranda in a Gres frock – pleats, nips, tucks, curvily elegant, mischievously exuberance with a pineapple hat in focus... then the celestial harmonies praising the warmth of the sunny flora give way to the depth of sandalwood, patchouli and leather humming along with the cardamom providing the structure of this gorgeous fragrance. Chic, fun, irrepressible; to be worn with an occasional high kick while wearing a strict City suit or dressed to the nines for an unforgettable night out.

Just received a blind buy purchase of Madam Gres, which I chose due to its comparison to Miss Dior Le Parfum. I can certainly detect a nod to this perfume, but moreso towards the original Coco, as well as Chanel Chance. If you enjoy slightly spicy, classic florals,I would recommend Madame Gres. It is actually very impressive. The box and bottle are classy - art deco style: both the presentation and scent itself seem a lot more expensive than the £15 which I purchased this for on Amazon.

Oh wow! The opening is just fab, sweet,fruity,happy sunshine! This is changing actually as I write this review! After 10 mins becomes super floral with a strong patchouli in the background! The opening is extremely different than the rest of the performance. For a cheap fragrance is super good but yes on my skin is a kinda dirty floral patchouli and I don't mind it at all,but it could be challenging if you don't like the patchouli note! 8/10 for me!

I had a meh reaction to Unique by Gres but this was an instant love! I don't really get the Coco M or Miss Dior comparison unless you think it's a bad knockoff. On its own, it's just a unique work appropriate/signature scent. That's honestly the only similarities to Miss Dior & Coco M to me. Maybe like, those with a nutty edge and less pepper? It's a classic French so maceration required. Mine took approx 4 months to ripen.