Cruel Gardénia

Cruel Gardénia Guerlain (Brought, Guerlain Thailand) Full review (May 19); I brought a bottle of 200 ml. of Curel Gardénia as celebration for my birthday, I known I can’t let her go. Similar to “Purple Carnation” This might be my favorite white floral x musk so far in my journey. Hey, Gardenia is still mostly replica note. The Creamiest White Floral of them all. Not bubblegum, Not overly youth and fresh. Gardenia is queen of white floral for me and you won’t find Gardenia in Cheap perfume.. or at least not a good one. One side of Gardenia’s quality is creaminess, try sniff Honor 43. That’s absolute from of Gardenia. The reason I like Curel Gardenia so much might be blends of Animalic and Canal aspect from both musk & floral. When something stinks merge, it naturalizes and create the wonderful cleanliness. A bar of luxury French Soap from rich Animal fat, produce hundred years ago, which will leave you a trace of Animalic musk on skin. I could wear this and go anywhere, just to know I will be well loved. 10/10 ===== Cruel Gardénia Guerlain (Apr 17) (Store test) Cruel Gardenia catches my attention after I actually found my love in Gardenia after Honour 43. "Oh actually, I haven't tried that once yet.." when I wanna find another Gardenia. Guerlain offers 4 white floral for daily use "Angelic Noire, Jasmin Bonheur, Joyeuse Tubéreuse & Cruel Gardenia" I was test another 3 first but it didn't blow me away as much but somehow I ignore Cruel Gardenia.. and yeah...Just to fall in love later... From my personal experience "Gardenia" is the creamy white-floral experience. This one is integrate so well between "Powderiness, Muskiness and Clean white floral side" and Cruel Gardenia merges the Guerlainade with White floral so welly done. The muskiness in this I really like it, I could just sell 1957 from Chanel about now to grab you. I think I have never been sniffed the white floral that as Blanc as this. I will definitely add this to my collection. 9/10 (First to add in May).. ==== May 5, 2024 RE-ASSET I revisited Guerlain boutique in Thailand as I wish to reassert my personal thought. Still, Curel Gardenia catch me in a heartbeat. I bring Chanel 1957 to store just to compare the difference. I notice that, maybe the musk accord is difference. I personally don’t find that redundant but you may. While 1957’s musk contains strong element of musk with mild animalic tone, dear or civet like I’m not sure Guerlain’s musk seems other side of Animalic...(?) it’s a bit mustier than Chanel one, but it smooth like silk. , I smell mildly carnal aspect underneath. Ylang - maybe. I like this, the mild carnal white floral and smooth blend, keep me going in this one. It just so right in all aspect consideration.

A clean, elegant white floral with creamy, powdery and even slightly soapy aspects. Nothing cruel about this, this gardenia is neither too sharp, nor extremely narcotic. Just polished, harmonious and chic. I have read people describe Gardenia as "mushroomy" before and I never really got it. But now I do. It's mainly a texture thing to me. Imagine big, plush petals with the same firm, smooth structure as fresh, dry white button mushrooms. Then add a hint of vegetal, earthy bitterness to the white floral scent to emphasize the feeling, and there you have it: Mushroomy gardenia. Which might sound off-putting, but actually smells quite lovely to me. This is one of the less sweet fragrances in the L'Art & la Matière line. It's decidedly feminine with a dash of rose and a soft layer of powder on top of everything, while the sweeter and warmer notes like vanilla, tonka and peach are extremely subtle and just exist to balance the scent and warm up the white musk base. The combination of gardenia and creamy musk makes me think of the white Narciso Rodriguez cube. These don't smell the same, but give me a similar vibe of being very well-groomed and softly perfumed. Professional, but with an underlying whisper of sexiness. Cruel Gardenia is definitely much more floral though and also has a subtle Guerlain signature that makes clear which house created it. I don't think I would buy it for the high asking price, but I absolutely love to smell this. My sample was decanted from one of the older golden 75 ml flacons.

The entire collection L'Art et La Matière by Guerlain is finally available in this corner of the Earth. I was curious to test them, although the retail price of +250€ for an 80ml bottle was quite discouraging. My favourite from this line is Cruel Gardenia, created by Sylvaine Delacourte and Randa Hammami. So I wasn't surprised to discover that Cruel Gardenia bears the signature of these two ladies: it is very sophisticated, classy, creamy, alluring. This scent was made for a woman who is aware of her attractiveness and doesn't need to reinforce it by wearing tacky clothes and tons of makeup. The funny thing is the marketing blurb provided by the brand that states: "Unlike the usual tradition, the creators of this fragrance did not strive towards the richness of notes that gardenia creates when combined with the precious light musk which would give velvety soft aura..." -- well, in my experience they created exactly the type of velvety soft scent that they were allegedly trying to avoid! This scent lasts about 5-6 hours and projects beautifully; still, I wasn't convinced that it is actually worth the asking price. By the way, now that Mme Delacourte has left Guerlain and launched her own brand, she hired Randa Hammami as the nose behind the majority of fragrances for her Musc and Vanilla lines. So, if you like Cruel Gardenia, but cannot afford it, do try one of Delacourte's reasonably priced fragrances - you might find what you're looking for!

bed time scent today, simply musky powdered flowers and its ridiculously gorgeous. not intensely soapy (chanel no5) or thick/heavy creamy. density wise its relatively sheer, mostly musky with nuances of soap and powder equally (however this does transform into slightly creamier overtime). it smells like ur skin after applying a vintage scented face cream rather than the actual cream itself, its not thick. Im very picky with white flowers and usually cant stand excessive amounts; this opens with gardenia predominantly but settles down perfectly balanced, and VIOLET just makes everything so pretty and soft. feels like a pastel purple+baby pink concoction. theres an ethereal/ fairy-like vibe but not in a tinkerbell way (shes too sassy for this), its more like the little dancing fairies in barbie and the nutcracker animation. When the top notes fade and the base notes start surfacing around 40 minutes in, the warm addictive undercurrent of vanilla and tonka bean intensifies and the “sheer” quality steers in a tad creamier direction. quaint with a touch of nostalgia somewhere in there. Longevity is standard but projection is intimate, however people will get a whiff of you if you walk past etc. 16 hours later it is a light musky skin scent and reminds me of something narciso rodriguez style, i still get whiffs here n there. such a beautiful scent and definitely signature scent worthy if soft and feminine is ur aesthetic

I have never liked gardenia on myself until I tried this one. Leave it to the Guerlain elixirs to capture your heart... I think its the peach, violet and ylang that make this so wearable on me, it smells fresh and clean and lightly floral. I would call it "classy". Don't understand the name, either, but who cares? It's the juice that really matters :) (not that the beautiful package doesn't help). I purchased from Neiman marcus and they let you customize your bottle to have 10 letters. It is the same price as the regular bottle, but takes longer to arrive. The site offers both options. The engraved bottle is a great thoughtful gift, but if you do engrave a personal message, it is not refundable- so make sure the person you are gifting it to likes it. I bought a small decant to hold me over until my bottle arrives (I got it personalized so it can take weeks!) from the perfumedcourt which sells decants/samples. I cannot wait to get my personalized bottle, I have been aching for this perfume for a long time. If you are thinking about getting a personalized bottle for someone special, you can buy a sample to make sure they like it :) I LOVE IT!