Eau de Cashmere

SHORT LIVED ELEGANCE _______________________________________________________ I was really curious about 'Eau de Cashmere'. I always wondered how and/or if parfume houses could or did really create something that would resemble cashmere? And lo and behold, they did. I don't know about others, but Guerlain really succeded. It feels on your skin like the most elegant and expensive cashmere sweater. It really captures the feeling of cashmere into a scent - bravo Guerlain! Unfortunately, that wonderful feeling disapperas within minutes. Overall: Opinion: It's a good fragrance - 7/10. Longetivity: bad - 1/10 Sillage: bad - 1/10 All in all: 2 out of 10 points.

By itself, on clothing or bed sheets, Eau de Cashmere is a pleasant though rather tuneless white noise, but an orchestra forms when sympathetic notes are added. The dull florals of Creed’s Fleurissimo become lilting and pleasantly somnolent when backed by Eau de Cashmere. The slightly depressing symphony of L’Heure Bleue is now comforting. Brash citrus is grounded rather than screeching. Eau de Cashmere performs best supporting an orchestra. The fun is in creating new music with existing instruments.

To my understanding, this fragrance is made mainly for spraying on clothes although it is fine to apply on skin as well. It lasted for days on my wool jacket, cashmere sweater and cashmere scarf with subtle and beautiful powdery, musky and woody notes that complemented the fragrances that I wore then. It added a very cozy and comforting touch to my clothing and gave the fragrances that I wore then a special something to create a different feel comparing to when I wore them alone.

I absolutely love this. The iris and the musk are perfectly blended, giving it a "your skin but better" smell. It is similar to Eau de Lingerie, but is less sweet and more cozy. Still very versatile though, suitable for all seasons and all occasions. I am a heliotrope lover and its prominence in the base notes give this scent a very light and airy but also very comforting dry down. Love this, will hopefully be able to add it to my collection soon.

A nice, clean, white musk. Soft with a gentle, almost infantile, quality to it. Guerlain SA told me you're supposed to spray your shawls etc. with this but I end up using this like I do all my other perfumes. Longevity on skin is abysmal but on clothing it lasts and lasts until you launder your clothes. I guess that's what it's meant for!