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!

Absolutely love this fragrance for an after shower spray. Don't know if it's appropriate for any occasions as such but lovely for what it is. On a side note, I'm trying to determine if Guerlain has just rebranded it with the new packaging and flacon or if they have reworked the formula...hmm

This is great - for what it does. I use it as a scent amplifier for my Guerlains. Layered with them, it can bring out notes that you might not have noticed. It sort of acts as a primer for your fragrances. I also spray it on my clothing and linens. My room smells amazing. I love this stuff.

When I was a teen, I bought a perfume in London called Chloé Love. The scent smells essentially the same. Absolutely delicious, I believe it's roughly the same price tag too. It's a really pleasant, magnetic smell. For sure feminine.

I had disregarded this for a long time, because I didn't understand what it was - like others have said here and elsewhere I had the misconception that this was either a linen spray (for wool), a room spray, or both. That's a shame because it meant I was missing out on a lovely little treat, and I suspect many others are too. It was while reading some foreign language review blogs and articles (translated into English) that this first came to my attention. Unfortunately I cannot recall who wrote the piece I was reading, or even where I found it, but what jumped out at me was when they described this as a versatile and misunderstood product. Further reading and research revealed Eau de Cashmere as a sort of multi-purpose fragrance enhancer, as well as being a pleasant room spray, and a fabric scent. Eau de Cashmere is part of the Guerlain "Les Eaux de Rituel" collection which comprises Cashmere, Lingerie and Lit. Eau de Cashmere is described by Guerlain on their French language site as: "A new ritual created to enhance your olfactory imprint; worn with a fragrance from L'Art et la Matiere collection it twists your fragrance to give it a soft woody facet, enveloping and pampering. A perfumer secret reserved for insiders which will give your wake a unique signature." Are you becoming more interested now?! I certainly was. Far from being "just a room spray", this now held the promise of layering with and modifying the exclusive Art & Matiere fragrances and creating something new, different, and original. My interest piqued, I decided I should hunt down a bottle and try this out for myself. As an act of self sacrifice of course; I would get hold of some as a purely altruistic gesture, in order to experiment and report back. *wink wink* So, firstly the scent itself. When applied to skin as you would any other perfume EdC opens quite fresh, pretty and floral - Iris, Heliotrope and Lavender being prominent, along with a flash of bergamot. Very shortly the iris and heliotrope move from centre stage and the Pink Pepper and White Musk come out to play, along with just a hint of Cedar. The iris remains more as an aside, it adds a slight powdery quality but the musk remains by far the most prominent note. This is muskier than other Guerlain scents I can think of, although it is a clean and relatively gentle musk with a hint of floral sweetness. As a perfume alone on skin it does actually last quite a long time - several hours - though it does so quietly with little projection. When applied to clothing this lasts much longer and is a much more intense experience. The notes follow the same pattern, opening floral, moving to a musky wood and finally in the late dry down a woody musk. The cedar and pink pepper stand out to me beneath the musk with the florals adding a feminine slightly powdery aspect. Applied to fabrics this lasts and lasts, I scented some cotton scarves with it and 2 weeks later the smell is present and clear. As a fabric spray it works very well. Similarly this performs well as a room spray. I find the floral notes remain much more prominent when sprayed into the air. It is a less strong room spray than the Meteorites room spray I own, but is very pleasant and creates a nice atmosphere. It is when worn as intended though, as a modifier to other Guerlain scents, that Eau de Cashmere really comes into it's own. I was excited to try this layered with other scents although my expectations were not too high, and while I liked the fragrance it wasn't driving me wild. Then I tried it with a few other perfumes. And Oh My this was good! It is difficult to convey the precise way this alters and adapts other scents, but it feels something like throwing a fine soft silk in gentle dusky mauve-pink across whatever else you are wearing. When layered, you don't smell Cashmere in itself, rather you smell it in how it changes the scent with which it combines. Cashmere brings out a softness, and most of all a smoothness in other perfumes, it plays up some facets of the sister scent while down playing others, creating an intriguing and surprising fragrance that is at once both comfortingly familiar and startlingly new. For example with L'Heure Bleue EDT, Cashmere produces a remarkably smooth silky texture with enhanced iris and violet and a vibrant purple-blue aura whereas with L'Heure Bleue extrait it adds a drop of diamond and crystal clarity. I have tried only a few combinations so far, but each time I find myself smiling with delight as something I know so well changes into a whole new fragrance which maintains all the skeleton of the original yet becomes new and beguiling. Please do not feel limited to wearing this with the Art & Matiere collection alone, as so far this wears well with every Guerlain I have tried. I will be interested to see if the magic is recreated when worn with perfumes from other Houses. I totally recommend this little known fragrance to any fan of Guerlain, for it is truly remarkable the effect it has on other scents from the house. Not only does it bring tangible modifications and intrigue to your much loved collection, it appears to enhance longevity and sillage too. This underrated gem is reasonably priced at 78 Euro/125ml (approx £60 or $85 at today's rates). Seriously, now you are in on the secret you should try this out yourself! TL:DR version - amazing fragrance made for layering, works beautifully with all Guerlain scents tried to date, enhanced scent, longevity and sillage, reasonably priced, try it.

I would not even bother with this again. Just tried a sample for 3 days on my skin on my clothing and all I can say is: nada, nothing, zilch. Too soft, doesn't work for me at all. Maybe if you are very shy and do not want to let anyone know you are wearing perfume or if you have some nice fellow very close by and you want to give him a good excuse to nuzzle up to your neck - this may work ! Good luck with it - hope it works better for someone out there.

This really should be worn on fabric which is why it does not last on skin. I sprayed it on wool- lovely but it was at its best on sheepskin. I sprayed it liberally and it lasted over a week. A lovely delicate powdery clean musk but not at all soapy. Elegant and feminine. I have now sprayed it on all my coats but it best fits toscana sheepskin it complements the thick soft pile of the fur. Please don't waste it on your skin

Longevity on the clothing is quite extreme, as is usual with fragrance. It’s quite a cool scent. I didn’t detect much musk or warmth. A cool, herby, fresh rose scent that projects quite well. From my POV, it certainly is a perfume in its own right...

Gentle, delicate, floral, musky fragrance with a visible powdery nuance. i would love to smell this while I slept or perhaps on a long flight haha

Sort of soft and pretty, but doesn't smell like cashmere

As a huge fan of Habit Rouge, I bought this on a blind buy. After reading the reviews I figured I could always use it as a linen spray, air freshener or fabric softener scent, lol. After a month of using it, on my bed linens and clothing, I am addicted. I wear hr, but I also spray my shirts with cashmere, not sure if they clash or not, but it smells so good. My first impression was that it smells like what I wish my mother or grandmother should have smelled like. It has the best lavender, powder of the iris? and a cedar aroma, reminiscent of linens coming from a cedar chest, and a sweet mild musk. It smells expensive, like a room at the ritz with a fresh bouquet, not a cheap canned air freshener. On occasion I have skipped nights spraying mybed because I can still smell it. It doesn't seem like an overly complex floral formula as some other Guerlains,the lavender and cedar are very clear. A favorite and well worth the sixty something dollars I paid. I will buy again!

I have to say I am a little disappointed on this one. It just smells like laundry soap to me. I tried it on my skin, sheets and blankets and still I do not pick up any heliotrope or vanilla, just sort of lavender laundry-ish something. I tried layering it with my 2 Guerlain favorites, Angelique Noire and Joyeuse Tubereuse and it kind of destroyed them. Though I have layered, I prefer a perfume with a powerful integrity that stands on its own, to not taint the original art form. I’ll probably use it up on something, maybe try it on furniture? Maybe it will keep the cats from clawing the fabric ( I have mostly leather chairs and sofas for this reason, my 2 cats leave it alone, confessions of a cat lady) I am certainly not going to spray it on my wool or silk scarves or clothes. And as time goes by I find myself turning into a real perfume snob. Anyway , I’ll use it for something but don’t see another bottle in my future.

On me, it’s a slightly vanillic musk with fruits, almost like raspberries. It’s pleasant, not over sweet and pretty. It ends up , strongly musk, but I still like it even though it sometimes reminds me of Jovan Musk for Women, in the orange bottle. If I spray more heavily, I get more metallic cedar notes to temper the vanilla musk fruits and it's quite lovely. The more I wear this, the more I like it. I did layer it with a perfume that was being too sharply woody on me and it did dull down the scream quite a bit and make a nice melange, but I tend to wear this all by itself rather than layer as intended. I like it for itself, a simple but detailed blend that smells comforting and clean, like fresh laundry minus the laundry soap elements. Very nice.

Never intended to be used on the skin folks - this is not perfume in the traditional sense. From Guerlain: A unisex fragrance to spray directly on your favourite jumper or scarf, for the ultimate touch of elegance. Perfumers reveal their latest secret to scenting your favourite items of clothing. This original and unique way of applying perfume can be used with any scent from the l'Art & la Matière collection, for an irresistibly elegant fragrant trail. A unisex fragrance, with powdery notes and an elegant trail that envelops you in its softness. Fresh notes of bergamot and mandarin, mingled with the soft noble powdery notes of iris and lavender. Then the reassuring elegant trail given by the wood notes of cedar, vetiver and musk.

The marketing on this has apparently shifted away from "spray it on your knitwear". The Guerlain site now says it "may be misted on the skin or over one’s favourite materials." Do whatever you want with this as long as it makes you happy!

Eau de Mothballs would be a better name... just a very blah very old smelling perfume. Like an old sweater maybe... I just don’t get this scent nothing like cashmere at all