Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat

The storytellers say that Jacques Guerlain created Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat in 1920 as he was impressed by the Mediterranean citruses during his travels. This frag is a citrus blast, indeed, but longevity is quite poor, 30 min at most, and the very reason of this creation may be quite different. The Guerlains new very well the Mediterranean flora ... buying many of their ingredients in Grasse, including at the time those of Heure Bleue, Jicky, Cologne Imperiale, etc. So they knew quite well citruses and it would have been very easy for them to make a citrus frag with a better longevity. So why didn't they do it? Guerlain insiders knew the answer since quite a while, but now we can all read it clearly written on the Guerlain website : "This fleeting Eau de Cologne blends perfectly with your usual Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum or Extract", it says in the "Parfumer's secrets" section. If, for example, the hyper-powdery Heure Bleue EDP or Extract overreacts with your skin for 5, 10 or 20 min leaving a very transient and unpleasant impression, just add 10 or 20% (at most) EDFDC and the problem is solved: the violet-iris-heliotrope-carnation combination of LHB doesn't go through this short but critical period. Remember, l'Heure Bleue was launched in 1912 and created a lot of buzz due to its composition back then. Also, the present Brussels regulations limited the use of some ingredients (e.g. Heliotrope), so it somewhat happened again that LHB's composition had to be adapted. Moreover, the global longevity of the transiently citrus-covered or citrus-"blended" reference frags is not affected by EDFDC, and the overall pleasantness is much improved. I never judge a seemingly harsh frag, especially if its powdery, without testing this simple recepy for modulating its opening. Its not a miraculous treatment and remains very skin- (& mood- & temperature-) dependent, but its always worth a try before giving a frag away.

Guerlain’s Fleurs de Cedrat has nothing floral to it! But if a juicy, zesty citron or lemon forward scent is something you like, this is one is gorgeously delicious! Pure citruses. I had the chance to test all the Les Eaux from Guerlain in September, while on a trip to Sardegna, and both me and my husband fell enamoured with the entire collection. These are fairly light scents, minimalist and have intimate sillage, but smell very natural and photorealistic. It’s like you’re biting into a bunch of citruses, one by one, and they are releasing instantly their energising, bright and uplifting aroma, when you’re spraying any of them. To me, none of them have the “cleaning products” vibe because how realistic they feel! The obvious downside is that they’re not long lasting at all and don’t really project around you. They’re mainly the citrusy take on your skin but better or second skin type of perfumes. But if you’re into that, you can’t go wrong with any of Les Eaux! As expected, Eaux de Fleurs de Cedrat is mainly a summer time scent, hot&humid days. I think that time particularly it’s their time to shine! Outside that, maybe a wake up/slow morning during weekends type of perfume. Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat is a delicate, bright, fresh, citrusy scent at its core! Nothing complicated or fancy, but really good for holidays wear. Finest citruses blended in a skilfully, elegant way! I have purchased my bottle during Black Friday deals, for 60% off, not FRP, so I’m not too bothered about its weak performance! To be completely honest, I wouldn’t buy this scent for full price, it’s too fleeting to worth the money..

Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat is a very pleasant creation by Guerlain. It's very soft and sits on the skin so that after twenty minutes or so it's a skin scent. It's a lovely blast of lemon and it's very fresh and invigorating. It's gone after about three and half hours but that's what you would expect from an Eau de Cologne - they're all top notes and not meant to last on their own. So if you want something that blasts and lasts, this won't be for you. If you're happy with subtlety or to refresh the scent, you'll really like Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat. It has the advantage of going with both other Guerlain fragrances as well as sitting nicely with others which are complemented by lemon/citrus notes so it has a versatility which most people won't think of trying. It also makes a lovely cologne to use before going to bed. The best lemon cologne.

ecco un altro superclassico, difficile da trovare peraltro, della maison guerlain. nato nel 1920, dalle mani geniali di monsieur jacques guerlain, per far fronte alla calura estiva patita sulla costa azzurra da turisti danarosi. si tratta infatti di un'acqua, alternativa glamour a quella di colonia, esperidata ed estremamente evanescente. le note agrumate, però, non sono qui aspre, ma direi quasi dolci, come quelle, appunto, non di limone, ma di cedro. il bouquet è quindi morbido e rinfrescante, poco persistente, perfetto per il caldo, assai simile al profumo della cedrata, cioè della bevanda. anche in questo caso per me indossarlo è un tuffo nel passato perchè mi ricorda vividamente una mia vecchia prozia, ormai scomparsa. molto suggestivo.

It's totally amazing - like all the best possible cologne notes mingled together in most carefully proportions. When I smelled this, I was immediately transferred to an elegant salon in early 20th century, full of smartly dressed gentlemen and ornamental furniture. In the opening there are a lot of really gorgeous strong citruses that stay on skin relatively long (unusual for citruses), woody notes can be sensed also from the beginning, only the proportions change in time. I find this to be a beautiful, unisex cologne that will develop well on everybody - you can't go wrong with citruses and cedar, can you?;)