Fève Gourmande

Fève Gourmande (Store test, Guerlain Boutique Thailand) I was on a quest for my first guerlain. I know, I was looking more popular scent. (SDV, Tonka, Angelie, Neroli) My closest one is Neroli Outrenoir. But it is not quite right. I sam a few more. Santal Pao Rosa, Bois d Amande. Neroli pue sud. Iris Toraffie last feve gourmand. (Jasmine too). Feve gourmand got me with very beautiful Chocolate opening, however the scent turn undescribeable, I was thinking yeah another miss for me. But, Feve Gourmand when it reach final dry down around 1 hours post wear. This speaks to me. It is becomes vanilla powdery with chocolate nuance, mild rose support and dominant patchouli. It is very high scale feel that any of my fragrance can not give. It is not strong, most skin scent. But this speak to me. Let’s see a few more. If you are still walking this way, You’ will be first mon guerlain. If my idea is correct, Iris Toraffie and Bois d’ amande will also pass too. ===== Fève Gourmande Guerlain "Olfactive of French Chocolate Box" I personally think that Fève Gourmande is very romantic scent. This is modern-amber base fragrance, Guerlain aesthetic but in another direction. As scent first blast, It is very amber your could feel the sweetness creep in. Sudden, Slight waxy feel similar to the way you peel the plastic warp of the box. You start to open the box of confetti. It greeting you with milk chocolate scent. Bitter dark tea replicas the texture of chocolate, while Milk Vanilla and Powdery Tonka create test of chocolate. Dopamine take over as rose ambient buzz out. hazy. Red Velvet, like one of those valentine chocolate ad. Your eyes glaze over as the box of chocolate is assorted. colorful, eye-candy. You don't know what to choose. you pick one of them, it seems you bite into Liquor filled one. so Intoxicatingly tasty, you feel you should stop now but so tempted. You can't resist the temptation, you go for another one. This time you get Hazelnut one. Crunchy, Nutty. You lose control over yourself now and keep on going, slip your mind. It just a pleasure enjoyment. The box is now empty, you ate all chocolates. It left you with white chocolate card box. No more chocolate left. Like a texture of white powder. but you could still sniff a chocolate aroma That linger, as it left the chocolate tail over classic white vanilla-tonka in Guerlain manner. Patchouli start to show. it is now turn to a classic Guerlain perfume. But it leaves you the tails of chocolate, like a trace of chocolate in your mouth. Wait for you to intrigue again. ... Feve Gourmand, Predominantly by modern amber, use Bitter tea note to make a classic vanilla / Tonka. Feel darker more full body. I believe this uterlize vetiver to certain degrees however in this, feel clean so I think it syn. vetiver. Rose add red ambient, and somehow I pick up trace of Ylang-Ylang in clean manner in this when dry down. Maybe, add a body to a scent. The Patchouli is clean and it leaves nice skin scent on your skin. I don't think scent is gone easily.. this go quite heavy on modern amber however your nose might just get use to it. It leaves nice skin scent when dry-down. Feve Gourmand by Guerlain, base on slight more on Imaginary Interpretation. If you looking for another direction, more like real interpretation of Chocolate. I am highly suggest Melt my Heart - Orris Cake with strong Smoke Guaiacol, barely sweet.

Sampling Guerlain Feve Gourmande, released in 2023 as the updated name for Gourmand Coquin as part of the L’Art & La Matiere collection, essentially, and even though I am familiar with and love Gourmand Coquin, I was curious to see if there were any differences, so I bought a sample of Feve Gourmande. Overall, it’s very similar, its sweet and spicy blend of chocolate, rose, rum, spice, vanilla providing a pretty sensational experience and a gourmand lover’s dream, the rose playing very effectively off of the sweet (but not too sweet), spicy, boozy blend of gourmand notes. It’s really a stunner, and I’m quite delighted that this new rendition smells pretty much identical to its earlier incarnation, which is great, as most of us despise reformulations, the least desirable form of change. My only guess, without yet doing a side-by-side, is that the opening of Feve Gourmande is ever so slightly less spicy/sharp than the opening of Gourmand Coquin, but that’s not a huge concern, that initial bite. Feve Gourmande is EDP concentration and is sold in the US via the house website as well as department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, with retail pricing of $425 for 100ml, which is quite pricey, but not a gigantic leap from $275 for 75ml, which I recall being the pricing in the late 2010s. Still, the 100ml-only size offering is limiting, so you’d really have to love and frequently wear this in order to even consider buying it. In conclusion, though, I love it and it’s pretty much the same as exceptional Gourmand Coquin., 9 out of 10

After a few tests of this fragrance I think that I can now make a proper review of it. SCENT: This is a very nice light chocolate scent, imagine the scent of a smore with a stronger more prominent graham cracker, a lighter marshmallow backing it up for sweetness, and some warm chocolate, you can almost differentiate every note when you first spray it on, and while it starts to mature on the skin you get a faint rose note that really compliments the chocolate and also smooths everything out, leaving you with a light creamy marshmellow with a light chocolate note. LONGEVITY: For me the longevity is 4-5 hours with 1-2 sprays (Then again I they were both on my arm which could have rubbed off) so I would do at least 4-5 sprays. SILLAGE: This doesn't really project that much, definitely wouldn't fill a room but people near you will defineitly smell you if you wear enough of it. RATING: After considering all of this I give this fragrance a strong 9.5/10, this is probably the best scent I have smelt this year, what it doesn't have in sillage and longevity it makes up for in scent, I'd say that the 200ml is more worth it and if you can find a tester usually they go for $400 so that's pretty affordable considering the price per ml, this would be a great signature scent and could even be a daily if you wanted, I will be purchasing this soon.

The Gourmand to defeat all gourmands. This makes you want to sell off half your collection just to ensure bottles upon back up bottles. I cannot stop smelling myself whenever i wear this. I thought the cacao would be the star of the show based on the reviews, but it’s actually the rum. This is the most accurate rum note that I’ve come across- it reminds you of that deep, dark sweet Caribbean rum; not too boozy and synthetic as I find with many niche rum notes. I don’t understand how any gourmand lover can hate on this- you literally smell like a boozy sweet rum dusted with the finest earthy cacao powder. The cacao is sweet and floral- it’s definitely NOT a generic milk-chocolate or chocolate “cakey” note. The tea and spice notes gorgeously settle in after the 2 hour mark. I was concerned about performance, but I still smell this about 8 hours later. I haven’t come across anything like Feve Gorumande. The closest thing I can think of is if you were to replace the fig note in Gris Charnel with spiced rum. One of the few niche scents that I would rate worthy of the retail price tag (though Guerlain is not niche by definition I consider their craftsmanship to punch above niche). Feve is so special that I actually plan to treat myself and personalize my next bottle with Guerlain.

Wearing this today—perfect for a snowy, cold day. I'll start by saying I've never smelled Gourmand Coquin so I can't compare. Although I do think "Gourmand Coquin" is a prettier name. The scent itself is super elegant and nicely balanced...what an opening! You get an initial blast of dark cocoa, that creamy Guerlain vanilla and a touch of spices (mostly nutmeg, some cinnamon). It reminds me of a holiday rum cake. I also get a very faint hint of smoke which keeps it from getting all-too cloying. About ten minutes in, a soft powdery rose peeks through. I like powdery rose so for me this was a nice addition. I will say, the rose is ghost-like, virtually undetectable. But it has its function—taking the composition from a dessert to an actual perfume. Not really picking up the patchouli note so don't let that scare you. The only thing that keeps me on the fence is the tea note. I'm not a fan of tea in my scents. Overall, it's pretty. I'll finish the sample for sure but as of now, it's not FB worthy. Edit: After having worn this a few days, I can honestly say that the late dry down stage is my favorite part of FG. A nice haze of tonka, musk and dry cocoa powder. I flew through my samples. If it weren't for the ridiculous prices and large sizes, I'd buy a bottle.