Guerlain Chant d'Aromes

This is for the latest formulation CdA EDT in the bee bottle. This was a blind buy for me in a hunt to track down a mystery perfume. I work with a lady who occasionally wears a very beautiful scent. Being a diehard perfume nut, I complimented it & asked her what it was (twice!) Anyway, she flat refused to tell me the name, or even anything else about it. So began my quest.. Her perfume smelt like a Guerlain to me - I felt like it was familiar, yet it wasn’t any of the ones I already knew or have. I tested Jardin de Bagatelle (no) & discounted Champs Elysees based on notes, next up was CdA. So, thank you F members! The reviews before mine on this page are brilliant, probably the most accurate for any perfume on Fragrantica that I’ve ever read, & can only agree.. ..This smells like a sparkling colourful kaleidoscope of various older style Guerlain perfumes. It starts out zingy bright & fresh, then there are soon some echoes of Mitsouko with that over ripe fruit & spice (In CdA it’s much “quieter” tho). I can also smell hints of the pretty florals of Chamade & a tiny bit of the sombre dustiness of Vol de Nuit. This perfume is full of shades of light & dark, so for this reason I also agree that it is all seasonal, signature type of perfume. It’s complex & really lush, in the true sense of the word. I think this IS the mystery perfume, but now I have a bottle I need to smell it again on my colleague. I think what she wears is slightly more powdery/dusty & definitely stronger than my bottle. I have a feeling though that hers could just be an older version of it. Phew...& all she needed to do was tell me the bloody name; this review would’ve be so much shorter! lol CdA is gorgeous, I don’t know how I missed this one all these years! - I can only imagine how wonderful the original formulation was.

Chant d'Aromes is an achingly beautiful cold, airy chypre, to my nose, almost reaching the heights of the Most Divine Perfume of All Time, L'Heure Bleue. I so enjoyed reading alphairone and Enrium's reviews below because they both helped me smell more of the specific notes in this perfume; my nose training continues! Yes, yes, YES to an aldehydic, cool honeysuckle-gardenia floral airiness as well as a cold, metallic edge (on par with YSL Rive Gauche), along with a clove-spicy drydown that's reminiscent of the clovey-carnation note in L'Heure Bleue. I get a bit of plum fruitiness, too -- but it's a cold vs. a warm, rich plum -- however, my nose simply can't pick up any ylang ylang or jasmine. I do detect a subtle sandalwood-soapy base, though. Overall, Chant d'Aromes is a gorgeous, subtly elegant perfume, perfect for hot summer days. My only complaint is that it disappears so fast on me -- like, in an hour or two -- unlike L'Heure Bleue or Mitsouko, whose longevity is definitely in the moderate range. But I still absolutely adore this juice and will spray often, and with abandon, in order to continue experiencing its beauty. Some other perfumes that I think are in the same genre as Chant d'Aromes (albeit without the Guerlain "magic" or pedigree) include several cold, classy, clean, aldehydic florals: Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass (though more spices) and 5th Avenue After Five (though it has a contemporary clean laundry musk, too), as well as, to some extent, even Tous Gold (though it's a little warmer and fruitier) and Estee Lauder White Linen (though more oakmossy). To my nose, these perfumes all offer similar cool, bitter-sweet, aldehydic beauty. This is seriously one of my favorite genres of perfume. <3

Chant d'Arômes is time travel in a (bee) bottle! Originally launched in 1962, this lovely fragrance transports me to a bygone era when ladies visited the "beauty parlor" weekly, wore petticoats and pantyhose, and never left home without their lipstick. This scent is so PRETTY. prim, and proper. I envision Betty Draper, Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, perfectly coiffed and wearing a day dress. Chant d'Arômes is carefully manicured without a hair out of place. From the sparkling aldehydes to the frequently mentioned Ivory soap references, it's the beautiful white flowers including gardenia, honeysuckle, and jasmine that steal the show. Chant d'Arômes feels squeaky clean with an underlying powder-puff of a base and a springy green-ness that was so popular during the era in which it was released. Fragrantica's Sergey Borisov reported that perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain created Chant d'Arômes for his fiancée whom he described as "a proper and lady-like young woman." Created to be her bridal fragrance, it was designed to capture the charm of a spring bouquet: "I chose spring flowers such as honeysuckle and gardenia, embellished them with mandarin and bergamot, and added a touch of jasmine and a hint of ylang-ylang," Guerlain said. I personally prefer Chant d'Arômes to Chamade, which Guerlain launched in 1969. To me, Chamade feels more bohemian and bell bottoms while Chant d'Arômes is as perfectly polished as a Stepford Wife. Classic, elegant, ethereal... A time capsule that captures a world of everyday feminine glamour that no longer exists and yet remains relevant today.... because classic beauty never goes out of style!

I have a full-sized vintage bottle of Chant d'Aromes from the 1990s. It is a beautiful, high-quality soapy white floral that veers into soft, green chypre territory as it develops. Demurely feminine and classically elegant, this is beautiful from start to finish. CA opens with a clean jasmine note, bolstered by a fresh squeeze of citrus and rounded out by radiant soapy aldehydes. It smells like high-quality soap. There is a hint of fruity sweetness thanks to the peach-plum accord - thankfully this is restrained and doesn't overwhelm the other notes. As it develops, the white floral accord blooms cohesively - hints of green gardenia, sweet ylang ylang and polleny honeysuckle blend with the jasmine to form a lush bouquet. It becomes quite powdery. A beautiful sandalwood note emerges, grounding the florals, reminiscent of freshly unwrapped hotel room sandalwood soap. I get a green lily-of-the-valley note as it develops further. There is a faint hint of spice, and CA's delicate chypre base emerges as it dries down. It is green and fresh - a little bit grassy - with an inspired hint of heliotrope adding its ethereal polleny-almond floral scent to the base, keeping it soft and feminine. This gives way to a smooth, slightly sweet vanilla-amber accord as it becomes a skin scent. Sillage and longevity are moderate. Reminiscent of high-quality vintage toiletries (talcum powder, soap, lotion) as well as cotton sundresses, CA is innocent and youthful, yet is timeless enough to be worn comfortably by elegant women of all ages. A spring/summer day scent for special occasions. Subtle, understated beauty. 5/5.

I just received this the other day. My cousin asked what I wanted for my birthday, so I asked for perfume. I just turned the big "54" in February...LOL!! Anyway, I had never smelled this one before, but there were so many good reviews. I have you girls and guys to thank for this blind acquisition. Just by the way you all described it, I knew it would be my cup of tea. Just for the record, I rarely blind buy anything. I'm happy to report that this was a success!! My cousin had never heard of this perfume, and right away, she asked..."Is this an old lady perfume.?" My cousin is 39, but I explained to her that this particular perfume was created in 1962. I told her it was a vintage perfume, and I didn't consider it "old." She was more than happy to get it for me, so many thanks to my Cousin Jesi!! I'm very pleased with this lovely little perfume. It has the things that I love...soap and aldehydes!! Yay!! I was expecting something stronger, but I'm still really pleased. This is a very light perfume. I kept thinking it smelled similar to something else. Then, it hit me!! It's like a softer version of Hermes Caleche. Of course I'm also a big fan of Caleche!! I'm very happy with my bee bottle of Chant. The bottle is like a little work of art, and most importantly, I love the juice inside it!! There's something comforting about this fragrance, so it's a win for me. I give it a 10/10!!