Jasmin Bonheur

Top: Apricot and Bergamot Middle: Jasmine, Orange Blossom and Rose Base: Iris I just got this perfume few days ago and I can’t stop wearing it and I can’t stop smelling myself. This will be my easygoing everyday scent which I can pair with every outfit. It may sound boring but it’s not. Actually Jasmine Bonheur is delightfully different Jasmine scent. There is something very old fashioned in it but in a very beautiful way. Apricot is very soft and fragile, not juicy. The scent is a little bit dusty yet full of joy. It’s not like dry make up powdery, it’s rather hazy. It’s really difficult to find a Jasmine scent which makes my husband react like “woooow” but this did it. The longevity is at least one day. Btw this is not animalic in any kind of way, neither heady. This is classy and beautiful. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

My testing experience was a WOW. Sure; there are a lot of jasmine perfumes out there, but this is undeniably great, to my nose. The jasmine seems very pure to me. First, it’s a fresh, night-blooming flower. Then it veers into more indolic territory. Then, it returns to a clean sambac. Nice little storytelling there! I get extremely light apricot and powder in the dry down. It’s really very lovely. I, myself, don’t get anything woody. For me, it comes down to reviewing my collection to see if this would be redundant to any other jasmine I have. J.B. is not all that unique, but it’s damn good for what it offers. It’s simple and performs better than other Guerlains in my opinion. It gets a little overwhelming to me and I get some mild sniffles, unfortunately. But it is a great jasmine. *Edit: I believe the apricot is prominent (for the wearer) and for me, it’s an unexpected and very nice combination. It really does make the fragrance special.

Guerlain are really good at misnaming their perfumes, in my opinion, and this is no exception. It's a sultry, slightly green, brooding iris scent, very complex, and dynamic. It has elements of the stemmy green floral lightness found in Joyeuse Tubereuse, and the dusty iris is immediately evocative of that found in Iris Torréfié. I like this shared DNA, it gives consistency to the line whilst those fragrances are actually pretty different. The jasmine takes a back seat at first, just giving a bit of flesh to the shadowy composition. It's a nighttime scent, a dark, spooky dreamland with twinkling beauty, an English garden bathed in magical twilight. Then after an hour or so the jasmine comes forward and begins honking and throbbing, a bit like a rich tuberose can do, but it's not skanky to my nose. There's some quite prominent aldehydes on top of it all, but nothing too overwhelming.

I started my 2023 fragrance exploration with Jasmine Bonheur. Oh! She is a peculiar and interesting jasmine. I was nearly disappointed when I tried them for the first time. The jasmine here is not soliflore, not always in the limelight. It is somehow transparent yet colorful, many many jasmine flowers, but they are tiny and not alone. The violet is always there accompanying the jasmine, sometime swapping the limelight with Jasmine. Somewhere in the middle of the transformation, juicy apricots joined the show. It is interesting. Easy to like, but easy to dismiss, yet so memorable and unique. Stay with it and try for a full day wear, you’ll hopefully see (sniff) what I mean. This is great for those wanting jasmines without the indolic -ness. Do not come with expectations of super jasmine forward, but do try first on your skin and enjoy the journey as the fragrance evolves.

I loved it from the first sniff and went back to the boutique after I left to spray some more on me. So the SA gave me a sample. Next day I put it on and realised why i was liking it so much, because of the familiarity to Chanel 1932, which I love (which is similar to Chanel Chance Eau Tendre). very good sillage - a group of 3 women approached me to tell me how they could smell the amazing perfume as they walked behind me and how they were just following me to know the name of the fragrance! long lasting, pretty, powdery. not much jasmine as i'd have preferred but still quite good. I will get a bottle of this for sure!