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!

I purchased this in Paris, in the Champs Elysees Boutique. I sampled a few of the collection and while this wasn't my initial choice, I found this one the most tenacious and also the one I found my nose constantly drawn to. The overwhelming aspect of this fragrance is the powdery iris for me. It has some aspects in common with Insolence: prominant iris, the slightly fruity overtones and subtle white flowers, although minus the parma violets of Insolence. I don't really think that jasmine is the main player in this fragrance, it's a powdery floral with iris as the main performer for me. I think it's lovely.

Considering the hefty price, I really took my time before getting this, but I cannot stop thinking about this perfume for a year. I have always felt funny wearing lipsticky fragrance but this one blooms just in the most perfect way. It has powdery facet with a hint of freshness and fruity touch. The floral touch is not the most realistic, yet it's so intoxicatingly beautiful once it blends into my skin.

It is contemporary certain unisex perfume unlike other quaint and sophisticated L'Art Et La Matiere ones. It has a bit rough bergamot start then distinct jasmine with a hint of ripe rosy apricot. Iris note is prominent here. There's no sweetness at all. It has amazing long fresh bitterish sillage. Definitely worth trying.

This one is not just for female only definitely unisex i completely agree with some comments that you will appreciate more and more after you wear this beauty, another less talk and less hyped hidden gem from the house must have in collection if you like any guerlain

musky animalic playful jasmines... This beautiful modern take of a vintage 80s animalic jasmines. it is rich yet musky with iris powder, some orange blossoms, fizzy bergamot, & apricot jasmines. This is beauty in a bottle. Beautiful.

Oh this is pretty, I don't understand the low reviews! Reminds me of Joy by Jean Patou but with candied violet and powdery iris. If you love "lipstick" fragrances and you love jasmine, this one is worth trying!

Absolutely Stunning! It works well with my chemistry and I absolutely Love it <3

Super feminine floral fruity bomb. Powdery to my nose.

This is absolutely Stunning and Intoxicating 😍🌜

It's not often that I read a company's press copy on a perfume and think, yeah that's it. But with this scent - on my skin, on warm spring day - they pretty much nailed it: "joyful composition of notes, including bright orange, symbolized by apricot, and lively violet, represented by pink iris. Color, as well as soft pink roses, set off the colorful fragrance of jasmine, intertwined with the fragrance of Guerlain to create a happy atmosphere". Check! The only thing I'd add is that it's a bit more abstract-impressionism on my skin and not so much overt jasmine or rose, although my nose might just be interpreting it that way because I've been wearing more figurative, hyperrealistic scents lately. Overall, this is an uplifting, pretty, colorful - but certainly not silly or mindless! - perfume that more or less does what it says on the tin. It might even be a safe blind buy. It's a strong like rather than a love for me only because I find myself appreciating it more from an intellectual standpoint than an emotional one.

Bought a Guerlain lipstick last week and got a 2 ml sample of Jasmin Bonheur. I sprayed it, and a wave of nostalgia hit me. I've smelled it before but I forgot what fragrance. I've been wearing it everyday for almost a week, and suddenly I remembered! Jasmin Bonheur smells almost identical to my Shower to Shower cologne, the orange/peach one, called Flower Fresh, that I wore everyday when I was in highschool in Indonesia in 1994. It made me laugh, since this expensive fragrance ($470 in Canada for a 100 ml bottle) smells like a less than $1 cologne. Having said that, no, it doesn't smell cheap. Jasmin Bonheur actually smells very beautiful (and so did the long discontinued Shower to Shower Flower Fresh). It's smooth, clean floral, a bit sweet, a bit powdery, very safe and easy to wear. No, I'm not going to pay $470 for a full bottle.

Recently, I've been sampling Guerlain's Aqua Allegorias and the L'Art & L'Matiere collection, and as a long time collector of vintage Guerlain, their newer scents have strayed far from what I know and love about what was Guerlain. Maybe we can blame it on generational changes on what users want, the LVMH acquisition, or the IFRA standards and restrictions which are forcing reformulations of many iconic fragrances and limiting new fragrances, but these newer collections, including the Jasmine Bonheur, aren't what I expect from Guerlain. While I like this, it's "pretty", it's safe and simple, it doesn't stand out with the usual wow factor I would expect from pricier frags from classic perfume houses. But perhaps your nose will find it worthy of a FB at this price point; mine does not.

The description of this perfume is accurate, it's a very pretty fruity jasmine. I got a sample of this when I ordered my Shalimar Millisime Jasmin, and was expecting the jasmine in both to be similar, but they are quite different perfumes. I prefer the Shalimar Jasmin over this one, as it has more of the "Guerlain" feel. But Jasmin Bonheur is beautiful, too. I really get that sweet and tart, juicy, apricot note. Jasmine and iris are playing beautifully with it. It's a spring jasmine, I don't find it too indolic, and the tart fruit gives it a nice vintage touch, the way some full-bodied vintage white florals are so potent they are a little sour. I wouldn't necessarily buy this one, but I do like it.

I tested it yesterday. At first I didn't understand what was so unique, as the opening is a very common "jasmin tea", the same that you will find in DS Durga Jasmin Yucatan or Kilian Imperial Tea to name a few, but after 10-15 minutes, the iris starts to pop up to really bring the Guerlain iris DNA, which to my nose is quite close to the beauty of Cruel Gardenia. That being said, I find that it is well-crafted and a generally beautiful scents. I'm hesitant for the price range of 310€ for quite a soft floral scent. You can get Roja for the same price with much better longevity. Only you and your nose can decide if it's worth it for you.

Sparkly, effervescent apricot jasmine with a touch of rose. Super clean smelling and fresh with a bit of fruit. I don’t really detect the iris much here, although the dry down of this is VERY musky. Longevity is a banger, about 8-12 hours. This is very pretty, pleasing, and perfume-y. Not really understanding the negative reviews, I don’t find it indolic or offensive. I don’t find it dated either. Oh well, you can’t make everyone happy! I will use up my sample, but likely not full bottle worthy just off my personal tastes. I can still appreciate it for what it is though. If you love jasmine or white florals, you’ll love this.