Quand Vient La Pluie

***If anyone is selling their bottle please PM me I will be forever grateful*** This fragrance is an absolute masterpiece! I don’t have one fragrance that evokes all of my 6 senses. I feel beautiful, powerful and magical when I wear QVLP- it takes me to another dimension of pure bliss. It’s vintage yet modern perfumery done beautifully. It’s powdery and sweet - I am so captivated by this fragrance. I smell similar powdery violets and iris coming from of Après l’Ondée, Insolence and L’heure de Nuit. I can also imagine that Iris Ganache might have been an inspiration as well because QVLP brings forth this beautiful smooth rich creamy sweet texture that reminds me of ganache. When I wear QVLP my confidence exudes and I feel that I can manifest all my dreams and desires. Wow! Thank you Thierry Wasser and Sylvaine Delacourte for this beautiful creation ❤️

Like many of Guerlain's contemporary upscale violets/irises (Iris Ganache, Secrets de Sophie), this smells like a variation on Insolence which, itself, is obviously a variation on Apres l'Ondee's original structure. Quand Vient La Pluie is sharper (the rosemary), less chaotic, and more streamlined than Insolence, and just reads as a crisper and more elegant scent. The anise and rosemary seem to play well with judiciously used ethyl maltol or some other sugary aromachemical, and it's all given a sharp, cedar-meets-powder feel with what seems to be a decent amount of Cashmeran to me. It is absolutely beautiful, and I wish it were more widely available!

Somewhere in between Iris Ganache and Apres l'Ondee, this powdery gourmand has a nice white floral twist and a herbal touch ( rosemary). The Delacourte musky signature is quite present, too, besides Wasser's genuine gourmand note on a blue-purple flower base. Elegant, distinguished, original ... Guerlain !

Lovely, classy fragrance. Fleeting, though,,would have to buy the parfum though,,when my ship comes in. Gourmand violet. Sweet, but not cloying

Still in the midst of testing, but here are some initial thoughts: Quand Vient La Pluie is essentially an amalgam of many powdery vanillic purple florals I've tried. Its inspiration was Apres L'Ondee and I think QVLP resembles it the most. ALO is dustier, less sweet, and less vanillic in comparison. QVLP has a very citrus-y opening and the orange blossom helps maintain this accord throughout wear time. The praline adds a gourmand feel and gives the scent a modern vibe. Very Thierry Wasser, it's in line with many of his other creations for Guerlain based on both the composition and structure (citrus-y opening, powdery drydown). In addition to ALO, I am reminded of L'Heure de Nuit, L'Heure Bleue, Ombre Mercure, Iris Ganache, Insolence, and Esprit d'Oscar, among others. Some on here voted that it's similar to Gucci EDP, but the aforementioned scents are much closer to my nose. I thought I'd never be able to get a chance to try this extremely rare and HTF scent, so I'm very happy to have gotten the opportunity!