Hanae Mori Eau Fraiche

VANILLA WOODS, Berries & Rose-Ylang... This was love at first scent for me - as was the OG Hanae Mori. Opening with a sparkling burst of citrus, berries, that deepens into a smooth & sweet blend of vanilla woods, including creamy yellow florals, rose-peony & sweet fruits. This puts an oily sheen on the skin and takes off once it warms up. I get a blueberry compote with background fruits in the air and on the skin I get vanilla, sandalwood and ylang. In the drydown it takes on a vanilla/brown-sugar quality. Overall: well above average performance, this is a worthy flanker I will always want in my collection. Enjoy! Contrast to Hanae Mori Hanae Mori: These are different, but share the same DNA. Side by side the sparkly fruity opening is unique to the Eau Fraiche, which doesn't take on nearly as much brown sugar in the drydown, and has a few more floral touches. While both have fantastic performance, the Eau Fraiche projects more during the opening, while the OG develops deeper and stronger over time. Update 06/24/24: Testing this today, the rose-peony & grapefruit-berries are coming more forward for me, although it's still predominantly a woody scent, with a woody-brown-sugar base. Remains a love. Update 12/10/24: Sprayed this on today and I'm enjoying it. I'm surprised vanilla isn't listed in the notes, but I guess the sweetness is coming from elsewhere. There's a slightly sparkly texture in the opening from grapefruit, but the dry-down reminds me of brown-sugar without the granular texture. Love, love, love.

I have and LOVE all three concentrations of the original Hanae Mori (pink, blue, red). They are exactly the same except for intensity and weight of the warmth, balmy, woody elements. I normally chose pink (edt) for summer, blue (edp) for winter, red (perfume) for evenings. I finally added the Eau Fraiche (blind buy) to my collection and it is also EXACTLY the SAME as the original (pink) except it is lighter and fresher, yet still undeniably true to the lusciously creamy sweet original. Vanilla, almonds, gentle creamy florals. The woods keep it smooth and grounded but are not as prominent as in the original. I do not get any true citrus with Eau Fraiche but it is definitely bright and sparkly. This is the perfect summer alternative to the original blue or red butterfly, but if you have the pink, this is probably a wash. If you don't have any of the originals this could work year round. If I had to choose, I actually prefer this to the pink butterfly but because I LOVE all the butterflies regardless of the color I shall keep them ALL!!!

Yay! Just got this! This is light and warm. I havent smelled the original, so I dont know how it compares. It does smell like fruity warm vanilla. If youve smelled the line called "Les Senteurs Gourmandes", this smells to me like it could have been part of the collection, except I think its a little more complex and smoother. I got it just from the description and because I dont think its a very common fragrance, which is always a plus. I dont like people guessing my perfume,I find it offensive! Follow my beauty blog in spanish! esunbellodia.blogspot.com My most recent post is about essential oils and I have a haul page. Ive been trying out products by corean brand Missha.

Oh gosh... This is truly A M A Z I N G !!! Love at first sniff! This scent captures quite a few notes and even though it is not that easy to tell each note apart, if I try I will be able to tell that each note listed is there... All these notes joining together makes this perfume a very sophisticated and distinguished masterpiece. It is Sweet, it is Fruity, it is Floral & Woody, it is Fresh & Creamy, all at the same time... IMO it suits any season of the year... day or night, you decide! Lastingpower and sillage are actually very nice considering this is an 'Eau Fraiche'... I will definitely purchase the original HM for next winterseason! ~LOVE~ ♥♥♥♥♥

This is yummy it smells to me like fruity cotton candy cupcakes with some caramel thrown in. I love it!!

I now officially own every concentration of Hanae Mori, and I was particularly excited to get my hands on this edition of Hanae Mori. What I do appreciate from this line is that you can pretty much tell what fragrance line you're wearing no matter if its the EDT or the Parfum of Hanae Mori. The base has been left the same, with that vanilla-but-not-really-vanilla scent and some touches of ripe fruitiness. There's not too much of a difference between them all, the EDP and the Parfum being the most similar and the EDT holding more fruitiness to my nose. They all dry down to the same scent, the difference being mostly in sillage and a touch in longevity. All have excellent longevity on my skin, but I can see it not being the case for some. All that being said, I was expecting something extra from this edition. Having Eau Fraiche in the title makes me think this is going to be something fresher for the summer time, perhaps a sweet lemon scent blended through with the "vanilla." Right out of the bottle it seemed to be living up to my expectations. This is Hanae Mori EDT with a pop of really pretty tangerine and grapefruit. They come together in what I thought of as a sweet lemon scent. I was very excited for this. I didn't realize at the time that they are top notes only. And sure enough, within literally less than ten seconds they completely vanished. I thought for a moment I had imagined them, they just came and went by so fast. What was left was the same scent found in my Hanae Mori EDT. It dries down to that classic Hanae Mori scent in EDT concentration. I love Hanae Mori but I wish they would do something to diversify this line. Its fine that the EDP and Parfum are similar, great that they made the EDT just a touch fruitier, but did we really need this edition of Hanae Mori if the notes that made it different from the EDT fade within the first few seconds? This is a lovely fragrance, but it really could have been better. I really expected more. I do enjoy it and I will use it, but I am disappointed. I wish they would have kept the citrus notes mixed in at the base or in the middle notes at least. Made this an actual Eau Fraiche of Hanae Mori rather than another flanker to milk off the original formula. Which again, not a bad thing. But if I'm seeing Eau Fraiche in the name than I do have some expectation of something to differentiate the formula from the EDT than a paltry few seconds of (wonderful!) citrus. Why, oh why couldn't they have kept the citrus running throughout? This would have been a winner if they had! Bottom line: If you have the EDT then you don't really need to seek this one out. If you're looking for the EDT, you could definitely go for this one instead and you won't be missing anything.

Very light and fruity-floral smelling. Not as good imo as the original hanae mori

The smell of cupcake icing - in a perfume! Sweet stuff! This smells so sweet that it reminds me of sweet candies, definitely vanilla cupcakes! In my quest to find a fragrance that is similar to Eau du Ciel, (trying to find a fragrance that will smell similar but will last on my skin longer than a couple of hours)- I've tried a number of samples that were recommended to me by friends on Fragrantica.com - as well as a number of sales associates at local department stores in the area. Hanae Mori was recommended by the staff at Nordstrom's, when I asked for a light floral fragrance with the spring rain type theme. So far, so good. I'm trying a sample of this now - and I'm liking how this is setting up on my skin. It reminds me a little bit of My Insolence, only is a bit more warm and inviting than that fragrance. It is a high alto to lower soprano chord. It is sweet, floral, clean, and fresh smelling as it first settles into the skin. I will wear longer and report what else I am finding with the way this sets up on my skin. ----------- If you like Hanae Mori, then try My Insolence. They appear to be sister fragrances. Hanae Mori is a bit warmer and more inviting than My Insolence... but they have similar essences and could both be worn as a signature scent but would reflect different moods of warm with Hanae Mori - or cool with My Insolence. --------- Long Lasting POWER!!! This lasted over 8 hours and even through a shower! Wow!!! It stayed on really well with my skin type! --------- This is too sweet for me. I would like this on other women, but it isn't matching my requirements for a "signature fragrance".

Veroronnieronr... I usually find it offensive when someone does something vulgar. I'm slightly amused that you get OFFENDED if someone knows what perfume you are wearing. Guess I'll skip your blog. In the mean time based off what everyone else has said, I have purchased this limited edition HM and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive so I can review it. And if someone guesses what I'm wearing when I'm wearing this, I'll smile at them and tell them they have a good nose for perfume. Cheers!

Smells like marshmallows covered in chocolate yet floral and elegant. Whenever I wear this perfume I end up totally possesed by my inner goddess - dressing up and seizing the day . This perfume is not over powering but lasts for hours. I have the toilette spray. I guess I feel like a beautiful, happy little cupcake whenever I wear it.

This is a very nice perfume. Like fruity vanilla almonds bites, frosted in white creamy marshmallow, hard candified coatings. Gourmand I agree, simply yummy, and I am glad I bought it. I did buy it only on written reviews, never sniffed it before, Yae for Hanae Mori, truly delightful.....xx

Smells very much like the original, however when it dries down smells very fruity,clean somewhat gourmand even. Love it, lasts very long too!