Caleche Eau Delicate

This is wonderful. I sprayed it as I walked by a Hermes counter and within minutes I got 2 compliments. Its ethereal, soft, noticeable and utterly feminine. A new favourite!

Indeed it is delicate! Gentle floral-leather scent, so pleasant and ethereal! Alas, the staying power of Caleche eau delicate leans to zero on my skin.

07. May 2020 Today i was bored and going through my perfumes, stumbled upon this forgotten fragrance and decided to test it. Well, its delicate indeed, every note here is delicaye, nothing screams or stands out too much. Has it domething in common with classic Caleche? NO! It is a completly different fragrance and to me smells more close to Kelly Caleche and Jour. I am not sure if notes are correct or complete for this one, but i actually smell delicate leather note, like in Kelly and some weird vegetable note (celery it is), like in Jour but all of them are much softer. I dont smells much of aldehydes, almost none, no rose but more like a peony. Cedar - yes, jasmine - yes, but again not overpowering and all of them are quite soft. Its not outdated, not powdery, not soapy, just really airy and nice. Is it a nice fragrance? Yes! It has a good quality, but very low sillage and not s great lasting power ( at least on my skin). Would i pay a crazy amount of money, that they are asking for it? Absolutely not! It is just nice and delicate indeed, but im not wowed! The bottle, which has irredeceng glass is nice though. Probably will let go of it, cause i do not see myself reaching for it too often.

This is a very nice fragrance for the theater or dinner or church or anyplace your want to smell pretty and well-maintained without smelling—a lot. It’s just the thing to wear to visit your handsome dentist— it’s a charming, understated, and really quite pretty little breeze to ride on into a sterile-smelling environment. The ylang-ylang and jasmine are just enough to lift it out of the booze-and-leather golf-weekend vibe it threatens to get mired in right at first, but it’s tony enough to let them know you remember how to get to the country club. This background aldehyde-leather that is characteristic of the line, whispers “my-other-bag-is-a-birkin-but-i-don’t-carry-it-in-mixed-company”. I see it’s discontinued now, but you can still get Osmanthe Yunnan or any of several other quiet lovelies from Hermès, so wear, don’t despair.

This is a classic spring/summer scent of yesteryear, yet it still feels contemporary.At first whiff,I pick up soft white flowers,and Ivory soap!The cedar base softly trails behind with fresh green notes intermingling.This holds the scent together,so it does not become too transparent and float away.The dry-down is soft, powdery,clean, and feminine.Perfect for work,or a hot summer day, when you tire of citrus based fragrance. A close to the skin scent,lasting power,about 2 hours. Always appropriate,always pretty. :-)

It has some similarity with Kelly Caleche on my skin, some specific sharpness which keeps me sniffing my wrists. Nice, elegant scent, floral but not too sweet and in no way common. The note of jasmin is definetely here but not very prominent and I like combination of aldehydes and cedar a lot. An accord of subtle rose makes the whole composition very french. Best for warm seasons, like spring or summer. Lasting power is good.

A soft, delicate fragrance, reminiscent of the original Caleche, but not just a watered down version. The opening is much less soapy and has a negligible aldehyde burst. There is a hint of something almost citrusy which keeps the floral notes from being sweet. Very quiet, with more longevity than I expected in a scent this light.

I got a sample of this thanks to a very kind Fragrantica member. I wanted to love this but I simply can't. It's so sharp on opening and stays slightly acrid throughout. It has very little sillage, and it doesn't last very long, although if you really sniff for it, it's still there...along with that acrid note. Sorry, but this one is not for me.

Thanks a bundle to Malegria for sharing a sample of this with me! I'm sort of withholding final judgment until the summer, when crispy clean will be all I want, but for now I'm not moved by this soapy scent. It's nothing but aldehydes on me - no depth at all, certainly no leather, and barely any distinguishable flowers (and that's saying something, since I'm a ylang addict and can smell it a mile away). It's exactly like Joop Jette in that respect - sparking non-descript showergel. I'm definitely stashing this one away for a few months, when my chemistry will (hopefully!) behave better in warmer weather.

I absolutely love the bottle...As for the scent - I did not find it to be delicate - very leathery. Smells like a slightly damp leather perfumed jacket - pretty good, actually - but it is nothing really special for me. When I re-tried it in colder weather, it smelled like pure dirty socks or horses!!!! how can a delicate, beautiful bottle have so much contradiction? PS Update. I caught myself on missing the scent of eau de dirty socks, lol! So I got myself a bottle and enjoing it.

May 2020 Discontinued. I bought mine full price at the Hermes boutique. I suppose that it is a more "delicate" version of the classic Caleche but it is not a delicate perfume. I usually spray it once as I usually prefer lighter tea-note frags. I guess I do prefer it to the regular Caleche. I was always trying to make Caleche work for me as it was created by the great Guy Robert. The bottle has an opaline/irridescent sheen and might be the most beautiful of the classic H bottles.

A while after my last , rather negative review I understood that I miss this sharp leathery horsey scent. It is very strong, and there is leather there, I can give my arm for that fact. There is jasmine alright, and may be some other flowery goodness in there, and aldehydes are waving a flag, and some lemony spray in the opening, but it`s all crowned with an expensive, well used saddle.Between Kelly and Delicate I`d chose this one.

Certainly best from whole Caleche line, niche quality. It has some ,,cold'' note, that's probably from aldehydes, which makes this scent mature. Generally really unique combination of aldehydes and bunch of flowers (I get that impression), with great base made from sandalwood and cedar. Absolutely rare today but it's worth testing and having, performances are really good.

The opening of this was so floral-ly pretty. Then somewhere along the way , my skin turned it into Vaseline jelly smeared on leather. For some reason my body chemistry hates the leather accord in any Hermes scent that has them. It is such a shame when the top notes were so promising. Definitely a skin chemistry mis-match.

My all-time favorite, signature fragrance....I've been wearing it for years and am heartbroken that it's discontinued. Has anyone found a suitable substitute? I've tried many of the "similar" fragrance suggestions and none of them are anywhere close to Caleche Eau Delicate.

This is a light floral kind of scent but there is something in here that is annoying me like some spice, or some pepper, maybe its the aldehyes. anyway, i used my sample but wont be buying this.

It's very delicate, very feminine transparent floral perfume... For me it has some similarity with Chanel No5 Eau premiere and classical No5.

This is the very very best scent in the world, mysteriously complex and opening for hours. Sadly discontinued. My heart is broken.

Very nice sweet oriental, but nothing special in the end. Expensive, too, for nothing special.