I Love Les Carottes

I sampled this a while back with some other Honoré des Prés perfumes. All their fragrances are complex, but Love les Carrotes is possibly the weirdest perfume ever. It has a very earthy opening. All I could smell was musty soil and maybe some dry hay...? Fortunately the mustiness started to fade pretty quickly and carrots took the centre stage. The smell of carrots is unbelievably authentic! I could almost hear the cracking sound of biting a fresh carrot. Eventually sweeter notes of vanilla and orange emerged blending together with the earthy base and crisp carrot notes. For a natural perfume the longevity is pretty good. (Not as good as Vamp à NY though.) At first I didn't really like Love les Carottes but there is something intriguing about it. After the sample was gone I kept desperately smelling the empty vial because I couldn't get enough of the scent. I didn't buy the full size bottle because it's quite expensive and I'm not sure how often I would actually wear it. I wish they had smaller bottles available. I know this one will haunt me. I might end up buying the full size bottle one day. Edit: Four years later I bought a full bottle. As soon as I smelled it again I was overjoyed. I don't know why I thought I wouldn't wear it often. It's unique for sure, but still very subtle and elegant. I'm in love. ☺️

Oh yes I DO! Bright and optimistic, fizzing with life, makes you feel happy. Simply joyfully juicy, cutely candied carrot - and who could possibly object to that? (Except for the carrot-phobes or orris haters). It's straightforward, linear, and on me rather sweet: I get none of the dirt or earth effects, just a zinging-bright, definitely light and liquid essence of carotene charisma, which doesn't go anywhere, or do anything, much other than just carry on being its own sweet self for up to six or seven hours of delight. Chased this around the web for years without ever managing to dig it up (ha ha ha) it in the real world - until lovely user L8eenL8 on here sent me a sample, in a cheekly illicit global underground carrot-smuggling swap for my last drops of L'Artisan's Fleur de Carotte. (The two scents have a lot in common, but this one is less green, and even more cheerful, than the Fleur). What a result! May not be grand perfume art, but it is definitively fun, friendly, and GOOD for you. One to simply celebrate.

As so often with Olivia Giacobetti there is a theme leading to an utterly tight bound composition. So tight that multiple accords and juxtapositions seem to fuse into one. A controlled sphere. Absolute symmetry. You have to inhale it and let yourself sink in order to get to the bottom of its veiled details. There is bitterness, a rarer and profound quality within perfumery. There is green. There is delicate powder and butter reminiscent of oris root. There are vibrations of purple florals and rose as in facial powders or vintage makeup. There is carrot seed oil and filmy patchouli remembering roots. Carrot seeds and bitterness. Carrot seeds and powder. Carrot seeds and "vanillized" orange peels. There is sweetness. Sometimes bitter tastes sweet. This type of sweet is gauzy and gracious. As so often with OG there is a domestic theme leading into the internalized world of a nest, a nook or a shell. "Giacobetti is reported to have used carrot seed oil for her construction of iris in Hermes’ Hiris, which she created in 1999. " Packaging! The flacon comes in a sealed to-go paper coffee cup with real plastic lid and cardboard sleeve, in a bed of orange paper shavings.

The carrot is dead. Long live the carrot! At first sniff, this actually made me laugh out loud. Not since defiling my grandfather's carrot patch back when I was 6 years old, playing hide-and-seek in the wrong places, have I smelt anything so carrot-like! It's spicy carrot half an hour later - not so much evocative of NY Sunday brunches, as advertised,(but perhaps I simply have not had enough of them), as much as raw, fresh carrot dropped in boiling water a second ago-complete with root, because I get that, too. Strangely compelling, if you like carrots. Avoid if you have any mildly traumatic carrot experiences - this will take you straight back there. I should probably mention that my friend's dog was particularly enthralled by this fragrance. And who are we to argue with a hound's 'nose' for authenticity? I voted 'like' because this is unusual, to say the least, with impressive sillage for a carrot- I wouldn't wear it, but nor am I giving my sample away. I might just spray in on my hand on a cold winter day to remind myself I should eat more carrots.

I really like the smell of carrot seed/queen anne's lace etc, so by default, I like this scent. But because one could get a pretty similar effect by wearing carrot seed essential oil (in a carrier, of course!) I'm kinda like "and what now?" If it wasn't $98, I'd probably buy it and wear it. However, there's just not enough of an idea here for me to think it's worth that much. Longevity is also pretty bad. I wonder if that's an issue with this house in general as Angelic Sexy also up and disappeared on me.

un profumo che sa di carota? già già, ma non è il primo nè l'ultimo. altre fragranze hanno quel vago sentore di carota fresca (dior homme, chanel 19 poudree, per citarne alcuni) ma qui la carota predomina. la giacobetti osa, osa tanto. e il risultato è originale e gradevole. le note di testa mescolano carote ed agrumi (un'insalata, si potrebbe dire!!), poi interviene un ottimo patchouli e, infine, il benzoino. l'insieme non è male, molto sperimentale e assolutamente mai sentito prima.

a funny perfume with a high smell of carrot when you spray it, the smell keep the carrot fragrance for quite a long time even if you can feel the vanilla scent after half hour, its funny and original but maybe hard to wear everyday if you are not a rabbit, or a carrot:) ...

Sure, I smell carrot, but I don't think it's so obvious that others would say, "You smell like a carrot!" It quickly fades into a softly sweet scent, more like carrot butter and orris root. I like it a lot, the problem is that it doesn't last too well or project at all. I might buy it anyway since the options for all-natural perfumes are extremely limited. I'd rather have to spray more often than inhale chemicals all the time.

Carrot, pure and simple. Raw, slightly bitter carrot, not a sweet, honeyed carrot. Earthy. Doesn't smell like Iris to my nose. Smells like a fresh carrot juice from the health store. Not appealing on human flesh.

Demeter Dirt goes to the country! This fragrance is all about earthy, muddy, freshly picked carrots. Lots of mud! (patchouli and orris root) It reminds me of countryside in early autumn, baskets filled with ripe vegetables, earthy smells in the air and first autumn rain. Do I want to smell like this? Hm, I'm not so sure. But it is definitely interesting and fun.

Opens a bit cold and carrot-forward but somehow not vegetal, it is bright and fresh while still feeling like perfume. Then I get a sparkly citrus and I am reminded of the orange push-up pops I had as a kid- the citrus is creamy, lightly sweet and adds warmth. Magical. Dries to a beautiful green vanillic base with a tiny touch of patchouli. Really special.

This fragrance is a good example that using natural ingredients doesn't equal natural smelling. I have I love Les Carottes, while I really like it for the quirkiness. I love Les Carottes opens smelling like cardboard with powder (the one you use to cook with, not baby powder) on top and dried down to sweet Vitamin C supplement

Smells like.....um.....carrots. I have a mental image of walking around like a giant carrot at a school play. Probably not what Olivia Giacobetti had in mind when creating this.... Definitely quirky but somewhat compelling at the same time. If I could find an appropriate opportunity to smell like a carrot I would buy this.

This is such a funny scent. When i tried it first out of curiosity , i hated the opening, it really is like vegetables that haven't been washed yet. However, later on it becomes really pleasant, carrotcake-ish. Not in a creamy way, its fresher. Its kind of fun, but i wouldn't buy a full bottle.

Wow!! Never smelled anything like it! To me it's basically sweet carrots with smoky incense (what I perceive as incense must be the orris root). It's fresh and heavy, kind and mean in the same bottle. For a vegan death-metal girl? Very high scores for originality, and the package is gorgeous!

This is an unusual, fun fragrance! Smells really healthy like carrot juice! When you sniff really close to the skin,it smells like earth and powder. Unexpectedly I received a compliment on this today. The woman complimented me that it smells lovely,fresh and floral.Who would have thought?

Just smelled Hiris by Hermes. It got me thinking about this scent and what do you know, its the same creator. I enjoy them both.

The smell is pretty awful. Something like weak vanilla and earth.