Blanc Poudre

Blanc Poudre is the ultimate clean- comfort scent to me. Cotton notes are almost always paired with soapy and aquatic notes, which I don’t especially enjoy. The cotton here is so powdery and fluffy- you can almost feel that squeaky sounds it makes when rubbed together. Rice and vanilla are slightly milky, sweet notes giving a heliotrope sensation- doll like and smooth. I think this is more of a rice powder scent than a savory rice- like a really fine rice powder face cosmetic. I get the sensation of finely milled rice flour rubbed between my fingers- silky and delicate, with a little bit of chalkiness. After an hour or two, there’s a dry vanilla and sandalwood left, but it’s very, very faint. My only complaint is how fast this fades. It becomes hard to smell on myself rather quickly, but the sillage is just right- soft and personal. This takes me back to being freshly bathed, dusted with talcum powder and wrapped in a warm, downy cotton towel. Slipping your clean body beneath newly laundered linens, straight from the dryer. So innocent and safe, this scent brings me a great sense of comfort. I highly recommend if you prefer intimate scents, with a powdery, clean, & fuzzy feel.

Now THIS is how I like my powder puffed! Soft, subtle and approachable with just a pinch (not too much) of vanilla laced sweetness. It's not groundbreaking or daring. It's safe and comforting, making it perfect for these strangest of times. The rice note is really noticeable to me, but the florals (I'm not convinced there are any) are muted. Cotton flower? I can't smell that either, has anyone ever smelled cotton flower? Maybe it smells like fluff :) BP is certainly cotton-like in feel, casual, comfortable, lacking in warmth.... pleasantly unremarkable. Almonds are not listed, but my nose says otherwise, unless Heeley dropped in a cherry note as a final fragrant garnish. Blanc Poudre is a deceptively persistent little fluff of a fragrance for the wearer. Seriously, it last throughout my entire work day. Given my profession, that's no easy feat. There's probably some powdery fragrance out there just like Blanc Poudre, but I sure haven't found it. NOW, I can stop looking. <3

A simple but good fragrance. The best representation of a rice note that I've come across in perfume. I think "poudre" is a little misleading - this is not a particularly powdery, makeup-y, or musky scent. It's mostly a combination of soft white things: cotton, rice, vanilla. I don't get a recognizable sandalwood note. Fresh, not overly sweet. Clean and comforting. Feminine but potentially unisex. PS: Heeley says Blanc Poudre was reformulated to feature a stronger vanilla note circa early 2023. The earlier formulation had more of a plastic note, almost like new pool toys, to my nose. The newer formulation has a softer feeling, more like fresh linens.

This is just dreamy. It manages ti strike a perfect chord between sugar, salt, powder and silk. Everything is so beautifully balanced on a bed of fluffy musks - the vanilla is thrown into the air with them and then countered to not be overly sweet with a crunchy, salty, yet transparent amber undertone. IT feels very white and yet is not stark, but rich. Associations are clean white cotton, steamy rice, vanilla macaron laced with salted caramel, fluffy clouds of meringue, and clear silky amber inlaid into sandalwood. Divine!

A very very nice powder. Very faithful to the notes announced in the pyramid. An enveloping cotton cloud (which adds a lot to this very nice rice aspect, a note that is always making me feel good). Floral but not too much, vanilla but not too much, very small background of sandalwood... Lovely, indeed. A very light rice pudding, delicately spiced (with almost a teurgoule aspect), in a pretty porcelain cup. A balsam fragrance in the core, perfectly balanced, and with a very good hold on my side.