Eau de Coriandre

I love the original Coriandre and I had known that this yellow-packaged Eau was totally different, but I decided to buy it because I was attracted by freesia notes. After the brief fruity beginning I get a charming and complex coeur of freesia, pivoine and lily-of-the valley. After 4-5 h there is a warm nutmeg and musky drydown. Dense, optimistic, warm. Smells excellent in winter, too. _________________________________________________ Pyramide olfactive Note de Tête : Melon, Ananas, Bergamote, Maté, Galbanum, Tangerine Note de Coeur : Muguet, Freesia, Pivoine, Peche, Feuilles de Violette Note de Fond : Bois de Cèdre, Santal, Muscade, Cardamome, Muscs Blancs, Bois de Gaïac

First sampling ~ 1 year ago: screechy freesia bomb. Nose has changed. I'm enjoying this much more now; the orangey citrus comes through like a refreshing glass of juice, and the galbanum adds a lot of lovely green stem. The florals are still high and bright, but I feel it's more tempered overall than I detected at first sniff. There's a woody-musky dry down that anchors it. Smells very Italian, Romeo Gigli comes to mind. Like many Gigli perfumes, Eau de Coriandre is very cologne-y in the top notes, but has a backbone of florals and cool spices that keep it from being too masculine or unisex (although men could probably wear it.) I think this works best in hot weather.

I love the original Coriandre. So complex and beautiful! It was hard to find out much about this Eau de Coriandre before I blind bought it. I saw it reduced to £14 for 100ml so I thought it was worth the punt. The verdict after a week of wearing it? Hmmm. Rather underwhelming. I think the notes as listed here on a Fragrantica are about right. It is a linear floral, floral, floral. Starts off a bit sneezy but settles down to pleasant and civilised. Just nothing special. I think I will experiment with using it for layering with darker fumes. With a bit of a base to it maybe it could shine a bit more. We shall see.

thank you so much xsx!! I'll fins you the notes of this one too , within a couple of days!