Déjà Vu White Flower 57

Some fragrances announce themselves with drama. Others arrive more quietly, as if they have been waiting in the room all along. Déjà Vu White Flower | 57 belongs to the second category. The opening feels almost cinematic: a brief flash of fruit—pear and nectarine, pale and sunlit—like the first moment when afternoon light hits a white wall. The gardenia appears just behind it, creamy but restrained, the way certain flowers smell when they are still on the branch and the air is warm. Then the room fills. Tuberose moves in first. Not violently, not in the indolic, nocturnal way tuberose sometimes insists on itself, but with a quiet authority. Jasmine follows—luminous, almost liquid—and orange blossom lifts everything slightly upward, the way a breeze lifts a curtain. At this point the fragrance feels suspended in a kind of floral gravity. The flowers are dense but not heavy, layered like white silk over white silk. What makes the composition interesting is the undercurrent of warmth waiting beneath it. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, vanilla begins to surface. Not pastry vanilla, not the sugared version that has become so common in modern perfumery, but something softer, closer to warm skin. Cashmere wood and sandalwood smooth the edges of the bouquet until the florals feel less like flowers and more like atmosphere. You notice this change not immediately but gradually, the way evening arrives in a warm city. By the drydown, the scent has shifted from a bouquet to a memory of one. The tuberose is still there, but quieter now, wrapped in vanilla and wood. The fruit that opened the fragrance has disappeared completely, leaving only the faint suggestion that it was once present. The overall effect is strangely familiar. Not because it resembles something specific, but because the structure feels like a recollection of white florals rather than the flowers themselves. Which is, perhaps, the point. The fragrance is called Déjà Vu, after all. And wearing it feels a little like remembering a moment you cannot quite place—an evening, a room full of warm light, the faint scent of flowers somewhere near.

Deja Vu was not on my radar at all. My fiancé bought this for me after smelling it on another woman (yes awkward, and yes he was briefly in the dog house). I finally gave into his pleas and wore it for a formal black-tie event. To my nose it just smelled like an ultra sweet white floral; pleasant, but nothing to run home about. Fast-forward to the actual event, I got asked 3x in one night what I was wearing, and was constantly told how good I smelled. I also noticed multiple people during conversations inching closer, and closer too. Jumping to the next morning while putting my dress away for dry-cleaning, I got a whiff of what everyone else was smelling... MY GOD Deja-Vu is heavenly. It is innocent, yet seductive at the same time. The dry-down is actually an ultra sweet, nectarine crystalized vanilla with a kiss of sandalwood (though everyone screams about white florals)... The white florals are still in the background which keeps the sweetness linear, but the woody-vanilla notes are the standout stars of the show. So while yes nose-to-skin this smells like synthetic florals or may not be impressive, HOWEVER the scent trail this leaves is a seductive sweet dance of vanilla and sandalwood. This is a perfume that you wear for the sillage, not for you to smell on up close and yourself if that makes sense... I have been stalking the site for the 100mls to pop back up so I can buy a literal lifetime supply because this gem is back-up bottle worthy, and I don't want to deal with the disappointment of reformulation/discontinuation.

THIS IS A GORGEOUS TIMELESS KAYALI BOMB ! A true ode to Femininity, the masterpiece of the brand to me ! Will be repurchasing immediately to stock up ( since in Indonesia is still available ). I've fallen in love and literally dried up my bottle already, i keep reaching for it every, single, day! OHHH the essence of woman that transudes, WOW. I can see how many say it's a mature scent, sure i agree. But it's light, it's sweet, it's rich, it's sensuous, elegant TIMELESS. Kayali called it Deja Vu indeed, probably because it's inspired by all the timeless, most successful Female perfumes of the last 300 years or more ( if we think of Santa Maria Novella in Florence we go back to 1221 ), but this fragrance REALLY ELEVATES WHITE FLOWERS to the best of their potential. When you have Tuberose , Jasmine, Orange Blossom and Gardenia together, it could easily become too much, but it's done so AMAZINGLY that it never is here. Leave it to settle for 5 minutes on skin and it will resemble a classical music concert of the best orchestra, one of those you are lucky to see once in your lifetime, and when you hear the harmony of it, you are so filled by its music that you smile clapping, violently amazed at what humans can do. YES, KAYALI for bringing back eternal taste, not just the modern commercial sugary gourmands everyone wants now. THIS IS PERFUMERY, please we want to see more of you in this notes. Divine. Beautiful. Timeless. Addictive. Say what you want but this is Amazing !

Ok...I absolutely hated this fragrance when bought it - detested and loathed it, because it reminded me of JPG Scandal (the perfume with the little legs as a lid.) which I found unbearably cloying. I bought the 10ml and gave it away to my little sister - UNTIL, I gave it another sniff when the perfume had time to mature. This is a beautiful fragrance - it's a well blended white floral that has a nice hint of pear and has a woody dry drown. This is stunning! I have to admit, I hated Kayali at one point, but always found myself smelling her fragrances even-though I already established that I hated the entire line. I noticed Kayali's fragrances smell so good once the juice matures and settles - for someone who hated Kayali before, I can tell you it takes some time to appreciate some of her fragrances. Sweet Diamond is my number 1, then its Dejavu, then pistachio gelato. I love her line, not every single fragrance she's done is a win, but I have learned to appreciate the notes in her perfumes. This is a lovely spring/summer day or night fragrance that lasts hours. It has an oily dry down, thats how you know the fragrance will last for sometime. longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 7.5/10 projection: 8/10 fragrance as a whole: 8/10.

Im a super soaker and was wearing a black shirt. That means you can go in ham spritzing the clothing bc it wont get stained. I started with 64 squirts of Déjà Vu White Flower. I got 2 compliments. One came from a guy. The other came from a woman. The lady not only told me I smelled nice but went a step further & asked what I was wearing. I never gate keep bc love gives. She asked me did I have the fragrance on me. Y'all KNOW I did! She had never heard of Kayali previously and asked could she buy it at Macy's. I told her I got it from Sephora. I was about to ask her if she wanted me to spray some on her, however she beat me to the punch. With the green light I sprayed both her hands and her jacket. She got 12 squirts total and hopefully she can enjoy this white floral delight on her clothes for days to come. She opened up her phone and showed me that she was going to order their discovery set. This is my MOST worn fragrance this year. I still love my Ambrosia Imperiale, Valaya, Carmina, TriBeCa, Ce Noir, Hibiscus Mahajád, & Vanille Leather but this Kayali get worn the most. Almost time for a new 100ml bottle! I have 10 Kayali fragrances but this is my fav.