Peau de Peche

This is a deceptively simple compostion. The fragrance opens with a beautiful peach and apricot jam, one made with very little sugar. Underneath this there is soon discernable a mixture of sweet-peach and black-cherry pipe tobacco, quite syrupy and dark and dense like aged fruitcake, though nothing like as full-on as some of the more baroque offerings from Oncle Serge. Gradually this segues into a serene, milky, sandalwood-spicy heart which I find utterly entrancing, and all the while the jam and the fruity tobacco persist in the background. Eventually some slightly fruity white musks take over and persist well into next day. One of these white musks used is a very interesting one: it's sweet, pretty, nose-tingling and soaring here in Peau de Pêche, and also in Chanel's outstanding Cologne, and it is very similar to the predominant musk in L'Artisan's Mûre et Musc. However, its hint of the vaguely scatalogical becomes more noticeable at higher concentrations such as as in Mugler's Cologne (the best way I can describe it is how fleece of the cheap blanket / polyester hiking-jacket variety smells when it's just been washed and dried, which is to say of fresh washing powder along with a hint of sweet vomit... you'll either nod in agreement here, or think I'm totally bonkers, depending on how your nose reacts to notoriously quixotic synthetic musks). Anyway, to sum up, this perfume is just lovely, and works well in any weather. In the heat the fruitiness is jammy but tart and refreshing and the musk is uplifting, while in cooler months the spicier, warmer notes are more prominent, wrapping the wearer in a surprisingly rich, fruity, creamy goodness. Either way it could not be further from the hackneyed fruity-floral creations that have taken over the world's department-store fragrance counters – it's a woody musk with top notes of tangy, grown-up fruit. Heartily recommended.

Where I live, we produce much of the produce for the rest of the country. I am pretty familiar with cycle of growth and death and re-birth that occurs over countless seasons. This perfume captures that perfect moment of real spring. White peaches are a different sort of fruit, blossoming and maturing before their yellow cousins. They are often ready in spring, before the full and heavy days of summer. As a result, they are less sweet, more green and can be slightly bitter on the skin before you reach the flesh. Peau de Peche is an homage to that fruit. The fruit that does not give up its richness easily. You smell the fuzzy peach skin, rich with promise, yet slightly tannic and sharp. You bite in and are greeted with a delicate, floral sweetness with an edge of green. This marvelous peach nectar lingers on you, but it is never heavy or overdone. As the perfume dries down, the woodiness of the peach tree makes an appearance, finishing the illusion of a peach orchard. A glorious and beautiful work of art by Keiko Mecheri. It cannot be easy to get the effect of peach and never lose the green notes. I find it a triumph of modern perfumery. The overall effect is not loud, but subtle. I don't mind as I get consistent wafts over a good 6 hours. I don't need to always have a huge cloud of fragrance that follows me. This would be a great choice for the discerning perfume lover who works in an office environment or other place where loud perfumes are not appropriate.

Okay, so I really can't believe I haven't reviewed this gorgeous perfume yet. It once was the closest thing to being my signature scent, before I finally for the most part committed to one, but after I got pregnant, the scent was absolutely nauseating to me(please note, NOT the perfumes fault, obviously). Now, I am back to it, reserving it for only the most beautiful of days, and all I can really do is sum its character up into 3 words: elegant(the strongest word for this masterpiece), beautiful and ultra-feminine. The peche is to die for and honestly, no peach fragrance will ever come close to this perfect concoction. No sickly sweetness or nasty bo smell here, that too many peach perfumes result in. Just pure, grown up, confidant peach (which I'm sure is heavily influenced by the orris powder). I'm so happy I can wear this again, because she truly is one of the most beautiful fragrances ever made. She's not sexy, she's not intoxicating, she's just irresistibly gorgeous. The woman that wears this perfume evokes class, mystery(because she NEVER gives it all away), and elegance.

I've used two sample vials of this and plan to buy the full bottle. I've also tried in store and sprayed on my wrist. It's a tart juicy peach with with a bit of green at the start. I don't like syrupy fruit smells. The tartness stays throughout for me and I found that I could still smell it on my skin and get a few small wafts here and there until I fell asleep about 6 hours later. There is a lightly powdery sweetness on the dry down that is really beautiful and comforting. It definitely has that peachy shampoo vibe, which I never thought I'd go for but I love. Can't wait to see how it performs when spritzed a but on hair and clothing. I plan to use this for daily wear. After working in a small office building for the past few months and gagging on the clouds of Chanel and baccarat that get trapped in the halls I definitely see the importance of being considerate and wearing something closer to the skin. The price point is also good for daily wear IMO and I'm excited to wear something that's extremely light and feminine.

I got a small sample of this when I was on a Peach and Rose kick. It had been sitting awhile because I lost the interest in Peach scents. Well, I love this perfume and immediately sought out a decant (I’m supposed to be on a no buy! Lol). Anyway, it is a soft fruity white peach. On my skin I didn’t get a lot of woody or powdery notes. Maybe a little bit like peach scented shampoo. But gosh, it’s lovely. Not perfumey at all. I used my sample at 7 am and could still smell it on my clothes at 4:30 pm, so it lasts really well on clothing. Just now I decided to try J-Scents Tender Peach, thinking it would be similar, with the white peach and “tender” in its name. They are nothing alike! Peau de Peche is fruity, tender, and feminine. Tender Peach is astringent, green, and unisex. Peau de Peach for the win!

This is one of the most beautiful fragrances I've ever smelled. Immediately after trying my decant, I knew I had to get myself a full bottle. Fresh, realistic and elegant smelling peach with some powderiness. This is what I had hoped Jo Malone's Nectarine Blossom and Honey would smell like, but that one smells synthetic and flat compared to this beauty. Perfect for spring time! EDIT: I've noticed that as time progresses, the scent departs from the fresh peach nuance and becomes more musky and a little sour (not in a bad way though). At this stage I find it very similar to Jo Malone's Wild Bluebell. Nice.

Dreamy,delicate and powdery..light as a cloud. I really like this perfume,covers me with his notes in perfect harmony, the white peach here is very well balanced. It evolves slowly in an enveloping aura dream ... This parfum gives me simplicity, freshness and lightness, it makes me feel peaceful, I think this may be fine unisex. This is a work of art by Keiko Mecheri. It deserves to enter my collection :). The sillage is soft, but the longevity is good. Great perfume. Sillage: 5.5/10 Longevity: 8/10 Scent: 9/10 Overall: 9/10

The peach in KayAli The Wedding Silk is very similar to this, albeit obviously not as peachy, but it's the same type of peach. I poured the remainder of a small bottle of TWS into a half gone decant of Peau de Pêche, then mixed well. I accidentally created a most beautiful fragrance 🥂🍑🪵🌸🍦...silky, floral, peachy and boozy sweet amber-vanilla musk. Both are lovely fragrances alone, but I created a truly gorgeous smell by blending the remnants of these 🥹.

Lovely green peach, fresh without too much of sweetness, juicy and very light. I perceive it as a peach (pastel orange) colored musk, not like a fruity perfume. Quite safe, great as a gift to either a young girl or boy, or a person who does not like strong perfumes, or does not perfume her- or himself at all. I personally would love it if it was a stronger, but still pretty much like it anyways.

This is an IDEA of a peach. No fruit flesh, juice, brown soft spots. It's not even the skin of the peach but the hairs on top of the skin. A metaphysical peach, the cleanest, most sterile peach you can have. I really like this scent. It gives me compliments and comforts me. Shampoo all day long. And you thank every penny for having bought such an expensive shampoo.

I must agree with Mals86 that what little peach there is to smell it was gone after only 1 hour by me...and I had used an ORIGINAL perfumery sample of the EDP version..so maybe in The Guide they d used the perfume.. anyway I had one hour pleasure from the powdery velvety peach skin..nice but not great in my nose

Creamy, beautiful, juicy, and stemmy photorealistic peach. In awe at how elegant, delicious, juicy, and clean this is. If a velvety peach blossom had a fragrance this is exactly what it would be. Simply a gorgeous fragrance 😻, signature worth. Very well done!

in the opening it's really a smell of peach skin,so feminine and delicate. after a while it turns into Amaretto fragrance. i love both fresh peaches and amaretto, therefore i find this perfume particularly delicious!

I have a sample of this and I love it! But it doesn't last. I get 2 good hours if I slather it on but at hour 3 I can barely detect it. For those who have a bottle, does spraying it help with the longevity at all?

this isn’t a juicy ripe peach, it’s a soft peach, still on its branch in an orchard of peach trees. This is powdery, woody, and soft, with a natural sweetness. This scent is simple and sweetly comforting.

Peau de Peche is a powdery peach fragrance that feels soft and fragile. It evokes a sense of delicate prettiness, with a subtle muskiness that enhances its gentle and refined character.

Would really like to buy a decant of this one day its amazing!! If anyones got one let me know please! :)

Exactly what I wanted, a soft powdery realistic peach a million miles from Bath and Body Works.

Keiko Mecheri PEAU DE PECHE is one of the most accurately named perfumes I've ever encountered. Yes, this is the scent of a ripe, unsliced peach. Even the texture is captured in this composition, as there is a warm fuzziness to PEAU DE PECHE. Wearing this creation immediately conjures up in my mind the image of a reddish-orange peach with shades of gray on its edges caused by the fuzz. Although the peachiness is central, this is a far cry from some of the more popular peach perfumes, including Lancôme TRESOR, Lalique LALIQUE, and Aramis TUSCANY PER DONNA. In this Keiko Mecheri creation there is no syrup present whatsoever, with the result (happy to some...) that the cloying quality of many other peach creations is entirely absent. I imagine that TRESOR is the best-selling peach perfume of all time, but for some it is too tattoo-like and sweet. For those people, looking for a true peach but with no sugar added, I highly recommend PEAU DE PECHE, a gorgeous and well-made perfume. That said, because fruit notes are so finicky (many of them do not work on my skin, and see the reviews by naysayers, below), it would be a good idea to try before you buy, even if you are a peach fanatic. (-;

Peau de Pêche smells almost exactly like I hoped based on the name: peachy, soft, slightly dusty, utterly wonderful. It manages to avoid the trap of wanting to smell just as stickily sweet as the real thing, which is delicious for a real fruit but hard to get right for a perfume, where it mostly becomes syrupy, candied instead. Which I like if I'm in a very specific, rare mood, but mostly find offputting. Here the peach is recognisable without being gourmand or even especially sweet. Apart from the peach note in itself, the fragrance's powdery aspect helps with that: provides it with an almost fuzzy quality that's definitely successful as an evocation of peach skin. The result is fruity in a restrained, non-edible but somehow slightly boozy way that I find very appealing. I like it very much; at last I've found a true peach-focused scent that's suitable for all occasions (instead of those supersweet ones that I enjoy in private but would never wear outside). The only downside is the disappointing longevity.