Parfum d'Ete 2002

I thought I had already reviewed this but I don't see it here. This is for the vintage formulation with the adorable etched bottle. When I was little my Mom planted a few lily of the valley bulbs outside our kitchen window. As the years passed those sweet little bells multiplied profusely. During their peak season, usually May, you could open the kitchen window and be filled with that sunny, springy sweet smell. I often clipped a few sprigs to keep in a little bud vase by my bed. Now I live on the opposite coast where l.o.vs. are harder to grow. Fortunately I got this beauty in a blind swap, mainly for the cute bottle. I'm in springtime heaven when I wear this one. This is the truest, most natural lily of the valley I've yet to experience, with a second act of hyacinth and peony, no jasmine, not much musk or sandalwood on me, but sassy, sparkly and sexy. Good longevity, incredible ambiance, taking me back to warm memories of my sweet departed Mama who gave me my first love in the flower family; Lilly of the Valley. Bless you Mom and those who wear this.

This has been my favorite fragrance since I was introduced to it by one of my best friends in high school. Her older sister introduced it to her, and had she not done the same for me I never would have discovered this gem. It's hard to find now, which is both good and not so good for me. I always come back to it and I've never been able to replace it. It evokes memories and aspirations, and instills me with a confidence that I learned from her. Upon application, it begins as a mix of soapy lily of the valley, green notes, and a touch of something spicy or herbal. Lily-of-the-valley stays dominant throughout the stages of wear. Something wonderful happens once it settles and all the way into the dry down. The dewy floral sweetens and smooths out, almost as though honey has been poured over the floral notes. It stays like that and projects a lovely honeyed lily-of-the-valley. It is very much a dewy, sweet, slightly soapy, floral scent, not at all spicy or herbal. For me, this is the ultimate in feminine fragrances.

Me and this fragrance have a sort of love/hate relationship. I discovered D'ete while in France and perusing that global perfume shop that begins with the letter S. I tested all the classics, Chanel No. 5, Rive Gauche, everything, and this is the one fragrance that I liked. It's fresh and crisp. The green notes are pleasant although very ambiguous. It was love at first smell. I also sampled Kenzo Flower. Great packaging, but I couldn't take that the floral sweetness. To me, D'ete smells, young, fresh and crisp, but there's a downside, the fragrance barely lasts more than an hour, and it's not cheap. I still love it, but wish it would last longer. I also discovered that there is a classic version of this fragrance that was released in the 90's. It has a different bottle and a much more complex fragrance profile. You can find that in the "people like this also like..." panel. I'll definitely be trying that one.

Personality: Serene, sunny, innocent, pure, gentle. Age: 18-45 Scent: Green, watery and pure, it's a joyful fragrance with just the right amount of sweet, innocent florals to give it a feminine touch. I definitely sense the lily of the valley, green notes, a watery hyacinth and a sunny peach note. It's such a natural scent, like a green field, drenched in dew and full of flowers on a sunny spring morning. No sharpness, no acidic notes here...just clean, gentle and subtly sweet. When/Where: For spring and summer days. Perfect for hot weather. A great scent for the office/college or casual days. Sillage/Longevity: Low Sillage, Weak-Average Longevity (3-5 hours)...this would've been the perfect summer scent if it wasn't for the longevity, but try it out on your skin, it may be different on you. JUST FOR FUN: A summer scent for Virgo, Pisces and Aquarius.

It's beautiful, sparkling and very clean. True to a summer scent though, it ONLY comes to life on bare skin. She is completely dead on fabrics, don't spray onto your shirt. I love d'Ete already and can't wait to wear her when the weather permits bare skin again. Comparison for fellow lily-of-the-valley fanatics: I will stick to my dear Diorissimo in these cold months. Diorissimo and d'Ete share a similar cast of LOTV & green notes, but are easily different enough to enjoy both in a collection. Diorissimo = VERY strong, creamy, sparkly gold. The ylang ylang almost turns into a banana note in warm conditions. Marketed as a spring scent but ideal for any crisp weather. d'Ete = Greener, dewier, cool to the touch, sparkly silver. Polished chrome vibes if that makes sense. Great in any temperature but only radiates from skin.

I bought this ekstraorinary lovely perfume private some mnts ago, and it brings back so many good memories from the times when I still was young, in the -90ths, to me I smell the original Kenzo d'ete, I worn out 2 bottles when it still was in the shops, I have been missing the smell of that perfume for so many years, back than I felt so very beautiful wearing it, in my long white dresses, much like the womans fashion today, and I still have that dresses, I love them as well :p To me the hyacint came first, than lilly-on-the-valley, and it's so very green and fresh, you could think the flowers were cut right now. If green is your color, this is the perfume for you. AGE: 0-110. STARSIGNS: ARIES, and, of cause all the rest of you =)) POINTS: 7 of 6. (7 of throw of the disces.)

This is a lovely one. It really has a true smell of lily of the valleys, and some fresh, soft, dewy green. I had it years ago and loved it(as did my husband, and my daughter, who liked to sneak a little drop of it). But it was just because of this lovely lily of the valley, that I ended up giving it to my mother, who has these flowers as her absolute favourite flowers. She is old and blind, and she needs to have her other senses stimulated, to give her joy and bring up lovely memories. It has been ages since I saw this in perfume stores, but now I have realized that it is available online! So, maybe not now, but for next spring, I will buy myself a new bottle...

This was a blind buy for me (risky, I know). When I first opened the package, I noticed the bottle, which was pretty, but it was a bit awkward to hold and spray with. The first sprays were too sharp and even gave me a 'glue-like' vibe. As it dried down on my skin, the more I liked it. It's fresh, green, and floral, dainty and feminine, very pretty! It stays in the air longer and lingers. Apparently, it was my mom's signature scent before I was born, I very *could* be biased LOL. Wouldn't recommend it for everyone or for a blind buy unless you're very sure what you want and like the notes. A very green and floral, nostalgic scent. May update later

Experience: This scent is airy to perfection! Fresh without being aquatic. Sweetness is just right (to my taste anyway). Soft and delicate without being a pushover because the coldness gives it an edge. Notes: Lily-of-the-valley and jasmine are the most prominent notes, lotv dominates in the opening and jasmine in the dry-down. Abstract, fresh greeness is also very noticeable all the way through. Oddly enough, the first stages are somewhat synthetic but in the most pleasant way. The base with clean musk and woods is somehow intoxicating to me. Performance: Sillage is moderate. Lasts max. 4 hours on my skin, which is the only minus for me.

I'm in love with this scent. I bought this blind because I loved the bottle, but I was honestly scared of how it would smell on me. The moment I put it on, though, I knew my fears were unfounded. The perfume starts with lily notes, which could have been very sharp and cloying, but the green notes balances the scent out perfectly. Almost immediately after that, the hyacinth kicks in with the jasmine right on its heels to give further depth. Finally, the sandalwood and musk come in on the dry down, creating an overall impression of freshly cut grass on a rainy summer's day. This one is definitely going onto my signature scents list.

This is like a time machine for me. My eyes teared up when I smelled it again after so many years. My grandmother used the original version when I was about 3-4-5-years old and it's one of the symbolic smells of my childhood. I can't ever be sure if I love the fragrance itself that much or if I adore it because of the memories it holds for me. Either way, I'm buying a bottle for myself. Having this around really comforts me and makes me feel almost invincible - probably this is how I've felt 20 years ago in my grandmother's embrace. It's so incredible what powerful influence do fragrances have over your perception...

So, so lovely. The most beautiful unnatural dewy green. It's definitely synthetic, a kind of mild lotion/sunscreen angle, which I really like. Subtly sweet & indolic by way of florals. Clean sheer lime green watercolor. This fragrance lasts about 5-6 hours on me. Quite close to the skin, though carried easily by a breeze. Fem-androgynous. This is one of my all-time favorites, spring/summer perfection. I got a 1mL sample of this, Amour, & Flower on Ebay for 33.11 USD (kind of a ripoff now that I've purchased more fragrances lol)

I blind bought it for the beautifil leaf shaped bottle. At first, I didn't enjoy it vevy much, too ~watery floral(not in a sense of something watered down, but more like the smell of flowers in a river shore) for my taste. But then, I decided to try it again in warmer weather an I love it! It's an excellent non-citrus option for hot days! And it lasts on my skin. I'm glad I didn't give up on this beauty. Stay away if you don't enjoy lilly of the valley note, it's very prominent here.

I've just realized how valuable the floral green family is. Always looking for good day-time scents, I don't want my fragrances to be overly sweet or calming. With a floral green, a certain crispness seems to be built in. In the case of Parfum d'Ete, hyacinthe is the most dominant note to me and combined with lily-of-the-valley, musk and peony it is definitely a safe choice in my wardrobe. In spite of its name, I think Parfum d'Ete can definitely be worn in spring and fall as well.

I received this in the mail yesterday, and I immediately had to smell it. It is glorious! The lily-of-the-valley & hyacinth are magnificent. Just as I remember it when I first had it some odd 20+ years ago. I'm lucky, I guess, because my skin holds scent for a long time. It's going on 6 hours, and, while it isn't as strong as when I first sprayed it, it's still quite lovely and "green". This is definitely a daytime scent, perfect for this time of year.

Loooove this scent. Very comfortable and fresh. Reminds me of dewy flowers. I dont understand why everyone associates the LOTV note with older women, for me it gives youth and renewal. Good everyday work scent. Only downside is it only last 3 hours max, wish it lasted longer. Stays longer if applied to clothing but I'm not trying to dowse my clothes in scents. Just purchased my second bottle!

This fragrance holds a strange appeal, reminding me of dew-laden, tender hyacinth blooms in early spring and real, delicate lily-of-the-valley in a green, green garden. It evokes idealized memories of a childhood that never was at an old-fashioned home I've never visited. Pretty. Poignant, but probably for personal reasons.

Such a fresh, green, springy fragrance! It's a clear, straightforward scent, doesn't dry down to anything other than what it begins with, at least on me. And since green is my favorite color, this is one of my favorite fragrances. Love it, love it, love it, and I always get compliments on it. Highly recommend it!

Very green and leafy with gorgeous green florals - I love this! Purchased a small bottle to try and will definitely be ordering a larger one. The leaf shaped bottle is beautiful too.

My mom had it and I started using it as a teen it smelled like a bouquet of jasmine yet not overwhelming at all , green , fresh and so feminine 🥰🥰🥰

One of my oldtime favourites! I ́m into my third bottle now and still not tired of it and that ́s something happening not very often. love it!!!

Received this as a gift but I will certainly buy it again. A lovely fresh and light floral. Perfect for summer days and one of my new favorites!

i'm sure there was honey in it.. loved this perfume in the summer. would not wear otherwise as it is quite unspecial. But very cute.

Perfect. I love it! Fresh, green (my favorite color), clean. erfect for warmer days or warmer climates.

Fresh, alive...that sensual warming note of jasmine. A favourite.

Gorgeous green scent, great for spring summer

Without having known anything about the scent or its notes, for some reason I was expecting a flowery and citrusy punch in the face when I first applied Parfum d’Ete. Instead, this opens with a very fresh green, almost grassy note, and with the spring-feeling of lily of the valley, before settling into other delicate white flowers. These are soft, creamy and slightly sweet flowers, jasmine, peony and hyacinth, without any sharpness, and they are almost transparent, as if you smell them whilst being half asleep during a sunbath. The lily of the valley shines through d’Ete’s entire lifespan on the skin. It remotely resembles Diorissimo, but Diorissimo is bolder, sharper, less ozonic and less watery. To me, Parfum d’Ete is aquatic, but it is not a sea-kind of aquatic, but rather like the big glass of water that you always have nearby on a warm summer day. A still, calm water that pearls from dewy petals and the human skin. It is a very light, almost ethereal scent that stays extremely close to the body. Merely a touch of summer or spring before it evaporates into the warm air of the day, it is definitely not an evening scent. Despite its very weak sillage, it has a decent lasting power and somehow magically grows stronger on my skin after a few hours, while also becoming sweeter, like a sugar candied and less watery lily of the valley. I can see this as a unisex fragrance. This review is for the new version, which comes in a beautiful, simple clear bottle in the shape of a leaf.

I got this one off a friend once since she was moving abroad and could not take all of her scents with her. OK, if I evaluate this basing my comments on the smell quality only - then it is a 4 out of 5 for an absolutely lovely summer frag: a freshly cut green grass bathing in the rays of sunshine. But when it comes to staying power/silage - on me it had NONE. Then again, my skin is like a void where so many fresh scents vanish without a trace into, so perhaps it is not entirely Kento's fault. On the other hand, Coco M stays through the day, and it is also fresh, so go figure ( perhaps it's the patchouli that hold on to me for dear life ). Anyway, this scent is inoffensive and more interesting than many summer perfumes out there, but it does lack a certain something for me. I just love a twist in perfumes, something that makes them memorable : Jardin Mediterrane is my HOLY GRAIL ( giant red letters with flashing lights meant here! ) for a summer frag, so this was nice to wear ( in the first 30 mins when it was still detectable ), but I would never buy this myself again.

This is a lovely, fresh green fragrance with notes of sweet pink jasmine. It's perfect for hot, humid summer days. I purchased a big bottle years ago, but I found I tired of it quickly. Even though the bottle is creative and pretty, it drove me nuts. It was big and awkward, and the fact that it couldn't stand up ruined the symmetry of the bottle display on my dresser. I don't know what ever happened to my Parfum d'ete. I must have given it away, because I'm sure I didn't use up the entire bottle. My using it got interreupted by Blumarine II, and then Blumarine II caused me to ignore D'ete entirely. I was still in the mindset that owning one to three perfumes was some kind of "law", and it never occured to me to keep a fragrance I wasn't using up to the last drop. Those days are long gone!

What a beautiful lily of the valley. A bit in-your-face for the first 30 minutes, but goes softer and fresher as time goes by. The peony takes its time to appear. The sillage is soft without being a skin scent, just right for late Spring. I could immediately guess this fragrance has its origins in the 90s. It reminds me of the lovely honeysuckle cologne I knew when I was a teen. It carries so many nostalgic memories. It's comforting, relaxing and beautiful in a way that doesn't exist in newer fragrances. And this is its real charm.

I love this fragrance. Delicate, vegetable, a little sweet, but with an admixture of something fresh and stale. Lily of the Valley, yes, but in the smallest possible edition. It does not impose itself, it does not irritate it, it does not overwhelm, it blends with my skin and does not cut off from it, maybe because it is one of the fragrances that never tired me. Perfect for spring and summer for a subtle woman. The bottle in the previous issue fell to his knees, the new one falls a little worse, but still it is nice.

Kenzo Floral Perfumes rulez de business! This is how a Green-Floral fragrance should smell, and after more than 15 years, is still one of the most beautiful jazmin/lily-of-the-valley scent. The original formula place a little more emphasis on Sandalwood/Cedar/Oakmoss but this new reformulation is beautiful too, and I found the differences are negligible, but the new bottle suck :( If you're looking for a clean, fresh-musky-floral scent with excellent sillage and powerlasting , try this!!

For me, this is the smell of spring! I had it 4 or 5 years ago and loved it. People said to me "this is your scent" Then my sister felt in love with it and I gave it to her, and almost regret it:) when I smelled it on her. I tried it lately and found it a bit too strong at the top-but after these few minutes it ́s faboulos. It ́s a high-quality perfume-like the other Kenzo ́s. It ́s my favourite perfume house. And on me, it lasted the whole day.

This really is green, green, green. Fresh & modern, light and watery but not airy. There is a bit of soap in here too, along with hints of white flowers, and perhaps a slight woodiness to the base. While I am enjoying my decant of this very much, this fragrance is veering too close to really nice herbal shampoos. In fact the first thing it reminded me of was green Prell shampoo that I used to use back in the 80's. I liked that scent, too.

It's a green scent but not that sort of overwhelming, almost aldehyde sharp green you get in some scents. The lily of the valley is well made and just a hint sweet, like it is if you're smelling the flower in nature. I like this sweet quality -- a lot of LOTV scents ignore it in favor of just green. The hyacinth and jasmine are well done as well. Only real complaint is that it doesn't last long. Very effervescent scent, light and bubbly.

A green scent with a delicate but quite perceptible note of lily of the valley, and beneath that, the hyacinth. There’s a very slight bitter undertone and a balmy-herbal effect, so that the fragrance gives the impression of a very exclusive and expensive skin nourishing serum. I have both the fragrance and the cream, and they help me achieve that no-fragrance-but-smells-undefinably-pretty aura. For nature lovers, definitely.

Clean and fresh, but not citrusy, definitely floral green! I was in my 20s when I first got it, and loved the box, the bottle and the scent - and now I`m yearning for it again. It`s lovely for daytime wear in the spring and summer, not a `sexy` scent, but makes you feel fresh out of the shower, without smelling too fresh! In a way I`d put it somewhere around Issey Miyake`s Eau de Issey Florale edt, but this one is prettier.

This was a blind buy. And I don ́t regret it buying it. Immediately I got a strong smell of lilly of white, which changed into hyacinth smell. I love it. At the end I got a gentle smell of musk. In one of the reviews somebody compared it to a morning walk in a meadow. And I completely agree. It is so refreshing. The only thing I am not a fan is the shape of the bottle which I had to put in a small box.

The green notes in this are realistic,very close to how fresh cut flowers smell in a vase... a bit bitter but still soft and fresh.No artificial or sharp notes like in so many other green fragrances.The quality of this fragrance makes it outstanding.It's like the lily of the valley, which-on my skin at least-is the dominant note;young,natural,interesting,delicate,soft and simple.

More of an airy green scent. Some fresh cut grass in there. I wore this years ago, and enjoyed - but I'd need to sniff again to have a more nuanced review. My only quibble was the leaf shaped bottle cap broke - and the bottle would flop over a bit, being an awkward shape. Still: really nice, fresh, green (very green) scent. Methinks I want to find this again...

I'm in love. This scent is really amazing for me..green, fresh, feminine, innocent.. On my skin lily of the valley is sooo present the first hours, and I love it! But also other notes come out with time.. It's really gentle and interesting.. Sillage and longevity are also great..Can't wait to have it..!

At first it's very creamy, like a hand cream. Then is quickly settles at something exactly in between DKNY Pure and Versace pour Femme. So much so in fact that if you are looking for a version of this Versace that's similar but slightly less sweet you might want to try this one.

A perfect summerscent. fresh, clean and green. A great mix of nice flowers. No sharp or edgy notes. Longlasting on my skin. en perfekt sommardoft. Fräsch, ren och grön. En härlig mix av härliga blomnoter utan tunga eller skarpa noter. Håller länge på huden.

It was my first ,,real'' fragrnce... Was lovelly - light an unusual - then. Now i am older and like much more spicy and oriental fragrances... But that always will be in my mind. Great fragrance for young, happy woman!

just jasmine...! as i usally say...gardenia and jasmin perfumes are the best! i used to wear it when i was searching to find my favorite one... i still have it,i some times wear it at summer... it is lovely...

I totally agree with Oxygene. The old version was so sexy, comfort, sweet, relaxing yet long lasting. The new version is stiff, totally green, not reassuring at all. I also want the old version back.....

Warm green and white tea with lily of the valley and a few fresh leaves. Kind of a no-brainer if you like LOTV. Which I do. Simple, airy, green and easy to wear.

Very very strong lily-of-the-valley here. There's a bit of soapiness and a bit of greenness, but it mostly feels like LOTV soliflore.

A pretty good substitute for Eau d'Eden. Not as sharp and the musk quality is lower, but the floral profile is similar.

Synthetic green leaves + synthetic lilies of the valley. Not my fav.