Soleil

This is a perfume where it is very difficult to pick out all the individual fragrance notes. They blend seamlessly together into this fresh, bright, uplifting, sunny, fruity floral fragrance. I would not classify this as a gourmand fragrance. It amazes me that there is praline in here, because I don't get it at all. Not even in the dry down. At first spray, I get the top notes of mandarin, and... bitter almond and cardamom? I am familiar with almond in perfume, but I have never smelled bitter almond or cardamom. The combination is fresh and warm at the same time, but I would not consider this a spicy or almond fragrance. In the middle I get the jasmine, along with the bitter almond or cardamom scent, and I get a hint of the caramel. The dry down is slightly sweet with a hint of musk. Makes me want to mash my nose into my wrist. A previous reviewer mentioned it reminded them of something from their childhood, and I would agree. It reminded me of that golden yellow Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo that my mother used on my hair when I was young....so long ago. :) I am not implying this perfume smells like baby shampoo. It is much more sophisticated and zero soapy. It was more of a hint of a memory of that scent, and it made me instantly smile. The bottle is the most beautiful bottle I own. It looks as if when the glass was blown, they captured the rays of the sun inside of it. A piece of art. A lovely perfume that I should wear more often, but the expense makes me savor it only on special occasions instead. A completely safe blind buy, in my opinion, and would make an amazing gift for someone special.

O. K., O.K. - I bought the perfume for the bottle, and for the "Lalique" name. I did read the notes and some reviews, so I thought I might like, and it was relatively inexpensive so I bought the bottle. When I received it, I loved the bottle, like I knew I would. But at first "sniff" I wasn't sure whether I would like the perfume at all. It seemed acrid and off-putting. I sprayed some on a sampler card and it had a wonderful smell to it, just not on me . . . initially. So, I just put the pretty bottle on my countertop to admire and left it sit there. About a week or so later, I decided to try a spray or two. I was going out for a walk and thought that if the perfume "turned" on me, I would be outside where it wouldn't both me as much. To my utter surprise, the scent was marvelous! At first the perfume gave off a strong citrusy fragrance. What I thought previously as acrid was the bitter almond, which had smoothed out into a sweeter more supple scent. The citruses died down and then the creamy pear and musk began to peak through, along with the more sweeter notes. But during the dry down, the slight citrus, pear and musk blended elegantly with the sandalwood. Wow! What a combination! I fell in love with this perfume. But, never set your heart on wearing a perfume just once! I tried it again yesterday, and then again today . . . and the same lovely parade of fragrances emanated from my skin. There is only one slightly sad part to this story - this lovely fragrance only lasts about 3-4 hours, perhaps just a bit longer on clothing. Now, I will have to try Soleil Sunburst - another pretty bottle. :)

Soleil, despite its namesake, does not burn with grand, solar brilliance, instead evoking the quiet glow of a golden morning, steeped in sun and the sweet. It unfurls a cascade of thick sugared citrus and caramel, a radiant gourmand opening that shimmers with candied brightness—so extremely saccharine it nearly put me off. But the initial intensity speedily softens, poached pears and almond cream emerging, their velvety richness laced with a delicate marzipan-like nuttiness, less cloying not one bit overpowering. And despite its confectionary tendencies, Soleil proves to be much more than a dessert—there’s a certain depth here that steadily moves to the forefront as the fragrance progresses. A fleeting whisper of coffee bitterness, like the frothy crema of a morning latte, subtly grounding the sweetness, where you come to discover that this is not an indulgent treat, no, but the aroma of sugary breakfast cereal soaked in almond milk, fresh-squeezed juice, and the steam of caffeine. Sitting nearby is a vase holding a singular stalk of jasmine, subdued, soft, and nearly translucent, lingering at the periphery and blissfully free from its usual indolic opulence. This is a fragrance of cozy indulgence, airy yet substantial, gourmand-adjacent rather than overtly photorealistic. Unfairly maligned by the below reviews, which I suppose may be due to difference in climate (it's sooo hot and humid here), its soft glow bloomed around a comforting embrace. A fragrant mirage of morning light, breakfast warmth, and quiet joys.

I blind bought Soleil after reading all the reviews here. Initially I got interested on this perfume because of the bottle, which is really really stunning. Even many reviewers here wrote this perfume is very fresh and not gourmand at all, I didn't trust 100%. I love gourmand fragrances but fresh floral and citric perfumes are usually my favorites. About Soleil I have to agree with those reviewers. To me Soleil isn't gourmand at all and I also would not categorize it as a sweet perfume. In the first minutes what I most smell is the cardamom, which gives to this perfume a very minty fresh feeling, almost medicinal. I can also smell the almonds and the citrus notes, and as a reviewer wrote, it reminds Guerlain La Petit Robe Noire Eau Fraiche, but fresher and with this Cardamom note. After sometime Soleil becomes a less sweet and exotic version of Mugler Womanity. Maybe it's all in my mind but I can swear I smell salt in here. Together with the Womanity vibe I also get that typical Chanel scent. The same style as in Chanel Paris Venise and Dior Joy (which some people compare to Allure). And that's how Soleil stays on my skin. If somebody would show me this and tell its a Chanel perfume, I would believe. It's not a memorable fragrance, but I love it. Until now I've only tested it in winter, so I can't tell how it behaves when it's warm outside, but I have the feeling it will be even nicer. I'm happy Ive bought it. It's an easy fragrance, very versatile.

The bottle of this one is beau-ti-ful! But... it just can't be for summer for me. Where I live we reach 45o, I would be shoking people with this, it' too sweet. But I don't find it suitable for winter either, so... I would say it's a good choice on spring or autumn sunny days with no more than 25o celsius. I don't know why, but to me, this smells like peach, a soft peach with jazmin and soft caramel. All the other notes... they just disappear on my skin and turn into peach. The smell is very faint, I've had it for one and a half hour, and it almost doesn't smell. I like it, just not enough for a FB. I have to edit my comment 6 months later: I tried this perfume again on a chilly day and fell in love with it, I thought it smelled like heaven. It lasted way more on my skin on the colder weather, about 3 hours (instead of 1.5 hours). Bought a 30 ml bottle and have been using it for work on cold days, I spray it on my hands, sweater and sleeves, and I LOVE IT. It lasts for days on my sweater, so the longevity problem disappeared. This is not a typical fall-winter scent, but that ́s precisely the point, it lights up the dark, cold day. It shines with it's clean, sweet aroma. I'm already finishing the 30 ml bottle and bought a full 100 ml bottle, so... I eat my words, it's not for summer but it's amazing on 10o-25o celsius temperatures, very uplifting and clean. I'm also spraying it on my pijamas to go to sleep, I'm really in love with this scent.

Soleil is fruity and gourmand on me. I smell the pear, mandarin, cardamom and almond first, then the praline and last but not least a hint of milky coffee and caramel as a delicate finish. The musk, jasmine and sandalwood are at the core the whole time, but not so strong as to mute the finer notes. The opening is very fruity, very delicious, with strong cardamom. As it dries down, the other notes gain strength. Eventually everything blends together nicely - I get whiffs of marzipan, a slight creamy scent with floral components, very well rounded. Soleil is simply delightful, made for a happy mood. You don't smell like a whole bakery with it, if that's what you're looking for - in my opinion it's hovering between a gourmand and a fruity fragrance, just at the right spot. I prefer wearing this during the day, but will probably try it on summery nights as well. It needs to be said how pretty the bottle is. It looks and feels precious and delicate and thus is a perfect fit for this perfume. Since it so lightly surrounds me, this might be interesting to layer with other perfumes, if you wanted to give it a more specific direction. With a little ambery vanilla I can see this become a more profound evening fragrance or with something powdery/fruity or stronger on the nutty/cakelike scents, it could be your gourmand cloud number nine.

Like I said in my other review of another Lalique perfume, this brand is extremely underrated. I am amazed by quality, notes and performance of their fragrances. So let’s talk about Soleil by Lalique. I adore every aspect of this product. First of all, fragrance composition. Opening is so juicy because of mandarin, soft because of almond and has a cooling touch of cardamom. Great burst of freshness for summer. As time passes, fragrance warms up and becomes sweeter with pear note, coffee latte and caramel. Heavenly!!! And then after several hours praline dessert note and musk lingers....all notes play a beautiful symphony. This perfume smells divine and performs great. It is universally wearable for any times/season/occasions. It is very feminine, youthful, playful and quite elegant. There is really something that makes me think of sunny day, sipping coffee outside and enjoying nice fruity and chocolate dessert, taking the moment and admiring the life in my little town. The bottle is separate topic. Lalique is known as glass makers in first place. This perfume is enclosed in beautiful bottle that feels luxurious: thick glass, metal cap and lovely charm. I am so glad I got to know this perfume. Will always repurchase and recommend to others.

Sophistication, Elegance, Beauty. Just a few words that come to mind when I sniff this luscious perfume. This is SO beautiful. Not exaggerating when I say this is the BEST Lalique release for women! Incredibly edible, delicious, clean and oozing class. Not gonna lie, the Lalique women's range is great but not what I look for...very mature and reserved scents (except Le Parfum, but that's masculine). Soleil on the other hand... has got that extra ''oomph'' I crave in designer perfumes. An absolute delight from opening to dry-down: A silky, citrusy cardamom opening that settles into this scrumptious, frothy café latte without losing the pear/mandarin fruity facets. Jasmine & white musk are the least obvious on my skin but keep Soleil from being borderline gourmand. Also not powdery on me. The dry-down on my skin is a lightweight, sweet spicy coffee with creamy sandalwood. I am totally in love, and so are the men around me LOL! This is the first and only Lalique fragrance that got me compliments. Verdict: Gorgeous bottle, bracelet and packaging. Juice inside is A+. Enchanting, modern, undeniably feminine and elegant. Well done Lalique!

LOVE this scent! Over time, I've found that I like quite a few of the Lalique fragrances, but this one has become a top favorite of all time for me. It is so creamy, and sweet, and warm. All of the notes feel like they blend together so that no one thing stands out too much. It feels like you're wrapped up in blanket and everything is perfect. The citrus as a perfect bright tone, the gourmand notes are not too much, the Jasmine is blended in just right as is the Musk. The longevity is crazy good, and one of the few scents that I can spray on in the morning and still smell on myself when I go to bed. That gives in to the one downside for me, as sometimes scents can be too much for my boyfriend with his asthma......When we're cuddling up after a long day, I can smell it like a soft cloud between us. Every time I think, 'oh wow, what's that smell', and it's Soleil, and I briefly think it might be too strong(even after 8-9 hours). But otherwise that longevity and sillage is great.

I purchased a bottle when it was first released and judging by the notes it wasn't at all what i was expecting, so I was quite disappointed and let go of my bottle. After sometime passed I purchased a travel spray and I couldn't get enough of it. Something just changed in my nose so I ended up purchasing full bottle again. By looking at the notes I though it would be something very sweet and gourmand but the scent is fresh, yet a bit sweet, and both expects balanced well. I can smell something along black current which is not listed. and I can detect coffee with caramel sightly in the background. I think if your nose is not trained to smell certain notes you will have hard time detecting those. Overall I think its very crowd pleasing fragrance and easy to wear, its an easy reach fragrance. It is bright I absolutely enjoy it in fall/spring days when its not too cold or too hot. Fragrance I would compare it to is Meliora by PDM which I prefer over Lalique Soleil.

This scent did not disappoint! It smells like you're in a cozy European cafe sitting next to a classy, elegant woman wearing a beautiful floral perfume... the coffee note is not bitter or strong, but complements the almonds and jasmine in a lovely way. It really smells like the first waft of air as you step into a cafe. This isn't too sweet. It's classic, delicious, classy, elegant, beautiful. The cafe latte note is definitely there for the first half hour, but fades away pretty quickly, just like how you'd become accustomed to the rich, delicious smell of being in a cafe after sitting there all afternoon. This fragrance is sunny and bright, while being warm and comforting as well. I think it's really well done; even though the price is a little outrageous, I did buy the full size bottle, because I loved it so much. If you love floral-gourmand-praline-coffee fragrances, give this one a try!

Very funny how some people consider this cheap smelling but they only wear fresh/clean scents that are very generic and easy to find. I think that if you don’t like the smell of summer you won’t like this. I really enjoy this one. To me it doesn’t smell cheap, quite the opposite actually... I don’t know how to describe it but I feel like I am reading a book under a palm tree at some caribbean beach. By the way, this is not cheap, the brand, in fact, is very luxurious, wasn’t even a perfume brand to start with, it was a glass brand, and it is called Lalique because of René Lalique (french glass artist, among other things). And that is why you have a nice perfume but an even nicer bottle. I really enjoy this one. Different. I wouldn’t recommend to wear this if it is TOO HOT and you are in a place like public transportation since this is very sweet, strong and it projects like crazy.

This is very pretty (yet another successful blind buy!) It looks like there are a lot of gourmand notes and one could think it would be a sweet bomb, yet all the notes are very quiet and polite, it is a very shy perfume. Even cardamom which can be very pungent is pretty and polite.None of the notes stand out, no note is overpowering. Opens with bright joyful mandarin oranges, exactly how mandarin oranges should be. Despite the notes are subtle, I can actually detect all of them apart from caramel. I figured out why I don't smell caramel - it is not there! It says there is caramel on Fragrantica, but on the official Lalique website caramel isn't listed. Maybe a weird idea, but this is so joyful and romantic that I could see this as summer wedding bridal scent. The notes sound very gourmand, but I would call it subtle, watercolour-like gourmand. Unfortunately performance is weak.

Oh, I like this very much. Surprising as I don ́t like gourmands and sweet perfumes, but as others have reviewed, this is hardly a gourmand, and I don ́t get as much sweetness as expected from the accords to be honest. It ́s hard for me to describe this, this is so well blended and unique, I have smelled nothing like this before, but I kind of wanna eat it. It ́s just divine and addictive, I wanna just live in this scent, which is rare for me to feel this way. Glad I got this 2 ml sample for free, as looking at the notes I would have NEVER tried it otherwise. Got a full bottle now as I am building my autumn and winter scent wardrobe, and I have a hard time finding those cozy scents. In cooler spring this is great too. 12 hours later I still smell it, and the day is not over yet.

This was a blind buy, something I seldom do but I was looking for a nice summer perfume and I saw this. I could not get to test it because of the lockdown so I sent for a bottle direct from Lalique. It was not what I was expecting I have to say, on my skin it opens as a very loud Soleil but quickly transforms into something more rouge...very rouge in fact and I love rouge perfumes and I love this!! It is a perfect summer evening perfume and unlike other people it has great sillage and longevity on my skin. Very pleased with my blind buy so much that it has become a new favourite...the only thing is that in the years to come I will smell it and it will remind me of the summer of 2020 and let’s face it it’s a summer that we will all want to forget!! But for now I am loving it!!

I LOVE this so much. To me it is unlike anything else I’ve ever smelt, I don’t find that is generic, I wish I could find more perfumes which I LOVE as much as this one! It is a beautiful, soft yet enveloping hug, happy, cosy and sunny scent which absolutely transports me to the feeling of holidays... Fresh out the shower lotioned and eating breakfast on the balcony overlooking the sea, sunshine is on my face, sipping coffee and munching on sweet pastries 💕. Wish I could actually be on that holiday now instead of cloudy England 😂 ... I can’t get enough of it. I recommend the hair mist too it’s lovely, a softer cheaper version to get a lovely whiff of Soleil throughout the day ⭐️ I hope they don’t stop making this wonderful perfume - the gorgeous bottle is perfect too!

When you smell Soleil from the nozzle it feels almost too sweet, candy-like sweetness. That’s why most days I just don’t reach for it. However when I spray it I totally get the freshness of the mandarin orange. Soon the perfume changes into a light but warm lactonic concoction of praline, candied almond and probably caramel. Sticking my nose to my arm where I sprayed it after an hour I do clearly notice the coffee. I think the pear is also noticeable if you look for it. Overall I like how the scent changes into this warm but light and summery sweet milky thing. Contrary to what others say i feel it is quite unique. Perfect for summer daytime or evening in my opinion. Very happy with my purchase.

My first lalique and absolute love!Oh my word!! This is the best or one of the best perfumes I own. Very well blended scent. Versatile and can be worn for multiple occasions, day or night and you will smell gorgeous. First scent that I have gotten all the notes as described from the top to the mid. The dry down is heavy on the sandalwood but the praline and the musk still peek through and are distinguishable. I will really enjoy this and can't wait to try soleil vibrant next. This is niche territory quality. Edit; How did I forget to mention the bottle? Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful bottle in the shape of the sun. With a charm bracelet as a 'playful addition'. Come on now!

This perfume is more complex than it looks from the pyramid. It opens fruity-sweet, light and cheerful. It’s a bit basically pleasant at first, but later develops into something more interesting. It settles close to the skin quickly, but after that lasts pretty well. In warm weather I feel caramelised pear and sandalwood. And what a lovely combination it is. In colder weather I feel caramelised pear again and also praline, but not annoyingly sweet. Soleil is mass-appealing (I like mass-appealing fragrances), but has something unique about it. Also, it’s a well-balanced perfume: it’s not sickeningly sweet, not too deep, but definitely has grounding sandalwood and musk.

I love Soleil, but I honesty would not call it a gourmand by any stretch of the imagination. Its not sweet, it's very woody and lactonic with a touch of bright citrus, and an even slighter touch of coffee and spice. I love it because I love sandalwood, but if you're not a fan of that note or if you are expecting a really sweet caramel/praline bomb you will be disappointed. That bottle though? Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful I have in my collection. It's stunning, especially when sunlight catches it through my bedroom window. I have to say even the lid is beautifully designed. Moderate silage and longevity. Could easily be worn by a man.