O d'Azur

My first encounter with this perfume was in Canada when my 25yo make-up-averse cousin went out to buy make-up for the first time in her life and came back with half a dozen perfume samples. I had the pleasure to try Tresor and this one. As someone who hates the smell of roses, I immefiately regretted putting on Tresor. However, once the top notes evaporated I was left with the best scent in the world. I had smelled it hundreds of times on other women, never knowing what it was, always longing. Unfortunately the beginning gives me a headache so I will have to forego this perfume. Ô d'Azur was a different story. I fell in love at first sniff. I must've been 17 or so and I begged my mum to buy it for me. A few months later she did, for my birthday. At €30 for 125ml, it was surprisingly cheap. We're now 3,5 years later and I've just under half of it left (very conviently calculated with the help of thw bottle's design). I wear it all the time as it's unoffensive yet appealing to all. I've worn it in each season and, while it smells slightly different, it works. In summer it refreshes me, in winter it warms me. Odd but I guess it just works with my skin. In 3,5 years it hasn't changed one bit. Longevity is amazing. I can put it on in the morning and I'll still smell it before bed. The first few whiffs are a tad too citrussy and rosy for me, a fan of neither, but after a few minutes it settles and becomes warmer and more approachable. I think my favourite phase starts about 5-6 hoirs after spraying it on and lasts until I take a shower. I can't count the amount of times I've sprayed it on in the morning yet could smell it on my pillow the next day. Even intensive exercise with lots of sweating doesn't take away from the scent. If anything, it gets better when it mixes with my sweat. My sweat stinks, like everyone else's, yet somehow it blends perfectly with this perfume. (Btw the same is true for Paco Rabanne's Black XS for her.) Maybe that's why I like it so much. When it comes to perfumes I'm not a big fan of fresh ones but this one works for me. I have nothing to compare it to as all my other perfumes are very different but I'd recommend it anyway.

I'm surprised that some of the reviews for O d'Azur have claimed that it's not a fresh perfume but instead that it smells of peppers, rose, even 'talc notes' and that it's reminiscent of Tresor Midnight Rose. To me O d'Azur is entirely different to any of those descriptions! On my skin this lovely scent is citrussy, fresh, clean, energizing and, as its name implies, very Mediterranean feeling - reminiscent of taking a summer's walk through gorgeous smelling citrus groves in the South of France, of strolling along an uncrowded Mediterranean beach, shoes off and feeling the sand sifting between your toes, with a warm, citrussy breeze wafting down from the inland countryside. It's very cologne like and is ideal to wear in warm weather because it smells fresh and gorgeous without being overpowering. The only slight question mark for me is the longevity of it but it's such a lovely scent I can turn a blind eye to that because although it doesn't necessarily linger for hours and hours, it does last long enough on me without having to constantly refresh. For me it's a feel good, intoxicating perfume that makes me very happy to have wafting around me and, as it's fairly well priced, I think it's well worth the money. As for the comparison(s) to Tresor Midnight Rose, to me O d'Azur doesn't smell similar at all. I love both of these perfumes, and I have TMR also, but to me they smell very different to one another. Tresor Midnight Rose does have a citrussy dry down, along with the rosiness, but it's far denser and more intense smelling, though not in a stink bomb way luckily! O d'Azur is more sparkling, lighter and citrussy, almost with a slight lemon sherbet fizziness interwoven with the bergamot and slight warm muskiness at the base. To me it definitely smells very European and is reminiscent of the South of France. I highly recommend it to any perfume lover who, like me, likes clean, fresh, uplifting fruity florals. Oh, and the bottle is beautiful too, as is the TMR bottle!

I'm surprised that some of the reviews for O d'Azur have claimed that it's not a fresh perfume but instead that it smells of peppers, rose, even 'talc notes' and that it's reminiscent of Tresor Midnight Rose. To me O d'Azur is entirely different to any of those descriptions! On my skin this lovely scent is citrussy, fresh, clean, energizing and, as its name implies, very Mediterranean feeling - reminiscent of talking a summer's walk through gorgeous smelling citrus groves in the South of France, of strolling along an uncrowded Mediterranean beach, shoes off and feeling the sand sifting between your toes, with a warm, citrussy breeze wafting down from the inland countryside. It's very cologne like and is ideal to wear in warm weather because it smells fresh and gorgeous without being overpowering. The only slight question mark for me is the longevity of it but it's such a lovely scent I can turn a blind eye to that because although it doesn't necessarily linger for hours and hours, it does last long enough on me, without having to constantly refresh and for me it's a feel good perfume that makes me very happy to have wafting around me so, as it's fairly well priced anyway, I think it's well worth the money. I adore this scent and it's on my wishlist. I've been toying with treating myself to a bottle for awhile now but have tried to be good and not spend too much on perfumes but I know I'll be getting a bottle of it quite soon, and the sooner the better! As for the comparison(s) to Tresor Midnight Rose, to me O d'Azur doesn't smell similar. I actually love both of these perfumes but to me they smell very different to each other, although Tresor Midnight Rose does have a citrussy drydown, along with the rosiness. Either way, I love both of them and will also hopefully be adding Tresor Midnight Rose to my collection fairly soon as well!

This is such a lovely scent, and I scored a 75ml bottle for cheap at the airport. A fresh citrusy rose, classy and delicately bright...not so light that I can’t smell it on myself, it has a fair bit of ‘body’ to it. Also not generic inspite of the use of common fragrance notes, it smells elegant and refined. Fantastic for hot days. I caught whiffs of it throughout the day, and it just smells like I have emerged from a 5 star hotel spa that uses rose scented products, all clean, pampered and pretty. It’s a demure pretty lady in a sundress, sipping iced tea at a Parisian side walk cafe on a breezy afternoon. The drydown is abit powdery (reminiscent of compact powder), which I found pleasantly surprising, it gives this scent an element of sophistication. Lasting power is okay, around 5-6 hours on skin, much longer on fabrics (I can still smell it on my clothes the next day). I wish I bought a back up, they had quite a few on the discount rack of the duty free store. Would I have purchased it at full price? Probably not. Then again, I am a full-blown bargain hunter and rarely ever buy anything at full price lol. Update: So I’ve been wearing this daily the past week, and I’m loving it more and more each time! I’m noticing the rose a lot more and it’s so feminine and lovely. Fresh and cooling lemony-rose and high end face powder. Longevity and sillage are also alot better than I initially thought, as the scent lingers in my bedroom and hallways all day. I really wish I purchased a back-up. Update x2: Of all the fragrances I currently own, O Azur feels very ‘me’, it has replaced my beloved discontinued ‘Love, Chloe’ as my signature. Different fragrances, rose instead of purple florals, and O Azur is softer and less powdery, but they share the same demeanor.

Lancome O d'Azur is probably the best performing summer scent that I own. ESPECIALLY after I come home from a hard day's work, take a cool, soapy shower, and give myself a good 4 to 6 sprays of this heavenly clean elixir. I adore how clean and fresh this is, and that is unusual since I tend to gravitate to darker more intense scents. But we're talking about a summer scent here, and summer scents to need to deal with the heat and humidity. O d'Azur performs in the best possible way: It's refreshing, it's THERE, but somehow not overwhelming, and it will last a good 6 to 8 hours on the skin even if you're outside in the dank warm wind and you're sweating. It mostly smells like smooth amalfi lemon, soapy woody musk infused in rose and peony, and it has a lovely drydown that is scented with a rose wine and woods--I think it's the combination of ambrette, pink pepper, and "musk" that is giving it that accord. I've gotten lots of compliments on this one, and I think that means it has decent projection. It's so clean and lovely though that I can't see it offending anyone, you'll probably just seem like you have excellent taste in wine and grooming products:P Highly recommended, and I believe that this is discontinued. My collection has gotten so out of hand that I am no longer buying backups of anything but I have worn this a lot the last 2 summers (and this one) so my bottle is half empty. Do I buy another before the price skyrockets? A 4.2 oz bottle on FN right now is so reasonable...