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...

O d'Azur and O de Lancome are both similar in that they're light, fresh, citrussy and have the feel of refreshing eau de colognes that are perfect for wearing on warm, sultry spring / summer days. They're not so 'cool' though that they couldn't be worn in colder weather as they're so uplifting and gorgeous! They smell deliciously feminine, elegant and the bottles are very pretty. In O d'Azur, the Calabrian Lemon and rose are the main notes I pick up and they're just lovely! It's such a fresh, uplifting and exhilarating perfume that I find myself gravitating to it each time I'm in the perfume department of one of the department stores I frequent and can't resist having a couple of big spritzes of it (or several more if the sales assistants aren't lurking around and are actually doing something else!). I REALLY need to treat myself to a bottle of it! This lasts for several hours on my skin, and longer than I would anticipate given that it is fairly light and sheer, and the sillage is pretty good too which, presumably, is thanks to the musk and ambrette. Both O de Lancome and O d'Azur aren't dissimilar to Romeo Gigli Woman, Lanvin's Eclat d'Arpege and Guerlain's Aqua Allegoria Lemon Fresca, and I'd definitely recommend all of them (well, except that I think Lemon Fresca is discontinued ... grrrrrr). Anyway, I LOVE O D'Azur and think it's one of Lancome's best perfumes, along with O de Lancome and Tresor Midnight Rose.

I was thinking the other day... is the general trend of mass marketed big fashion house perfumes turning towards "light", "skin scent / moderate projection" and "floral"? And with floral I mean without the gourmand? I was just thinking such releases as the new (2017) Miss Dior, Gabrielle and Poison Girl Unexpected... -? I wonder if this reflects a real change in "l'air du temps" or a simple marketing/business decision on behalf of the producers... -? Well, what ever the reason, I have always loved florals, even the banal rose-piony combinaisons. Actually, _especially_ the rose-piony combinations. ;-D Therefore it is no surprise that O d'azur is not only my favourite of the O series, but a favourite scent of mine in general. The scent has just the right amount of citrus for my taste to give freshness (In general I need only a little citrus...), the piony and rose always make me happy and the base of ambrette and musk make the scent a perfume instead of a body spray. I really hope this scent is not discontinued, I've seen it on sale a couple of times at airports and my local department store doesn't have it in their selection anymore. So sad, because I think it would tick all the right boxes, if the general trend is towards lighter scents.

I'm usually not a fan of the fruity-floral olfactory group. But on a whim today I decided to spray on Lancome O d'Azur. I had low expectations, it didn't smell that intriguing straight from the bottle. The opening has medium citrusy notes, not overwhelming. Nice, uncomplicated, nothimg more nothing less. I still wasn't that impressed. After about two hours the heart of the scent has reached it's peak and to my surprise is very beautiful. Citrusy-floral with a tinge of musk. An interesting entanglement of notes. The drydown is floral-musky. The musk never being too strong throughout the process. All in all a pleasant surprise, a scent that is probably underrated. Can't wait to try the sister-scent O De L'orangerie. O d'Azure went high on my wish list today. Sillage is on the weaker side. Longevity is about 6 hours. I've always been intrigued by the O bottles from Lancome. Remind me of Frank Lloyd Wrights architecture.

So I had to make the difficult decision between restocking this scent or Chance eau Tendre EdP for my fresh summer rose. And I ended up choosing this scent. While the opening is different, the drydown is way too similar to justify owning both, BUT O Azur has that lemony-peppery touch to it that makes it more unique, it’s also a little bit more powdery than Chance Tendre EdP giving it a slightly more sophisticated/mature feel, while Chance Tendre feels more carefree...other than that, they are very similar, both are refined and pretty citrus-rose-musk, even the performance is similar in terms of longevity and sillage (average for both). It’s more budget friendly than Chance Eau Tendre, and you can find great deals online. The only con is that this scent isn’t usually in stores, you need to buy it online...or you might find it in airports.

Outstanding. I am really exploring my collection to figure out which perfumes I like best in each category, with the ultimate goal of only having a 2-3 in each category. This would belong in a category for fresh, soft, dewy florals. And it is outstanding. It lasted for 8 hours on my skin. It did become a skin scent - but I don't ever care if others can easily smell my fragrance, I only care if I'm able to. A perfume that fades into that soft, gossamery skin scent is just fine with me. I saw that it was compared to Aerin Lauder's Wild Geranium and decided to try them one each wrist. At first the similarity wasn't super apparent. Wild Geranium is more green, O d'Azur is more sweet. But after about ten minutes - yeah, they are almost identical. I prefer O d'Azur because it leans a bit more sweet.

I just saw many-many comments that o d'azur has no lasting power and I was suprised. This is my summer scent - I feel sometimes it is even too much, when applying not that carefully.. The quality here is unquestionable. My skin loves rosy-peppery scents, maybe thats why I can feel it all day just radiating. It starts with bright citrusy notes along with the pepper and peony. Actually peony stays all the way long giving some creamyness, but rose starts to dominate after a few minutes. I can understand that people saying it is not an "azur" or mediterranean scent at all, and it is definitely not in the meaning of an aquatic-ozonic-salty way. But it is in a feminine, refreshing, citrusy spicy way. And again, maybe there is nothing surprising, but quality is beautiful.

I was wearing O d'AZUR during this summer and I was very happy with it. Fruity-florals are not usually what I choose to wear, but I wanted something fresh and citrusy for the warm months, that would not overwhelm me or the people around me. O d' AZUR is like a summer breeze, the notes are perfectly balanced, smells like a garden somewhere near the Mediterranean sea, bringing back memories of my childhood's summers and maybe that's why I like it so much... On me it lasts long, I was getting many unexpected compliments, hours after I had put it on and it has a very nice silage, at least for my criteria(one has to be quite near me to be able to smell me, not from across the room). I still have a bottle, I use this as a spirit lifter

There is something deceptively moreish about this fragrance. Having owned and loved the other two O fragrances in the range, my first impression was that Azur was too weak and lacked character in comparison . However, since retesting recently, I have become enamoured with this subtle, intriguing scent. It morphs from a gentle lemon sherbet citrus to a seductively delicious floral - yet never soapy or dated - as the lemon lifts and twists the traditional peony into something edgy; tamed by a sensual ambrette upon drydown. For the first time I've learnt to fully appreciate a subtle perfume rather than crave a room-filler - yet still feel excited about it. O d'Azur truly epitomises less is more.

25. may 2011 I left it unnoticed when it came out last year mostly due to my lack of interest to flankers, but now i truly regret that! Tried it recently in a shop and instantly fell in love with it!! Very green and fresh at the beginning it has a very much appealing and amazing drydown with citrus-woodsy notes! It is like a YSL ́s "In love again" origina with a woody-pine note. Absolutly amazing and brilliant combination, This is really my kind of hot weather scent. Lasting power is though better on a paper than on a skin (on a paper it stays fresh for several days, but on a skin only up to couple of hours, which is also not bad).

This is quite a nice surprise :) It has a lovely fresh citrusy opening, but it is not too citrusy at all. Within seconds I detect the rose & peony and in the drydown I also get the musk & ambrette, adding a bit of sensuality to the fragrance. Not too citrusy, not too floral. Not too sour, not too sweet. It's all blended very nicely!! Light and airy. I only sprayed once on my wrist and it hasn't been on for too long yet, but from what I can tell by now I think the stayingpower is not too bad. It does stay close to the skin, but it is potent enough to let you know it is there without pressing your nose onto your skin :)

So pretty! This lemon-peony-rose-blend with a little musky background is right up my alley. I see a connection to 4711 Nouveau Cologne, only O d'Azur is stronger - albeit still lighter than I would want it. If it was any stronger and lasted a little longer, it would be among my top ten. O d'Azur is perfect in sommer: uplifting, sweet and fresh. Very natural smelling. I went through two bottles and might get another one, while it is still on the market. Got quite a few compliments for it, just in case you care for shallow praise, like I do :-)

Yesterday I wrote a review on Armani's Acqua di Gioia, lamenting about the lack of that summer dew - like freshness and purity. And voila - O d'Azur! After the first blast of fresh italian citruses (and boy, fresh they are), beautiful floral notes stand out, slightly oriental, spiced up with pink pepperish note and herby ambrette. Beautiful. Smells kinda green and soothing. I imagine summer mornings somewhere in Umbria smelling like this.

This is not at all complex or groundbreaking, but I can appreciate it in its simplicity. This is a refreshing and upbeat fragrance, if a little on the sweet side. It doesn't smell particularly natural, and so you won't be transported to walking amongst the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean. Rather, it evokes the feeling of jetting off somewhere warm and sunny.

According to the people who give me complements, it smells like raspberry. I don't detect anything fruity or " berryish" It has a strong fresh smell. Starts citrusy, but softens and gets warmer later. Soothing is a good word. I buy it directly from Lancôme.

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