Pivoines Printemps

Pivoine Printemps underwhelmed me the first time I tried it, it was pretty enough but a very meh fruity floral I thought, so I put it away and didn't look at it for a few months. A few days back, I was at home on a surprisingly warm day, I decided to give this one another go and this time around, I enjoyed it much, much more. The subtle spiciness of the pink pepper hit me first and had an effect of awakening my senses. This was followed by the sweet and sour fruity notes, some sort of red berries maybe. The florals come next and I love the combination of peonies with roses. The patchouli in the base is not at all over powering and serves only to ground this fragrance. It's not new or innovative but it is one I could see wearing on hot summer days when I just want to smell good without having to worry about it. I do think it is one of the more mass pleasing scents from the Maison Lancome line, which, is usually anything but generic but a simplistic fragrance does have an almost unique place in a line of otherwise more complex compositions. Performance was good with 6-8 hrs longevity and moderate to low projection. Overall, this is a very strong like for me. Edit : This does remind me quite a bit of Pivoine Suzhou from the Armani Prive line and you don't need both in your collection IMO (unless you do).

I'm very new to this range of perfumes, I stumbled upon this particular fragrance just before Christmas when I recieved a free sample with an online order, and I loved it. I struggle to find a perfume that I like, I find many perfumes make my sinuses bad or cause migraines. I find perfume shopping overwhelming and after a while they all blend into one, I need to sample one for a few days to see how it affects me. This is one of the first fragrances that I've found that I love. I was gutted to learn that it has been discontinued. I found a bottle on ebay and I love it. I'd say it's a great everyday perfume, not overpowering, but not weak either. I love the simplicity and elegance of the floral scent and it will be perfect for the spring, though I'm enjoying it now in the winter. I agree that on initial spray you get a hit of the pepper, but the scent settles in really well and the florals come through. The bottle is absolutely gorgeous and now that I'm aware of this range I'd like to sample more. Unfortunately lancôme don't ship samples and the only counters in the UK are too far away for me to travel to. As they don't do smaller bottles, I can't afford to blind buy these.

I love this. Exactly as described. Mainly peony with rose and some pepper to give it a sharp spiciness. This is rich and deep but lovely for a day in the 70s F. There is musk in here, too. Delicious. Glad I blind bought a 1 oz bottle. A floral through and through but not a light floral. One with bite. That Lancome DNA of this line. A floral that says I am coming to get you but I am not white or yellow. I am rich. I am oily. RAWR. I am a rose lover and glad this is in my collection.

A beautiful symphony of peonies and roses, emphasis on the former rather than on the latter. Longevity better than I first thought it would be, lasts four to five hours on my skin, with moderate sillage. A perfect floral spring and summer fragrance in a gorgeous bottle.

Pretty fragrance, in my opinion is not worth full asking price, it does smell like designer fragrance. I can smell black current and rose and peony in the start and patchouli slowly appears and becomes more noticeable which I don’t like (I just don’t like patchouli) than it becomes a bit more sweet. It does have a slight resemblance with Delina by PDM but Delina definitely smells more niche, also has more Rose and that rhubarb note. I mean it’s just better. They are different. It reminds more of Lalique Soleil. At the dry down it became sweeter, I think it’s the mandarin essence I can still smell Peony Rose and Patchouli and possibly Pink Pepper which I’m not a big fan of. It got a little more soapy too. Overall I would describe it as fresh, soapy a little sweet floral. It’s nice but I see myself reaching to other fragrances I have in that genre, like Holy Peony by Dior Privee.