Champ de Baies

One of the few L'Artisans I really like. On me it is not a solinote fragrance as others have mentioned here. I can smell a crisp, almost icy berry combination, blackberry and also a fresh, sour raspberry. I also get some fresh traces of green pear and soft jasmine notes, all softly accompanied by fluffy white musk and a fresh, almost grassy/mossy patchouly, (no mouldy earth, no tomb ;). It's a fruity fresh and refreshing scent but it's not a gourmand scent and that is why I really like it. It has these fresh fruit notes staying clean and elegant at the same time. I really dislike everything fruit salady, fructis shampooy, foody stuff in scents, but this one is wonderfully different and totally addictive for me. It is not a strong scent though, it gets close to my skin within 2-3 hours, but I can still smell it for at least 5-6 hours, which is enough for me as I don't like roomfilling scents in general. As 'L'Artisan has summer sale these days I could get the 100ml bottle for 65 Dollars - done deal!

Total yummalicious fruitopia! But, something stops the raspberry, mulberry, blackberry, nashi pear, and rhubarb from being cloyingly sweet. I think it is the cedar, in addition to the white musk. The website mentions bergamot bark and maybe that’s a bit more woody than the fruit, though, I am not sure I am familiar with the difference? There is definitely a woodiness. Actually, the first thing I thought of was Annick Goutal’s Petit Chérie because the pear note is so distinctive. In fact, I feel as though I get more pear than berry. I thought I would tire of the sweetness, but, the fragrance is uplifting and mood boosting. It’s really just a fresh, happy, effervescent summer’s day in a bottle. Edit: As much as I adored this fragrance over the hot summer months, it is now cool and I cannot be as enthusiastic. I will just set this deliciousness aside until the weather is steamy again.

I am not sure how has this beauty managed to go under the radar. It is such a clean beautiful summer freshy it smels exactly like a sugary berry lemonade on rocks. It could be the young carefree sister of Blackberry and Bay. Smells very natural and pretty. I feel like this is the most overlooked fragrance from the house. You may call it simple but it is nothing less than amazing. I am at my second bottle and I have another back up, this is how much i love and use. However the longevity is not great so you may have to take that into account.

Champ de Baies is a rather straightforward red berries solinote fragrance on me. When sprayed on skin, the fruity sweetness of blackberry and raspberry immediately takes charge. Unfortunately, none of the earthy green tartness of rhubarb or any other vegetal elements come through. Maybe it's because of the eau de cologne concentration, or the lack of a prominent caramel note, the fruity sweetness of red berries thankfully doesn't feel too saccharine. However, Champ de Baies is still pretty monotonous throughout its wear. A clean patchouli pops up here and there with time, but it's mainly a meek cedar-white musk raft that the red berries latch on in the dry down. Champ de Baies now essentially smells like the dry down of the 2006 Nina by Nina Ricci on my skin, albeit slightly more refined and less sweet. The longevity of Champ de Baies is around 6-7 hours on me, and it stays rather close to skin for the most time. While the first two instalments of L'Artisan's Cologne series seemingly aim at reinventing eau de cologne, Champ de Baies no longer adheres to the structure, but is more like a diluted version of a conventional sweet red berries-clean musk fragrance. It's surely a pretty perfume, but not necessarily remarkable among the crowded fruity floral genre. I'd recommend it to those who enjoy the dry down of Nina Ricci Nina, but find the first few hours too sweet and have more budget.

Red berries, yes, while Blackberry and rhubarb are very prominent. In fact, the Blackberry is quite unique (I Think it is very difficult to represent it in perfume), but in total, the scent is so quiet, sits so Close to your skin with barely any projection and dissapears so fast (at most 2 hours), that it is basiclally absolutely a waste of Money. It would be a perfect scent for perfume-free workplaces. Such a shame it comes in Eau de Cologne. I would probably reconsider an EdP of this. BTW, the bottle is stunning in pale pink. If you like Blackberry, try Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay.