Eau Gourmande Tarte Au Citron

I am a great fan of the gourmand fragrances, I've seen it for sale as a mini spray bottle and couldn't get my hands on it. This year when it became part of their permanent collection I had to go through a lot of hurdles to get my hands on it. It smells like an elegant pastry, I get the creme fraiche scent as well as the bergamot along the citrus notes and I can smell the sugar and meringue on it as well as some neroli. On my skin the harsh citrus notes fade away quickly and leave a scent of freshly baked lemon pie in your kitchen kind of scent without being literally food. This scent reminds me of when my late sister used to bake tarte au citron for me and leaves me enveloped in a scent of nostalgia. I'm pretty sure that for a lot of people this will read as too gourmand or too food like but for me it's the scent of memories.

I am not the one to write negative reviews. So, this is not a review, just a warning. I tested this, and I don't know whether it was "off", I must admit the color of the juice was a little dark, but it was a noseating experience that really turned my stomach. Absolutely chemical, sweet and rotten powdery aroma, that I had to scrub with lots of soap. A little bit reminding me of Le Paradis de Nina ( but that one is beautiful), and mostly like a chemical bomb designed to poison...Really try before you buy... could be bad chemistry to me. I got no lemon, unless I consider the faint furniture cleaner smell lemon. No pralines, no vanilla, just tons of aspartame and rotten fruits. Yucky.

I posted a very negative review on this some 7 years ago . This year my mister gifted me a bottle and I absolutely love it. It smells like lemon merengue pie, crust included . A simple and delicious gourmand . It also has a clear color, not brownish like that old one smelling bad. So , in conclusion , get a fresh one and it’s excellent, get an old one and you’ll smell like toilet cleaner . Lasting power and silage are on the low side, but not as low as the Vanille, and not as strong as the Fresh Figue.

I’ve had this one for a while but oh how I’ve been neglecting it! I first bought it years ago, way before Lira launched that original lemon dessert trend. Laura Mercier really was way before her time with her Eau Gourmande range. Now we have Devotion and all her flankers, etc. But Tarte Au Citron really does dry down to the most photorealistic buttery lemon pastry with a praline drizzle on top. It is gorgeous! My nose is finally ready for this. It may not be everyone’s jam but for me, I’m in love!

I don't even like citrus scents yet this one has completely won me over. It is so delicious with the perfect amount of sweetness. This one is certainly my favourite out of all of her scents, it just has something so comforting about it. I find that it lasts for ages and smells delicious from the begging to the end. It is fresh and perfect for Spring/Summer.

Pretty sure they reformulated this when they changed the packaging from the metallic box to the pastel one. It seems a lot more delicate and subtle now :(

Oh how i love this fresh stingy lemon vanilla scent. It almost makes my mouth watering .. need some lemonade :) This is truly something to try if you like the sour lemon just mixed Right whit vanilla. Almost like a Lemon curd but less sugary:) The notes are mixed very well , i cant tell the that much apart . This is a stayer and mood lifter in my wardrobe . i Love Lemonade One my skin this lasts all day longe and still very prominant to. this is so jummy. my daughter just told me i think i smell like cupcake icing :) he he and yes it was me :) she loved it .. Not to sweet , but citrusy fresh kind off

Gourmand to the point of satire. Smells like a lemon pastry tart, but way more of the buttery crust than the lemon custard part. Very buttery, flaky crust smelling. Not sure who exactly would want to smell like a butter soaked pastry, but maybe someone who gets turned on by pastry chefs. Interesting to smell, but I just can't see anyone wearing this. The dry down is a soft vanilla, but still too extremely gourmand for my taste. If this is your thing, then have at it.

This fragrance as much as I try to give it a chance all the time, especially on very cold days, think that this would make it more wearable for me, but it just kept missing the mark. I found the smell very thick in a weird way. It’s just not the kind of lemon fragrance I’m into. I ended up selling it.

Oh what an amazing fragrance here!!!! I've always looooooved lemon pastry fragrances and this one is excellent. It smells so good, so gourmand, so lovely. What makes it different of the other 2 similar scents I own, which are Citron-vanille from Dans un jardin, and Hello sugar! by Bath and body works, is that it has this very subtle but oh so gorgeous burnt scent, but in a very positive way. You know, when you are distracted and your pastry bakes just a little too long? It is not burnt for you not to eat it, it is just a little bit burnt, just a little more crunchy and with a very little good burnt taste... That's what I smell when I spray it. After a while, the scent develops more on the vanilla side, but you still can smell a bit of citrus. It is so delightful and I feel so happy and gorgeous whenever I wear it!!!

This one is really yummy. Great for gourmand lovers. It smells like citrus when you first spray it then smells like pie. I was at the doctor's office one day and the Dr. said she though somebody was eating cookies LOL. I said no it's my perfume. Great scent for summer!

I absolutely love this fragrance and right now it makes me go Mmmmmmm every day. It's like fresh-made lemon meringue pie, slightly caramelised on top. Delicious praline after the initial lemony blast. Not too sweet. A very comforting scent and longlasting.

Smells like a warm lemon tarte but a bit more subtle. I am a fan of Laura Mercier's Eau Gourmand fragrances with the Vanille gourmand my favorite and this my second favorite. I usually reserve the Tarte au Citron for summer months though. Yummy.

Okay lemony. Another Laura Mercier perfume that fades in a flash. The body lotion lasts just a bit longer. There are deeper and more complex out there for light lemon-citrus-gourmand (try Fleurs de Citronnier, Serge Lutens!).

Lemon cookies, delicious. The problem is, like the rest of her gourmand line, it fades 3, 2, 1....