Tendre Madeleine

LIGHT & CAKEY Madeleine Cookies & Lemon Poundcake... Opening with a vanilla-citrus burst that continues through a creamy vanilla cake heart to a cinnamon-almond nuanced caramel base. The citrus in the opening reads more like lemon to me, and tilts it to lemon poundcake imo. Requires several months of dark storage after first sprays to develop performance. Overall: Beautiful vanilla-madeleine/lemon-poundcake scent profile with average or slightly above average performance if stored after first sprays. This cakey vanilla beauty is for the seekers and collectors of vanilla scents. It's a love for me. Enjoy! Contrast to L de Lolita Lolita Lempicka: These are different, but there is a similar citrus-vanilla gourmand vibe with cinnamon. L de Lolita has herbal touches from immortelle that are absent in Tendre Madeleine. L de Lolita has a stronger performance. Contrast to Lira Xerjoff: These are strikingly similar, although they're not identical, both being very prominent citrus-vanilla scents, Lira is slightly heavier with a more forward amber in the base, although both have a lighter cakey feel in the opening. Lira outperforms TM. Contrast to Vanille Franck Boclet: Strikingly similar scent profile with lemon-vanilla gourmand in the openings. VFB has a few more aromatic touches, and a more forward amber in the base than either Tendre Madeleine or Lira. VFB has superior performance. Update 07/15/24: It's been quite awhile since I've worn this, but sprayed it 3 times on the back of my hand today. The colour of the juice has darkened quite a bit since I first got it, and the performance has greatly improved. Startling similar to Lira Xerjoff except not quite as much amber in the drydown as Lira, more like the opening of Lira. Tendre Madeleine still has a lighter to medium weight feel to it. Performs well in the heat as a summer vanilla, although the scent profile works year round. Became a 10/10.

Yes yes yes. Yum yum yum. I very much get the connection to Madeleines! Softly sweet, slightly warm, delicate airy delight. Very fem. At first it is vanilla batter that has just had a teaspoon of lemon extract blended in. Then It is spongy baked vanilla sugar -that hints at cinnamon and almond- but never throws them in your face. They're just a dusting. It's ... gentle. It's cookie, but cookie with sensuality and sophistication. I also sense the woody/musk essence in the dry down, but it is subtle and does not overwhelm the star notes. In the end it is pretty warmed sugar, cinnamon, and almond with a hint of muskiness that is simple and does not overwhelm the senses. My first test was one simple spray in the crook of my arm.... didn't last so long, so I layered multiple sprays at my wrist for the next test and accomplished some extra scent power by doing that. I can't wait to don this in the fall and winter months. Bliss. EDIT: I cannot get over how much I have fallen in love with this fragrance. Its beauty just whispers. It is like a gorgeous scent on a passing breeze in autumn that is warm and enticing. It is so subtle, and so nicely blended. The almond and cinnamon do not "bite" the way they do in so many other fragrances, it's like they are just happily lazing about on my skin. It is a perfect mingling of all of the notes. Even though I was planning on saving this for fall I just cannot stop myself from spritzing it on every morning and evening....liberally!!! It is just lovely. If you are into these notes, and contemplating a blind buy - I don't think you'd be sorry!

I've had this beauty for about a week now and find myself getting more deeply involved with it with each passing day. I almost made the rash decision to swap it away, the first day I got it, just because I didn't get that 'this is GORGEOUS' feeling upon first sniff. Man, am I glad I didn't act impulsively that day and gave it a fair shot. I don't consider myself to be heavily into gourmands, cause my first love has always been clean and fresh fragrances. I feel I've had to train my nose somewhat to appreciate gourmands. The first gourmand I fell in love with was BS Fantasy. Then pink sugar jumped on that list not long after, as well as JS Fancy, Gold Sugar, Dior HP...and the list slowly continues to stretch out. At this point on my perfume journey, I think I can safely say though that Tendre Madeleine is my favourite gourmand to date. It. is. simply. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S. At first the cinnamon was a little off putting to me, I felt it was a bit too spicy but oh how that has changed these last few days. I now adore the cinnamon in this. This smells like a sweet buttery gingerbread cookie with a little bit of lemon drops. Absolutely mouthwatering. I find myself reaching for this beauty more and more and when wearing it, not being able to stop sniffing my arm. This is one of those fumes, that the more I wear this the more I like it. I fully reccomend this to those who like to get their gourmand on as well as those who are taking their first steps into the sweet sweet world of gourmand fragrances. Long story short, very yummi, warm and inviting. A definite YES.

When I first saw the line in our local store, I was searching for affordable yet something unique on its own. I was browsing the fragrances and they were pretty 'sugar' to me. [It was array of their vanilla fragrances] So I skipped this time too sugary vanilla frags [I still own Pink Sugar and Vanille Coco, yeah] and found this. First impression - lalala! L de Lolita! I used to have deo of that line so it's pretty much IT. Tendre Madeleine was available in 50 or 100ml. I liked it even tho didn't test it much so I took the 100 and I'm really glad I did. Cause in few months this line is no longer in store. Shet? Story #2 So this basically is your real gourmand vanilla fragrance. It smells like... erm some kind of muffin cookie I never ate [I googled those and it looked yummy]. It smells of vanilla, a little sugar, lots of almonds [yay] and something like orange jelly. There is some citrusy undertone to it but it's paired with sugar so much that it must rather be 'the filling'. Story #3 It is very intensive at first and then settles down but still is here. I do get used to this scent, but that sould be just me cause people around do nothice this. So that makes me think sillage is ok. Well I put it on in more amount than any strong fragrances I own. But... it is so divine that you literally want to get sugar overdose. so be careful.

Laurence Dumont's Tendre Madeleine is a sweet confection of a fragrance. I agree with the other reviews that describe warm, fresh baked, crispy edged, vanilla cookies. I thought it might be fun to throw an actual Madeleine recipe into this review: 2 eggs 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup white sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1/4 cup butter 1/3 cup granulated sugar That's very much what this smells like. I don't get as much lemon as others report, but I think it may be the bergamot (Citrus bergamia, the Bergamot orange is a fragrant fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow color similar to a lemon.) Anyway, this is really nice for layering if you are creative and want to sweeten up another fragrance. Otherwise, I find it to be very uplifting. Just as nice as eating a delicious pastry in a cafe on a sunny afternoon. Laurence Dumont's other fragrances seem more natural and less synthetic than others I have tried. I really love Vanille Chocolat. I like this company and the fragrance company called Berdoues, which I find similar in style. Tendre Madeleine has decent staying power. On my skin, it lasts about 5-6 hours.