1900 L'Heure De Proust

As a person who drinks tea every day and LOVES tea fragrances, I’m very obsessed with this one!! It opens with sweet, slowly simmered blueberry compote, paired with Earl Grey tea infused with juicy pomelo. On the initial spray, I noticed a kind of steam surrounding the aroma, not from the tea itself but from the air around it. The tea feels lukewarm, but it's something to reach for after a warm bath or on a hot summer day in the shade to cool down. It feels quite quenching, so I especially love spraying this after my long bath. As it settles, the tea gets faintly smoky and the blueberry starts to take on a slight caramelized quality. After about 1h however, the tea slips into the background. Like eating the fruit topping of a blueberry tart while sipping the very last bit of tea left in your cup. The drydown feels like the blueberry is cooked down further and sweeter, turning into something more like blueberry candies. The sillage stays just under arm's length with 1-2 sprays, and when I applied it after a shower, I was able to catch a trace of it overnight (8+ hours), but I’d say the main body of the scent usually lasts around 5-6 hours on my skin. What I love most about this perfume is how it has multiple facets, moving from tea to dessert to sweet treats. Definitely getting another bottle once this one runs out! :)

What a clever perfume. When I first smelled this as a sample, without looking at the notes, I straight away thought of a fruit punch with lots of passionfruit and I absolutely loved it. It spoke of thirst quenching and refreshment so I purchased the full bottle. It is so interesting to discover the listed notes, would not have guessed at the outset. Sure, you can read the note, sniff the perfume and identify the little bits and pieces, much more evident in the heart. But it will always be my initial impression, my summertime quencher. I have shared this scent with other perfume lovers and they are all impressed and enjoy it. Final comments... I love these bottles, I love how the text is on and around the lid - very smart considering that our usual perspective of selecting our perfumes is from above. Also the texture and facets on the body give it that luxury aspect.

This is a delicious tea party of a fragrance, with blueberry and juicy citrus and tea dominating, backed up by notes of sweet praline and vanilla. (In Swann's Way the narrator actually dips his madeleine in a lime-scented tisane to trigger his reclamation of the past, but the popular imagination has long since insisted that he dips it instead in tea.) It smells like a delicious lemon-blueberry scone or muffin dipped in tea. I've never put my nose on any other fragrance like this before, and it's pretty heavenly. If you can afford it, it would make for a real treat, as much as I usually do not care for gourmand fragrances. It winningly evokes the past without seeming old-fashioned.

I must correct my former review a bit: I absolutely love this fragrance. The citrus and blueberries, the slightly bitter herbal and smoky note of tea, the vanilla that is not too sweet and the woody base. When testing it for the first time it didn’t seem to last a long time, but I recently wore it to work on a hot day and it performed very well. I could smell it all day (and others too, given the many compliments I got), and it was just so fresh, well balanced and relaxing. I ordered a whole bottle today.

Absolutely love this unique fragrance! It smells like a forest fruit sparkling water. Very fizzy and fruity. You can definately smell the blueberry/grapefruit, the tea and also the woods. 9/10, the only thing that doesn't make it a 10 is bcs of the leather/wood notes. I adore Stricnina by V Canto, so I have no problem with the wood/unisex types of fragrances. I just think it's slightly too heavy in this one, which makes it more unisex than femenine. Will still wear it cuz it's so unique ♡

Saving up for a bottle of this. The pomelo sticks out the most to me, then the tea comes through as a bit of a greenness. I thought it was grapefruit before reading the notes, but it definitely is that grapefruit without the bitter dryness type of pomelo. Very unique, which is also a shame because for the longevity (which is better than a lot of citruses but not a full day) I would like a more affordable alternative but I’ve yet to find one cheaper that has even close to the same notes.

My initial impression is both sweet and sour notes with an underlying woody warmth. I will update this review in a few hours when 1900 L’Heure de Proust fully reveals itself. Updated: longevity is poor, after 2 hours all that remains is a soft whisper of the sweet and woodsy base notes. It is a beautiful fragrance, but would need repeat applications.

Luxurious, herbal, warm, smoky tea scent. The opening is quite sweet and citrussy, but it turns greener, spicier and smokier after about 15 minutes with distinctive tea and leather notes. Unfortunately sillage is very soft and longevity poor: it lasts only a few hours, so for me not worth the hefty price tag.

I'm obsessed with this perfume in a way that I want to spray it every few hours because it gives me such a pick me up when I smell it's evolution. That being said, it obviously doesn't last long enough in a balanced manner. I will continue to try other perfumes with similar profiles.

Yep yep yep this is so similar One Umbrella for Two. Differences are SUBLTE but: OUF2 goes a *tad* more tart where this goes sweet (blackcurrant v blueberry), and that one feels a tad more cannabis-y... but if you have one, you pretty much know the other.

Sweet blueberry and bergamot tea (heavy on the blueberry) with a little vanilla, woody notes, and leather in the drydown. It's really unique and lasts for 8h+

Made in France, "L'heure de proust" is for fruity tea lovers. Fresh, fun, clean and 100% unisex (all ages), it is a little more for spring and summer. For me, this scent is a black blueberry and grapefruit tea. A happy scent. The longevity and sillage are correct/moderate. Compatible for office. 7/10 "Paris at the Belle Epoque. A remembrance of Proust at the Bains Guerbois with a cherished confidante. After a steam bath and massage, time slows and tea is served. Black blueberry and pomelo tea. The moment for secrets divulged, whispered close." --> In this brand, I really like: - for spring and summer: 2018 Roxo Tonic (bergamote and neroli, 8/10) and 1979 New Wave (mint and orris, 9/10) - for fall and winter: 1885 Sulfureux (rosemary, mandarin and amber, 8/10), 1986 Eclectique (oak moss, honey and tobacco; 9/10) and 1978 Les Bains Douches (yuzu, whiskey and tobacco; 9/10)

Knowing Jérôme Epinette’s work in the fruit+tea area (Mixed Emotions, Dear Polly, Ghost of Tom) and his penchant for black currant materials, I knew exactly how it was going to smell before I even put my nose to the strip. The scent can be described as sweeter Mixed Emotions without the smoke or One Umbrella for Two without the cakey note. If one have any of the mentioned above, this fragrance is redundant. One thing – it doesn’t smell like blueberries to me, but rather like a combination of tart raspberry with a hint of blackcurrant. The initial fruity accord is identical to shower gel in my country which is also described as raspberry too.

I've come back to testing this one a few times. I'm still not sure how much I like it but I find it compelling. I received my sample in a discovery set from the house. This was my favorite and I've recently ordered another sample to give it more of a test. I don't get blueberry per se - more of a blackcurrent/plum note. It's both tart and sour. Very similar to Mind Games J'Adoube. (I tested these side by side a couple months back but don't recall now what the differences were - I'll update here if I do it again). I can see why it may also read as rhubarb. I need to give this a full day wear test!

It's a really pleasant scent, but it's just weak. It's so weak, that there is no projection at all. I sprayed it while being in a room with other people and asked if they noticed and they didn't. Literally. You'll feel it only if you sniff your hand. Lasts on me 4.5h. Turns into a close to skin scent in the first 10 minutes and barely develops. Citrusy start and tea. Fresh, a little sweet. Where I'd use it: on a flight. May be good for hospital staff or other environments with "limitations", but honestly for this price tag... Not worth it.

Opening notes of blueberry, spices and a leathery grapefruit. Then during dry down the grapefruit becomes more dominant, with a dusty leather as the only other note I can identify. I don’t like using the word interesting (a non descriptor word), but sometimes it’s fitting. L'Heure De Proust smells 50/50 natural and synthetic. I’m enjoying my sample but am not prompted to own it.

Sweet sour teapot. It's very sweet yet herbally mixed and sourly made! it whiffs between sourness, sweetness, and hints of animalic of guaiac wood. Blueberries, tea, grapefruit, mate, caramel, vanilla, and violets. I don't know if i am sensing any licorice, but there is hints of amber. This blend is indeed grandly beautiful with a touch of herbs. Charming.

First impressions, I really like this. It reminds me a lot of One Umbrella for Two, but I prefer this one because it's a lot lighter, and doesn't have the toasted rice note that One Umbrella has, which can easily overwhelm my nose. Really gorgeous, really fresh. But I could see this one not having the sillage or longevity, as others note.

My coworker let me try her sample of this! Wow, soo much sweeter than I anticipated, I love it! In the first spray, it has a strong pomelo scent but it dries drown more blueberry and leather notes. The notes balance very well.

i love this scent so much as it reminds me of summer evenings in the polish countryside, eating crêpes with yoghurt and sugary wild blueberries, and drinking lukewarm black tea. very comfortable, subtle, and close to skin