Arlésienne

I love this fragrance so much. It quickly cemented it’s place as one of my favourites and ‘go to’ fragrances when I want something that smells fresh, feminine, pretty, and that performs consistently on my skin. I feel like me and this fragrance have an understanding, and I tend to reach for her when I want to head out feeling confident that I simply smell “really good.” I can’t imagine anyone being offended by this scent on someone else, which probably means that she doesn’t take chances and isn’t all that bold - so be it. I know it’s not the original formulation, and to be fair, I never had the pleasure of smelling it’s predecessor, but this fragrance is just lovely in its own right. I smell an ethereal, light, bright floral with a beautiful, refined soapy quality that’s on the fresh, not powdery, side. I often get the generic “you smell nice” compliments when I wear this, and there is nothing bad about that is there? I’d describe it as an airy and light bouquet with green notes that are floating on the warm breeze. The opening hints of citrus are sharp but forgiving and brief, and it settles down beautifully. She doesn’t take her time getting to the good bit and on my skin the longevity has been all day. I’ve noticed considerable debate about interpretations of the ‘ozonic’ accord, and can tell you that it sums this one up for me. Even though this isn’t a heavy powerhouse or a classic, I feel sophisticated when I wear it because I feel polished and clean. I don’t feel it’s too playful or flirty, but rather represents someone who is well put together, nicely dressed and who looks after herself (but maybe holds a sweet secret or two). I will have a bottle on my dresser for as long as L’Occitane produces it. Truly one of my favourites. I hope others will discover her and love her too - it’s a shame to read only reviews comparing her negatively to the previous version, so this was mine, for what it’s worth. Enjoy.

What a marvelous creation from perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin and so underrated. Just because its not from a big fancy designer house doesn't mean it doesn't deserve its due praise and I am happy to disagree with the negative reviews for this perfume. To me this and Chloé edp are truly bespoke fresh ROSE fragrances and I don't consider rose my favorite, however, these two fragrances are a testimony of how you need to make a dominant note or accord outstandingly beautiful and wearable by using the right other complimenting notes. His other creation like velvet rose and oud from Jo Malone is much warmer and more incense like. The use of saffron and galbanum in the opening is very artistic and carried out with deftness and makes the perfume intense. Saffron another very underrated but mesmerizing scent. Saffron (zaffran) or Kesar is a spice with an amazing aroma and color and beyond anything incredible heat and beneficial uses. Galbanum and its beauty we already know of thanks to Chanel 19. This is what sets this perfume apart from the very generic use of rose that we see in the overwhelming majority of perfumes. The musk and musk mallow and the sandalwood makes it creamier and ambroxan gives amazing longevity. Love this and Chloé edp more than Coco Mademoiselle ❤ The use of citruses in the opening to me has become quite boring and mundane. Arlésienne is truly more than her namesake

Light and clean but with oriental notes (warm spicy), with enigma, a bit sophisticated. I usually avoid floral fragrances, but this one suits the lovers of the woody perfumes. The rose is not dominating. There is some addictive note (saffron? galbanum?) in the composition, that makes this fragrance very tempting. And uplifting! By the way, it sounds interesting on the male's skin - as floral woody musk in many cases has androgynous nature. Good for the morning, for a dynamic working day and for an early cocktail, it is quite uplifting. Socially safe (as most of fragrances nowadays). Stays quite close to my skin (nordic pale). Too week, needs to be renewed every hour, there is a big need in a smaller version. I just can imagine how beautiful and vivid the previous version was. Kind of memories brought from the far East back to Venice :)

Sadly I have not had the opportunity to try the original Arlesienne, but I really love this one! It's very versatile and can be light and summery without turning into a generic floral juice, but can also become a warm powdery shawl for the colder days. Both me and my mum adore this one; my mum went through the whole bottle in about a year (and it was far from the only perfume in her collection), and now I've finally got myself a large bottle (had a miniature version from an Advent calendar a couple years back) and going through it astronomically fast as well :) I find it to be very well-blended, with none of the notes sticking out or veering the whole thing into an Occitane soliflore.

I bought this today. (My bad) Its a re-release 2023 version and a Limited Edition. Top notes of Hawthorn, Galbanum and Mandarin. Mid notes of Rose of Grasse, Violet and Heliotrope. Base notes of Ambrette, Sandalwood and White Musk are listed on site. I use to wear herbae and i notice a similiar DNA especially in top notes. To me this is way too strong, sweet and powdery, but not in a good way. Not soft powder, but like screechy harsh rose menthol powder. I find it a bit too much tbh. In the opening its screechy and old lady harsh cheap rose up your nose and burn your nostrils like. It smell cheap like strong laundry detergent.