Herbae

Pure heaven for any lover of fresh, green scents. Let me start by saying I'm a Guerlain fanatic. I have almost all their fragrances. But one thing Guerlain doesn't have is a real fresh, green scent. I'm talking green like Un Jardin Sur le Toit green. I'm talking green like fresh cut grass, herbs, nettle blossoms, blackberries and sage. Yes, that kind of green. If this is what you're looking for, Herbae is your fragrance! If you're stuck under quarantine and long to be out on a fresh meadow plucking daisies and fresh herbs, get this fragrance. If you're stuck in downtown traffic ready to explode, spray a little Herbae on your neck and smell the gorgeous summer dew. It's transportive. Bravo to L'Occitane en Provence!

I love it! My favourite note is blackberry, so I had to try it. If the blackberry in fragrance is too sweet or artifitial, I will pass. But it is not the case of Herbae. Blackberry is accompanied with many not so usual ingredients (at least for me... like nettle blossom), and that makes the fragrance very interesting and unique (at least fo me:). To be honest, I was biased at first, because I read all these negative comments. But the marketing campaign made me curious to try it. Fot me, Herbae is a definitely a hit. And it has a nice bottle... which I bought. : ) If you expect something green, sour green, like AA Herba Fresca... this fragrance is not for you!

This is lovely. Beautiful burst of green at the opening, herbs mixed with juicy blackberry in the mid and the late dry down is almost all rose on my skin! I've never had a scent shift so much in its development, and each stage is distinct and pleasing. My only issue is a vegetal note at the beginning - some posters spoke of roasted pepper and I agree- but this dies down relatively quickly. Going to finish my sample and then contemplate a FB. Edit- 31/12 - just took advantage of a New Year's Eve deal and ordered a FB. Now I can wear Herbae and pretend it's summer in January :)

I quite love this frag. The opposite of current candy/vanilla trend, and very much of the Chanel 19 aesthetic. A good green, with a discrete undertone of rose, fresh and realistic. It has a subtle brightness (bergamot) and a smoothness that pulls it back from the edge of bitter (musk mallow? Cashmeran?). A perfect, polished springtime fragrance. Reminds of L’ombre sur l’eau by Diptiqye, but less heavy on the rose, blackcurrant and dark, chewy foliage. Unisex for sure. 4.00/5.00

A herbaceous berry on me. A tart berry. I really like it. I can detect a slight rosy scent mingling in, although rose and rose hip are two very different things. It is lightly sweet and crisp. Ideal for spring/summer and I may keep an eye on this one for spring wear next year. I picked up a 10ml at a L'Occitane store while on vacation. How I wish I had one nearer to where I live. I could live in there. Color is blackberry and spring green. 7.5/10

What a beautiful and fresh scent. It’s green for sure but not to the point of being herbal or earthy. It reminds me of Sur Le Toit from Hermes, somewhat similar yet different. Well aside from both being French, Herbae from L'Occitane is much more price friendly than Hermes for sure. So what are you waiting for? If you like fresh, green, slightly sweet and aromatic, this one is perfectly you.

A fruity green. It's starts off pretty fruity with the blackberry and someone said rhubarb, yes! It then goes greener with grass and nettles but keeps the sweetness from the fruit, like you're in a wild grassy field. Note: herbae is Latin for grasses, which it even says on the box. Yes, it might be confusing that it's similar to English herbs, but the name actually really fits.

Amazing! As a collector of greens, this is beautifully done. Stays very herbal yet just fresh and sweet enough. The lack of any overly punchy notes like Patchouli, make this a great hot weather option. On me, higher heat unlocks the beautiful juiciness of the berries. Perfectly done.

I love this! The style of perfume reminds me of Diptique or Byredo. I smell mostly blackberries, rose & vetiver. It reminds me of what L'ombre dans L'eau x Bal D'afrique would smell like. I think it's really great value for the price, it smells niche without the price tag.

A perfume that captures spring, I smell the fresh grass, the sparkling air and a lot of serenity! This is a sunny perfume, it really seems to be in the countryside of Provence, in France ... very special! Sillage: 7./10 Longevity: 7./10 Scent: 8./10 Overall: 8./10

This is a lovely fresh fruity summer scent, great for warm weather. It smells very much like Byredo’s Pulp fragrance and lasts a long time on my skin.

Imagine Mary Antoinette bathing in her own Victorian lake in the versaille palace. So fresh and green with sweet roses and all kinds of flowers. 💕

i very love it ...It make me very relax . i have almost 65 bottle of perfume . it very difference from others .

I love it! Smells fruity and sweet, lasts long in your skin, and it's great for a sunny day.

This is a scent different from what I usually own and I find it beautifully refreshing. It's not very extremely herbal, but a nice blend of grassiness and not too much fruitiness going on here. At least, to my nose. Green enough for me to slowly venture in, but not full-on Diptique which I am still trying to get used to. Although, my all-time favourite green scent is Guerlain's Herba Fresca, which obviously by comparing this to that, this is definitely more fruity than green, but still green enough (though I wish it was more). I recall sampling it at the store for the first time and the opening caught me off guard, at first I didn't like it, but slowly it started to evoke some distant past memories for me. Bergamot and pink peppers are quite strong in the opening, and as I'm not very well acquainted green scents yet, the dry-down makes me think that this is what fresh bamboo would smell like, but it's also a bit green apple-like, which I can see why some people don't find this "green" enough. The nice little hint of refreshing citrus is always welcome because I'm a person who uses perfumes that are dominantly citrus most of the time. The grassy notes are strong in this one, and in a good way. I'm transported back to a time where I would have breakfast watching the morning rain fall onto the grass outside, gently rolling off the leaves and glistening off blades of grass. It's like a soft piano piece by Debussy. It's nothing like Herbae L'eau because that one is very floral and doesn't evoke the same feelings that this one does. I couldn't stop thinking of Herbae that when I finally got the chance I immediately bought a whole bottle. The sillage is moderate, and lasts for quite a few hours on the skin (and smells like I've been lying in a bed of grass and flowers when applied to the skin), but much longer on clothing. Just 2 - 4 spritzes goes a long way. A lot of people find the opening note quite hard to take in, but the dry down is much more acceptable to them. Good as a day scent, and in the tropical country of Malaysia, it's good for warm sunny days but also works well on rainy mornings, it's a very green with a hint of fruit, nostalgic and scenic perfume to me. I absolutely love it.

To my nose, the green aspect + blackberry = rhubarb! If I didn’t know better, I’d say this was a rhubarb scent, specifically the smell of rhubarb stalks freshly cut/snapped from the garden. It’s very slightly vegetal and sour, but also lightly sweet and tangy (probably from the blackberry) in just the way that rhubarb is. In fact, it may be my very favorite ‘rhubarb’ scent, and I have tried many! There’s a little bit of something herbal/aromatic in the opening, probably the sage, before the sweetness sets in, but I don’t get any nettle. I drink nettle tea almost daily so I’m very familiar with the scent and was hoping to find it here. This may be good news for some, but I think those who are expecting something grassy and green or herbal will be disappointed. Still, it’s a pretty, fresh scent and I can see myself getting lots of use out of it in hot weather. A note on the bottle: the atomizer tube inside is a solid green color which is such a cute touch since it looks like a stem! I also like the color of the juice since I think it reflects the freshness of the fragrance. This fragrance is quite different from the other L’Occitane offerings but I can still sense the house DNA.

My best attempt to describe Herbae in one word would be "curious". For me, the overall impression is very sweet and tart, almost like cranberry juice. Occasionally it threatens to become a sour "fizzy" scent like a sour sherbet or soft drink, but not unpleasantly so. After deep inhalation I can faintly smell something like grass in the sunshine in summer, which I assume is the wheat/hay note mentioned by other reviewers. It's a slightly confusing blend that I can't quite make sense of. My impression from the notes listed by Fragrantica is that this is a very European scent, so maybe that's why I can't place any of the individual notes – I'm not sure I've ever smelled any of the green notes "in the wild" here in Australia, apart from pink peppercorns, which I definitely don't detect. When wearing it, I catch myself sniffing my wrists trying to place the scent, but I never feel I can completely relax into it. I bought the 10ml travel spray and while worth a trial, for me Herbae is not a re-buy.

Just got Herbae and wanted to second Seducianne's comment below - I agree that it reminds me of Nina Ricci Bella! But Herbae is less sweet, and I definitely get a sliced red bell pepper. I like the fragrance, but I'm on the fence about the red pepperiness. It's kind of sharp - but maybe my September state-of-mind just isn't vibing with that aspect. So I plan to store it for winter and revisit again in the spring, and maybe I'll feel more in synch with it! I happen to have Bella, so maybe I'll try layering them to soften/sweeten the pepper note a touch. L'eau Lark below suggested layering with a pear note which is a great idea too! All that said - I think this is a really cool fragrance. The Herbae bottle is *beautiful* - I love it! The bright green tube inside looking like the shoot of a brand new stem - perfection!

I have to say I'm a little disappointed with Herbae. It's such a lovely, promising name for a perfume, and looking at the list of notes I expected an olfactory trip to a summer meadow full of herbs and blackberries, so I couldn't wait to try it. But it's not a herbal scent at all, and any green I do get in the background is of the prickly variety. The blackberry note is dominant to my nose, and it's tart and delicious, but just slightly off-balance somehow, a little too much of a good thing. Longevity isn't good either. All in all it's not a bad scent, if you ignore the expectations set by the name, and I imagine it will be refreshing in summer. But from this category I much prefer Blackberry & Bay from Jo Malone.

Wow, this one is such a little gem! I agree with the reviewers below, this opens like a blast of fresh rhubarb. Actually, I was shocked it was not listed in the notes. It reminds me of a sappier, greener, one could even say more bitter version of Bella by Nina Ricci. Very unisex and a mouthful of fresh air for warm and hot weather and lovers of green perfumes. It's a wonderful option for hot summer days, for people who do not love or tolerate citrus. At the same time, it won't satisfy a nose who expects sweetness in a perfume - there is almost none in Herbae. It even leans a bit "vegetable-ey", there is even a subtle hint of roasted peppers / eggplants somewhere there. A very interesting naturalistic scent.