Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc

L'Occitane Iris Bleu Iris Blanc~ The opening is fruity with semi sweet blackcurrant, zesty citrus and an incredibly faint papery iris that imparts more of an abstract idea rather than showcasing the iris flower it really deserves. It remains fruity floral throughout and I enjoy this stage particularly because it reminds me of one of my loves from the beginning of my perfume journey - Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay. Alas, as I revisited my then beloved sample of Blackberry & Bay, it had turned. Nothing like the bright beauty I once cherished. It is a shame because I really liked it and I suppose the citrus and berry top notes had turned, changing the composition for the worse. Good news is, Iris Bleu Iris Blanc is a good dupe for Blackberry & Bay in its glory. They both have common notes of blackcurrant, and citrus, while sharing a theme of a pleasantly clean, shampoo-like accord. To be frank, I agree with the reviewers below that noted the poorer performance of L'Occitane fragrances. They indeed seem to be churning out weaker and more generic perfumes recently. Although I can comment that the longevity of Iris Bleu Iris Blanc is disappointly short while exuding soft sillage, the scent is one I really enjoy. For a Jo Malone dupe at a more friendly price, take it or leave it. I am a fan!

Bu markanın keyifli ve iyi tasarlanmış olan ürünlerini beğeniyorum. Parfüm olarak ise vetiver oldukça başarılı. Bu yaz çıkan Cedrat da sıcak havalarda keyifle kullanılan bir üründü. Özellikle stick deodoranti başarılıydı. Bir iris hayranı olarak bu kokuyu bekliyordum. Parfümü duş jelini ve sabunu aldım. Aslında parfüm tam düşündüğüm gibi çıktı. Çok güzel bir koku. Açıkçası çok beğendim. İris denilince favorim tabiki İris Nazarena, ikinci olarak Zegna İris Florentine. Bu ise rahatlıkla 3. Sıraya oturur. Ancak ciddi bir sorun var. Kalıcılık sanırım 1-2 saat ve ilk yarım saatten sonra kokuyu almakta zorlaniyorsunuz. Bu haliyle sahi keyif alarak kullanıyorum. Yan ürünlerine çok keyifli. Kalıcı ve güçlü olması bazen yoğun kimyasal kullanımı gerektirdiği için bu hali ile keyif almaya çalışacağız. Bu kesinlikle kadın erkek kullanımına uygun. Her yaş rahatlıkla kullanabilir. Sonbahar için bence çok uygun. Soğuk havalarda biraz zayıf kalacaktır. Sadece ilk 10 dakika alabildiğince Iris-şeftali karışımı ise harika. Daha yoğun bir formül ile muhteşem olabilirdi.

This is the perfume that started it all for me. I tested in store, in one of those little paper cones L’occitane used to have out pre sprayed to smell (pre-covid world of course, otherwise every shop would have been a super spreader event). I recall not being blown away with uniqueness, it was actually a little odd...but incredibly comforting. What’s that smell?? I toyed around in my head. I bought it not being 100% confident I understood its origins. Then it hit me. Makeup bag. More distinctly, my mothers makeup bag in the 80’s. A true smell of luxury pressed powder compact scent. Maybe a little bit of Dept store lipstick mixed in. You dropped your makeup bag regrettably, and now your blush and powder dusted the bottom of your bag with a white cast. A plume of smoke tickles your nose when you open it up. Upon further research I discovered Iris was the culprit, and still to this day 50% of my perfume collection is inspired by that little gem. It’s the ultimate smell of self care, femininity, and beauty.

Just sampled this at duty free and I can't believe how much I enjoy it! I expected it might be too fruity and the iris would shrink behind the other notes, but that was not the case, at least in the first half of its time on my skin. Iris B Iris B smells like a person who just showered in fruity body wash, and then applied a perfume with a dominant "lipstick" iris accord. Iris can sometimes be dense and waxy in a perfume but the fruity notes here add a light fresh edge and the blend is surprisingly harmonious. Lipstick blended with shampoo fresh peach. Update: drydown is straight up peach with no detectable iris so if you love the fruit this is worth considering. For serious iris lovers however, this may be too fruity and light for you.

@MEOWITSTERR, they are discontinuing this?? It's on sale now here, and I'm torn between this and Verveine in the limited edition packaging, also on sale. There's just one bottle of this left in the store! The first time I sniffed this last year, I wasn't sure I liked it. Today, I went to get the Verveine but sniffed Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc again, and was surprised to find that I liked it after all. It smelled clean and just the right touch of sweet, and for some reason made me feel nostalgic, and strangely enough think of Christmas. (Maybe it reminds me of another scent from my past?) Almost sold on this if it's being discontinued while Verveine is not!

Very soft and light interpretation of iris. I can smell some subtle peaches and a soft musk afterwards. This is my holy grail iris right now. It's being discontinued, so stock up!

L'Occitane: Fragrance Top notes: black currant, citrus Heart notes: Iris, ylang-ylang, peach Base notes: Iris, cedar, white musk

I am a long time fan of L'Occitane and it's always a great pleasure to do shopping in their points. I always welcome the new creations but lately I have found myself complaining about discontinuations. Yes, I understand they want to keep their inventory updating and trying to capture new customers. I was saddened a few days ago to learn that Narcisse & Vanille is going to be discontinued, it is in my opinion by far the best of the Grasse Collection line, a line that, as I had been told when it was started, would not have known "one shot" products. Anyway. I tried and bought Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc, I always gift myself with a new scent at the beginning of summer (yes, in other 300 days of the year too, but let's not digress now). It is a nice, clean, young scent BUT BUT BUT if you are seeking an iris based scent this is not it. I meant to find an alternative to Hermés Hiris that for me is exquisite BUT BUT here honestly I do not know where iris is. For me it's cassis and cassis from beginning to end. Sometimes I get whiffs of lemon, some others of peach and that's all. Again, a very nice scent, very discreet, very faint too as in 2 hours it's totally gone. Nice for summer if you like this kind of fruity scents but not memorable in my view.

I get a carrot-like iris note upon the opening of Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc. It's not too earthy and rather clean. Combined with the emerging black currant, it's a quite enjoyable fruity iris scent. However, the fruity notes, especially peach, soon take over, while the iris retreats to the background, only to provide a gentle powdery texture to the peach. There's also quite an amount of white musk as well. The fragrance remains like powdery peach shampoo for the most part of wearing, which makes me wonder if Pêche & Iris as the name would better reflect how the fragrance actually smells on me. In the far drydown, it becomes a skin scent of powdery lemony musk, clean and pleasant. The sillage is moderate to soft and the longevity is around 9 hours on me. Contrary to what the name would suggest, on me, Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc is really a foremost fruity fragrance with a clean and subtle powdery texture. I'd recommend it a relatively demure fruity fragrance without sugar overload.

The scent starts with a dry/root/carrot sort of iris softened with a sweet peach note and a slightly fruity currant. I really like the currant note as it compliments the iris perfectly, just a little bitterness/bite to it. The iris eventually becomes powdery but this the drier sort, not too sweet. It is good they added the fruit to add some sweetness to the composition -- it would have been very dry otherwise. The only drawback is lasting power -- only two hours. Good for work or daytime formal events as it has a soft sillage.

This is a simple but very classy and sensual iris, one of the best ones out there actually. The faint sweetness to it lifts it up a little and prevents it from smelling too vintage. For my nose it’s the black currant and fig that adds the sweetness. I can’t pick up any peach or ylang-ylang though. Not that it matters. The downside is that this is an eau de toilette, and therefore has poor longevity. Don’t expect for this to project much either, it sits close to the skin. But it is truly lovely either way

Similar to Chance Eau Tendre (a personal favorite), although I find it hardly bearable immediately after spraying. It probably takes 30 minutes before I can smell my wrist without choking. This is ironic considering the poor silage that everyone is complaining about. Otherwise, it's a lovely floral and I like it. Wouldn't buy it, although I would wear it if it somehow made its way into my wardrobe. :)

This fragrance reminded both me and my boy of our respective grandmothers, though I would not call this an "old lady" scent. Very fresh, underripe plum notes overpower the iris. It is a blue and white skyscape painted in watercolors, and to me, it smells exactly like new carpeting (not a necessarily bad quality). Though it is a very fresh and clean perfume, this makes me feel wistful and nostalgic.

The scent of this fragrance pictures a brunch with friends at a street cafè in the rural region of France. The initial notes are citrusy, in a way that it is a bit sweet, tangy, and kinda sharp. It is then followed shortly with soft floral notes complemented by a light woody smell. It dries down in a slightly powdery but woody smell. This scent is very ladylike and easy to wear.

A delicious scent for spring, fall and summer. Floral/fruity, soapy, clean, I really like it but the sillage and the longevity are not so amazing. I can smell iris, black currant and musk. Inoffensive, perfect for Office, for day and night. 7/10

Am I smelling the same perfume as other people? I can hardly smell a thing – just a vague clean smell. Nothing like iris. No sillage, no longevity. Not at all worth the price – and here I was hoping it would be a good bargain iris scent, seeing as Crabtree & Evelyn has discontinued its Iris. Looks like Yardley is the go-to drugstore iris now, for those who like Hiris, Infusion d'Iris, etc.

this starts with a lot of iris. within 30 seconds-1 minute the black currant is noticeable, and then it and the citruses just take over. it then turns very chemical and smells just like fruity hairspray. after this phase, it eventually dries down to a soft iris, then nearly disappears. if i could keep the opening and the ending i'd be fine with this one but the middle is too harsh for me.

All I could smell was a very flat, dusty iris. Normally I love that note, but here it failed to impress. It's hard for me to identify any other notes.

I was pretty excited to try this one in my local Occitane shop as I think some of their fragrances are really nice and I love iris. For me, the fruit was the most noticeable element - there is the freshness of citrus, a juicy peach and a little (not as tart as I like) black currant in the opening notes. The florals then emerge, with the ylang fairly strong,and I suppose it combines with the fig for that custardy, milky flavour that ylang can give. There is a very clean musk in the drydown, although I did not get much cedar. The sillage was soft throughout. For my taste, there is not enough iris in this, given the name. There is an iris element to this in the floral stage, but it is not about iris. It lacked any of that beautiful cool, buttery (and very expensive) iris root, and the Iris florals were overpowered by the peach and ylang. I also found (and this is a conclusion I have reached regarding more than one Occitane floral) that it is too sweet. Sometimes it feels as though the scents are designed for the shower gels and body creams (sweet, light, fruity) and then are made into a perfume format rather than the other way around. It is nice enough. If I were given a bottle, I'd wear it, probably. But I'm more likely to buy it in hand cream format.

This is one of those fragrances that is so wrong with my chemistry that it makes me question my nose. I absolutely love L'occitane most of the time- the Vert, Fleur Cherie, and Rose & Reine are some of my (sadly discontinued) fragrance staples. HOWEVER, this one hits me all wrong. The first note I get is something like a dusty paperback book with a bit of potpourri in the background, which is fairly interesting and something I might be intrigued by if it lingered there. Unfortunately soon thereafter this develops on my skin into a very sour almost B.O.-like scent, an overripe FUNK! Which is maybe my perception of what other reviewers are registering as peach. If this thing stayed dusty I might like it. If I could detect the notes that are supposed to be in it I might like it, but for me it's a scrubber. Sad but true.