L’Aimée

This is the most beautiful powdery sweet floral woody scent. It's such a good balance of notes and accords. They all exist in harmony and none of them are falling over each other or overpowering each other or shouting at you. It's like a much more graceful and elegant narciso poudre which I also love but is a little sharp and rough around the edges if that makes any sense at all. I could see this being a signature scent for me. Time will tell. This is miles above most other perfumes I've tried. I really love it. UPDATE (10.14.21): So I've had this fragrance for 4 months now, and I still love this just as much if not more. Though I have other perfumes I love, this is easily my favorite. It's very rare that I don't sniff this and smile. I've loved it day and night in Spring, Summer, Fall, and I'm sure I'll still love it in Winter. I compared it to narciso poudre before, and I still think that they're both extremely powdery, but Narciso is more vanilla/tonka focused and L'Aimee is much more complex. And I hate to say it, but Narcisco's powderiness smells much lower quality now that I've smelled L'Aimee. There are so many notes that I can't really distinguish them all. This isn't a bad thing. The end result isn't just powdery+white florals+woody+etc; it's its own scent. If some fragrances are fruit salads, this one is a smoothie. Though predominately I can pick up most strongly powderiness and the vibes white florals and woodiness, there is a bit of acidity to the opening (first few minutes), coolness to the opening and initial dry down (first 1-2hours) and slight warmth to the later stage dry down (the remaining 7-12 hours, i've gone to bed and still smelled it on myself in the morning.) Great longevity and I can get a good scent bubble with it. It's not going to fill a room, put will likely be able to smell you as you walk by. Though I'm sure nothing can be universally loved, I don't imagine anyone would find this an offensive fragrance. I glad I have this one.

The painting explains it all - the soft clean white simple dress of cotton or muslin, the flowers in her hand, the green of the ribbons. It smells like that, plus some kind of soap or simple orange blossom perfume this person may have used. I'm instantly transported to that 18C Classical era - I don't know what about this scent does this but it does it every time. I love it, and I bought a full bottle a year after I first wrote this review. I get a very soft and plush (not luxurious, but more relaxed) feel from this and I'm loving it during the last snowy days. It's sunshin-y (but not tropical), it's sweet (but not gourmand), floral (but not overtly feminine or sensual), just very kind, gentle and happy. You do get that enveloping, soft, kind feeling that kinda feels motherly which I'm sure is from the painting as well. I think we all need a bit of that right now... Update: Some of the perfumes listed in "this perfume reminds me of" - NO, IT DOES NOT SMELL LIKE TF NEROLI PORTOFINO. Yes, there is orange blossom, some kind of orange flower in both, but they are in no way even the same type of perfume. I will never describe TF NP as cozy or gentle. I wonder if people actually smell the perfumes before they list perfumes in that section... ugh.

L'Aimee is elegant, classical, and very French. Evocative of the portrait that inspired it, L'Aimee is a beautiful olfactory portrait of France's golden age of perfumery: perfectly in key, with each of its many notes playing their parts as if from a baroque melody. It's difficult to describe this gem simply by breaking down the notes, rather it is a composition of delicate harmonies. It leans strongly feminine and to a younger or less experienced nose, it may be old-fashioned or too mature. However, it is only old-fashioned in the way the portrait on the bottle is old-fashioned--meaning "familiar" and "timeless" are better adjectives. It is a "love" for me, and a jewel for lovers of classic French perfume. While it is obviously appropriate for a summer day in the bucolic French countryside, it strikes me as versatile year around. Good performance and longevity, though it is not a sillage monster.

[Second Review] I've used my sample over 8 months now and have formed a good impression of this scent. A little goes a long way, so you do not need to overspray. I'm not saying this is a 'sillage' monster, just that it's high quality and carries itself accordingly. This is a soft, inoffensive fragrance. i'm very happy to spend time with it and consider it FBW. It is 100% feminine and I would say more on the 'mature' side. I.e., this is not a scent you would find sitting on the shelves in Sephora. What is really fantastic here is the dry down, which is just plain relaxing. Great fragrance all around

Absolute love, the pinnacle of soapy white florals, my muse :-) It makes me feel beautiful whenever I wear it. Please do not discontinue this one, I need it forever