Coeur d'Ete

Coeur d' Ete contains a kombucha-like tang in its opening and middle. This may turn some people off, but it deserves to be worn in different temperatures and humidity levels because as Sherapop said, it changes from wear to wear. The Heliotrope lends a little bite of cool powder to the lilac and all the citruses and other fruits sort of blend together into a warm, tart, half-fermented pulp. The cumulative effect is like a fresh Lilac bar soap next to a glass of fruity sour kombucha. It smells intimate, curious, and feminine. It isn't always easy to wear, but it does smell very natural, which affords its more challenging attributes an approachable quality. The far drydown reads as Egyptian musk on me which is totally sexy and unexpected. I can't find it until the end of Coeur d' Ete's life, which is why I love to wear this all day, and all night-waking up to musk the next morning. It's misnamed, I think. Should have been called After Summer, Before Fall. I think it suits this time best.

I'm confounded by the mixed reviews here for this fragrance. To my nose, it's light, fresh, and easy to wear. I don't pick out many of the individual notes because they are beautifully blended to create a soft, easy overall feeling. Fruit salad? Funereal feel? I can't imagine these are reviews for the same fragrance that I'm now wearing. It's a lovely soft summery floral. Sure, if a reviewer studies all the notes in the fragrance, you'd come to the conclusion that it's a cornucopia of disharmonious notes. Not so. I'd recommend that if you have the chance, give it a sample wear. Charming and feminine. A great daytime scent for warmer months with excellent longevity due to the resinous base and great sillage as well.

I truly enjoy Coeur d'Ete. I'm not getting an overwhelming lasting powdery scent from this fragrance, as some of the other reviews stated. The powder is definately there but it does not dominate the fragrance on me. It starts out a little fruity, then developes, as I read elsewhere, with a scent of babies. Luckily, that only lasts a short time on me before it develops into a smooth soft vanilla, violet, sandalwood, pear scent that is absolutley gorgeous!! I do love this scent! It has a smorgaspord of many unusual scents that combine together to make a very lovely scent. It is my first from Miller Harris Perfumes, I definately would love to try more!!

Coeur d'Eté has been likened to Après l'Ondée, but I don't really see it. Aprés l'Ondée is much more airy and ethereal, while Coeur d'Eté has something very substantial, almost chunky. On my skin it's warm and enveloping, has a dark honeyed sweetness. A very motherly sweetness, or is it just me being influenced by the story? Fresh purple lilacs cut through the musky sweetness and a woody note balances everything nicely. The very late drydown, a stage I only experience with this scent when showering in the evening (more than 12 hrs after applying), is a soft smoky woody blend of benzoin and sandalwood. Utterly captivating.

I bought a bottle of this in my late twenties, when I was bored of designer fragrances and wanted to try a niche scent. I had just moved into a house with a gorgeous lilac bush outside the window, so I went on a search for a lilac perfume. This was overwhelmingly lilac on me, in the best possible way, tempered by a dry cocoa note and a touch of sweetness and warmth from vanilla. It was not a fruity scent on me. I absolutely loved it, and was so sad when it was discontinued. But it inspired me to seek out hard to find, niche fragrances, and I’m grateful for that.

What would happen if one replaced the iris and violet of Guerlain APRES L'ONDEE with lilac? I believe that the result would be very similar to Miller Harris COEUR D'ETE. This, too, is a complex composition boasting many diverse notes. This, too, has a licorice/anise note, in particular. This, too, is fresh and clean just as the air would be right after a rain shower. However, the purple flowers have been mixed up a bit. Heliotrope is listed for both APRES L'ONDEE and COEUR D'ETE, but lilac looms large in the latter while being entirely absent from the former, and no iris or violet are present here. The overall effect of COEUR D'ETE is less sweet, but the feeling is very similar to me, as though these fragrances were cousins. Strangely, the evaluations I've seen of COEUR D'ETE are much less glowing than those of APRES L'ONDEE, invariably hailed as a masterpiece by everyone and his wife. My explanation is simple: lilac is stronger than the many other components of COEUR D'ETE, so this creation can come off as a lilac soliflore. The many other interest-making notes are blended in very subtly, so that one would not immediately guess that banana, cocoa, or even licorice are present. However, comparing COEUR D'ETE to other true lilac soliflores such as Frédéric Malle EN PASSANT or Ineke AFTER MY OWN HEART (not to mention Yves Rocher LILAS MAUVE and Demeter LILAC, both of which lie on a lower tier), I find that this perfume has more heft and presence. It also varies a lot from wear to wear, depending upon the temperature and humidity. Under all climatic conditions, I find COEUR D'ETE quite lovely and recommend it to anyone who appreciates purple flowers and especially those who find violet at times too sweet.

Wow, this feels like Alice discovering the wonderland! This is how I imagine the smell of the crazy puzzeling world with a fascinating beauty and logic on its own. In Coeur d ́Ete not a single fruit or aroma stands out. Theres a lot going on like all the notes having a party in your nostrils. I read that the concept behind this fragrance was to create a mild perfum for pregnant women, which for me is even more evidence for the hidden "wonderland logic" in this scent, because this is everything but mild. Despite all this trippy attidude CdE still has something old fashioned to it; like opening a dusty box that contains your grandmothers dearest treasures from her girlhood. So if you are looking for a dazzling flashy olfactory adventure and if you are not afraid to lose your head CdE is just your thing!

COEUR D'ETE immediately smelled familiar and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I mulled over it a long time and finally came to the conclusion that most people would find this oddly familiar (which sounds surprising because this frag has a cornucopia of notes that don't seem like they would blend -- but they do -- seamlessly). This smells like a mother...you've got to smell this to understand. It is difficult to discern any one note but this frag is powdery and warm at the dry down. It smells of comfort and hugs. It is a very easy to wear perfume. The kind of scent you want to cuddle into and forget the world and enjoy the here and now.

Coeur d'Ete smells nothing like you'd expect from the notes listed. I don't detect a single note from those above, except for maybe a little bit of benzoin. On me it is a light and pleasant chypre similar to 31 Rue Cambon, but less green. A cousin of Rochas Femme, but way less potent.

I got this bottle in a swap and it smelled beautifully floral and warm and creamy out of the bottle, but when I sprayed on skin, there was a strange bitter/balsamic(?) element that didn't feel like it belonged... Not sure which note is responsible and is acting up on my skin, but after a bit, it overtakes the entire scent, and several hours later, I couldn't handle it any longer. A rare fail, unfortunately.

The lilac and heliotrope overwhelm all the other notes on my skin. It smells clean and creamy, thanks to the sandalwood. Overall scent resembles that of dove soap.

Simply a masterpiece! I cannot believe how it has been discontinued, such a shame. I got a full bottle at a bargain price on ebay, I hope I will be able to find it again in the future. There are certain similarities with Sicily D&G, nevertheless in my personal taste this one is more of a quality and magical potion that is simple yet so addictive. The projection in fair whilst the sillage is a beast +12 hours on me.

floral then turns a little gourmand in the middle with almond and powder notes but still florals present, very sweet; then the base is that light fizzy powdery floral that is a little sharp with lots of musk; mainly heliotrope is the noticeable floral; to my nose, this is not a fruity fragrance

A very interesting beginning, that soon develops into a strong and persistent powdery scent. Potent and extremely long lasting, one must really love the sweet powder this fragrance has to enjoy it. Personally I prefer more delicate scents.

Orange and licorice. What a bizzare combination. This is not for me, a gift with purchase, but it's still fruity and spicy at once. Very interesting.

I expected this to me much more pleasant. The notes sound fantastic, but the smell is almost funereal. Heavy and sad.