Écoute Moi

I got a big blast of aldehydes in the top notes! (...even though they aren't listed.) The opening felt like an old-fashioned classic floral aldehyde in the style of Hermes - Caleche EDT. It felt very fresh and a bit citrusy. As it dried down on my skin, it felt more like a chypre. The base was a little soapy, woody, and earthy. Looking at the notes, I am really surprised at how this fragrance unfolded. I would have expected something entirely different from the notes. The bottom line is I love it! It feels classic, and fresh in an earthy sort of way. But in no way does it feel like a modern oriental-floral. This has a very vintage vibe to it.

I have the beautiful round bottle with a small tulip cap. It’s funny because these reviews, similar scent listings, notes and that current Molinard bottle featured are so random you’d have no idea what this is. I get a 70’s aldehydic soapy floral on a plush chypre base. It’s very cozy and utterly gorgeous on a cooler summer evening. Very much worth owning if you’re into that sort of thing. Doesn’t correspond to anything contemporary. Which is great because since this isn’t a true vintage from the 70’s or 80’s it hasn’t warped or weakened like my vintage Caleche etc.

Vintage and decadent, in a good way. Not for those girlie-fruity lovers. This is a grown-up, classic, feminine scent for the romantic lady that we are. Soapy? Yes, but who cares? And with the best flowers of Grasse, which is a plus.

Beautiful fresh classic with a touch of a vintage twist!

I'm sure it's just me, but something in Ecoute Moi reminds me so much of Etat Libre d'Orange's Secretions Magnifique that I don't think I can fully appreciate it. On paper, it doesn't look like they have that many notes in common, but on my skin, it smells like Secretions, minus the . . . umm, "secretions" notes. If I hadn't already smelled and been repulsed by Secretions Magnifique, I'm sure I could have loved Ecoute Moi. The longevity and sillage are fantastic. It definitely has a vintage vibe and lots of warm base notes, which usually equate to a winner for me. Unfortunately, I have already made an unpleasant (and, it appears, permanent) association with some of the components of this scent that I cannot overcome.

I had a sample of around 30ml here and it couldn't convince me. It's flowery but not young. I found the scent extremely "old" and even a bit soapy-powdery. Like soap I would imagine in an old ladies house. It wasn't my sort of scent.

This is not what I expected. It reminds me of Van Cleef and Arpels, the original one that smelt like pot pourri and strongly of tagetes. It looks like it should be light and fresh but has that same powdery almost sherbet like feel. I'll be honest and say I got it for a few quid so it's not like I was expecting miracles but I like Molinard so it seemed a safe bet but I can't say it's really a win right now, it needs further testing when I'm not out working and hedgecutting. I feel unsure of what season even to wear this, it's not summery and neither is it fresh enough for spring or dark enough for winter. Decent longevity on my dry skin though and the pink older style bottle is quite pretty...

A soapy citrus/floral of absolutely no interest. Money burned. Rating: 3/10