Fleur d'Oranger Eau de Parfum

The opening of this frag is a bit spicy with petitgrain and bigarade (forget about the perfume pyramide above: it's a mistake, rather check the Molinard website), bigarade being a small spicy orange (there's no fig, cypress or lavender as erroneously stated in the top notes, and no rose neither jasmine thereafter). Then we get a a nice combination of neroli, clean musks and orange absolute, the later will first eject neroli and finally (after 3-4 hours) the musks out of the game, leaving a beautiful orange absolute skin scent for many hours. So, this is globally a "musky orange absolute" which could have found it's place in Sylvaine Delacourte's private musk series. The frag is not signed by a nose, so probably it's a co-work of several noses Molinard can afford. I love it, but I also understand that some perfume lovers may be surprised by the very discrete opening and the sort of Gauss-like evolution. This can be prevented by spaying a layer of Guerlain's very orange-citric Cologne Imperiale before applying Fleurs d'Oranger, and I agree that this is not necessary using frags like the orange blossom of Serge Lutens. But the scent after 2 to 4 hours of this frag is very elegant and pure, a real pleasure, and the musky twist before the end is absolutely original.

Love this stuff. Very underrated neroli scent from Molinard. Most Molinards are underrated. This is a neroli punch straight away. Little bit of citrus and bitter greens which fade away after the opening. The bitter greens help this lean more unisex than feminine to my nose. The neroli/orange blossom combo is fantastic. Stays pretty creamy on my skin which I enjoy. It will remind of other neroli scents as noted but on discounters Molinard can be found for dirt cheap. For this price, considering the quality and that it's an underrated niche house, this is great. Has to be one of best neroli/orange blossom scents for the money.

I love it! The start is harsh, indeed, mostly herbal, cypress i suppose. Lavender is less obvious, and then there's a very bitter citrus which i love. It smells like streets of a Mediterranean city in early spring, when the bitter orange trees are blooming along with the ripe fruits on them. As the time pass, the scent becomes more soft, sweet and soapy but in a good way, like my favourite Nesti Dante soap, very pleasant. This is gonna be my new favourite, I think it's best for the late winter/early spring time.

I feel that Molinard is highly underrated in generl. Affordable and really nice. Good longevity, nice good put together scents. This one is pure neroli at the beginning, citrusy, fresh, soapy. After driedown it becomes creamy , soapy, warm, clean, soft....just beautiful . Nothing outstanding, nothing hasn't been made before, but as it promises it is a pure orange blossom scent, and very affordable. Workplace friendly.

Gorgeous orange blossom fragrance. Not as dark and spicy as Serge Lutens, not as sweet and delicate as Penhaligons Orange Blossom. You get the aromatics of the lavender without full blast lavender. Good longevity, much better than Penhaligons. If the cumin and woods are too much for you with the SL Fleurs d' orangers, this is a great value, well crafted alternative. Would definitely buy again.