Femme Individuelle

Tested in Malaysia, tropical weather. This smells like expensive but very sweet red currant jam, like red currant jam sweetened with sugar cane syrup, even a bit like honey. There is a bit of pink pepper there but not much. The rendition by Signorina is better in my opinion. I don't smell any bay leaf.The rose and lotus is very very muted at the background. Like just growing outside the window, not in vicinity. The sweet red currant is very present even until dry down. Amber and musk warms it a little at the back. Does not smell cheap. Very feminine. You might like this if you like very sweet scents. It is not offensive. Not the femme fatale type scent. Rather yummy. Follow-up 22/1/2021: Silage is poor on me. It stays close to skin after maybe the first 20 minutes. Funny as the first try it felt like it would have good silage It is not possible for me to over spray on this. By the looks of it, suitable for wearing to work as it is not offensive. Compare to the likes of baccarat rouge 540, this is less sweet. I will not repurchase this.

This perfume is very feminine, elegant, and charming. Right from the start, it has a spicy opening due to the pink pepper and the spiciness of the bay leaf, but soon comes the succulence of the sweet currant. The perfume evolves, revealing the floral character of the rose, a very soft and realistic rose, along with the lotus flower, which gives a very delicate and clean nuance to the fragrance, allowing this perfume to become a very pleasant fresh floral. Then, in its dry down, vanilla and amber enter, creating a warm and cozy aroma, leaving this perfume sweet, creamy, and warm, closing with a more earthy patchouli. It performed very well on my skin, contrary to many reviews that say it has low longevity; this was not the case for me. It projected for 1 hour and lasted for about 8 hours. This perfume is truly elegant.

The perfume of goddesses Woooaaaw Wooauuw Wooauw The perfume of a sophisticated, elegant, independent woman - actually i learned about it from a boss woman who had chosen this out of many other overrated scents I used this perfume as a general suited gift offered to all girlfriends and never let me down. And I'm not paying a fortune for it It's amazing, it has everything - scent, class, originality, great sillage with only 1 puff, longevity for an entire day in the office, more than 8 hours, likeable factor high And is the scent I want to find at my wife Thank you for this amazing gift

Looking at the bottle, the juice color and the bottle you may think, oh it's another light casual feminine fragrance. But Femme Individuelle is nothing of that kind. It's an amazing fragrance with a strong and a very unique personality. I think it's the bay leaf that gives it bit of masculinity and makes it so different from other fragrances. I can see a strong, confident woman wearing this beauty. Spectacular sillage and longevity! Mont Blanc is a very understated house that offers high quality and unique fragrances. I just wish I had discovered it earlier.

Translated from the Portuguese (below) to the English: The Mont Blanc perfumes that are differentiated. They are chic, are present, and suitable for women and strong personality, but at the same time feminine, those women who do not use floraizinhos, because they are just 'ones' .... srsrsrs. Some attribute the feature unisex for them, including the Femme Individuelle, but I think they have the power to enhance that 'Q' that these women are true leaders in their personality. Finally, it is a perfume that was made for me .... srsrrsrsrr.

Famme Individuelle was my favorite fragrance in 2006-2007. I wore it night and day at that time. One friend of mine told me that I smelled like a firtree. But oriental freshness of Femme Individuelle bears no resemblance to the firtree. It ́s a pleasant aroma of lotus and rose with spices, and in the end soft vanilla drydown. It ́s really individual with its outstanding combination of sour-sweet-fresh-spicy! I got a lot of compliments from men about my perfume. I still remember it and I miss my bottle of Femme Individuelle.

Os perfumes da Mont Blanc são diferenciados mesmo. São chiques, são de presença, e indicados para mulheres fortes e de personalidade, mas ao mesmo tempo femininas; aquelas femininas que não usam floraizinhos, porque elas são exatamente 'onas'....srsrsrs. Alguns atribuem a característica unissex para eles, inclusive para o Femme Individuelle, mas eu penso que eles têm o poder de realçar esse 'Q' feminino que estas verdadeiras líderes possuem em sua personalidade. Enfim, é um perfume que foi feito pra mim....srsrrsrsrr.

Can’t do better than Phemia’s description below. I’ll just add that I adore Bottega Veneta EDP. This one has a similar base / DNA. If you like Bottega Veneta EDP and would like something rounder, fuller with some subtle rose and red currant, I would give this one a try. It doesn’t have the same coolness / distance as Bottega Veneta, which is a plus in my book. It makes this more something I’d wear everyday instead of only for special occasions. I adore both and the difference makes it worth having both for me.

I love it. The best example of how this smells was that it smells like a forest after it rains. It's earthy and a little spicy, it's very feminine, and unique. The patchouli and pink pepper really come across for me. It was my signature fragrance for a while and have used most of it, when I run out I will get another. I wouldn't recommend it as a present unless you know that the person has similar fragrances. Also one of the perfumes that I get the most compliments on.

Oh my God, oh my God! I LOVE THIS. This is very sophisticated, like you're wearing money. This is clean, semi sweet, and just expensive smelling. I just wore it once so this is a first impression, but I feel a slight piney quality to it... lord do I love it. This is what a millionaire would smell like in my mind. This is a well dressed, sharp, business lady with her hair sleeked back into a low pony tail and pressed business pants.

OMG! On my skin this fragrance is close sister of Bottega Veneta. A real twin I would say. More discreet, classy ambry-pepper-patchouli. I don't get any rose or lotus, no any sweetness. At the end I can feel an echo of vanilla. But it isn't sweet gurmandy vanilla. It's more vanilla tobacco. Like in grandfather pipe ;-) I love it! My ambery mania get worse and worse. After Reveal CK Individuelle is the next one on my wishlist.

I adore this...but literally only get 2-3 hours wear...and that's with a heavy spray. I don't know if I go nose-blind to this or it truly just dissipates. In the opening I get sultry and aromatic bay leaves with pink pepper. It's soo familiar yet unique at the same time. It's a pretty affordable price...so I don't feel bad for overspraying but I don't think I will repurchase again now finished.

Berries, rose, patcouli, bay leaf and vanilla. Sweet, a little spicy and best of all it is a bit different. Can be worn on any occasion and in any season, I think. Doesn't last very long on the skin unfortunately, but I reapply during the day on skin and clothes, and really, REALLY enjoy this one so much. I am buying back up bottles. Don't want to be without it in my collection.

One of my all time favorite fragrances. Quite masculine, but at the same time very sexy and feminine. But not little girl kind of feminine, the I-take-charge-of-my-own-life kind of feminine. I get compliments every time I wear it. It just doesn't last that long on my skin.

On my skin this opens very spicy with the bay leaf and pink pepper notes but mellows down to a creamy floral scent with the spiciness all along in the background. This has decent sillage and I can still smell the bay leaf and florals after 12 hrs on my skin. I love it.

Lovely scent! A very soft and slightly sweet oriental. It stays very close to the skin in a very pleasant and cosy way. It stays on your skin for about 6 hours and it ́s suitable for during the daytime. It won ́t offend anyone. It smells expensive and chic.

This perfume is incredible. Sweet, but not to much. Wodsy. Last a long time on skin. And drive the guys crazy. It ́s not for summer days. Maybe in fresh nights, and put just a little. It ́s a really really sensual fragrance.

It's sensual and sexy perfume,flirty scent...delicate and feminine!!!! it draws a lot of compliments wearing....sweet and spicy too!!!! I love it!!!! It lasts long,it's a perfume for special occasions!!!!

This is the first perfume my husband ever bought for me. It's received a ton of compliments. It's very feminine and pretty. I love the redcurrent and vanilla note together.

Creamy, woody and full of peppery berries. I love this perfume! It is a scent I can picture wearing in the fall and winter. Great lasting power too!!!

I am in love! I have been waiting to buy this and I don't know why I waited 5 years! Just as I remembered......perfect for me!

I remember that once upon a time I was nearly determined to buy it without sniffing, but then I found a tester in one of my local department stores and I wasn't really impressed, because it smelled very herby in an unpleasant way. I usually like herbs in my perfumes and I am often drawn to 'medicinal' notes, but this just didn't work. Today, about a year after my first testing, I have revisited this fragrance and I still don't experience the 'wow' which I have always expected from a fragrance named 'Femme Individuelle'. My nose is better trained now, but it still just doesn't work for me, although now I at least know why. I normally like the smell of bay leaf, but it doesn't appeal to me when mixed with the juicy redcurrant and vanilla, which is exactly what I smell in the opening. This phase mellows out after about half an hour and I am left with a very pleasant, but also very common fruity-floral based on redcurrant, vanilla, a hint of sweet lotus, rose and a bit of musk. The 'individuality' can be seen in the opening because that fruity-bay leaf combo is not very commonplace, but everything after that is just waaaay to familiar on my skin. On top of that, the bay leaf note smells a bit off to me, and maybe there is some other herby note in there, which is not listed on the website? Anyway, those herbs are an unexpected fragrance spoiler for me in here. It lasts about 5-6 hours on me and projects well. Femme Individuelle used to be on my 'dislike' list, but today it has stepped up to the level of a fragrance which I wouldn't mind having in my drawer, but probably wouldn't buy myself, because there are many perfumes which I want much more.

This perfume goes against the mainstream candy sweet/floral fresh scents. Really for an individualistic person, an open minded and strong woman. My imagination "shows" an Irish elf queen -green, sparkling eyes, long,red hair, her dress is made from leaves, moss and other natural elements. On her head I see a rose and wood berry tiara. Already the opening -a quite strong, fresh spicy wave. There's some soft pepper and bay leaf, but together they give some kind of fern, pine wood, some kind of soft moss. The it settles down, and I feel those beautiful floral notes. There's an expensive, rare sort of roses, very unusual. In my imagination it could be that dark, dark red, almost black Baccara rose - a bit mysterious and some steps away from what we usually imagine when we hear "rose". The dry down on me is woody + spicy, maybe a bit even masculine. I feel again those opening notes, but just in a softer version, and there's some light, delicious patchouli and natural vanilla added which make this scent delicately feminine without being too common. A really underrated, original, sensual and lovely very high quality perfume.

This starts off with a burst of the pink pepper and soft bay leaf. It’s spicy in the opening and then the patchouli starts to come forward as well as an ever so soft and realistic rose. Then the amber and musk ground this with the tiniest hint of vanilla into a warm cozy scent.The journey is quick, so u don’t expect this to have a huge longevity. You’ll mostly smell the base within 15 or so minutes. It is an understated fragrance, something appropriate for any setting. I love the analogy from another reviewer stating it’s reminiscent of a damp forest. I agree, which is why I would find this a great scent for early fall and spring, but it could be worn all year. You may need to reapply unless you prefer your fragrance to sit close to the skin. I enjoy this scent, it’s is soft and earthy and perfect for a daily fragrance for the cooler months! Update- I tested this on the back of my hand and it’s now 7 hours later! Guess what! I can still smell it after several hand washings! So, although it is a more subtle fragrance, the longevity on my chemistry is amazing!!

Wore this in wintertime once and a colleague of mine literally stuffed his face in my hair and murmured something for a while in what seemed to be like pure pleasure! Guess it has this sexy kitten quality: it's warm and spicy, at the same time it envelopes you like a favourite pashmina, and floats along the whole day. White musk, white and black pepper, powder and something sparkly - a lovely cocktail for a winter day/night. Since it's not at all bold, but rather standing out only if the wearer does so herself, I find it agrees well with office environments. There's also a touch of masculinity in it, which plays well on a lady with gamine features, who wants to accentuate her femininity while empracing lightness and boyishness of her stature. Unfortunately, I got quickly bored with it - I personally prefer scents that give me a push, rather than fuse with who I already am: I sort of feel stagnating in life then. So one lippie off for the absense of the it-will-knock-off-your-socks element.

Not my signature notes, but blind-bought this one online because it came highly recommended from another rose junkie friend. Love the warmth of bay leaves, pepper, amber and musk with the rose notes. This somewhat reminds me of Christian Lacroix Tumulte, but in a good way. Tumulte is has a dark sensuous rose, where as the spice in Individuelle comes from bay leaves and pepper and the rose itself I think is lighter. I can use this only on cooler nights since its too warm and spicy for daywear, given I live in a place that has mostly tropical climate. Oh, and the husband loves it so bonus points for that :) I find this bordering on masculine fragrance, but it rather complements my fiercely independent side! Edited to add - I got bored of it too quickly - maybe because of the spiciness of the pepper which just doesn't match up with the sweltering heat here. Anyone in India wants a twice or thrice used bottle of this for a swap, send me a message :)

Easy to love truth fragrance. Which one an acid mother said. Hello to you with a currant arriving with a red baccate touch with a peppery launch mildly. The surprise comes now. I was not able to imagine it for drawn bean known well from our kitchen, how can exist in what kind of harmony with the fragrances written down already.the green one strengthens it gently (grass) feeling, but the culinária does not take the effect away towards it.the flowers extinguish each other quasi, because the flashy of the rose quasi immediately strangles the wet quiet of the lotus. The creamy vanilla, which the three to which used was got already is, is felt quite strongly at the time of withering off onto a carriage /ambergris, patchouli, musk/ leaning follows away very long us. Who desires an easy-going, feminine fragrance which can be used advantageously with a spring, in summer brings a good decision if he selects this fragrance.

I quite like it, another found of my father in a boot fair! The top notes are very fresh and vibrant, somewhat fruty gourmand to my nose. Very feminine, young and happy. After a couple of minutes the scent settles to a more earthy but still sweet scent that I like less. This part is somewhat artificial and sickening with a strong anh headaching lotus flower mixed up with a fake barbie rose. The patchouli unfortunatly dont show up on my skin in this fragrance, without cheking the notes I would never find it. To me MBFI is all about the peper, lotus and rose. It is a sophisticated, safe and feminine perfume. Good for office wear as for special occasions - very formal. Personality: A perfect executive in a pearl necklace. Sillage: Great in the first 5 minutes. Longevity: 6 hours. 6.5/10

I bought this a couple years ago and was delighted with its peppery, fresh and elegant vibe. But that was winter and I can tell I didn ́t give it a chance to “expand” itself, so I grew bored of it afterwards.... What happened was I tried it again this Spring (I live in Argentina.. and we have some crazy spring days that seem like hot, humid summer ones – about 35 degress Celsius!), and there was such a difference! The rose and vanilla popped up, the whole scent now evolved around a beautiful floral, spicey pyramid with soft “vanillic” sides.. got lots of compliments on this one! it really changes depending on the season, so do give this a try in hotter days and see how it works on your skin, not just winter ;)

Not sure I smell any of the notes above. I smell a lot of blackberry in the opening and it turns into something powdery and soapy a little later, dry down. This perfume reminds me a lot of DKNY delicious night but more sharp, more fresh and bright, like a day wear, a little less heavy (not much though!) variation of it. I don't think it's that sweet. One spray lasts me about 4/5 hours. I like this scent now at 40yrs old, after I tried so many flowery and overly sweet gourmand scents and grown a bit tired of those, was looking for more class(it is a classy imo) and definitely wouldn't have considered wearing this perfume in my 20s or beginning 30s.

Femme Individuelle is a nice lady with a kick, mysterious with her secrets. Very peppery, sweet and delicious. This beauty is soft and understated in its sillage but very fruity and fizzy when close to skin. It is elegant, minimal and clean - wear this when you want something put together and chic without the fuss, just like a white t-shirt, stud earrings and black sunglasses. I get mostly pepper, soft rose, juicy red berries, earthy patchouli and musk. Cozy and perfumey. The drydown is ever beautiful with a soft amber and powdered vanilla. Lovely.

A very pretty and original scent! The top notes are fresh and vibrant, fruity but not your typical sweet "fruit bomb". It has a splash of soft spices, which gives it a very "individuelle" vibe, perfect for a chic independent lady. After a few minutes, the sweet spicy scent blends with a more earthy, warm perfume with a hint of delicate flowers. On me, the projection is mid-range (unless oversprayed) and it lasts 8hours easly. Something for a feminine and confident woman to wear during the day or at a casual night out with girlfriends.

Have you tried Yves Rocher So Elixir EDT? It is so similar and they even share the same notes. In short, this is a very inoffensive soft spicy feminine fragrance that you would enjoy but need to reapply every four hours or so because the scent just disappears completely after 5 hours. Very delicate rose infused with some berry tones and spiced up with pink pepper underlined by quite a bit of patchouli and musk. Safe and nice but not strong enough to be impressive.

First few sniffs I get sweet strawberries. Then camphor/sage drift (maybe the pink pepper? bay leaf? hawthorne?) which keeps it from being overly lollipop. The drydown doesn't change much. I can't pick up any of the basenotes at all. A little rich for warm weather but would be nice in fall or winter I think.

The first wave had me underwhelmed but ten minutes later, I really like this. Debating whether to get it or not, it's familiar and basic, but also not offensive. I liken it to a safe fragrance u could use for interviews, meeting your partners parents, even a first date. Kind of like flowerbomb.

Love this fragrance! Couldn't find it anywhere.They protect it's identity and don't sell it in duty frees and even not in Harvey Nichols, not in Harrods. Everything what they sell on eBay is fakes from china. Only got it from their boutique when was on holiday in Nice. So happy now!!!!

To all perfumes lovers: please don't buy perfumes on someone's reviews. All our noses so individual. Smell it before buying to avoid disappointments. To me this is truly magical fragrance and I can bear read a feedback from some dody who buys it never smelling it before. Insane!

ITS LIGHT SPICY FRESIA!... EVERYONE CAN USE IT! VERY SEXY YET SUBTIL AND ELEGANT. IDEAL FOR WORK. I FOUND IT VERY WELL BALANCED AND KIND OF NEUTRAL WITHOUT BEING FORGETTABLE. IT MAKES ME FEEL HIGH CLASS YOUNG WOMAN WITHOUT THE SHOW OFF. CLASSY CLASSY CLASSY.

I had a bottle of it as a gift.I didn't like it at the begining, it seems to me too strong and sweet for my taste. But I received many compliments from men and women of different ages. Now, I think I'll buy a bottle. It stays more than 12 hours on my skin.

Had it a couple of years ago. Really liked it, but must admit its not a day fragrance, it's warm and strong, but very pleasant. Warmed me up in a cold winter. Thinking of getting it again.

I like Individuelle. I wear it to work and I think that ́s perfect.It was a long staying power!!

Smells super nice ,smells expensive,classy,clean it has a Ferragamo air ,totally recommend it.

Nice feminine scent nothing groundbreaking just nice and pleasant

The pepper in this is pretty strong and it doesn't seem to die down very much - I smelled it at the start and even well into its dry down I can still smell the pepper most prominently. I get a very green note from the bay leaf that sticks around for the ride. The currant gives it a tart quality that, mixed with the pepper, makes this too sharp a fragrance for me. I wouldn't say this is a soft, rounded, powdery fragrance at all. But it is crisp, fresh, with a sweet fruitiness. It doesn't immediately scream girly or feminine, in fact to me it actually has some qualities of men's fragrances. It does smell expensive but doesn't have much of the expensive performance qualities. Individuelle smells quite delicate and light on me - it's there, but sort of dances around, meeting my nose in quick waves rather than having a cloud of fragrance around me that I smell most of the time. It's okay, unremarkable, not for me.

The patchouli and rose are most prominent on my skin. The bay leaf note is off-putting to me and doesn't seem to blend/fit well with the rest of the notes. For this reason, this one didn't work for me and will be going back.

Lovely scent, starts woody but settles down a little sweet in a lovely non overbearing manner. Lasts practically all day, perfect for meetings or a day of work and an evening out!

For me it is like TM's Angel with red currant version. So I like such version very much (bigsmile :D)

I love pink pepper in perfumes. But unfortunately it is not the most prominent note. The most prominent note is patchouli transforming the flagrance in kind of oriental scent. Rose and pink pepper are more on the back ground. When I spray it on the wrist It smells differently comparing to my neck. On my wrist it does not last long but the scent is beautiful and more sweet, I get more pink pepper and roses. But on my neck it's more patchouli turning in oriental way. Generally it's a good flagrance but I prefer the kind of smell I get from my wrist rather then patchouli dominant scent. I already have oriental kind of flagrance resembling to femme individuelle. It's "oriens" van cleef&arpels. It's more sweet and have different notes mentioned but is in oriental category for me. Well generally I like it but won't repurchase again. It's not MY flagrance and I wear it at work like I try to wear a mask in the professional environment. It's not me.

This perfume is very musculine to me. Too much pepper, patchouli, wood, strawberry...? and something I can't even describe. As someone mentioned before there is a note of camphor which I hate. This mixture is unbearable.

Sorry Mont Blanc this smelt very sickly sweet on me and smelt as if I was trying to cover up the smell of damp laundry (which I was not).. instead of smelling nicer I smelt worse.