L'Eau Chic

Gosh, it is good! (It says " l'eau CHIC " on my bottle, I assume the picture here is wrong) I am only recently getting aquanted with Nicolai perfumes and everything makes an impression. I've sampled three compositions from this house and ordered 2 of them already( L'eau Chic - 100ml, New York intense - 30ml and Cedrat - sample) Chic - combines all of my favorite notes for this genre of perfume in ideal proportions.Who could have imagined mint, geranium, chamomile, red pepper and lavender working so nicely together? I do have perfumes in my collection, dedicated to all of those notes and am very happy to recognise them all, but this synergy amazes me. It creates an impression of a luxurious bathrom environment and applying products to freshly washed skin, while the fog from the shower is still in the air and is steaming the corners of the mirror,- and that atmosfere can be felt through the whole day, wearing Chic. I love it. Soft, fresh, delicate, no screeching notes, nothing unpleasant - just perfect. Patricia intended Chic for summer heat and I have yet to experience it. For now I gladly use it in late fall and winter, dry and cold air, rain and sunshine,- it works so well all the time!

L’eau Chic is fresh, very fresh, but the freshness has different face than in popular fragrances. It is far away from aquatic or “sport” kind of scents you can smell in department stores or even supermarkets. L’eau Chic is full of chic, distinctive and noble. It is genderless and ageless and for any season... of course if you wish to be surrounded by cleanest and gentlest aura you can imagine. Patricia de Nicolai describes it as a smell of her parent’s bathroom because of the geranium soap they were using. I can imagine this. My grandma house was similarly full of this kind of freshness, the closets, bed-clothes, towels, laundry dried in the garden. Beautiful memory of the past. You can easily recognize geranium with mint, both play crucial role. The heart is herbaceous and woody because of chamomile and sandalwood with touch of lavender. There is also tiny drop of cloves but difficult to recognize from other spices... you are sure they are there but each of them is so well balanced that it is impossible to discus them separately. Again Patricia de Nicolai created masterpiece showing us her amazing talent.

L'Eau Chic is a straight-forward mint, geranium and lavender summer spritzer. But please don't be fooled into thinking it's simple or linear, because Patricia d'Nicolai knows what she's doing and has created a scent that is layered and blended beautifully. Wearing L'Eau Chic in hot weather is like having a tall, icy drink. I sometimes find lavender and mint fragrances to skew slightly sporty but L'Eau Chic has softness and depth from soapy floral geranium with a little spice and musk to round it out. I love this scent for summer. Light/moderate projection and good staying power for a warm weather scent. Note: As others have mentioned, the bottle pictured is the same design but is not L'Eau Chic.

L'eau Chic indeed. Smooth as glass, androgenous as hell, wears like a dream -- herbal, minty, floral, over a sanded plank of sandalwood. No musk or powder at all the herbs and flowers are left to shine on their own. I picture either a white dress or a black pantsuit with this fragrance. Simply lovely and understated yet so sophisticated.

A little soapy lavender (but not overly sterile or white floral like a lot of other soapy scents), ice cold sweet mint, and some warmth from sandalwood and musk. Very gentle and casual. I'm surprised by how much I like it! It really is very effortless!