Chypre Mousse

***Quick Update 4/6/26*** I now know what Chypre Mousse reminds me of! So my mom is Mexican and my father Cuban. In spanish households sometimes a sweet, simple herbal-Petitgrain Tea is made for Medicinal purposes by actually simmering plenty of pre-washed Bitter Orange leaves (Petitgrain) in water along with a single Clove and Honey, and Chypre Mousse reminds me of EXACTLY THAT! The wonderful aromatic smell of that Petitgrain tea would fill the entire house and I swear this smells just like that! Im STILL not getting a ton of "Mushroom" and I suppose Chypre Mousse has "Earthy facets", but no more than any other earthy frag in my collection, but what I am getting is plenty of Mint, a ton of Petitgrain, herbs and plenty of sweet Honey. This fragrance truley is comforting to me bc that Scent Memory reminds me of my childhood so much. I'd practically forgotten about the smell of that tea and NEVER-EVER emagined Id encounter it in a fragrance! Amazing! And btw ya'll, this stuff is VERY POTENT, "dense and very long-lasting (over 8 hrs on skin).. So yeah, in the end Im getting a sweet- Petitgrain Tea with more of a "Spearmint" in spades and Im ALL IN!.. does anyone else remember that tea being made in your household? ------------------------------------------------------- ***Initial Thoughts*** Ya know, so after reading the reviews and how "earthy, mushroom like and loamy" Chypre Mousse is and how those accords made this scent so very "polarizing", I was IMMEDIATELY intriqued and expected something SUUUPER Earthy/Loamy, maybe dry/bitter and challenging in the way that say... Nishane's-Sultan Vetiver is which I truley love, but do find hard to wear or find the appropriate occasion to wear it in. I can say that (For Now) straight out my brand-new bottle, Chypre Mousse is NOT a "Challenging Fragrance." This scent smells GORGEOUS! YES! Its a very aromatic, herbal fragrances with (touches) of earthiness, but its truely (IMO) a beautiful and easier vs difficult to wear fragrance. What I honestly feel saved this dna from be hard to pull of is that its a surprisingly sweet fragrance! Im not talking Paco Rabanne-One Million or Invictus sweet, but its certainly sweet, ESPECIALLY for a chypre. Chypre Mousse begins quite green, herbal and Minty, and to my nose its actually more like a sweet "Spearmint" accord which was a stroke of genius in this dna! That sweetness absolutely makes Chypre Mousse much more wearable, enjoyable and dare I say more "Mass-appealing" and much more "Modern" than it would've been if the Green - Herbal notes had been dry, more pungent and/or Abrasive. Im also getting like an herbal, sweet-Spearmint Tea up close and especially in the air. What Im NOT getting much of at this point is a super strong "Mushroom Earthy" smell, but Im almost positive this will soon Maturate and change a bit. Anyhow, this scent is absolutely stunningly beautiful and an absolute MASTERPIECE! A 10 outta 10 in the (Modern Chypre Category) and the performanceas of right now is quite good and seems to last between 6 and 7 hours on my skin with moderate projection, but again, MATURATION is a thing! So Ill definitely be coming back with an update within a couple weeks or so. Chypre Mouse was a total BLIND-BUY SCOOOOORE and Im So glad that I'd pulled the trigger on this awesome, unique scent!! I love Chypre Mousse!

I love this fragrance. This is one of those perfumes that I could see myself wearing as a signature scent, that is, if I believed in that concept. Nevertheless, I find it perfect for my taste - earthy, mossy, woody, expertly blended, smooth, excellent performer, versatile (your mileage may vary), high-quality, and with a mythical flair. It is such a unique perfume, especially for a chypre. There’s nothing quite like it. I could draw a parallel with January Scent’s Burvuvu, not that they smell similar, but both evoke a magical forest, especially the vegetation that decorates the earth and the trees. Or, an old closet with moldy clothes:). Chypre Mousse stays true to the Chypre family by pairing moss and resins to create that characteristic velvety effect; however, it departs from the classical structure by avoiding the top note clichés, and to my nose, by choosing to implement more of the treemoss (Evernia Furfuracea) as opposed to oakmoss (Evernia Prunastri). This latter observation is important as I find the two materials to be rather distinctive, with Evernia Furfuracea smelling more intensely woody and nutty, compared to Evernia Prunastri. Indeed, I believe the fantasy “chestnut accord” in Chypre Mousse is a result of that. Moreover, I am inclined to suspect it is also how they managed to preserve the formula over the years, since treemoss is not as heavily restricted by IFRA as oakmoss. As previously mentioned, at the top, they opt for an unusual combination of fennel, mushroom, mint, and various greens instead of the classical citrus or fruit. It is invigorating and unique. It makes me think of the forest breeze and, simultaneously, the forest floor, as the mushroom is quite prominent. Speaking of which, the third major element of this fragrance, and perhaps the deal-breaker for many, is the raw earthiness. Here, the name does it justice, as it comes across as an “earthy mousse.” Taking some patchouli, soil, dead vegetation, and mushrooms, further whipping them into a thick mousse-like consistency, topping it with treemoss, and sweetening it with some resins. The mint is served as a side dish. If you think it sounds disgusting, well, I guess it comes down to how much you love earthy scents. To me, it smells delicious. You might also think it could come across as rough and abrasive, in which case, please refer back to the name. Yep, they thought it all through. Chypre Mousse is the kind of perfume I expect to smell in the artisanal realm, executed with an expert’s skill and experience. Unique, bewitching, and distinctive. Lastly, regarding how it held up over these years (as I am always skeptical of chypres), I am delighted to say that the current iteration smells just as good as the earliest one (and this seems to be the case with all other perfumes from the house). So, as opposed to my initial fears, hunting for a vintage is not mandatory. Oriza L. Legrand offers some exceptional perfumes, value-for-money-wise only rivaled by Parfum D’Empire at this time, and Chypre Mousse is undoubtedly their Tabac Tabou. IG:@memory.of.scents

Chypre Mousse opens with an unbelievably full, green bouquet. It's like savoring the most complex red wine on the back of the tongue. With each gentle inhalation, my brain tried desperately to grasp the notes, but there were far too many of them tumbling around to pinpoint any one in particular. My thought process went out the window as my eyes closed. All I could think was, "Mmmmm!! Aaahhhhh!!" The perfume changed so much in the coming moments. Images of my favorite hiking trail flooded vividly through my mind--a cold and clear stream of water that runs alongside a damp trail beneath a canopy of redwoods. Ferns color the shaded slopes bright green. There are definitely mushrooms here and there, but they don't dominate the fragrance. The first phase contains a robust mint note, fungi, leather, ferns, and wet soil. Frodo, have we made it to the shire? Within minutes I am transported to another part of the trail--the meadow. It can be very dry during summer months with intense sunshine beating down on the golden grasses. Sumptuous notes of hay, tobacco, and honey overtake anything green. Based on the pyramid, these notes aren't supposed to be there, but I do smell them. It was all somehow very familiar. Where had I smelled this before? Clinique's Aromatics Elixir, that very complex and beautiful perfume with its honeyed dryness. But something about AE is jarring. I could never truly love it the way I wanted to. And it smells a bit too stuffy; perhaps outdated. In this phase of Chypre Mousse, it's as though everything wrong with AE was made magically, perfectly RIGHT. Thirty minutes along, the perfume is more resinous as lentisque presents itself. Although it is certainly unisex, this phase reminds me of 1800's aristocratic London gentlemen with top hats and tails. It's not the forest perfume that it was earlier, and although beautiful, I found myself missing the trees, mushrooms, and soil. The final drydown, 3-4 hours later smells of lentisque and a hint of cinnamon, and that surprising mushroom note seems to rear its head on occasion, making for an odd scent. Wearing Chypre Mousse is truly an experience. Heavenly! Captivating! It might not be my signature scent, but there is no doubt that it's a masterpiece and one of the best, most complex perfumes I have ever smelled in my life.

O how can it be that the ground itself does not sicken? How can you be alive you growths of spring? How can you furnish health you blood of herbs, roots, orchards, grain? Are they not continually putting distemper’d corpses within you? Is not every continent work'd over and over with sour dead? once wrote the best American poet. Chypre mousse is this to me: the scent of humus, peat, and wetland; when you look at the hearth, at the soil itself and you know winter is comning with its frostbyte and its sense of decay. The smell of damp undergrowth of scorched leaves and the scent of moss before picking mushrooms and chestnuts. Chypre mousse is not the typical oakmoss fragrance; it has neither the dark grey, mineralized, dusty fustiness of some oakmoss fragrances, nor the bright green, softly plush, fresh mossy feel of others. To me, it smells like the damp forest floor, wet leaves, dewy violets, earthy mushrooms, drenched forests, and a symphony of green, brown, grey, and purple. opens with a pungent but sweet oakmoss that feels as though it’s sprouted right off the bark of a tree deluged by rain. There is a dark leather underlying it, covered in resinous, piney tree sap, swirled with darkened mosses, and speckled with reddish mushrooms. The strip of leather lies atop a mound of leaves whose autumnal oranges and browns have turned darker with dampness and water. All around are bunches of fresh violets, pushing out through the soil, past the green shoots, and in the wet space left untouched by the gnarled, woody roots of surrounding pine trees. The dewy, sweet purple flowers form a bright spot of colour in the dark, green forest. In terms of sensation, I draw a parallel to De Profundis, the same sort of haunting delicacy, of dewy wetness, of youthful life. The two perfumes are fundamentally different in notes, but they share a very similar feel. Mesmerizing. A more complete list of notes would be: Top notes: wild mint, clary sage, wild fennel & green shoots. Heart notes: Oakmoss, Galbanum, Angelica, fern, wild clover, Mastic & Violet leaves. Basenotes: Vetiver, Pine Needles, Oak Moss, Mushroom fresh Humus, Roasted Chestnut Leather, labdanum & Balms.

Contrary to the popular belief amongst the fragrance community that no ferns truly give off a fragrance and its merely a fantasy note, there are species that actually do, such as the Eastern Hayscented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) and the Fragrant Woodfern (Dryopteris fragrans). The woods are my church and I know this truth intimately, walking through ferns along the trails and taking in their ivy-green, coumarinic scent along with the damp earth and the forest canopy. The fern note here captures this incredibly so. Chypre Mousse may be inaccessible to many out there who like more of a Disney forest with no underbelly, no decay, just all vibrant colors and clean lines delineating sky from tree and tree to plant and plant to ground. The truth is, in the forest, it is inherently, unclean, untidy, a network of mycelium communicating with each other and the trees, an organized chaos to the human mind. This fragrance pays homage to that and few fragrances captivate me like Chypre Mousse. I love the cornucopia of herbs in the opening; the sweet, pungent fennel contrasting with the fresh sensation of mint, the aromatic clary sage and musky green angelica. In the heart, as we scale the perimeter of the meadows adjacent to the woods, the fields of mature clovers and various wildflowers entering dormancy (the mastic and galbanum seem to provide a valuable contribution to this effect), and we really begin to experience the loam and the humus that anchors all the flora, entering deeper into the forest, deeper into the oceans of scented ferns. It's worth noting that what is overarching throughout are the oakmoss and the mushrooms (well-rendered here). However, they take center stage after a couple of hours, ever earthy and agrestic. I then discern mildly sweet, meaty chestnut, pine resins, grounding labdanum and vetiver, what bliss, what a dream, lingering into the evening. A moss trace still remains the following morning. Chypre Mousse is a rare feat of complexity and longevity. A resurrected century plus old formula that is truly transcendent in my humble opinion. I am in love. I feel at home with this one. 10/10

What can I possibly say about Chypre Mousse that hasn't already been said? I feel humbled by this masterpiece, and by the Oriza L. Legrand fragrance house in general. Déjà le Printemps was my introduction to the brand, and I fell in love with the scent immediately. Eventually I became curious and bought three more samples of Legrands. Those were Empire des Indes, Jardins d'Armide, and this one, Chypre Mousse. Most of this fragrance smells of petrichor. It was so fascinating because I have never smelled a fragrance even close to this one before. It really does smell like a damp forest floor! I do not get much greenery from this, but it is there in a nearly imperceptible supporting role. The fennel is definitely swirling around in there, as well as a bit of cheerful fern and perhaps some shy clover. For a few minutes near the heart of the fragrance, I detected a general scent of decay— the Boletus edulis note, I assume— that almost made me dismiss the fragrance entirely because the rankness reminded me too much of some funerals I attended, but luckily it was very short-lived. This makes it a perfect memento mori fragrance in a very literal way, though! Goths and philosophers, take note! The drydown takes hours and hours upon hours. But once it finally arrives: There's those scrumptious little candied resin notes that seem to be the Oriza L. Legrand signature. Sorcery! And I found that I loved the drydown for this even more than Jardins d'Armide. So far, the Legrands are a perfect 4/4 for me and that is unprecedented! HOWEVER... I am not sure this is a fragrance I would want to wear? Probably not unless I layered it with a greener or more floral fragrance. I could see this being a versatile layering scent to lend complexity and mystery to other fragrances, but it is definitely not going to be your crowd-pleasing easy reach. But if you love perfumes for the arts' sake and want to experience historical or photorealistic scents, a sample of Chypre Mousse is a necessity!

4/5 Overall this is a very good composition, I’m considering a full bottle. The drydown on this fragrance is sublime. It’s dry and earthy with hints of resin and incense. The top notes, however, are just ok. Not unpleasant in any way, but nothing to write home about. It starts out pleasantly green and cool with a touch of sharp herbs. I get the distinct impression of ivy growing on stone walls. It feels shady and overcast. After about 10 minutes the green notes become less prominent as the camphorous mint and fennel join the show. This is actually my least favorite part of the perfume. I get lavender (clary sage?) along with the mint and fennel which gives it a hint of a barber shop feel. It’s pleasantly herbal and green, but nothing special. You’ve smelled this before. This phase lasts about 30 minutes and then the magic happens! The camphorous notes fade and it’s ferns, ivy(clover?) and undergrowth with a hint of earthiness creeping in. It’s heavenly! It becomes less “fresh” at this stage, not that it was very fresh to begin with. There’s a hint of sharp, spicy floral. Other reviewers have described the earthiness in this scent as loamy and I completely agree. It’s like dirt caked on limestone. Slowly, hints of pine and incensey resins appear and the fragrance has completed it’s final transformation. I would classify this as a forest scent that is focused on the forest floor rather than the soaring trees. Throughout the development there are occasional whiffs of green notes and dry herbs, which give the distinct impression of being in the forest and feeling a cool, refreshing breeze. It’s a very evocative “forest floor” scent. A bit on the avant-guard side, but still pleasant and wearable. This is a must sample for lovers of earthy, herbal or green scents.

This is a mindblowing masterpiece of niche parfumery, right at first sniff you are beamed into a muddy humid cave in a shadow puppetry scene , where you yourself are dried leather puppet stanced from gun powder edging oakmoss,whose contours highlighted by the velvety galbanum.As the shadow puppeteer (the parfumeur, the inventor of this beast) is moving you with his sticks through the cave where the mushrooms and humid soil on the floor, also puppets cut from clary sage and fern, releiving the damp cool cloud touching your cheeks. The bats made of angelique hang upside down, asleep, dead quiet in chestnut dreams. As you dare to put your steps forward, before the puppeteer thinks of moving you, you crush the clayed rotten dry leaves of autumn and fresh sprouts of fennel beneath your feet and wake the army of sleeping bats, their chestnut wings unlocked. From the first moment of your appearence at the entry of the cave, there is this cool masculin floral cloak,someone(but not the puppetier) put on your shoulders to protect you from the unpredictable end of that dream, that I still couldn't figure out wowen by which filament, violet leaves and clover blossom are on the list, but I am still not convinced, another prairie flower it must be,with a saliva of a cocoon weaving viscosity. Monster longevity with excellent sillage. Thank you the visionary puppeteer from last century, whoever you were, thank you Oriza L.Legrand team for sharing this world heritage with us and making this life so much better by that

People say this is not easy to wear, but I disagree. It’s such a soft, easy fragrance. The clue is in the name “mousse”. A frothy moss whipped full of air. This is a very green, herbaceous fragrance, but not in the sharp sense of galbanum and other hot, dry, nostril singeing bitter greens. It’s cool mint, licoricey fennel, springy moss, over a bed of dry forest leaves. It’s a cool spring day; the air is soft and redolent of leaves, grasses, moss, herbs. A little soil. Violet leaves exhale their moist breath. Chypre Mousse is absolutely perfectly calibrated, and has the advantage of lasting quite a long time for a green fragrance like this, at least 8 hours. I’d say this is the OG of a certain type of green fragrance that many perfume lines make now; a type that tries to recreate that moist,verdant, forest feeling. CM did it first, and maybe best. Edit- 4/8/25- I got a fb of this and wanted to add to this review a little in the interest of transparency and for anyone thinking of buying it. My decant was a dabber and the fb is spray. With this bottle the open of Chypre Mousse is much spicier and has an almost hot petroleum feel. After about an hour all that evaporates off and it becomes exactly like my earlier review- cool, minty, soil and forest. So if you try this and you are surprised by the open, just wait.

Surprised to say everyone loves this on me. I was worried I’d get told I smell like shrubbery but even the normies think it’s delicious and elegant. Not crass at all in its earthiness. It smells a lot like sloth but without the gross over ripe fruits and honey. I got a sample because I am hunting for a scent that gives me the feeling Prin’s Haxan did bc I can’t find it anywhere anymore for a price that isn’t disgusting. It’s my favorite scent that got away and it haunts me. But none come close. Except perhaps this one. I just wish it had some animalic bite to it maybe idk. Haxan has a lot going on but it’s balanced so impeccably I don’t think anyone ever repeating the magic in there. But if I had to choose this is the closest thing to stun me as much as Haxan did. Mmmm yeah it’s shot up to the top of my list of to buys Update: I’ve had it for a while now and I have to say this girl has truly won me over. I wear it more than Haxan which I acquired as well. It’s way more versatile and so totally comforting throughout the day. I get compared to deer a lot in my appearance and when I wear this I’ve had people say I look and smell like a deer in a magical fairytale. It’s just quite fitting what can I say

Impact This starts out with a big blast of citronella and eucalyptus, so much so that it’s immediately off putting. However, that dissipates and turns into one of the most vivid and beautiful summer floral scents. Not sweet, not immediately identifiable as to which flower, but more of an impressionist rendition of sitting outside in the sun, tall grass and flowers, near a body of water. In fact the initial blast of eucalyptus will probably keep the mosquitoes away. Anyway, it really does get down to not just the flower but the stems, very deep green but not as dark as an aged Vetiver. Wearability? The dry down remains similar and strong with appeasing silliage, and projection. To me, this would make a good rainy day scent, because of the contrast, and is calming to the mind. Unisex through and through but I think it would be particularly sensual on a female. On my skin, while the authentic green persists, it dries down with a creamy spice, more in the background, mild, and close to the skin. Bottom line Highly wearable, great longevity, and projection. Not trendy, unique in expression. Beautiful impression. Herbaceous, sunshine, with hyper realistic green stem scent. Very worth it and recommended!

Mint, earth, sage, fennel, everything. This perfume is incredible and I could simply smell like this forever. Drop dead gorgeous. Aura of an excellent forest green and smells remarkably natural, and it's definitely unusual; I can't put my finger on it, but this (right behind Marescialla, Santa Maria Novella) is one of the creepiest perfumes ever; there's something about it. Upon putting it on, I get a lot of fennel-anise sort greens. The dry down is WAY different from when I first put it on my wrist. The potency is good. I went to load the laundry into the wash and the entire stack of clothes smelled gracefully like Chypre Mousse, and I used a few drops on my wrist only once a couple days before that. It's subtle yet heavy, and long lasting. It's a strangely addictive, and it's difficult to describe it because it reveals new notes every time I wear it. I'll have to wear it several more times. It's a real shape-shifter. And based on other reviews, it seems this perfume unfolds differently on everyone. 10/10 Edit 4/15/15: I just got Coven by Andrea Maack, and it's definitely a replication of Chypre Mousse, but it's significantly more pricey. That said, just stick with the original.

There's nothing I like more than a great chypre. This is one of the greenest ones I've ever smelled--I could smell the oakmoss as very present from the moment I first sprayed it, but as it settled on my skin I could sense more of the other forest elements, especially the mint (which is wonderful here) and the pine. It's not nearly as big in terms of sillage as either Rogue Perfumery's Chypre-Siam or Ex Nihilo's French Affair, but as an old-fashioned and powerful chypre, it reminded me in certain ways of both--and it's much less expensive than French Affair. UPDATE 5/6/21: I could NOT stop smelling my sample; and when I had exhausted it, I realized I had to have more, so I broke down and bought a full bottle. I will wear this for myself if for no one else, because it makes me so, so happy. Since I started getting interested in fragrance, I've been searching and searching for something that evoked a dense, mossy, overgrown forest grotto, and this is absolutely it. I encourage fragrance fans to try this--there is absolutely nothing else like it on the market. I have now tried so many well-made chypres, and I love almost all of them; but this is something really extraordinary.

I’ll just say for now that this is unlike any other chypre —heck, it’s unlike any other perfume— that I’ve ever put my nose to. I fell for it from the moment I sniffed a 2-ml decant from Luckyscent last September. By the end of the year, I’d gotten a full bottle and it’d climbed up to my top-5 fragrances of all time. I’ll also say that it’s clearly not for everyone. But if you’re into realistic evocations of nature, and I mean ones that include undergrowth, mycelium, mulch, damp soil, decaying leaves, resinous terpenes, and all the rest, then this might just be up your street, too. The overarching themes are oakmoss and mushrooms, but the star of the opening is a glorious fennel on a herbaceous bed of mint, angelica, and clary sage. Then for hours upon hours you get a lovely, smooth, earthy, and agrestic vibe that brings forth chestnuts and labdanum and vetiver, all subtended by the oakmoss and the mushrooms. It is an outstanding, absolutely heavenly scent that somehow both remains airy throughout and also lasts forever. This is what perfumery should be all about: at once an objet d’art and also, in equal measure, an effortlessly wearable delight. Love.

I'm so, so glad I was told about this fragrance. If you are a lover of Christopher Brosius' work, especially his more dirt-focused scents like Room with a View and Wild Hunt, but your skin is like mine where his fragrances just seem to disappear after half an hour, then I can't recommend this enough. But how does it smell? I always find forest scents take a few seconds to transport you. This one does so through a sort of 'classic french perfume' journey - a mixture of powdery, slightly bitter florals. Then after about a minute, young ferns sprout and pine needles fall. Then the fennel, a hot, sweet Mediterranean fennel. After that all of the notes, whilst individually detectable, create a beautiful impression, capturing the subjective memory of a forest through light and smells. It's a hot, dewy, sappy forest with mushrooms, moss and a downpour of refreshing, tea-like violets. There's nothing sharp, overly piney or barbershoppy about this forest. Nor is it a utopia, the soil grounds it and stops it becoming a caricature. It's remarkable, especially given that geosmin was only isolated in 1968. Just perfect, I'm so happy when I'm wearing this.

A very old composition, this was originally launched in 1914. Like everything from this house, its of absolutely the highest quality. Their scents always give off a vibe of exclusivity and ...for lack of a better word, intelligence. And like most Oriza l Legrand fragrances there is a strong haunting quality, a sense of deep memory. This is a masterpiece of sorts, I think. I understand many might not find it so wearable, but I think for men, it most certainly is. Its dark but still rather warm. The sense of deep forest soil is very pronounced. The opening is beautiful, rich, damp, with green notes and oakmoss (which carries throughout) and fennel. The violet emerges, and the vetiver. I do think this is a masculine scent. And i suspect it reacts differently on different people. I love it. Its intoxicating, really. But very grounded. The sillage is moderate to good, and the longevity is a bit below average, sadly. If it lasted a bit longer this would rank in top five scents of all time, honestly. The dry down is earthy and you get the mushroom and soil notes, and there is something else at the end I cant quite identify. A work of art.

I was looking for a very earthy and green perfume to wear on my day hikes. I, as opposed to most scent lovers, wear perfumes for myself and not for others. I like the olfactory stimulation that a perfume can provide. I know it is good for one’s brain to have these kinds of little sensory stimuli, among others. I search for earthy notes and came across Chypre Mousse. When I saw how much “dislike” it showed on the graph then I knew I had to try it. That is something I’ve learned here: if you are looking for unique scents, pay attention to those who get a lot of dislikes, for that’s a good indication that the perfume in question stands out. Most people like what they are familiar to, in this case meaning perfumes that smell like a hundred others. When they find something different they freak out, and dislike it. Of course this is a generalization, but most of the time it’s true. I wasn’t wrong. I got a 2ml sample a few days ago and I LOVE IT! Super earthy, green and sharp. I love to wear this out in the woods on my hikes! It is just what I was looking for!

First impression: I WISH this smelled like the wet forest floor. To me, it's clean powdery fennel that smells of Victorian wealth. More specifically, a rich Victorian bathroom with soaps strewn about that are shaped like roses. Not one I'd wear. Sample this first for sure, you never know how your nose will translate a fragrance. Update: I've come to be addicted to this tiny sample, and I don't ever want to be without this in my collection. It opens up with a bracing mint chewing tobacco type scent that quickly becomes smoothed out by a posh soapy fennel note that takes the lead. I'm likely to spend all of my birthday money and a good chunk of my perfume money I've saved on a full bottle. It's so unique and such a time warp into another era. I will definitely wear this. I am an idiot. Take time with a fragrance that challenges you at first. It may be one you fall in love with forever. On that same note, don’t be surprised if a fragrance you love right away (along with those around you) becomes boring or uninteresting after very long.

Wow, this is so beautiful and incredibly unique. Simply put this is walking through the forest after rainfall in the fall all bottled up fostering some of the most stunning juice. It starts off with a sweet mint and fennel, then dries down to a very realistic wet earth, decomposing leaves, earth/soil, and lots and lots of green. Oakmoss is definitely prominent in the base, and it sits on your skin all day beautifully. Every time I've worn this I get something different, most recently the mushroom and pine notes came through and damn, it's so nice. I feel like I'm deep in the woods surrounded by nature when I wear this and it makes me so happy. Definitely one of my all-time favorite fragrances. This alongside Le Labo's Baie 19 are two of the best earthy fragrances out there. I wouldn't change a thing about this fragrance, it's perfection. You can wear this any season, any time.

A long hike through a damp forest. I am hesitant to say much more than that because of how photo realistic this perfume is. This is more of a chypre in concept than in practice. While the traditional chypre structure is mostly (bergamot substituted here for mint and fennel) present, it is far from obvious. Much more compelling are the fennel, chestnut, mushroom, and soil tincture. This perfume seems to begin the moment that a torrential storm has ended, and the forest is still recovering and waking up. Oriza dates this to 1914, which would actually be three years before François Coty’s Chypre originated the genre. I am hesitant to believe the marketing materials here, and even if there was a perfume in 1914 called Chypre Mousse, it was probably a different beast entirely. Still, Chypre Mousse is a trip worth taking. Be sure to wear the right shoes.

This is my second favorite from the house. This to me is kind of like if Mitsouko and Chanel no.19 had a baby. It has that damp mossy forest of Mitsouko and that animalic funk as well as the greenery that no.19 has. While I enjoy both of those fragrances, I find this easier to get along with and more unique. It's pretty loud and long lasting. Not something I'm comfortable wearing to work, but really enjoy on my days off. The scent is very reminiscent of a forest but still has the feel of well rounded french perfumery. Completely unisex. When I think of who would wear this, I think of Tilda Swinton's character in only lovers left alive. I feel like there's some kind of green floral note in here that shines through. Narcissus maybe? I think I need a full bottle just for its uniqueness.

A fragrance like none other, incredibly unique and hard to define, yet for me this could only be Summer’s swan song. The forest floor, the trees, the air, everything in late August slowly slipping into early Fall. Somewhat melancholy for the long days of June are far behind us now, and the cold Winter is knocking on our door. Fear not! Fall will be our kind introduction into another tumultuous Winter. For Mother Earth has yet to die once more. You can smell it in the air, that certain something about the leaves reaching their demise and the soil beneath your feet preparing to lose its verdant costume of grassy fields and weedy blankets. This is the goodbye to the warmest season and the remedy to embrace its artic metamorphosis.

Falling through the hollow of a tree trunk, I am transported to an otherworldly forest where reality dissolves into imagination. Crystal like trees glisten, their branches dripping with rivers of liquid light, while the air pulses with an almost tangible energy. In the shadows, enigmatic figures shift between forms, their presence both mysterious and comforting. Above me, the sky alternates between shimmering stars and glowing pastel hues, alive and ever-changing. This place feels infinite yet intimate, a hidden sanctuary that has always existed, waiting to be discovered. Every time I wear Chypre Mousse by Oriza L. Legrand, it takes me back to this ethereal realm timeless, untouched, and impossibly beautiful.

Well, I am impressed. Its obviously a savoury mousse from Cyprus and a very tasty one at that. I really love it! Ive been looking for a "green" fragrance and I think Ive found it at last. On the opening its fennel, mint, angelica and clary Sage in that order. There is a little bit of earthiness but nothing off putting. There is sweetness from the honeyed clover that bees love. Its fresh and spring like with the galbanum and clary sage keeping it bright and stimulating. Im a keen gardener and a very experienced one at that and this is a perfume that any gardener would love. I feel I am transported to my herb garden. A large sillage and good longevity

Fairy forest. I can't place what I'm smelling at first. It is sweet and delicate, but also smells like a green forest floor. The style is so refined, like the harmonizing of an orchestra. High quality ingredients (mix of naturals and synthetics). I can't call this vintage, because the feeling I get is magical. I don't usually like to wear "cold" perfumes but this is so beautiful. The light aromatic quality would be refreshing in summer. As I am sniffing this trying to understand what it, it is clearing my sinuses. The good thing about wearing perfumes with a high percentage of naturals is that you get to enjoy their health benefits.

Again, I hate to confess that I haven't a lot of trouble picking out individual notes in ANY PERFUME - let alone one so well blended as this one. But I am in love with this scent!! A note that wasn't listed was chrysanthemum..... yet, I am strongly reminded of them. They are one of my very favorite scents of fall. And the longevity of this juice is amazing on me, with my older woman dry skin-eats-perfume. Applied @ 9 PM and still there at 2 PM the next day. So I shall get my money's worth frm the FB I just ordered. Don't we all need at least one scent that isn't too awfully sweet in our PERFUME cabinets?

I am so impressed with this fragrance. I am also wondering why its score is not above 4? I have nothing like this in my vast collection. To me, it is a hauntingly beautiful Chypre. As I have gotten older, I appreciate a more vintage style fragrance. Please don’t misunderstand my comment, this has a modern twist but seems so very classic and “elevated”. I imagine fragrance collectors and enthusiasts understand what I am trying to convey. my description is earthy, slightly herbal and unforgettable 😍

Très mignon petit parfum, malheureusement il ne tient pas bien et ne sent pas très fort comme beaucoup de parfums de la même maison. Au début, sur ma peau , une note plutôt désagréable et puissante de sésame ressort, mais en lui laissant du temps celà laisse place à une mousse humide très terreuse avec un soupçon de menthe, rien de sombre. Très réconfortant et atypique, même si il ne correspond pas à ma recherche d'un parfum 100% réaliste de forêt, je suis contente de l'avoir découvert.

One of the most greenest fragrances I've tried and one of the most beautiful. I do not find it challening, I do not get any "mushroomy" notes but it is an absolute beautiful dense green and in the end resinous fragrance. There is an underlining pleasent aromatic sweetness to it , most likely from the angelica. Minty up top, mossy and earthy (in a total good way) in the middle and them a little bit resinous at the end. Absolutely superb composition. I think I might buy a second bottle.

This is the most realistic green-mossy perfume I have ever smelled. I grew up near the forest, country side, and I remember quite very well the smell of wet moss, decaying leaves and fresh vegetation. This is it. It does not even smell like a perfume it's just literally the nature. The dry down is slightly more fresh and minty, less mossy. A little bit of flowery sweetness but not so much. Beautiful. I don't even understand how they managed to make this one.

I find the earthy notes are dominant. The soil and mushroom notes here super interesting, both are stronger than the oakmoss and I’m happy about that. I imagine this is what a wet, musty forest would smell like. If you wear this perfume out in nature your body will become the environment. Wearing this to the office or to happy hour after work? I can’t imagine, though if I smelled it on the right person I would follow them home.

sweet flowers with cocao in the top; gets drier as it dries down green and fernlike; so complex; soil and mushrooms in the base; I hate chypres but wouldn't classify this as one until the base. The top and middle are lovely. This is earthy to the max. Like digging up growing things and smelling their roots. I put it on at night. In the morning, eight hours later, it was just oakmoss on the skin.

When I sampled chypre mousse some time ago it was all fennel and mushroom and very little of anything else. I sampled it again a few days ago and something has been done to this perfume, or maybe my nose changed, but now I get a lot of mint and wet soil smell in the first 10 minutes in addition to the fennel and mushroom mix. It actually works much better for me. Performance is still big

This is the most intriguing and fabulous perfume I know of. Humus, mushrooms, decaying logs, ferns, a little mint and fennel. It evokes memories of cool forested areas of the American Northwest or the Japanese countryside. It changes over time, beautifully. It is collegiate, odd, unforgettable. Longevity and sillage are both strong. It is unlike anything else--try it!

Opening a velvet curtain of rose, vetiver, and mossy woods, without being (too) musty. Somewhere the scent of bread crust. Methinks I'm in a 17th century stone kitchen, with the garden just outside. A masterpiece of olfactory art! Amazing longevity. The drydown becomes quite masculine, so would recommend for men.

This is the smell from the very back of C.S. Lewis’ wardrobe, where the musty but glamorous fur coats become pine trees. On first contact I was instantly transported back in time, possibly the Belle Époque, Debussy is discussing Les Chansons de Bilitis with Pierre Louÿs. A scent from a previous incarnation.

بهترین شیپغ و ترکیب اوکموسی که تا امروز تست کردم بسیار بسیار عمیق و پیچیده بسیار کلاسیک و پایبند اصول اوکموس سبز و خاکی و مخمرگون یک شاهکار، یک طلای مایع ----------- Scent & Quality: 10/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 7/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 10/10 Affordability: 6/10 ----------- Overall: 8.2 +0.5= 8.7/10

I love this perfume! The fern and fennel is a tad overwhelming at first, however it quickly settles and lets the mint and middle notes shine. The scent is pleasantly damper than expected. I really enjoy the green, mushroom-y, and soil notes balancing out the floral!! 9/10 This is a big compliment getter!!

Chypre Mousse smells like an ancient and undisturbed, old-growth forest, very unique scent profile. Definitely not a mass appealing scent by any means, but it will be a gem to those who enjoy it. Also pleased to report that the perfume lasts for an eternity, I can still smell this on clothes weeks later.

Wow, just wow. I was afraid this would be masculine on me and it is, but only slightly but it is heavy like a masculine perfume but it is decidedly unisex. Its kind of sad, dark, woody with a slight funk with the mushroom smell maybe and overall has a sense of powdery mustiness that's just to die for.

I really don't understand how anyone can hate this perfume. It's perfection! This is one of the most cozy, comforting and least offensive chypres I've smelled. Its got a sweet, loamy earthiness that is just divine. It's not astringent at all which is what I was expecting based on the reviews.

A very harsh, dark green, foresty chypre, far away from any sweetness. Makes no compomises and in that way - only in that way - similar to the fantastic XPEC Original and No. 88. Very well composed, excellent longevity, radiation as a nuclear drive. Beloved by the tarts, by the way.

Beautiful and realistic earthy chypre fragrance, like being in a forest in the beginning of Autumn; so I love it on that part. However, I must say the performance on my skin is weak. Doesn't project at all and, after an hour, I can barely smell it.

what a dryad would wear with her handkerchief-hem green chiffon gown if she met a foppish young lordling wandering the forest and he invited her to a society ball; also reminds me of the song 'onions' by the mountain goats

A woman goes missing while exploring the dark dense forest behind her residence She is never seen again, and all that is recovered is her powder compact, now fastened to the earth by patches of moss and fungi

At the top I get the fennel, which comes off a bit like licorice at first, but dries down to an earthy anise. The damp soil/herb dry down is everything I am craving in the warm weather right now.

This combined with Zoologist's Moth is a picture perfect recreation of the smell of falling in love with my husband. What a gift perfume is to be able to recreate those memories.

an extremely unique scent, very mossy and woody and the drydown is absolutely a lush, wet forest floor. absolutely love it and will definitely be getting a full bottle soon!

I really love this. Damp Earthiness but with subtle floral notes and the smallest hint of sweetness. It's both cool and green, but also calm and cozy. Super wearable.

YES! This is an earthy, oakmoss, fennel, mushroom dream...very sophisticated...in a gorgeous bottle and box that you'll want to keep on your nightstand...