Fleurs d'Orlane

It's a cold winter day, and I'm basking in my latest perfume bargain - vintage Fleurs d'Orlane. I gave in to temptation, and have no regrets! I'm delighted to discover that this fresh, green floral is delicately sweet - never overwhelming or loud. The comparisons to Beautiful have some foundation, but somehow this is simply not what I'm getting. I own and enjoy Beautiful, and she is another fragrance entirely. I also smell the fabric softener mentioned and only wish that MY fabric softener smelled this good!!! The opening is a whack of Geraniol and/or Eugenol ~ both among my favorite "bad" chemicals. ;) I'm assuming from the packaging that I own the vintage version, and that's just fine with me! Shortly after, a yellow, rosy aroma wafts up. My initial thoughts are of Summer Roses and Daffodils. If the daffodils are really Narcissus, it doesn't dispell the dream! The slight fruitiness in the melange never becomes cloying to me, and lends a warmth that other rose centered fragraces sometimes lack. ( I'm thinking of L'aimant here, a fragrance I love but find a bit cold at times. ) Critics are not wrong in assessing this beauty as slightly dry and soapy - perhaps this is the perfect balance that Fleurs d'Orlane manages between opulence and freshness. In my humble opinion, floral lovers owe it to themselves to try this charming and ridiculously affordable lady in vintage form, while she is still available!

I can't believe I bought this for under a tenner! It is most naturalistic white lush tiger lillies and fields of daffodils I ever smelled. And it is soooooooo potent and strong, that you can call vintage Anais- Anais "shy and reserved girl", while she is not really. Outstanding floral, must have for lily-lovers and daffodils hunters, like me, yet you better realize that people will able to smell you from 50 metres ahead and 50 metres after you left, some will roll their eyes, but most of them will ask you, where did you buy it from. My bottle is roundish with the cap that has the colour of dark fuchsia, unlike transparent tall bottle on this page, just on case if they differ, depending from year of make or concentration, as some ppl mentioned they smell a lot of jasmine, not in my bottle, anyway. Lillies and daffodils, daffodils and lillies in nicest slightly spicy powderness. Loving it!

I got this perfume for a real BARGAIN at TJ Maxx for $9.99! Usually I purchase my perfumes at TJ Maxx or other discount stores and because they don't allow you to open packages to smell the product I end up buying perfumes I have not smelled. This one had to be one of my absolute favorites of my floral perfumes. I have several perfumes that are strong florals that are my go to...Marc Jacobs Daisy, Chloe Narcisse, D&G Rose the One. This one has a beautiful light floral scent...that you catch yourself sniffing your own wrists to take in the soft, delicate scent of jasmine and lilies. I would recommend this perfume to anyone who loves light and pretty floral scents. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW CHEAP IT WAS!!

One of the reasons I ordered this perfume sight unseen is because of the reviews online. I have never seen it or smelled in stores, at least not in my area. I am not disappointed. It is simply one of the freshest, prettiest florals I have ever smelled. It smells like a bouquet of fresh cut flowers just placed in a vase. The only perfume that comes close is Jardins de Bagatelle by Guerlain. I wore Jardins years ago. I believe it is considered a white floral, but it is also very fresh. It is very expensive and hard to find. However the Fleur d'Orlane is very inexpensive and smells wonderful. Perfect for summer weddings or garden parties. Really it is a great scent for any occasion.

I got this as a gift for a birthday when in 1988. Thanks HyacinthBucket review, she described it perfectly: "This (the fist) version of Fleurs d'Orlane presents as a medium-deep amber liquid in an inverted triangular bottle. The shape reminds me of large shoulder pads with a cinched waist - a look that was popular at the time. The cap is an opaque deep fuchsia with a purple collar. The colors represent the bright 80’s wonderfully. They do not make perfumes like this anymore. Big, bold, honeyed orange blossom, sweet jasmine, ylang ylang, hyacinth, narcisse and tuberose with sweet ambers and resins." I'll be hunting for it on Ebay, see if I can get one... I'm nostalgic!

Absolutely beautiful floral fragrance that's pretty, feminine, soft and totally delicious. You're immersed in a garden of sweet peas, and an assortment of other heady white flowers. Perfect for summer wear, although I wouldn't rate its longevity. You can't go wrong with this one if you're thinking of a blind buy, because it's altogether delicate and addictive, you just want to inhale the whole bottle in! I think the trick with this one is to spray a little on your clothing to get maximum effect for the whole day.

I would describe it as a simple multifloral scent with hint of honey and fruits. Quite liner and not very long lasting. Ok,it's true that this is nothing special, but still not so bad. I think it worth to have it. I wear it every now and than, when circling around the house. Actually it's like a pleasant and relaxing floral smelling fabric softener, and it makes me feel clean and fresh.

Yes yes I love this it reminds me of chloe narcissus too! It is a bit different from that though. It makes me feel like a beautiful queen. It is most definitely a keeper in my collection. I have the vintage form I think due to the bottle not looking like the version of now. I will continue to wear and buy as long as the vintage is still available.

I have been getting some real stinkers lately. I was soooo happy to get this! It broke my bad streak! it is so feminine, floral and wonderful!! I sprayed it on when it came in the mail and immediately my husband said "wow! That smells really good!" He doesn't usually comment on my perfumes so I know I really have a winner with this one ; )

Such a rich perfume! Very maximalistic and sexy! One must be daring to wear it. Fruits and flowers in a great explosion! Brings the summer atmosphere, with my friends going out and having great time! Happy and joyfull perfume. I must get one of this! It won't bring back the time, but it will the memories!

Fleurs d'Orlane was my signature, I love it so much. This is a heavy floral perfume, smell so elegant and rich. Just perfect for me. Sillage and longevity is good, I can smell it all day when I'm wearing this.

Yes to floral: orange blossom, lily, orchid, daffodil, jasmine, ylang, sandalwood, musk, cedar, benzoin and styrax. A sharp, green, sweet floral with depth.

I agree with Luciana and mypersonal.. like the Absolut commercials, Fleurs is the Absolut Floral Perfume, period.

As a teenager of the 90’s , this was one of my favourites

EDIT: I added a photo to fragram (above). This review is for the vintage version which I purchased circa 1985. This version of Fleurs d'Orlane presents as a medium-deep amber liquid in an inverted triangular bottle. The shape reminds me of large shoulder pads with a cinched waist - a look that was popular at the time. The cap is an opaque deep fuchsia with a purple collar. The colors represent the bright 80’s wonderfully. They do not make perfumes like this anymore. Big, bold, honeyed orange blossom, sweet jasmine, ylang ylang, hyacinth, narcisse and tuberose with sweet ambers and resins. The tuberose here is refined and well behaved. The notes do not jump out at you. They are blended to smooth perfection from beginning to end. The fragrance is intoxicating and divine. One or two sprays almost fills a room. This is not a perfume for wallflowers. This is for someone who wants to be noticed when they walk into a room. This perfume leaves behind a beautiful white and yellow floral trail. Longevity is out of this world. One spray on a scarf will stay until you wash it. I’d suggest this one for flower lovers who want to explore vintages but find perfumes from earlier decades too animalic or too spicy. Luckily this one can still be found on eBay at reasonable prices. The 3.4 oz goes for around $100-$150. The 1.7 oz for around $60. These are amazing prices because in its day Fleurs d’Orlane was fairly expensive. I do not know how the modern reformulation stands up. I doubt it comes close to the original. Just make sure the bottle matches my description above. I can’t comment on any later formulations.

This is beautiful. A sweet floral blend. The honey really stands out to me and almost gives the florals a light candy sweetness but is prevented from going into full-blown candy land by the greenery. This is a big fragrance in league with other heavy hitters of its time. For some reason, Sung by Alfred Sung, sprang to mind when wearing this. Maybe because it is also a big fragrance with a cornucopia of flowers; or maybe it's just that it gives me the same feeling of that time period when wearing it. This was the type of fragrance that all the sophisticated ladies wore in that day. Great silage and longevity on me. I am really impressed with the quality of the 3 Orlane fragrances I've tried to date; and so affordable too. So glad I took the risk, and blind bought a bottle as I really like this a lot.

This is a loud, brassy FLORAL, bold for even a daredevil like me. The orange blossom is radioactive, the lily is a behemoth, the hyacinth is shrill, the peach sears. I am enthralled with it, but I can't say that I find the blend to be necessarily sophisticated, there's a bristly texture. All the levels are in the red, and there's some distortion, but I can't stop sniffing it. Eventually, this flowery rumpus of sorts eases into a warmer, honeyed and powdery base, with traces of the presence echoing. Overall, its strident pungency is a bit more than I can handle, but I can appreciate it.

If you like floral scents go for this gem. It's like they used the whole garden of flowers to make this fragrance. I like it because I'm very fond of very strong perfumes and this one is definitely strong. In my opinion it's perfect for spring time, I wouldn't want to wear it in the winter as there are a lot of other perfumes who suit that weather better. I still don't get it why is this so cheap as it's easily compared to all great modern expensive ones. So, if you want to save some money and still smell expensive go and get this one!

First spray is a burst of sparkly green jasmine, the green scent wave slowly balances itself into what I imagine a summer night in a newly mowed lawn with jasmine flowers would smell like. Uncomplicated and non-soapy, no aldehydes, but also no buttery or creamy tropical scent, but just this refreshing and simple scent.

All too many flowers rich in color .. is very strong beginning but eventually becomes warm and pleasant smell of tuberose and lily of forest persist on the skin and a lot more on clothes, but only once is such a long time ago I had a sample that smelled divine ... I think it was nevertheless a refolmulata Orleans.