Rue St Honore

This is my perfect gardenia. Often times, they're too sharp, too green, too bitter, too sweet, too creamy, too overwhelmed by other notes - this is the perfect FRESH gardenia scent. The holy grail for those searching for a gardenia that smells more like the actual flower. I've tried so many gardenia scents, from low to the highest of high end. Who knew this low/mid-price scent would accomplish what so many others did not? I prepared myself to be disappointed, but am in love. The violet and ylang-ylang add a floral-creaminess and calm down any tendency towards sharpness or bitterness. I think the ylang-ylang is doing the real heavy lifting here - my skin LOVES ylang-ylang and it will elevate almost any note to something a bit creamier. I'm not getting any muskiness on my skin. Beautiful and natural gardenia. Love it.

Discovered this from the Ouai Hair Oil first and didn’t particularly like the scent as I felt it was way too strong for a hair product. In general, if I want to smell like something, I will spray on perfume. I finished the mini of the oil I had and then realized I began to miss the smell, so I bought this. Ugh this is SO pretty. It’s extremely floral and feminine so it won’t be for everyone, but this reminds me of sunny spring days and white lace. It lasts a moderate amount of time, but be careful with how many sprays you use, because it can easily offend someone. For this reason I only wear it if I will be somewhere outdoors or just at home by myself.

I tested it the first time when it was released and hated it. I tried it again recently and was super surprised at how much I loved it. I loved it so much I bought it on the spot. This is nothing like what I remember the first time and I’m so glad because this smells like a violet dipped in sugar with a squirt of lemon and a puff of musk. This is also a great blend because I love Ylang Ylang and I don’t get any of that. I’m a huge fan of violet and own very few perfumes with violet in it because I’ve found very few that smell any good to me. This is wonderful, light, intimate and lasts about 4 hours on my skin and the dry down is musky sweet citrus

Bought OUAI matte pomade and was shocked by the smell of the product. Went on the website of theirs and was suprised to discover that their stuff contains different smells of the perfumes- matte pomades being Rue St Honore. Also went on to buy the hand cream and eventually the perfume. Getting my hands on the perfume was little tricky. Ylang-ylang and gardenia are really in harmony and suited together, but I can smell some tuberose, which is not listed in the notes. Looking forward to buying Melrose Place soon.

I like Ouai hair products, so I was interested to see this limited edition line of fragrances on Sephora's website. Two of them were already sold out, and of the two remaining, I decided to buy this one based on the notes. VERY happy with this blind buy. I agree with others who have said here and on the Sephora site that it smells like Kai. The ylang note distinguishes it from Kai, though. Rue St. Honore is beachy and gorgeous! I'm glad I got a bottle when I had the chance.