Un Jour a St-Jean-de Luz

This is just lovely. First the French site isn't too bad if you've got a tiny bit of French under your belt or use Google's page translation feature (Chrome does this for you, it's not 100% but it helps). I didn't have any issues at all with ordering. Shipping was really quite quick coming from Europe and they included a few samples and a lovely handwritten note thanking me for buying from them. My normal perfumes are things like Coromandel. Two sprays and I'm leaving a scent trail behind me all day, more and I'm making people choke. This is far lighter, so you can safely spritz away. It opens very much like a holiday cloved orange. Bright, and fresh, and mulled. Spices and juicy citrus fruit. As it dries down it starts to smell like the scent left behind in the kitchen after a holiday baking extravaganza. Warm, spiced, yummy, not too sweet. Dusty spices, a warm oven. Extremely cozy and enjoyable. Is it a show stopper? No. But it is so perfect for what it is that I'll probably set it out all by itself and wear it all December.

I can't believe I never reviewed this extraordinary perfume. To me it opens with a dry balsa and cinnamon scent, then evolves into a warm fireplace scent, then into a lovely incense that reminds me of an old Byzantine church. It then evolves into what a previous reviewer said: orange studded with cloves, and I also find in the background there's a warm brick kitchen with gingerbread baking in the oven. For those inquiring, you can buy these at select stores in France (listed on the perfumer's website) or buy directly from the perfumer's online website store.

This is a festive MUST for all gourmie lovers! There's a bright, uplifting citrus up top that keeps it light and wearable. Comforting, cosy and delicious - for me it conjures up the aromas of Christmas past perfectly. It would make a phenomenal Christmas candle/room spray...in fact, I might spray my wrapping paper with it if I'm feeling fancy. The website is clunky as hell and I didn't even receive shipping notification, so was pleasantly surprised when it arrived this morning. Only took a few days to be delivered to the UK.

This is my favorite winter perfume. Nothing is more comforting to me, the cinnamon, cloves, orange and spices are like the kitchen during the holidays, it makes me feel good. It lasts forever on me. The only down side is the customer service and website for this house. It is outside of a miracle to place an order, and forget getting them to reply via email. I have tried to buy fragrance from them repeatedly and the website goes down, or texts go unanswered always. Such a shame for such great perfume.

Sweet oranges - not sharp, cinnamon and cloves but not too peppery, marzipan but not too sweet.. Almonds but no bitterness; honey but no sharpness. This smells like British Christmas baking to me. Christmas pudding, mincemeat tarts, Christmas cake. Not one to normally purchase back-up bottles but I made an exception here. I wear this fragrance almost every night in the winter.