Dragée

Edit2 2des2025: I KNEW it - now this one is my favorite out of the Les Gourmandes 😆 Oh well, it's now one of those perfumes I know I'll not be selling samples of anytime soon :P I really enjoy the freshness the orange blossom brings to this. HOWEVER, it is a winter perfume - do NOT try this in warmer weather, as it is very cloying, doesn't open up properly (the notes mix into a sweet mess), and is just disgustingly cloying in warmer weather. Edit 28nov2025: I tried this with Vanille Santal from Reminiscence, and these two are so gorgeous together! I'm not sure yet whether I would wear Dragée alone, but I don't regret buying it - I'm not generally a gourmande lover, but Reminiscence perfumes are an exception. Initial review 24nov2025: I blind bought this because I really like the Heliotrope and Giumauve ones. I actually liked Guimauve first, disliked Heliotrope (because of the coconut), then started preferring Heliotrope :P I blind-bought Dragée because I was too curious about whether I may be surprised about liking it too. I'm a little undecided at this point. The main notes, to me, here are bitter almond and orange blossom. The smell is as gourmand as the other ones in the Les Notes Gourmandes series. Leaning feminine, but the most unisex one of the 3 perfumes. Something in this one gives me a slight association to cologne... it might be the cedar note. It's not that apparent, but also persistent. It creates a slight glue-like note in this, which is the reason for my ambiguity towards this one. The orange blossom in this is absolutely gorgeous though! Otherwise, the whole Les Notes Gourmandes series is meant to be worn during cold weather. Guimauve actually smelt pretty good even in slightly warmer weather, but a lot of the good notes from these perfumes evaporate too fast or smell very cloying in warmer temperatures. So far, the way I use this is layered with other perfumes, and it works really well that way :)

This is gorgeous. There is something about it that reminds me of anise or licorice, maybe the plum? I wish I could smell the almond blossom more but that lightly spiced plum + anise is the main thing I get from this fragrance. It’s not a juicy plum but like a dried plum maybe? It’s a darker, sexier gourmand that would be great for a fall date night. It just does not last! I got maybe 2-3 hours on my skin. And it smelled linear to me during that time period. Edit: I may have been wrong about the longevity of this one. As I was lying in bed watching TV I kept smelling a sugary-sweet vanilla and thought I must have gotten some Delizia di Marshmallow on my sheets from when I wore it to bed yesterday, but when I got up to get something, I still smelled it, and figured it must be the drydown of this fragrance!

Dragee has the best opening of any scent I've ever tried. Totally subjective of course, but I love the burst of orange and flower notes with the almond. Perfection! Almond and marzipan are my favorite scents, but in perfume it can get sickening and cloying IMO. Not with Dragee, it's such a soft and feminine scent that is easy to wear. And it is utterly beautiful! It does indeed bring some association to my 80's childhood, slightly reminescent of my beloved scented eraser collection, but it developes into a more grown up and less sweet scent with time. Dragee is not sugary sweet and less gourmand than I expected (more flowers and bitternes from the almond than I thought). Perfect for any age and any setting. Only downside is projection and longevity, which is quite poor.

The initial spray I get sweet fresh almonds (not roasted or toasted). After that about 5 mins later I can smell sweet whole orange blossom flowers and marshmallow pillows. The scent is soft, romantic, and pretty. I get unexpected wafts 8+ hours. The dry down is powdered sugar leftover from the marshmallows and a few orange blossom petals remain on a white cottony pillow in a dim-lit room. I think this is a great fragrance to sleep in. A nighttime ritual where a beautiful elegant woman pins up her hair slips into an ivory floor-length silk nightgown with lace trimming, and delicately sprays the back of her neck with Dragee. Her husband smiles and waits for her to join him under a cream-colored cottony down comforter.

I’m surprised that it was Guimauve, not Dragée, that became a tiktok sensation. Both are beautiful, but Guimauve has that controversial anise note, while Dragée is a less challenging but equally complex juice. Dragée has that same aromatic, harmonious powdery sweet DNA, but the top note reminds me of the addictive matte sugar shells of Cadbury Easter eggs or Jordan Almonds. Brittle, sweet, barely containing a tease of the coveted treat within. I love Dragée. It is an addictive, uncomplicated grab. Gourmand without being sticky sweet. Complex without controversy. She’s the popular girl who achieved her social status by kind and thoughtful behavior.