Jour Ensoleille

This review is from a small sample. I think I'd have to sample again before I actually bought a full bottle, but I am considering it. I think the tuberose note is too strong and shrill for the opening. I am not that much of a fan of tuberose (at least in perfume form), so that may be part of it, but it seems out of place in the scene the perfumer is trying to evoke. It's supposed to be like a walk on a dusty trail through a country meadow in the afternoon sun, and the tuberose just doesn't seem to fit. Too rich and exotic, and it overpowers the orange blossom, which is more appropriate. I do like the oakmoss ending very much. Dusty and dry and bitter, really makes you feel as if you're on a hiking trail. A very pretty floral chypre for someone who loves oakmoss.

Ahhh...heady, magnificent, tropical white flowers spring forth from this bottle! It smells like Hawaii--gardenia and pikake! Since neither of those flowers are found in this perfume, I narrow it down to a combo of jasmine and tuberose that I am smelling. It's so fresh and green, like the flowers are still on the plant. I have so much trouble with jasmine in perfumery because it's never the real deal, always very synthetic. I'm happy to report that there is no trace of anything synthetic here. This is jasmine as it should be--sweet, green, and fresh. I have nothing but praise for Jour Ensoleille. Although I don't typically wear such intense white florals, I will probably buy a bottle. I might never smell jasmine this good again.

Absolute perfection! I don't normally gravitate toward chypres, but with all of the beautiful and balanced floral notes, the combination is intoxicating. The opening is bright and citrusy - a bit like Lauder's Azuree. Then the white flowers are ushered in. They're not whiny, thin, and polite-typical. They're high-quality, and well blended. This is no tuberose monster. The white flowers mellow, the citrus mellows, and the creamy combination sets the stage for the chypric base. The result is a creamy, sophisticated, white-floral chypre. I get numerous compliments every time I wear it.

I don't wear white florals(or many florals period). Usually I find them too overwhelming and I'm not into leaving a scent trail. But I love to smell white flowers out in nature with their earthy and leafy surroundings in tact. I have been wishing I could find a white floral I can not only tolerate, but also enjoy. I think I may have found it here. It opens with indolic tuberose, OB, jasmine complete with a touch of something camphorous. I applied lightly with a dabber as I was fearful of being blown over. The flowers retain some of their difficult aspects and as it dries down the overipe, verging on rotting orange shows up but not in a repellent kind of way. I find this actually anchors some of the headiness. The flowers are sweet and honeyed, even slightly oily and maybe at the end of their lifespan, just beginning to turn brown in the late summer sun. I find this floral so earthy and warm and unsanitized. I find it truly gorgeous and really does evoke the landscape that Laurie Erickson was trying to capture in this fragrance.

Very well made and beautiful chypre. I don't know why I usually smell incense in chypre perfumes. Is it because of the oakmoss base note? I agree with Kterhark that the more it settles down, the better it is. A must try for white flower and chypre fans.