Fou D'Elle

17. July 2023 Not sure if many people reviewing this fragtance received a "gone bad" bottle, because my first enxounter with this fragrance was also not pleasant. I purchased an opened unboxed bottle based on the shape of the bottle(50ml with green lid), but fragrance itself did not impress me much. It was some sort of weird lotus-peach combo, which did not smell very nice or anything special. I still have that bottle, but never use it. Then i bought a bundle of perfumes and this Lapidus was also included again. 100ml unopened sealed bottle with red lid. I was not very excited about it based on previous bottle, but then i opened it and gave a try. Oh my!!! Completly different expereince this time! So yummy, fruty, juicy! I had to retest both bottles side by side and they indeed differ! My new bottle is like something Sophia Grojsman would create: its a mix of vintage Tresor, with Champagne, with Kashaya. All my favorite fragrances in one bottle!!! This is just crazy! Sooo happy. I smell a lot of peach, hyacint, some lotus... those are the main notes i smell. And i love it! I see what people are talking about, when they mention nail polish remover, there is a short moment, when you smell that in the opening, but one has to be very creative to think about nail polish remover, it is not that bad of acetone smell at all. It is best of floral-fruity from 90's, bottle is great, price is great as well. Just love it, and smells great in the heat. This is more a summer, than wintertime fragrance IMO. Love!

Definitely a vintage fragrance. On first spray out of the gate it is a blast of alcohol. But, wait for it, then a sweet yet dry hyacinth takes over. This is spring in a bottle. As the hyacinth settles, the peach comes forward but not in a fruity modern fruity-floral way, in the subtle orchard way of vintages tempered by freesia and rose. There is no candy or praline in this. It is not a gourmand by any stretch. As the peach settles, the rose takes over. This fragrance goes through a metamorphosis of spring. It is lovely, as most Lapidus are. But you have to have a vintage sensibility. The bottle is just incredible and unique especially at this price point. To answer another question here: no, the bottles are not different. They playfully made different color bases. The juice is the same. I have pink. If you love rose fragrances, you will love this one! In the final drydown, and I am talking about six hours in, all that's left is a creamy ambery vanilla that is more like tonka as well as a little whiff of wood that smells more like sandalwood than cedar.

I finally got it. I bought 1 oz bottle to be on the safe side, because i didnt't know what to expect.But this fragrance exceeded all my expectations. It comes out of the bottle really sharp, but settles almost right away ito a warm, refined and sexy scent. Yes, it is sweet, but in now way sticky sweet or cloying. I am not familiar with Nilang, but the closest thing i can compare it to is Narcisse by Chloe, but much more wearable. It is more suitable forcolder weather, but I would say it can be worn in spring too. And the bottle is so gorgeous. I really think this perfume is a beatiful creation, definitely full bottle worthy to me, after I run out. I am really in heaven....Can't stop sniffing my wrists. When I occasionally discover something like this, and for so inexpensive, It makes me wonder if all those trendy perfumes we pay crazy money for, are really worth the price tag.

Fresh and green in the first spray (lotus plus hyacinth). It stays like that for a while, and then rose, peach, and vanilla settle in. The mid phase is about delicate warm rose, not a realistic or direct one. The drydown is ambery, peachy, a bit powdery. I dont think the cedar wood is really there? Sandalwood probably, but not cedar. I smell praline after the mid phase, not prominent, mixed with the vanilla. The flacon is an art piece! Mine came with the orange (upside-down) cap. The frosted glass just made the entire look even more unique and impressive.

Ok, so about 200 bottles of different perfumes later, there is still something about this fragrance that always puts me in a good mood, some kind of warm comfort and an element of addiction. I am not into buying backup bottles, but I actually bought another large bottle before I even used up my 1 oz.