TL Pour Elle

Don't judge a scent by it's bottle. I acquired this in a swap. I was a little hesitant based upon the look of the bottle and it's inexpensive price. I got the bottle new, box wrapped in cellophane. I was ambivilant about opening it. I must have had it for 2 or 3 weeks on my nightstand, unopened. Last night I caved in. What a tiare safari! It was like getting off a plane in Tahiti and walking past the leis for sale, minus the price of the plane ticket. Living in snow country, there are times when I just want to be teleported to a tropical island. TL Pour Elle may look tacky, may be cheaply priced, but bang for buck this juice gives it all. I'm still smelling a lighter version, this morn from the crook of my elbow, (edt). I guess I have to put up with the ugly duckling bottle to get to the sweetness inside.

This is a very beautiful and very underrated fragrance that definitely deserves more attention. Pour Elle is a sweet creamy oriental with a prominent tiare note. Judging by the bottle I expected something more of a casual type and was pleasantly suprised how elegant it smells....so don't be mislead by the minimalistic plain looking bottle. I really like Ted Lapidus fragrances for having distinctive and quite unique personalities. If you wonder how it smells like, the closest fragrance in character would be probably Lalique Le Parfum. Well, I also detect some hints of Armani Idole Great sillage and longevity on my skin, a fragrance suitable for most of the year...maybe not so much for the hottest season.

It is amazing. Deep, warm, sophisticated scent. Just perfect for gardenia/ tiare flower lovers. Tiare, vanilla and tonka bean combi...creamy, slightly spicy peppery flowery perfume. Lovely, not too sweet. Excellent longevity and good sillage. Good for evening wear. Very special. I will be very upset if this is discontinued...

Lovely sweet creamy and unsual scent. As mentioned before very underated. I wore this to a very special occasion many years ago so this has very special memories for me.

This is quiet beautiful... I see on tropical island, beautiful girl like on the poster with well tanned skin laying on the warm sand with tiare flowers on her hair. Near her tropical flowers blooming and worm sea breath playing with her hair... I use to live in Tahiti and it is exactly how was smelling on the beach. It smelled of tanning oils and of tiare flowers as they were growing everywhere. It was possible to buy hand made Monoi, pure coconut oil with tiare flowers extracted in it. Pour elle remained me the smell of it, if the monoi oil applied on skin and wormed up on the tropical sun. The woods and tonka beens balancing the tiare flower wonderfully, the white pepper makes it a little piquant and vanilla adds a creaminess to all composition. Remained me a cleaner version of Lalique le Parfum, but I prefer pour Elle, it is more wearable to me and less spicy. Excellent longevity and good silage.