Fleur des Fleurs

Fleur de Fleurs is a wonderful, intoxicating fragrance. The first spray is floral in a classic way, mixed with sparkly citrus notes. Soon it becomes a creamy scent and this is when I really start to love it. I never gave much thought to ylang ylang as a note before. It's in many perfumes, I never disliked it, but it also wasn't a favorite note or one I noticed strongly. After I used my sample of Fleur de Fleurs the first time, I really liked it but noticed I wasn't really familiar with the titular flower. So I tried essential ylang ylang oil to find out more. Quite honestly I'm not into those oils in their pure form, and ylang ylang was no exception. But now I know what role it plays in Fleur de Fleurs, and of course the perfume is much better than the oil. I now also understand why ylang ylang is said to smell banana like, even though it's still not like anyone would confuse those two aromas. In Fleur de Fleur the ylang ylang is sweet and tropical feeling, and beautifully blended with jasmine and my favorite, tuberose. The florals are rich and creamy, but also have a pronounced fresh and clean facet and sometimes an underlying fruity aspect. Vanilla and benzoin are definitely here to warm and sweeten the scent even more, but it never gets cloying or loses its freshness. So this is a fragrance that I like so much I now appreciate a flower I didn't care much about before. It can and should be worn in spring and summer as it's tropical and gives a crisp aura to the wearer. But through its warmth it can maybe also be worn when you miss the sun as a long winter comes to an end. This is a bit expensive, but well, at least it also smells a bit expensive...

I just got this and I just want to bathe in it! I absolutely love everything from start to finish. The florals blend so nicely with all the other notes in my opinion. Citrusy top. In the dry down you get this touch of vanilla and the slightest sprinkle of oud that just elevates it. The florals are sweet and a little bit candylike without ever going in the gourmand or fruity-floral direction. It is probably the tuberose is doing that, but I also think the ylang-ylang really adds to that effect. I don't get a lot of jasmine, but it might be what keeps the other floral notes floral. It is not super complex, but not simple either. It has some fun and uniqueness to it and is very wearable! The florals to me has a slight bit of skank, like natural flowers do, in a similar way that I think they have in Terracotta by Guerlain. They are not that similar otherwise, other from being in the summer-floral universe.

The opening was equally tuberose, ylang-ylang and jasmine with a hint of benzoin. It became a skin scent very quickly. I couldn't even smell it on my wrist after about ten minutes. The drydown ended up being (in this order); sandalwood, tuberose, jasmine and benzoin. It is mixed very well, but way too expensive to wear a perfume that only lasts a few minutes. I'm glad I only purchased a tester. Sillage 3/10 Longevity 2/10 Projection 2/10

Someone else said “most beautiful tuberose ever”. Indeed very beautiful tuberose, I totally agree! Light and sublime, not cloying or overpowering at all! (if you’re trying to choose between Gucci’s bloom and this - definitely get this one!) First I smell jasmine... later I smell jasmine mixed with tuberose... and later it is just tuberose. I would wear it in the evening or at dusk. PS I don't feel any yilang or vanilla, however.

The opening of this fragrance is magnificent. The saffron+grapefruit are so lovely with the bright burst of ylang ylang and jasmine. It has so much depth as well, with a sweet, warm and velvety base. Heady and indolic. It feels like you’re walking through a very luxurious, sunlit arab garden. The dry down is a bit less interesting, though: florals on a warm balsamic base. Still good but the complexity is gone.