Neblina

I am a relative newcomer to YR (only since late 2005) and was lucky enough to acquire this one at 1/3 the normal price. According to Basenotes it is still available and in production but I haven't seen it on the website in quite a while, in the US at least... The PR on this sums it up very well: 'an airy tropical botanical scent, full of aromas from the Mountain of Mists'. This opens with a wonderful sobralia orchid note surrounded by juicy orange and sweet apricots, like a summer night in the jungle. The fruitiness fades quickly and leaves you awash in floral notes that are heady but not too, too strong. Orchid is foremost supported by violets and powdery white florals, feminine-yes but quite alluring nonetheless. I imagine indigenous rain forest peoples draped with flowers dancing into the night, welcoming you and celebrating all of nature resplendent around them. As the bonfires burn low and the full moon rises over the mountains, drawn by the power of the moon you head for the Mountain of Mists, feeling and smelling the dewy grass beneath your bare feet. As you ascend, the trees give forth the velvety essences of pungent mosses and a mysterious musk rises from the ancient forests. As you rise above the world the smells and sounds fade, the scent of flowers linger slightly and you smell only the mountain air, mixed with the cool mists and feel you can touch the clouds...you are one with Nature, full of life and at peace... Sillage: above average Longevity: very good Overall: 4.25/5 YR also released two flankers to this wonderful perfume: The Dawn of Neblina and The Night of Neblina, released shortly after the original. I would love to smell these as I love Neblina, but they are quite expensive ($150.00 each on eBay) and I cannot justify such an expenditure at this time. If anyone has either of these I would like very much to get a sample(s) or (head bowed in reverence) decants...

Neblina is quite an unusual perfume and the best creation of Sophia Grojsman’s which I’ve tried so far. The start is really oriental; it’s spiced-up fruit. It is fresh and oriental (as in oriental market, spice shop) at the same time. Somehow it reminds me a lot of the spirit of Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant, but Neblina has something sly, green, something girly sexy, something contradiction but still light spirited and nice here, not as grounded and self-assured as Jungle L’Elephant. Soon there’s this candled waxy rose and incense smell come up and mix well and softern the spiceness. At this stage it reminds me quite a few female perfumes created by Maison Francis Kurkdjian, but Neblina is richier and spicier. Then it goes like a green, light, slightly powdery and also spicy rose scent, which is quite intriguing. It is like a perfect buoyancy of west and east. The spicyness infused with floral brings out a peculiar kind of freshness which reminds me of some feelings Mitsouko invokes. However, at the same time, there’s a certain type of rich, grand, goldenness that Paris makes me feel sometimes. When it hit the mid/dry down, it’s lovely! It is like spice + plum jerky + all kinds of dry fruits + a tiny bit Chai Latte. The final dry out is to die for. It smells like dry, slightly burnt and spiced vanilla. I find it sexy and addictive, somehow in the same addictive way as Thirrey Mugler’s Angel. However, Neblina is different from Angel in the attitude. Angel has a type of bald, sweet vanilla, high-voltage sugared, intoxicating, addictive and even devilish sexiness. However, Neblina has a touch of old Shanghai charm, imagining the girl in film ‘Lust, Causion’ wearing Neblina.

Experience: If Neblina should be described with only one word, it would be: humid. Very sweet and feminine in a seductive way, which is quite rare in green perfumes. Notes: This perfume centers around sweet apricot (or something abstract sweet fruity) and moss. Also lots of green (at first reminds me of hay, but after 30 minutes it comes alive as lush green grass). I also detect some delicate flowers – it must be the orchid and violet listed in the notes. The opening is a bit too sharp, but that goes away in a couple of minutes. The woody sharpness reappears after an hour, but now its intensity is just right – it gives the perfume some edge but does not overpower other notes. Performance: Lasts 5-6 hours on my skin. Projection is moderate in the beginning, but becomes intimate quite quickly. I don't mind, it is actually quite fun as it teases others to come closer. Works for all seasons and weathers but I think Neblina is at its best when temperatures drop below zero.

I wore this perfume many years ago, it’s very memorable, I thought the most original fragrance I ever had, but now I just bought ‘Today’ from Avon and immediately was thinking about Neblina. To me Neblina is very seductive, sweet smooth green scent, sweetness is almost gourmand, but not sickeningly sweet like today La via est belle type of perfumes. Definitely not a mainstream scent, if you’re looking for something with strong personality don’t go further.

NEBLINA IS A MIRACLE!I could only dream of having this awesome perfume...now thanks to my wonderful sister Action ,i am spraying this on me!!!How do describe it??? Well,a burst of sweet fruity freshness with the undertones of spicy -floral crispy notes.Earthy,greenish chypre that you can easily call it a gourmand . It's unique and lovely so easily wearable all the year around!!! Thank you once more Action for this treasure!!!

My LOVE forever! I have both versions, the one with the blue leg, and another with the clear one. I love both! Unlike the clear-legged version, the blue-legged version has quite prominent top notes, which are listed on Fragrantica. After acquiring the blue-legged version I finally understood why the reviews on this fragrance are so different. It depends on which edition people were reviewing.

i agree, its unusual, special, very green and very interesting! its like u can hear the rain drops the water and the birds deep in the tropical rain-forest, its not too powery, not too sweet, a bunch of oakmoss and wood on the base, wonderful, in the middle i smell lots of orchid, but i can not smell any fruits sorry... the staying power is SUPERSTRONG!!!

dear friends, for those who are desperately in search for the neblina: believe it or not , but the 'Volupte' of ' Oscar de la renta' is exactly the same, it is just a switch of name and brand. Maybe , the volupte is a bit more strong, like the parallel between an 'eau de toilette' and the 'eau de parfum'. But the same , for sure... grtz

love it , soft and feminine gentle and strong at the same time ! you can smell the violet its sweet , but not to sweet this perfume has almost a green scent at first and than dries down quickly to a powdery floral almost . It last longer than most . The bottle is just classic unique :)

this is unique..not like every new predictable floral or fruity scent that enters the market..this really smells of exotic,damp junge.the problem is that it is a little too overwhelming to wear,anyhow I recommend..It's sweet but not too much,very characteristic

Hi you all, I can see someone linking this one to Volupté, since they are both children of Sophia Grosjman. To my nose Volupté is a real melon perfume, and Neblina is a soft green apricot. But everyone smells a perfume in it's own way that's for sure!!

This is such an unique perfume unbelievable...it is soft but strong..it is sweet but spicy...it is green...but fruity.. it is like a perfect mix of everything!! love it!

this fragrance is worth every droplet...like liquid erotic nectar...its hypnotic, makes you feel sweet and uhmmm "high", like the feeling of being in love.

@ Action: Actually, GypsyQueenMother (my mom) gave you HER Neblina, so we could have another bottle of Ode a la Vie in the house-Thank you so much!! :-)

I had this perfume many years ago, it's very nice, - PLS Yves Rocher, give us some more of this wonderful perfume!

my favorite from YR, and it have quite a good sillage, which can not be said of the "Ode" collection.

You soooo deserve it my sister, after all that's happened, I hope it lifts your spirit!! Big hugs!!

I finally found me some Neblina!! It is wonderful and soft, typical Grosjman child. Action

The story from me: The was once a girl, who lived in Rio de Janeiro, she resided in a tall modern house at the very top of it, surrounded by urban landscapes... Every evening after work she watched with longing through the windows at high peak of Neblina mountain, misty and hypnotic and at night the girl have dreamt that she is a mermaid, who swims in tropical sea towards the Neblina, sits on wet rocks, brushes her long hair and sings her song, surrounded not by her industrial landscape in capital, but by tropical flowers and fruit-trees at the bottom of the mountain The story from Yves Rocher: Neblina or L'Esprit de Neblina by Yves Rocher is a futuristic botanical or "green" perfume. Yves Rocher claimed at the time of its release in 1999 that it had created a new olfactory family, calling it the inaugural "tropical" perfume. The company defined this category as being characterized as a blend where "floral, botanical, woodsy and humid notes are in equilibrium and harmony." Originally, there were three Neblina perfumes released, including The Night of Neblina and The Dawn of Neblina. L'Esprit de Neblina (The Spirit of Neblina) eau de toilette contains top notes of Eriopsis biloba (orange orchid with apricot) and Maguireothamnus speciosus (a transparent green jasmine). The heart has notes of Sobralia (violet and yellow orchid with white flower) and humid rock. Base notes include herbs, moss, roots and wood. Yves Rocher website offers a different description of the notes; top notes are « Headspace » of the air at the summit of the Mountain of Mist or « Pico de Neblina»; heart notes are « Headspace » of Sobralia Orchid; base notes are « Headspace » of Mosses. The story of the fragrance itself: I Am a fruity-chypre, who tries to show the connection between urban and futuristic - natural and exotic, real - with surreal, something cold-with something warm, I Am trying to connect earth with the sky, I Am trying to show, that deep inside of us, humans, our spirit is a beautiful creature, who always longing for a beauty, even if it means only to dream about it. I Am trying to do the impossible. I am clearly unpredictable – here is my fruity-flowery-green soul trembles among metallic constructions of the city. But next hour I will take you to the tropical humidity among high skies, to the top of the mountain and show you another perspective of life. To my nose and to my heart its 4-dimensional hypnotic fragrance, which was and still IS far ahead of our time by its impossibility to connect unconnectable. Sofia Grojsman, bravo Thanks to all, who managed to read till the end)

Néblina by Yves Rocher starts with yellow, sunny and dense accords of apricot and orange, and a transparent, but still intense note of orchid. The orchid theme is carried over into the fragrant heart where the scentventure is completed by powdery violets and heady white flowers. Nuances of green grass, patchouli and woody notes provide the perfect base for a scent that would have been the perfect fragrance for Tarzan's Jane. On initial spray I am almost overpowered by moist, tropical and heavy flower accords. People who tend to have migraines should be extra cautious and rather spray once every couple of hours than spray several times at once. Within a few moments the initial scent blast settles and I can sniff out the (relatively) lighter notes of lush and sunny oranges and sweet, ripe apricots that rest on my skin while the orchid seems to make for a sweet breeze that dances vividly around the yellow fruits. It does not take long for the white flowers to blossom. Néblina's core evokes the scent of the jungle's lush, exotic plants after a warm summer rain and the scent of the white flowers lingering in the humid air. The violets' sweetness can be smelled every now and then as it tries to push through the heady white flower cloud. Aromas of green plants, roots, soil and woods eventually replace the yellow top notes and round the composition perfectly. The Néblina experience can be enjoyed for several hours before the full and round core of white flowers allows for the green, woody and earthy base notes to shine through. All in all: The fragrance's core blossoms with tropical, dense and intense aromas. This may be another problem for those who cannot handle heady florals, especially as Néblina lasts for 12+ hours and surrounds its wearer in an enourmous fragrant cloud. Néblina is a definite "like" for me.