Pivoine

Much like many fragrant flowers, the peony is not monolithic: their scents may vary depending on the specimen. While some smell magical, with phenyl ethyl alcohol rosiness, warm and honeyed, but also crisp and citrusy, with even back notes of earthy green wetness and spice. However, there are still others that smell quite rank, reminiscent of withered cabbage, fishy low tide amines and soiled Pampers, which while I still find fascinating, I obviously know these are not the source of inspiration in perfume. In Yves Roche's Pivoine, it would seem that the most highly fragrant peonies are represented, those most ruffled and showy blooms with extravagant names like "Festiva Maxima," "Sarah Bernhardt," ‘Duchesse de Nemours," and "Dr. Alexander Fleming." The opening is quite vivid and bitter-green-citrus-bergamot, but soon thereafter, the spirit of peony really shines through. It's heady as all outdoors, as if one were to step into a garden stuffed to the gills with peonies, frenzied little ants all about, relishing the nectar the flowers secrete, and guarding them from pests who may want to feast on the petals.

I have never worn “Pivoine” until today. After, the UPS delivery of my auction winnings of a lot of 1 containing 8 bottles of “Pivoine” by Yves Rocher from Liquidation.com, I sprayed the lovely fragrance on my wrist and was delightful pleased by both my blind purchase and the wonderful new find!!! Of course, as I said, I did not know the fragrance so, before I placed my bid, I “Googled” to check out the stats on it and ran across this site, and found it delightfully informative; encouraged, I placed my bid and won... Before today, I was going to use the procurement of this fragrance as random gifts throughout the year, birthdays, graduations, etc., but on first dry down, and the realization of the discontinuation of the fragrance, I concluded that all the bottles would be just for me!!! “Pivoine” is softly beautiful and just downright yummy and very sexy in such a glorious way, I love it...

Earlier I posted a review of this one, thinking it was transformed into the more recent Pur desir de pivoine which is in fact a different fragrance. Pivoine is a very romantic and fresh, feminine and youthful perfume. I remember it had a touch of dewy green plants along the center stage peony, lily of the valey and jasmine, maybe magnolia, evolving into a soapy clean base. I never found it outdated, it was my first perfume around the age of 12 and I wore it until it was discontinued. I still have a gorgeous little bottle somewhere but it's empty alas! What a great perfume. The smaller bottles didn't have a spray so you just had to rub the flower cap against your skin...:)According to my memories this is very similar to Ralph Lauren Blue and vaguely similar to Idylle EDT, maybe even Chloe.

Lovely, with a great longevity and moderate sillage. Powdery and floral, and a bit soapy, perfect for everyday use. I had a bottle of this in the late 90 ́s and used it during the winter when I wanted something cheery and not too loud. Very feminine and very disntinctive. A smell you can ́t forget even if it ́s inobtrusive and light. Perfect when you wanted something that won ́t bother other people in a crowd. Reminded me of Anais Anais. It ́s a pity it ́s discontinued. I miss this too much!. I also miss 8eme Jour, another Yves Rocher classic from the 90 ́s.

This was my first grown up perfume.lol. I was barely a teenager but this was considered elegant and sophisticated for someone my age. I still wear this scent during the spring. It's also good for a summer scent. It's hard to find as are all of the best perfumes by Yves Rocher, but it's well worth it. It's light, natural peony at it's best. This is what a flower in a bottle should smell like. It's just a shame that they discontinue the best things and opt for the synthetic crap that they put on the market and sell for ungodly prices.