Shafali Fleur Rare

I was 14 years old when this came out, and was gifted a 5 ml by my grandmother. I managed to make that bottle last for over a year, and only wore it on special occasions; concerts, parties, festivals. Then I got hold of a second bottle, and forced it to last two years, by treating it the same way. This means that every single memory I associate with this perfume is special. It was never with me for the mundane and boring, only the sparkling and magical and happy. It smells of white flowers, honey, and the colour orange. It lights up winter nights like a warm star, and it adds a hazy shimmer to summer nights. It works incredibly well for sitting in the grass with a beer between bands. I think this perfume loves metal and punk music, or maybe that's just my association. I'm almost 40 now, and just got hold of three 50 ml bottles, stored perfectly, never opened; they smell like new. They should last for the rest of my life. This makes me very happy - the best years of my life, bottled up and ready.

I went to visit my mother last week. I like to raid other people's bathroom cabinets (I think everyone does it!) and as a result of my little exploration I found this gem sitting on the top shelf. Shafali is very lovely, calming, feminine and somehow even cozy. I dabbed it on my neck (yes, no atomizer but an old-fashioned dabber/stopper) and wrists and headed to a night out in a rock club. I got so many compliments and all the metal heads wanted to know what I was wearing. :D I didn't even bother to tell the brand or name of the scent, I just answered "never you mind, you can't find it on stores anymore". Which brings me again to the question: Why does it always happen to me? The same old story: Whenever I find something I really like they are always discontinued or somehow hard/impossible to obtain. NO FAIR! :D

Got this as a little mini set (2 bottles 7.5 ml, one with a red cap, the other a yellow cap), the one with the yellow cap was strongest, so am assuming it was the EDP, the red cap lasted a a much shorter time and was I assume the EDT. Both were lovely, but the staying power and subtlety of the stronger formulation was very very nice. Never a big fan of jasmine (though not disliking it), I quite noticed it here but it was pleasingly blended with other scents. This one is "different" in the best sense of the word, will definitely wear this again. To the reviewer below, I found these two (along with Ming Shu) in a set on eBay for $9.99, they were all 7.5 ml and I thought that was a real steal. Keep looking, I'm sure you kind find another deal. I'd buy this one again for sure!

Shafali is a beautiful floriental with white flowers/neroli and balmy notes. There is also a perfect combination of vanilla and citrus. It reminds me of JPG Classique because it combines bitter with sweet and has a bit of that makeup-y smell. I remember seeing the beautiful bottle of Shafali in a YR catalogue ages ago, but I was in highschool then and too poor to order it for myself. I was always so intrigued by the shape of bottle, golden orange juice inside and the oriental sounding mysterious name. I won two bottles of Shafali on ebay, after it was discontinued and it was an instant love. YR produced so many classics and this is one of them. This is how it's supposed to be done. Lovers of vintage fragrance, grab this one if you see it!

One of the best perfumes from Yves Rocher. So sad that this isn't permanent as it's such a beautiful fragrance. Warm oriental flower is what I get from this. I got this from my mom because she foud it too oriental smelling. Although I was just in elementary school, I found this fragrance to be very nice. Yet I knew I would come off as old lady like if I wore it at school. So I would wear this at home after school. After so many, many years, its memory still brings joy. If I could choose, I rather have shafali than my dior pure poison. Who knows. Maybe one day shafali will be brough back by Yves Rocher.

I bought the eau de toilette recently and I wanna say for people that consider buying it: The Eau de toilette is very different from Eau de perfume. I smelled the perfume before and fell in love with it :) but the eau de toilette rather disappointed me. It seems like 1,2 drops of shafali in to a bottle of water. Though it is very longlasting like the perfume but it smells very soapy and oldish with a hint of real perfume. Still I think it smell good but nothing like what I had expected when I bought it. So if you consider buying this do your best to buy the Eau de perfume.

Yummy, similiar to JPG classique but not the same.. A beautiful floiental, lots of vanilla & white florals. Good sillage, short 3-4 hour longevity on me. Lots of these on ebay, both the red & yellow cap verisions are listed as edt, so I have no idea why the different colors.. ------- edit 11/10/13 (2 months later) I now have a mini with the red cap and a full bottle with the yellow (both splash on)... They both seem to be the same strength and have the same lasting time so I dont really think the cap color makes any difference.

This is a lightly spicy oriental fragrance. I didn't get strong floral notes at first, they appeared after a short while and flattened out with the dry down. There's a sweet spiciness which reminds me of Opium, but Shafali has none of the strength and power of that fragrance. It's also a lot more affordable than luxe Opium, but manages to smell high end. Shafali is quite feminine and fine for everyday wear. If someone's worried their favorite spicy oriental frags are too heavy for daytime/work use, Shafali will fit the bill.

I had this right at the end of 1999. I wore it on the millennium new years eve and had the body lotion. I remember it being beautifully sweet and rich and a bit oriental. Being 17 at the time I didn't have the sense to buy lots to keep as I didn't realise perfume becomes extinct over time. My favourite perfumes are virtually all gone now exept for extorionate prices. This one, gloria and rose ispahan being the most missed...

Because I totally agree with Action ( men and women complement this perfume when you're wearing it) I really feel for you tschiepchen:( ... because just like you, all I have left is the bottom of a 60ml and it's breaking my heart. Mainly because I remember how really inexpensive it was for such an adorable and good quality fragrance.

If you are lucky to find this one, grab it while you can. This is for me one of the most sophisticated perfumes ever made. It is long lasting, not in your face, warm and sunny without being overwhelming, soft but strong, just like a lot of Yves Rocher vintages, it keeps balance like few perfumes can. Grab it when you see it!! Action

I hadn't smelled this since the 90s but recently acquired a large bottle from Ebay. I liked it then and I still like it now. Lovely and heady for the first ten minutes or so. It then softens and becomes a lovely soft vanilla floral to my nose. Beautiful, mysterious, and sexy.

yet another perfume that I had to "borrow" from my mother (Sorry Mom, I simply like your taste). This can only be describes as : Classic, Classy and wearable for life.

This stuff is very pure and long lasting, I am in love with it, it is all I want from a perfume, I want to buy a huge bottle of this.

Ameeba, you are so right!!! This is a wonderful white flower perfume in the manner of Alien, with dominant Jasmin!

I doubt Alien is a ripoff of Shafali, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so. It's her shy older sister.

WONDERFUL perfume!!!!!! GREAT Yves Rocher vintage, absolute must have!!! Action

one of the best Yves Rocher ever made... sweet warm scent

This was one of the 1st perfumes I had. Saw/sniffed it once at my best friend's place (her older sister owned it ) and by the late 90s standards in my post-USSR homeland it was something to envy of. Needless to say, I longed for it for years and got my hand on the 1st bottle I could afford. It is very much an afternoon oriental: plentiful amber, a pinch of musk, white floral notes and a hint of vanilla, all held together by woody resin undertones. To my nose it is a rather nice comforting bouquet with a lot of positiveness and sunlight. I can't call it sophisticated or pretentious, it does not impose anything on the wearer and there is nothing here to live up to but your own femininity. I see myself wearing this having a lavish early 5 PM dinner with best friends on a summer day on a balcony or in the garden with a lot of bubbly and loud laughter ( since the former is always the source of the latter :) ). I like this feel-good and sensual feminine scent and will make sure to always have a bottle in stock to wear it for a girls' night in. I also find it original: compareable - perhaps, but it could not be mistaken for anything else as far as my nose is concerned.:)

Yves Rocher have struck gold when they launched this fragrance! Shafali EDP is a wonderful floriental fragrance that takes a few moments to settle - the initial citrus blast is quite strong - but then it is plain magic. The most beautiful jasmine, some soft, gentle and feminine flowers and deep and cosy resinous notes that give Shafali its oriental feel. I am saying this as an Alien lover: I see why it is compared to Alien, but Shafali is so much more refined and sensual; it is really enchanting! The flowers and resins are blended in the most perfect manner; this virtuoso composition is divine, round, full, seriously intoxicating and addictive! Shafali creates a fabulous scent cloud (as if stars fluttered around you) and leaves a sensual and dreamy trail (like the most beautiful melody that has yet to be composed). The lasting power is impressive; Shafali last easily 12+ hours on skin and forever on clothes. Although Shafali is not in my top 5 fragrances, I think it is one of the best fragrances ever and cannot mourn it enough. 11 stars for this discontinued masterpiece.