Eden Cacharel 1994

This fragrance has undoubtedly triggered contradictory feelings in me and showed me once again how important it is in a perfume not to judge the scent on the paper strip.

A few weeks ago I sprayed the fragrance on a paper strip in the perfumery, I was seduced by the low price and the box alone.
The first sniff blew me away. I was totally grossed out by the compost, licorice smell and wondered when I got home and read through the different posts here.

Throughout the evening I kept smelling the paper strip and smelled nothing but licorice. The licorice smell got duller but the scent didn't change at all.
I had associations with a cemetery compost and my bio bin.

Two days ago I was again in the perfumery and sprayed it on my hand. I was concerned because I still had to go to work afterwards.

At first I perceived only lemon! Fresh citrus giving off a full scent in the afternoon sun. Then immediately licorice and something floral. As if a bouquet of many flowers completely takes over a small room.

After a while, the scent kept wavering between citrus, licorice, citrus and licorice as if it couldn't make up its mind. I haven't experienced anything like this before. The licorice holds back, but is subliminally always there.

The bouquet comes back, the lemons disappear and there it is, the wood that is as if rasped and finely interwoven with the flowers.
I am thrilled!

The durability is enormous, a spray is completely enough.

This scent is one of the best I've tried in a long time and I'm happy to have it as part of my collection. It is definitely not a pleasing fragrance but I like me with it!