Farnesiana (1947) by Caron
Bottle Design:
Félicie Bergaud
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Farnesiana 1947

Version from 1947
7.9 / 10 63 Ratings
A popular perfume by Caron for women, released in 1947. The scent is floral-sweet. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral
Sweet
Powdery
Green
Spicy

Fragrance Notes

MimosaMimosa HayHay BlackcurrantBlackcurrant SandalwoodSandalwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.963 Ratings
Longevity
7.945 Ratings
Sillage
6.944 Ratings
Bottle
7.652 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 03/07/2024.

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6 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Icekat

97 Reviews
Icekat
Icekat
Helpful Review 4  
Sensual Mimosa
In my search for a perfect mimosa scent I came across this gem of a perfume. I have tried it first in the pure parfum version and I was instantly captured by its beauty. The mimosa scent in the pure parfum concentration is purely divine. It is sweet, creamy and very close to the heady mimosa flowers I used to buy in early spring.

After my experience with the pure parfum, I had a wonderful opportunity to track down the vintage EDP concentration. And though the versions are slightly different, both of them develop into a gorgeous bouquet of mimosa. The difference between two is in the opening. The pure parfum has much stronger and almost sharp woody hay note in the opening. I thought that this is how mimosa would smell, if it had a passionate night with the sandalwood in a haystack. Beautiful, sweet and attractive but slightly disheveled. The vintage EDP, however, is more gentle and sweet in the beginning with a bit of a fruity flavor.
After the opening, the scent becomes creamier and sweeter as it transforms into a huge, fragrant bouquet of mimosa in both versions. In the dry down the scent continues to be mimosa sweet and slightly powdery. The lasting power is a bit better in the pure parfum version.

This is a lovely interpretation of mimosa flower. Sweet, creamy and voluptuous. The ingredients seem to be of a good quality and the composition smells perfectly natural to me. No annoying chemical qualities. This is a very special and beautiful scent for an early spring.
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Rickbr

190 Reviews
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Rickbr
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Farnesiana EDP
This is pleasant, but is less gourmand than the parfum concentration. The opening is more powdery and floral, with a more noticeable retro thing. Then the powdery part goes, the mimosa shows it's almond nuances and is joined by a pleasant vanilla and opoponax base. It's lovely, but i still favor the marzipan wonderfullness which is the parfum.
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Sophi

50 Reviews
Sophi
Sophi
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Sophisticated Mimosa
A mature mimosa scent with sweet ,creamy and earthy background...the hay note is companied the floral part and gives an earthy feeling to the composition(i receive a whole grain /cereal smell) ...vanilla adds creaminess and sweetness even more...
This is a grown up sophisticated and fine scent .Long lasting.
I really like it!
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DutchSniffer

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DutchSniffer
DutchSniffer
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And the winner is... (nope, not this one)
As I am testing 12 urn samples of Caron one by one and being quite disappointed by the 3 earliest samples (N'Aimez que moi (1916), Tabac Blond (1919), Narcisse Blanc (1923)), I was relieved to find the first agreeable one: Acaciosa (1924) and was told to just wait until testing Farnesiana (1947).

So expectations were quite high when today was 'the day' .
Too bad the scent proves to be just a so-so one. It is quite OK, but it is hard to discern between the flower notes as I had expected them to be. The flowers don't smell fresh, but as if they are wilted. It is as if the juice has aged too much, notes that blend together into something I can't discern anymore, which was typical of the first few scents that were tested.

A confusing factor was having at least 20 samples lying around on my desk, creating a mixture of scents. For a moment I thought to smell a perennial favourite fragrance Zwitsal (baby soap/oil, but now also edc) but no. Looking up accords clears up it is supposedly a powdery scent too.
Anyhow, sofar Acaciosa is the clear winner when it comes to which of the urns I prefer with Alpona coming close as a 2nd.

Still 4 Carons to go! (3 urns + Yatagan)
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Florblanca

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It's Still Here!
Some scents from this collection already enrich my collection. J. C. Elena described them as "lovely." Aside from being exactly that, they are also true works of art, for me the top of the top in perfumery.

Farnesiana dates back to 1947 - just two years after the end of World War II, when people longed for beauty, delicacy, and love after so many years of war and violence in Europe.

This fragrance immediately transports me to the Mediterranean cities, filled with the scent of mimosa at that time. All around the Mediterranean, in Italy, Monaco, France down to Spain, these trees grow and bloom in sunny, radiant yellow in spring.

I experienced it in 1993 in Sanlúcar de Barameda, when the pilgrims crossed the Guadalquivir in Sanlúcar to participate in the celebrations for the Virgin of Rocío. It was Pentecost, and all of Sanlúcar was filled with the scent of mimosas lining the promenade everywhere. I have never experienced such a beautiful floral scent as this. The trees were covered with small, round, fluffy blossoms, and I took pleasure in touching the leaves, which then folded up.

Farnesiana vividly reminds me of this beautiful floral scent, accompanied by a gentle, light green note that takes away a good portion of sweetness to prevent the fragrance from becoming cloying. I cannot perceive the blackcurrant mentioned here, nor do I need to; I do not miss it.

What surprises me, however, is the fact that Farnesiana - at least the extrait that I own - has a vanilla scent in the base, even though there is no vanilla present. In any case, the fragrance is consistently beautiful, both in the opening and throughout the development to the base.

The longevity is good, and the sillage is quite decent, but not so strong that it could become unpleasant for others.

I am very glad that this wonderful fragrance still exists today, and although it is already "sooo old," it is by no means outdated!
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5 years ago
One of the most beautiful mimosa in the perfume world, a little less earthy than parfum version.
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Summer in the fifties. Young ladies gather to frolic in the hayloft. Their skin smells of hay and soap. They enjoy tea with honey..
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Floating, moderately powdery, sensually creamy floral note with a woody, barely sweet base: It makes you smile involuntarily.
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At first a bit chaotic and heavy
Then the sandalwood takes over and the scent becomes more beautiful.
Not as sweet as I thought.
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The soft-powdery vanilla-musk base with mimosa is really lovely.
Let's skip the opening
It smells like a new plastic tablecloth.
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Golden-yellow, sunny, sweet mimosa powder; nostalgic, lovely, with depth; base not unlike L'Heure Bleue yet something entirely its own.
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Creamy, soft mimosa with a crunchy note and moderate sweetness. Unique and unusual.
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The mimosa starts off a bit scratchy, then becomes wonderfully soft and powdery. Elegant and sensual, unusual yet very wearable.
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Green toilet cleaner in the train station bathroom covered with vanilla air freshener - AWFUL!!!
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2010s Extrait: Clearly focused on mimosa/acacia with a hint of heliotrope (almond) at the edges. L'Heure Bleue comes into play in the base.
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