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L'Eau de Chloé Chloé 2012

7.3 / 10 321 Ratings

A perfume by Chloé for women, released in 2012. The scent is fresh-floral. It was last marketed by Coty.
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Main accords

Fresh

Floral

Green

Citrus

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Citrus fruits

Heart Notes

Rose

Base Notes

Patchouli

Perfumer

Michel Almairac

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Ratings

Scent

7.3321 Ratings

Longevity

6.7244 Ratings

Sillage

6.0239 Ratings

Bottle

8.2259 Ratings

Value for money

7.335 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 10/29/2025.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is French model Camille Rowe-Pourcheresse.

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Reviews

29 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/05/2013

8Scent

Awesomeness
247 Reviews

Awesomeness

Very helpful Review 6

a green, soapy aldehyde

L'Eau de Chloé (2012) is an odd little fragrance. It opens bright and sunny with notes of citrus, then it transitions to a subtle rosewater. The patchouli is there, but it's dry not wet, green not brown, neutral not sweet, and subtle not demanding. At drydown, this fragrance becomes a green, soapy aldehyde on me. It feels like a throwback to the 1970s, and it has much more in common with Y by Yves Saint Laurent than it does with Chloe, original or new.

L'Eau de Chloé is a mature fragrance. Oh, how I hate using that word but it's appropriate. I imagine that the target market might like this at the perfume counter, buy it, then despise it after a longer wear. It is getting a lot of mixed reviews, and that's one guess as to why: The fragrance when wet is completely different from the fragrance when dry. The fragrance when wet is a good quality lemon-rose cologne from Demeter. The fragrance when dry is a vintage find from the charity shop.

Perhaps I should say that L'Eau de Chloé is a fragrance for an experienced sniffer, in particular someone who appreciates classic fragrances but tends to wear contemporary ones. I put myself in that camp. I can't wear Y and I struggle to wear Chanel 19 (new or vintage), but I _can_ imagine myself wearing L'Eau de Chloé. It's a contemporary take on a green, soapy aldehyde.

Anyone who likes classic fragrances, or at least appreciates them, might want to sample L'Eau de Chloé. I purchased a mini for a song on the bay. I like it, really like it, but I need a bit of wear before I decide whether it's full-bottle worthy.

01/31/2013

7Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 3

A modern Chloe I can actually tolerate

Since the disappearance of Chloe (1975) and Chloe Narcisse, all modern releases from this brand have left me dissatisfied. L'eau de Chloe has thankfully come along and saved the day, renewing some respect that I had lost for Chloe over the last few years.

This fragrance is all fresh and inoffensive. Finally I've met a Chloe fragrance that doesn't jam itself right up my nostrils and cause me to reach for my inhaler. L'eau de Chloe has very little in common with the original Chloe fragrance, (by which I mean that strong and soapy rose inspired perfume, whose popularity I do not understand).

The pastel green bottle design, reflects how this fragrance smells. It's fresh, green (of course) and Spring-like. The citrus opening is bright and breezy, but never overpowering. Its projection is pleasing to say the least, settling intimately on the skin.

According to the perfumer Michel Almairac, this fragrance is "supposed to evoke the scent of frozen lemonade", as reported on the Now Smell This blog. Surprisingly I can smell this idea reflected in L'eau de Chloe's composition, and I think that's the main reason why I've come to enjoy this fragrance so much.

I like the carefree approach that this fragrance has. It's very easy to wear, and even easier to enjoy. To some finicky reviewers, L'eau de Chloe may strike them as being linear and plain. I for one, don't mind the basic citrus and green, leafy blend. The rose and patchouli in this fragrance are so watered-down that they barely even feature.

I found both the sillage and longevity to be equally pleasing. I think I also prefer this flanker's packaging over and above the other Chloe releases. I'm giving L'eau de Chloe my personal tick of approval.

10/23/2012

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Peanut
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Peanut

Top Review 39

Sovereignty Needs No Exclamation Marks

"L'Eau de Chloé" is a refined femininity inspired by cosmetic scents, perfectly embodying the new Chloés. Its role within the Chloé family: cool sovereignty, slightly distant, slightly factual, slightly sober.

However, being entirely Chloé, this delicate green "Eau" is categorically sovereign and cool, but without the governess-like strictness of most straightforward women's classics. Even more so, it lacks the herbal-bitter exclamation marks of many vintages or the pinched mouth corners of traditional colognes. It also forgoes the claws of icy, green-bitter chypres.

It hints at all these "don't-touch-me" characteristics, but in a Chloé translation.

Upon spraying, these immediately come to life: decidedly green citrus fruit spreads out, more dry than juicy. Soon, a dark, very cool iris unfolds-which isn't really an iris at all: sterile rose and especially dry patchouli create a cold-bitter iris (like in some iris soliflores where the iris can easily double). This wonderful fake iris eventually fades into a sea of freshly washed linen: slightly rough, but always clean and cozy.

In this sense, "Eau de Chloé" may be too rough, too bitter, too dry, too straightforward for one wearer. For another, it may be too little of that. For one, it will be too little Chloé, for another too much Chloé. For many others, however, the "Eau" will be just right-precisely sovereign, un-playful, cool, and pure. And still Chloé enough.

Just like for me. Thanks, Hasi!

03/07/2012

8Scent 7.5Longevity

MariellaMmmh
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MariellaMmmh

Top Review 29

Mishmash

I rarely wear updos.
I don't own a pearl necklace.
I don't have a Chanel handbag.
I don't have manicured hands.
I don't have a Dior suit.

But I will wear the green Chloé!

The previous comments hit the mark - I also have these associations in my mind. L'Eau de Chloé is different from its siblings, but somehow not really. It doesn't stray too far from the line. I don't necessarily associate the other Chloés with punk girls, but rather with elegance and style confidence, deluxe understatement.
To me, L'Eau de Chloé smells like a mix of all the other Chloés with a few fresher ingredients. In other words:
30% Chloé EdT + 30% Chloé EdP + 30% EdP Intense + yellow Nimm-Zwei-Bollos + something green = L'Eau de Chloé

That's roughly how it smells to me. It is just as light and creamy-balsamic as the EdT, just as floral-rosy as the EdP, has about the sweetness of the Intense variant paired with a bit of citrus and a green touch, somewhat like that from the Un Jardin line by Hermès.

For me, a successful composition, where the wheel wasn't reinvented, but it speaks to me very much. L'Eau de Chloé is worth a try for all Chloé fans!

And: whoever has my address and wants to get rid of any of the above-mentioned items that I DO NOT have, go ahead... A new watch wouldn't be bad either. ;)

06/30/2018

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Rosaviola
180 Reviews

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Rosaviola

Top Review 20

Roses Dew-kissed by Morning Mist

I discovered and tested L’Eau de Chloe in January 2014 during the Christmas clearance sale. This Chloe captivated me immediately, and I treated myself to the small "My little" bottle with 20 ml. And I still love it.
I have always liked roses as flowers and rose scents.

This Chloe is a rather simply constructed but effective rose fragrance, delicate and refreshing, but without the teenage note that often bothers me.
It starts with slightly citrusy notes, pleasantly soft. No sour lemon punch that makes your eyes water.

The lemon reminds me more of lime and lemon balm, perfectly dosed and finely woven with fresh rose petals, still damp from the morning dew, which are just opening in the mild temperatures and yawning a bit sleepily into the young day, releasing their first hint of rose.

The citrus notes and the rose petals unite here in the most beautiful harmony.
A drop of patchouli grounds the scent and has also been perfectly integrated, so that it is only barely perceptible and does not overpower the citrus-rose combination, but rather gently supports and reinforces it. Everything is perfectly balanced here despite the simplicity of the fragrance.

There are many fresh rose scents, but this one is my favorite among them. Some are just too similar. And in many, a teenage note reminiscent of black tea dominates too strongly, which spoils the rose for me. Thankfully, that is not the case here.

L’Eau de Chloe is different, perfect for me when I want to wear a delicate fresh rose.
I also cannot complain about the longevity. I applied it yesterday before bed and can still smell it in the morning, though only faintly.
I like the ribbed bottle with the light green ribbon and the pale green liquid best in the "My little" version.
I will definitely repurchase L’Eau de Chloe as long as it is still available, and I have already saved a backup bottle.

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