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07/03/2021
BrianBuchanan
355 Reviews
BrianBuchanan
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There goes the Sun
An 'orange coloured' scent; Eau Ensoleillante is like an overstuffed cologne.
There's a lot going on here : citrus, green, floral, powdery, sweet, woody and musky notes are all part of the formula.
And, as well as the usual ingredients, it contains Griffonia seed (cf Marionnaud.fr) which is not a perfume note but a herbal remedy. It contains a precursor to serotonin, a hormone that effects the nervous system, and extracts have been used to treat obesity and depression.
Ensoleillante is where perfumery meets pharmacy. It's a sort of therapeutic Cologne, or high class aromatherapy. But not only that, as well as containing a natural remedy, Ensoleillante is sunny and uplifting, it aims to cheer you up, which is aromachology - the science of altering mood with scent. It's like an Hermès Eau, or an Aqua Allegoria but with therapeutic intent.
The idea of which is all good.
Whether it has healing value or not is something I can't say, but as a perfume it’s not on the same level as an Hermès. Sadly it’s more like a Guerlain: there or there abouts...
Being like a sunny, orange, Eau Dynamisante, Ensoleillante was a bit derivative. Perhaps because of that, or some other reason, Clarins decided to pull it from the catalogue.
Pity.
I'd like to see more perfumes that walk the line between making you smell nice, and helping you feel good. Many perfumes do the opposite these days...
There's a lot going on here : citrus, green, floral, powdery, sweet, woody and musky notes are all part of the formula.
And, as well as the usual ingredients, it contains Griffonia seed (cf Marionnaud.fr) which is not a perfume note but a herbal remedy. It contains a precursor to serotonin, a hormone that effects the nervous system, and extracts have been used to treat obesity and depression.
Ensoleillante is where perfumery meets pharmacy. It's a sort of therapeutic Cologne, or high class aromatherapy. But not only that, as well as containing a natural remedy, Ensoleillante is sunny and uplifting, it aims to cheer you up, which is aromachology - the science of altering mood with scent. It's like an Hermès Eau, or an Aqua Allegoria but with therapeutic intent.
The idea of which is all good.
Whether it has healing value or not is something I can't say, but as a perfume it’s not on the same level as an Hermès. Sadly it’s more like a Guerlain: there or there abouts...
Being like a sunny, orange, Eau Dynamisante, Ensoleillante was a bit derivative. Perhaps because of that, or some other reason, Clarins decided to pull it from the catalogue.
Pity.
I'd like to see more perfumes that walk the line between making you smell nice, and helping you feel good. Many perfumes do the opposite these days...
