Freefall - Luxe Calme Volupté 2021

Freefall - Luxe Calme Volupté by Francesca Bianchi
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7.5 / 10 136 Ratings
Freefall - Luxe Calme Volupté is a popular perfume by Francesca Bianchi for women and men and was released in 2021. The scent is fruity-green. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity
Green
Floral
Sweet
Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Tropical fruitsTropical fruits HyacinthHyacinth BenzoinBenzoin GalbanumGalbanum IrisIris Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang Green mandarin orangeGreen mandarin orange OpoponaxOpoponax VetiverVetiver Bitter orangeBitter orange SandalwoodSandalwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.5136 Ratings
Longevity
8.2118 Ratings
Sillage
7.6117 Ratings
Bottle
7.593 Ratings
Value for money
7.167 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 13.04.2024.

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6 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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MCPS

8 Reviews
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MCPS
MCPS
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Baudelaire's Invitation
In 1857, Charles Baudelaire wrote an invitation to his beloved Marie Daubrun to travel to an ideal country (apparently inspired by Holland). The refrain is:

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

(There, all is evenness in beautiful flow,

Luxury, tranquillity, luxuriant enjoyment.)

The poetic, sensual name fits perfectly with the elegant, fruity-floral composition with amber and green notes.

The fragrance opens with bitter orange, tangerine, galbanum and develops into a rich heart with ylang ylang, iris and tropical fruits. The typical Bianchi DNA then develops in the balanced, sexy base notes.

Summery, sensual, indulgent... Luxe, calme et volupté!

L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE

Mon enfant, ma sœur,
Songe à la douceur
D'aller là-bas vivre ensemble !
Aimer à loisir,
Aimer et mourir
Au pays qui te ressemble !
Les soleils mouillés
De ces ciels brouillés
Pour mon esprit ont les charmes
Si mystérieux
De tes traîtres yeux,
Brillant à travers leurs larmes.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

Des meubles luisants,
Polis par les ans,
Décoreraient notre chambre ;
Les plus rares fleurs
Mêlant leurs odeurs
Aux vagues senteurs de l'ambre,
Les riches plafonds,
Les miroirs profonds,
La splendeur orientale,
Tout y parlerait
À l'âme en secret
Sa douce langue natale.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.

Vois sur ces canaux
Dormir ces vaisseaux
Dont l'humeur est vagabonde ;
C'est pour assouvir
Ton moindre désir
Qu'ils viennent du bout du monde.
- Les soleils couchants
Revêtent les champs,
Les canaux, la ville entière,
D'hyacinthe et d'or ;
Le monde s'endort
Dans une chaude lumière.

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.
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IonutFeidi

18 Reviews
IonutFeidi
IonutFeidi
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Childhood nostalgia
This is the latest Francesca Bianchi release. She declared in one interview that it was the fragrance which she was the most anxious about because she became more and more popular over the last couple of years and the eyes were on her.

Will she be able to live up to the expectations? Will this fragrance be as good as her more popular creations Sex and The sea or The Dark Side? I

I am telling you guys she nailed this one! Such and amazing calming and nostalgic fragrance. When you first spray it on you get a blast of the bitter orange and green-ness from the galbanum. Right away you get the tropical fruits with a beautiful pineapple smell.
The best way to describe it would be if you ever had the pineapple Sugus candy, a tropical sweetness, not necessarily realistic but amazing. This is gone within 5 minutes, then the resins start to creep in and together with the iris it gives almost a medicinal vibe with small traces of vetiver. Slightly creamy because of the sandalwood. A borderline gourmand fragrance with a relaxing and nostalgic aroma.

Projection average and longevity above average, 12+ hours. Cannot wait to wear this in the spring.
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PetraA

23 Reviews
PetraA
PetraA
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Take a minute and relax

First I get pineapple. It is smooth and sweet but not sickly sweet and I think of cold pressed pineapple juice (the good stuff, that is smooth, naturally sweet and same color as real pineapple flesh). This is brief and it changes green. It is dry green not juicy leafy green, not forest green but dry, herbatious and bitter zesty. I am seeing yellow and light green and it feels like I am in hot sun, somewhere where the sun dried everything. In the drydown flowers poke through the green herbal bitterness, that does not leave and stays in the background on my skin. I think Francesca nailed the name and colour scheme here. Very calming and relaxing scent.
Note to bottle spray nozzle : excellent - you can control how much you spray which for me means less on more places.
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Emorandeira

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Emorandeira
Emorandeira
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Powdery gift
Luxe calme Volupte is abither great Creation by Francesca Bianchi. It is a bit different than her creations before... Fresher and brighter and less dense and Deep. It is a fragrance to enjoy during the daytime and, above all, during the Warner months of the year.
The opening is a bit harsher, but very pleasant, plenty of Orange and Green notes. Then It begins to dry down into a very powdery perfume lead by the iris and the vetiver, olaying together over a soft balsámic and Woody bed.
The performance is very good, as most of bianchi's perfumes, lasting more than 12 hours on my Skin. The projection is, however, a bit softer, very moderate and most of time close to the Skin, givin the powdery, creamy and earthy addictive character which defines this scent.
It is directly in my wishlist!

Scent: 10
Longevity: 10
Sillage: 6
Versatility: 10
Originality: 10
Global: 10
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Punkmotel

2 Reviews
Punkmotel
Punkmotel
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Meh, sorry!
I don't want to offend anyone. I've tried it on thrice, always trying to figure out how it was possible that it reminded me of cat urine. I can not stand it. A blind buy is absolutely not recommended with Francesca Bianchi's perfumes. With my eyes closed, looking at the olfactory pyramid, I would have said that this could be a perfume of my interest. However, even if I don't like it, I recognize the brand's usual signature, a bit buttery and vintage, revisited in a modern way.
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BamBamNYCBamBamNYC 6 days ago
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Scent
Galbanum and sandalwood, bitter and creamy. Dense. Heavy. Not exactly pleasant, but an interesting experience.
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KuraiKurai 7 months ago
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Fruity tropicals with a big chunk of orris. Nice at first, but degrades rapidly into a poor benzoin-green slurry. Unfortunate
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 2 years ago
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First, a bitter and juicy orange with pineapple candy. Next, herbal galbanum, dry hay and powdery iris. Drydown is creamy and bitter green.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 3 years ago
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Initially juicy and citric fruity-sweet, a gently bitter/green, resinous fruity-floral Spring fragrance, on a creamy spicy-woody base.
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