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La Route d'Emeraude Isabey 2012

Version from 2012

7.8 / 10 128 Ratings

A popular perfume by Isabey for women, released in 2012. The scent is floral-sweet. It is being marketed by Panouge.
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Main accords

Floral

Sweet

Spicy

Oriental

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Cinnamon

Rose

Heart Notes

Jasmine sambac

Orange blossom

Tuberose

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Musk

Benzoin

Vanilla

Amber

Perfumer

Jean Jacques

Ratings

Scent

7.8128 Ratings

Longevity

8.099 Ratings

Sillage

7.396 Ratings

Bottle

8.098 Ratings

Value for money

5.817 Ratings

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/03/2013

9Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Pipette
122 Reviews

Pipette

Very helpful Review 7

On a cloud

This is a marvelous perfume. It transports me away into a dream state. I could get technical and explain the notes, but that is not it. The soft feminine aura wraps the wearer like a fluffy blanket and brings about a calm sense of peace.

Jasmine is a difficult note which is masterfully dealt with here. This scent is there, and yet it is not in your face. There is powder and there is a whiff of freshness here and there. Medium sillage and nice longevity. It smells expensive.

One of the softest scents I have ever encountered.

04/10/2014

10Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Dulcemio
35 Reviews

Dulcemio

Helpful Review 7

blooming jasmine & orange - perfected

My first thought upon inhaling La Route d'Emeraude is that it reminded me of "Sung" by Alfred Sung, which in turn had strongly suggested to me a more refined and less aldehydic take on "White Shoulders". And no wonder:

ROUTE D'EMERAUDE
Top Notes: Bergamot, Rose oil, Cinnamon
Heart Notes: Jasmine sambac, Moroccan jasmine absolute, Orange blossom, Tuberose
Base Notes: Ambergris, Benzoin, Vanilla, Musk

SUNG
Top Notes: Bergamot, Galbanum, Hyacinth, Mandarin, Orange, Ylang-ylang, Lemon
Heart Notes: Iris, Jasmine, Lily-of-the-valley, Osmanthus
Base Notes: Amber, Orange wood, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Vetiver

WHITE SHOULDERS
Top Notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Green notes, Orange blossom, Peach
Heart Notes: Lilac, Gardenia, Spices, Iris, Jasmine, Lily, Lily-of-the-valley, Tuberose
Base Notes: Amber, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Musk, Sandalwood, Civet

There are other perfumes I've tested over the last few years that sprang from the same well as Sung and White Shoulders, though their names escape me now.

But if you love Sung, you will Looooooove La Route d'Emeraude. It takes the smooth jasmine & orange motif to a whole new level of quality and creaminess. Absolutely luscious, with nice projection and longevity.

04/05/2016

9.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

DorothyGrace
107 Reviews

DorothyGrace

4

Green Velvet for a Hot English Summer

On my skin La Route d'Emeraude is a floral citrus. It is long lasting, singing along for around 1 to 1 1/2 hours before drying down to a ladylike projection and sillage.

On my forearms the perfume has a natural fruity sweet scent (like a fruit jelly sweet factory firing up in the 1960's). The whilte florals are musky and sweet with a little something that brings to mind benzoin and dry vanilla (by dry I mean not a cupcake essence or gourmand vanilla).

From under my clothes as I warmed in the sunshine today there were lovely wafts of sweet citrusy orange blossom and jasmine; lots of very sweet jasmine on me, bright and fresh with bergamot. The green undercurrent of La Route is gentle on my skin.

I had a beautiful pale emerald green velvet dress when young, fitted at the waist with a slightly drapey skirt and floaty cream lace capped sleeves; I would drift along, walking through the local woodland park, watching the bees, smelling the leaves of the rhododendrom, picking dry long grass to weave into circles, shoo shooing the cows as they flicked their tails against the flies. At sixteen I would have worn the heck out of La Route d'Emeraude, dressed in my green velvet, shoo shooing the cows in the heat haze of a hot English summer.

Decant sample eau de parfum April 2014

03/23/2014

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Turandot
840 Reviews

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Turandot

Top Review 33

Only green glass

A fragrance that bears the name of emerald fills me with hope of discovering a dark, mysterious, and alluring perfume.

However, nothing in this perfume reminds me of the mysterious sparkle of an emerald. On the contrary, the scent starts off bright and zesty, becoming loud and pouring a whole cornucopia of flowers over me. It’s not even the jasmine, which in the original is more oily-creamy and heavy. Here, the orange blossom once again screams at me, which has already bothered me in various mainstream perfumes. This is not really precious, not extraordinary, and not even the tuberose provides a satisfying recognition value for me.

La Route d`Emeraude only becomes beautiful and harmonious for me in the base, which, however, is not so spectacular that I would want to have the fragrance desperately.

Those who love bright floral scents and are not solely focused on finding an extraordinary fragrance will surely feel comfortable with this perfume. It exudes a cheerful mood and carefree elegance. Well, the expected emerald jewelry is just costume jewelry, but even that has its admirers. However, I do not belong to that group.

11/25/2013

10Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Mandiana
4 Reviews

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Mandiana

Top Review 20

My Dream Jasmine

Have I mentioned it yet? I’m getting married! The future Mr. Mandiana and I are busy planning, sometimes more, sometimes less, the location and date are already set, and I believe I’ve found the perfect scent for the bride too? I thought the dress would come first and then the fragrance, but dear Hasi threw a wrench in that plan with her sample package. La Route d` Emeraude wasn’t necessarily one of the scents I was overly curious about, but from the very first test, I was completely enchanted, I’m in love!
There I was on a gray Saturday afternoon sitting on the couch, various scents on my wrists, sniffing here and there, thinking “wow, this one is definitely too green for me,” somewhat bored with other things, when suddenly I completely forgot about the two test candidates on my arm and then there it was, this dream scent. Radiant jasmine in abundance! So beautifully dreamy, full, and opulent. And at the same time the realization: with you, I want to say yes!
In the meantime, I’ve tested it several times and I’m still completely thrilled. Of course, I’ve purposefully picked one of the most expensive scents, but well, I still have a few months to save up. (or if our planning gets even more expensive, to share?)
La Route D‘ Emeraude starts off almost zesty, deep green, with a generous burst of bitter citrus bergamot, as if you’ve just freshly grated the outer green peel.
A dream of an intense, naturally elegant aroma. I can’t detect any rose oil, unless the oil was derived from the green leaves of the rose instead of the bloom, it could smell like this.
In the heart note, jasmine dominates, no tuberose, no orange blossom, just full, lush, radiant jasmine. Not a bit artificial, not as loud as in Alien, no, it feels like lying in a sea of flowers.
Towards the end, it becomes soft and embracing, amber and vanilla underline the floral splendor and give the scent a gentle sweetness, warm, sensual, and profoundly feminine.
The musk envelops the base with a hint of powder… This gives the fragrance, in the very best sense, something old-fashioned, melancholic… my dream in ivory!

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Parfümlein

5 years ago

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

10

3

This is how tuberose should be: delicately embraced by soft blooms, neither in the foreground nor in the background, not too sweet nor too bitter, the finest harmony.

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