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Jour de Fête L'Artisan Parfumeur 2004

7.3 / 10 203 Ratings

A perfume by L'Artisan Parfumeur for women and men, released in 2004. The scent is gourmand-sweet. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Gourmand

Sweet

Powdery

Woody

Floral

Fragrance Notes

Almond

Bourbon vanilla

Orris root Wheat

Wheat

Cedarwood

Laurel

Perfumer

Olivia Giacobetti

Ratings

Scent

7.3203 Ratings

Longevity

5.6148 Ratings

Sillage

5.0142 Ratings

Bottle

7.7147 Ratings

Value for money

6.020 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet · last update on 07/26/2025.

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Interesting Facts

In 2014 the scent was re-released as a limited edition.

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Reviews

18 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/03/2012

7.5Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Ineverwas
45 Reviews

Ineverwas

Very helpful Review 7

Vanilla Almond Water

Jour de Fete is one delicate gem, a watery almond and vanilla with a slight gourmand texture given by the wheat note (what a brilliant idea to add it to the composition!). It's a bit powdery and nutty and although it's soft and light and a definite skin scent, it has lasting power to be proud of for an EDT.

This perfume makes me smile and takes me back to my childhood, to someplace that feels comfortable and old and tender. And as I smell it I do remember the exact place this is. When I was around 6 or 7, I had this lovely neighbor, a very sweet old lady that used to pinch my cheek and invite me to her place to taste some of her delicious cookies. And her house smelled like Jour de Fete as she was baking the dessert. It's a lovely, precious memory.

Jour de Fete is a gorgeous perfume, what a pity and a shame that they discontinued such a beauty.

05/18/2015

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 4

Jour de Fete

Olivia Giacobetti has a way of challenging the wearer without threatening. Jour de Fete makes you question your senses. It presents you with notions of softness, quiet and comfort at the same time that it makes you consider legibility and dynamics. It poses questions. What is the difference between quiet and soft in a perfume? Is low sillage a weakness or an advantage? Giacobetti's gift is to make perfumes that carry ideas, but not at the expense of pleasure and emotion.

The name itself captures the conundrum. Jour de Fete. It sounds like a party in a bottle, but if you come to it expecting music, cheering and applause, you'll be either surprised or disappointed. It's less a party and more like a discussion with a fascinating stranger. It has a black-box quality that I love in Giacobetti's other work. I've read others call Jour de Fete overpowering, undetectable, sweet, bitter, long-lasting and instantly disappearing. Everybody sees something different in the box.

Is there an opposite of a vanishing act? On applying Jour de Fete, I could just barely smell a hint of marzipan and play-do. It suggests scent as well as substances with particular textures. I had to strain to detect it. Within 15 to 20 minutes, I could smell it a bit more strongly. But what I smelled was more of a quality than a scent, per se. For lack of a better word, it smelled blunt. It's as though I was at the outer edge of something that actually absorbed sent. Now, eight hours later, I can't stop pulling my arm to my nose. It's remarkably composed. Simple, but suggestive. I have the same experience with Dzing! (another Giacobetti perfume for l'Artisan Parfumeurs) at its drydown. While the two smell nothing alike, at this stage, they both are evocative without suggesting or referring to anything in particular. They don't smell like anything else I can point to, but they make my mind race.

Giacobetti’s work is fascinating. I’d give anything to have the chance to sit quietly in the corner and observe her at work for a week.

from scenthurdle.com

08/18/2016

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

07012000
5 Reviews

07012000

Helpful Review 3

A wind of sweet powdery almonds!

I just tried to find this perfume because of it's name..From the first moment I sprayed it (thanks to a very good friend of mine -it is unfortunately discontinued) I discovered that surely is a celebration day (translation from french " jour de fete")
It is such a happy, elegant, airy, light perfume, suitable for all ages and seasons!
From the beginning till the end you can smell nothing but almonds, sweet powdery almonds!A delicious perfume!!

11/18/2016

2.5Scent 1Longevity 1Sillage

ScentedSalon
96 Reviews

ScentedSalon

3

Just no!

How dare L'Artisan make and sell a perfume such as this? For once, I agree with a discontinuation. The scent is so fleeting it is like the emperor's invisible clothes: why spend money on something that does not smell past the first two minutes and then, smells of a watery compote of sugared almonds and musk? A party day should have the smell of cake and icing, cream and nuts, not this useless baseless concoction. How can someone who creates the unrivaled Dzing! make this disappointment?

06/14/2023

8Scent

DogiCoco
637 Reviews

DogiCoco

2

Soft, dreamy almond and grains

Jour de Fete starts out as a grainy green almond fragrance that feels like wildflowers and fields in the sunshine. It's fresh, but also warm, and very soft. It reminds me of the English Fields collection by Jo Malone, not of one specific fragrance, but the general vibe of the line. As this is older, maybe it was the inspiration behind it. Anyways, I can really imagine how this could be worn to eat a slice of cake in a farm café or for a relaxed bike ride in the countryside.
As the fragrance dries down, it turns a little warmer, sweeter and more powdery. Vanilla and iris start to shine next to the almond. At this stage it makes me think of Guerlain's Cuir Beluga, but it's much more transparent and by no means exactly the same. It just has a similar texture.

This is very light and tender, nothing for performance junkies. I think it wouldn't be as pretty if it was a strong scent, but a tiny bit more lasting power wouldn't have hurt. Otherwise it's a beautiful scent. It would be nice if they brought it back again one day.

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Statements

30 short views on the fragrance

Verbena

3 years ago

9Scent 5Longevity 4Sillage

30

23

The wind paints waves in the wheat field. The farmer's wife bakes rolls. Girls weave crowns from straw. Calm summer days, floury, milky, gentle.

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Stulle

6 months ago

21

29

Totally bright, unsweetened almond, plus a hint of grainy dryness. Anosmia kicks in: barely noticeable for me.

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Azura

5 years ago

8.5Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

20

13

We celebrate heliotrope-filled the sweet here and now
But with us dances the bitter-almond hint
Tomorrow everything could be different

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Swansch

10 years ago

7Scent

14

The wind blows over the wheat field, green almonds roll around. Grainy, unsweet, and somehow very dry.

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Heikeso

8 years ago

9.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

13

5

I'm lying in a gourmand haystack, the sun caresses my skin, the oatmeal cookies with apple pieces are so fresh. A place of longing!

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Nisie

9 years ago

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

13

3

Village child moments... Summer, tumbling on straw bales, sun rays, children's laughter. For me, the scent represents a piece of home & childhood.*Ah*

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