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Iris L'Erbolario

7.3 / 10 210 Ratings

A perfume by L'Erbolario for women. The release year is unknown. The scent is powdery-floral. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery

Floral

Sweet

Spicy

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Ylang-ylang

Heart Notes

Iris

Hawthorn

Base Notes

Musk

Vanilla

Tobacco

Ratings

Scent

7.3210 Ratings

Longevity

8.3163 Ratings

Sillage

7.5162 Ratings

Bottle

5.6149 Ratings

Value for money

8.855 Ratings

Submitted by Holly, last update on 10/02/2025.

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/20/2018

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Jazzy76
320 Reviews

Jazzy76

Helpful Review 3

Naturally classy

Pure, elegant, powdery: it's an apparently basic fragrance perfect as daily scent in every season. It's as minimal as classy, just like a white silk shirt. Clean and refined, it has a discrete sillage.
I smell on my skin a slightly smoky -bitter tobacco shade I appreciate: maybe its more sensual soul?
If violet (a color I like so much because as spiritual as magnetic ) was a scent, it could be like this.
Just a little remark about the price: in the last time the prices or the products by L'Erbolario are a little higher than before, but anyway quite good (about 22€ for a 50ml size and about 32€ for a 100ml size). So, I think you don't waste your money if you buy this elegant and Eco-friendly fragrance!

04/17/2025

7Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Xavica
311 Reviews

Xavica

1

Powdery and Accessible

No earthy or rooty iris here: Iris by L’Erbolario offers a soft, powdery take on the flower, leaning more toward a clean, elegant and comforting vibe.

It’s a simple, easy-to-wear fragrance with no fuss, but well done. And for such a gentle price, it offers great value.

Likely to please many, especially those who enjoy iris scents without too much complexity.

04/01/2025

9Scent 8Longevity 9Sillage

Itsness
9 Reviews

Itsness

1

Airy powdery iris

A powder-puffed dreamscape, a violet echo in alabaster air, the feeling of a sigh against clean skin, the brush of quick fingers on purple velvet. Iris is ethereal, calming, and long lasting -- the ultimate powdery fragrance. one needs not spray excessively to be enveloped in the softest notes of iris and vanilla. Despite its lasting power, Iris remains soft and unassuming, a memory just out of reach. My ideal bedtime fragrance.

At this price point, Iris is a steal, and should be included in every powdery iris lover's collection. I look forward to trying other products in this line.

02/28/2016

8Scent 10Longevity 7Sillage

DonJuanDeCat
2046 Reviews

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DonJuanDeCat

Top Review 21

Dusty Powder Scent

I enjoy testing L’Erbolario fragrances. I find most of them excellently crafted. And now I am testing a scent with a note that is generally known for its soft and delicate aroma, the iris, which likely makes every fragrance powdery. Here, with this fragrance aptly named “Iris,” you can really smell this note well and intensely.

The scent:
The top note consists of a citrus-spicy bergamot and sweet floral notes from ylang-ylang. However, you can already smell a rather powdery and gentle iris, which even becomes more intense.
Some may perceive the strong iris as “dusty” or dry, which is due to its powdery presentation, giving the feeling of about to “inhale” or sniff something (but not what you think, although what you think does look dusty/powdery!). Anyway, soon musk joins in and gives the fragrance a gentle and beautiful sweetness. The vanilla, which is more pronounced than the musk, makes the scent even softer. Overall, “Iris” is, as mentioned, a very soft and powdery fragrance; however, I do not find it dry. The tobacco only appears after some time, adding a slightly harsher note (but not smoky) before it soon disappears again.

Longevity and sillage:
The longevity is unexpectedly huge, especially for a powdery iris scent. On me, it lasted nearly 14-16 hours and even more on my skin. Sure, at some point the sillage isn’t as strong, but still, I could smell it well for a long time.
The sillage is okay, quite good for a powdery iris scent, as it radiates well and can initially be perceived quite well by others. But even later, it has an above-average wonderful sillage.

The bottle:
The bottle is cylindrical and colorless. It has no label; instead, everything is printed directly on the glass. On the front, you can see an iris plant next to the name. On the back, the fragrance notes are probably listed (I’m not sure, as I only know the bottle from pictures). It is topped with a gray-silver high cap. Despite its simplicity, it’s not bad.

Hmm, yes, Iris is a wonderful… well, just an iris scent. Very powdery and fine-dusty, sweet, and even with good sillage.

This fragrance is more of an all-rounder; I think it can be used in any season. Normally, most powdery scents are rather subtle and serve well as feel-good fragrances or for calmer occasions. However, those who like it “dusty” and powdery can even wear this one for going out, as it is indeed stronger, but probably still gets overshadowed by all the other “sillage powerhouses.” But that’s okay; it will smell good nearby and still be pleasant.

Is this fragrance worth a blind buy despite its affordable price? Normally, you wouldn’t go wrong, but it might be that you’re not into such powdery scents, so I would prefer to test it first.

For me personally, it has become a very beautiful women’s fragrance, typically L’Erbolario!

09/04/2017

ChaiTee
56 Reviews

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ChaiTee

Top Review 18

It's Teatime

'Powdery'? Before this fragrance, I had a notion of what 'powdery' smells like - now I know.
"Iris" by L'Erbolario is a scent that I can only describe in images.
As soon as I applied it, I envisioned a little old lady with white curls, dressed in a dusty rose sweater, having tea.
So not just any old bag, but really an old lady. The kind you imagine a grandmother to be. A bit like from a film about the English country gentry. Preferably with flowers on the sofa.
The counterpart to the old lady in fur that I see when I think of Chanel No.5 & Co.
Or simply my Aunt Elsa, to whom I have already dedicated a comment - namely about "Camelia" (also by L'Erbolario).
The information from the ingredient list led me to expect a different scent.
I remember bergamot as a fresh ingredient, and ylang-ylang didn't stand out to me either.
Hawthorn isn't familiar enough for me to notice it, and I know the namesake iris as an intensely fragrant garden flower. (This scent is also intense - a dab on my arm immediately caught my husband's attention, who rarely comments on my perfume obsession, when he walked into the room.)
Tobacco didn't come through for me, but there might be a hint of vanilla and musk.
But no matter what - the scent smells exactly like the luxurious body powder of my old aunt that I remember.
As I said, old(!) rose and dust-dry.
By the way, my girls are once again claiming that I'm still too young for such scents...

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Statements

47 short views on the fragrance

Lieselotte

2 years ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

2

A sweet powdery iris with a strong (rather) synthetic fresh opening followed by a cloud of softness and sweetness that dries down slowly.

Karagiozis

11 months ago

4Scent

1

Very powdery iris. Too simple & outdated.

Pollita

5 years ago

6.5Scent 8Sillage

23

16

Despite beautiful notes, this scent comes across as biting and synthetic to me. I'm waiting in vain for a delicate iris. Makeup pot and hairspray.

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Gold

8 months ago

7Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

21

12

Teint de Neige similar, just much cheaper. Extremely powdery iris. Strong, sweet, synthetic scent that can get annoying over time. It's a matter of personal preference.

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