Héliotrope Blanc 1850 Eau de Toilette

Héliotrope Blanc (Eau de Toilette) by L.T. Piver
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7.7 / 10 147 Ratings
Héliotrope Blanc (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by L.T. Piver for women and was released in 1850. The scent is sweet-powdery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet
Powdery
Floral
Gourmand
Creamy

Fragrance Notes

HeliotropeHeliotrope VanillaVanilla AlmondAlmond JasmineJasmine Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Ratings
Scent
7.7147 Ratings
Longevity
6.7118 Ratings
Sillage
6.3119 Ratings
Bottle
6.5109 Ratings
Value for money
8.425 Ratings
Submitted by Apicius, last update on 19.11.2023.

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Pricing
7
Bottle
7
Sillage
6
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Leomoon

18 Reviews
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Leomoon
Leomoon
Top Review 18  
The silent lady
I have already written a statement about this fragrance, the comment is an addendum. This has turned out rather negative, but so completely I did not want to leave it at that.

My story with the classic began in the TK Maxx. It was morning, so I could rummage in peace and research about almost every fragrance found in peace. There were very interesting sounding things there! Finally, I had to decide between Quatre Absolu de Nuit by Boucheron and Hèliotrope Blanc. The comparison to Etro's fragrance of almost the same name was what ultimately convinced me. Perfect, quickly to the checkout and outside directly spray on...and well, I was pretty disappointed.

The first thing I could perceive were the floral notes, which behaved not discreetly fresh, but unusually opulent. With time, the almond then also came to the fore. However, this did not create the association to marzipan, but the unsweetened milk substitute. As already mentioned, Hèliotrope Blanc was for me initially floral, creamy, relatively little sweet and not at all my case.

Disappointed about the alleged mispurchase, I read the reviews again and wondered how it could be that my nose perceived him completely different than a good 100 others. Well, shall occur. However, it also happens that you change your mind about fragrances, so I decided to test the Wässerchen after a while again.

As a precaution, I had not put on any other perfume on this day. Could well be that a sweet scent cloud deceives my perception. First came to me right away once again the unloved flowers, but this time something was different. The unsweet creaminess I had initially complained about gave way to melt-in-the-mouth almonds. Heliotrope lay like a veil over this construct. Immediately I developed an association with donuts sprinkled with powdered sugar. Delicious!

I can only explain my initial dislike with the fact that I was simply not familiar with the perfume initially. Usually, fragrance pyramids feature fruity notes and a measuring cup full of sugar. Hèliotrope Blanc is sweet, but nowhere near as sweet as others in the genre. While others scream, here you're dealing with a quiet, elegant lady who watches the goings-on from a safe distance. She probably has more to say than some of the screamers, but you have to let her have her say...

Overall, you get an enormously well done fragrance. Each note is recognizable and none of them seems out of place. Since it is not too bad that the shelf life is rather small. I am glad that I have not 'overheard' the lady among the screamers after all!
3 Comments
6
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
9
Scent
Chanelle

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Chanelle
Chanelle
Top Review 15  
Classic portable heliotrope bouncer from a good home
L.T.Piver makes my eyes shine as a bottle collector. It used to be a perfume house that could almost be named in the same breath as Guerlain as far as the catalogue of fragrances on offer and the precious artistically valuable containers were concerned. (Have a look at the Baccarat flacon Astris from Piver, a beauty!) Unfortunately, today you don't attach so much importance to an imaginative, appealing perfume presentation anymore, I have the impression, and also the current Heliotrop flacon looks ...inexpensive. Whatever the smell is, despite "quasi niche". But he doesn't smell like that...
The other day I flew over again what I had learned at the time to become Etro's flagship heliotrope. And after 6+ years every word is still true: I love him... from afar. The solution for this came to me only recently - Heliotrop Bodylotion from Etro! Not the full charge, therefore optimal for me. Then came Heliotrope Blanc, the cheap Piver. Skeptical and prejudiced, I sprayed first timidly, then more and more generously. What emerged was a soft, almond-creamy, vanilla everyday heliotrope. (Not like with Etro, where you can easily overdose and knock out yourself and others with it...)
Sometimes a light memory of the 70s comes through: Dr.Oetker woodruff pudding with vanilla sauce! Everything about him was perfect. The smell, the taste, the color, the buffing.
(There were also yellow, red and short times blue, but green was unbeatable.)
The woodruff's hint is subtle and fine, like the whole fragrance.
Also Sillage and durability are for the price of bright commodity. He makes me happy! So I'm going to use it more now...
3 Comments
Loubitz

4 Reviews
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Loubitz
Loubitz
Top Review 13  
The Heliotrope Revelation
I'm into blind buying at TK MAXX. For me, there's nothing more exciting than standing in front of the perfume shelf, checking out all existing copies at Parfumo and then taking the best price/performance bomb with me (My trainee budget doesn't allow anything other than Ebay and TK Maxx treasures)
So it was a few weeks ago - I went into one of the Hamburg stores and came across Heliotrope Blanc. 100ml for 12,99 as well as top ratings - ZACK, packed.
I love sweet, gourmand vanilla fragrances and was therefore sure that I had made the big catch here.

At home then the disillusionment. Along with the realization that heliotrope smells for me more like running away than kneeling down.

I have to join the previous speakers, the fragrance is absolutely vintage and "aristocratic".
But for my nose it smells absolutely artificial and is a bit over the top - at least for today. It is not at all light and playful but very opulent and heavy. The scent of a loving but very strict governess at a European court. So is my association.

My first encounter of this kind with Heliotrop and hopefully my last.

I could imagine, however, that it could be something for many ladies, especially in winter. The shelf life is really okay and the fragrance warms nicely.
In my opinion, however, nothing for temperatures over 15 degrees.
6 Comments
4
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Spektrum

30 Reviews
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Spektrum
Spektrum
Top Review 8  
Heliotrope blossoms on musk bed
After spraying on, one immediately recognizes the bitter almond, then something like an aqueous extract of almonds or almond milk and something slightly bitter appears to me. This makes this fragrance interesting and authentic. Quite quickly something flowery comes through, too, but I don't recognize Jasmin or Ylang-Ylang individually and suppose there is synthetics in the game.
at this stage he's probably the one who's most likely to create vintage associations.
In the further course the bitter almond remains next to a strong vanilla-floral accord which comes quite close to the scent of heliotropic flowers. This is somehow beautiful and sometimes something other than vanilla baking aroma, which I do not find here again. The fragrance then becomes more and more powdery, this musk powderiness certainly also provides for 'old-fashioned' thoughts again. On the other hand this is now quite modern again, see e.g. Narciso Poudree.
After I generously dieselled myself with Héliotrope Blanc last night and went to sleep, I suddenly smelled Hypnotic Poison this morning. Definitely!
So, compared to Mandorla, which I also have in my collection, this one is quite changeable and also sweeter, more feminine, more perfumed. Mandorla has no fragrance at all.
Also the heliotrope of Etro smells different, as far as I remember it, it was more obtrusive and had something of a sweet but poisonous drug. H.B. is simply milder and muffled by the musk.
3 Comments
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Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
7
Scent
Girlsrox

2 Reviews
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Girlsrox
Girlsrox
7  
Sweet past
Madame Pompadour with powdered face and opulent jewellery ...
that's how the scent comes to me. It is effective, incomparable and discreetly dosed very attractive if you like sweet, powdery and rather rare fragrances
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ElkayElkay 2 years ago
10
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
10
Scent
Romantic and wistful floral gourmand. Very classy, airy and breathable.
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KimJongKimJong 4 years ago
6
Bottle
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
7.5
Scent
It smells like sweet baby powder. Simple but satisfying.
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