Fleur Antique La Rive 2025

When you spray Fleur Antique by La Rive, you first get that quick hit of alcohol (same as with the OG Vanilla | 28 Eau de Parfum ), but it disappears fast and then sweet vanilla, caramel, patchouli and light flowers come through. It's really pretty and it definitely reminds me of the OG. Overall, to me it leans more gourmand than floral. Also, every time I wear it, my husband says the whole room smells like I'm making pastry cream.

► Performance:
For testing I used 3 sprays - one on each forearm and one on the chest. The projection is strong for at least 3 hours, then it becomes intimate. On the skin it lasts up to 7 hours (I sprayed it before bed and could still smell it in the morning), and on clothes and paper strips it's basically eternal. On a paper strip you can still smell a clear vanilla note a month later, almost as if I dipped the strip in vanilla essence. So, on my skin Fleur Antique has definitely better performance than the OG.

Overall opinion: This is one of the best La Rive perfumes. It's a great dupe, but also a good perfume on its own. The performance is excellent, and it's the strongest La Rive perfume to date. Considering it costs around 8 euros, the scent and performance beat many much more expensive perfumes. The bottle is not the prettiest, but it's super ergonomic and I love the color. Honestly, I don't really see any downsides here. I already bought 2 backup bottles, so I won't run out as I use it often. Love it!

► Rating out of 10: Scent - 10, Longevity - 9, Sillage - 8

When I first tested this fragrance in the drugstore, I immediately thought, wow, this is a great vanilla scent that resembles "Vanilla | 28 (Eau de Parfum) | Kayali."

The opening is admittedly very synthetic.
You have to get through the first one to two minutes, then a wonderful, sweet, and spicy vanilla unfolds.
What surprised me: Vanilla is not listed in the official fragrance pyramid; instead, vanilla orchid plays a very prominent role here.
It remains the dominant note from the opening to the end.

In the drydown, the fragrance becomes a bit less sweet, but still remains very sweet.
I also perceive a slightly earthy nuance, which probably comes from the patchouli.
Otherwise, the fragrance hardly changes.
The sweetness, by the way, comes from brown sugar.
So it is not particularly complex and lacks depth, but for a fragrance in the price range of only 7 euros, you can't expect much more.

The performance is, as often with La Rive, rather moderate.
To be noticed, you should spray generously here.

For me, it is a feminine fragrance.
Most men would probably not like it, but any man who wears Vanilla | 28 Eau de Parfum can also wear this one well.

My conclusion: I already own an alternative to Vanilla | 28 Eau de Parfum and therefore would not purchase this fragrance, also because the quality and performance of La Rive fragrances, in my experience, are often not that great.
Nonetheless, this fragrance has potential.
La Rive captures the DNA of Vanilla 28 quite well here, even though it is not a 1:1 dupe.
Kudos for that!

I'm not a fan of dupes and unfortunately, I've fallen for them too many times. So far, there has always been something that didn't smell like the original to my nose. And that's actually how it should be. I've sworn to myself to buy the original instead, true to the motto "if you buy cheap, you always buy twice!"

By chance, a few days ago I stumbled upon Fleur Antique while watching an influencer on YouTube. Since I guard my Kayali 10ml Vanilla 28 bottle like my own eye and use it very sparingly, I became curious and intrigued.

Today I was in the city, so I went straight to Müller and headed for the LA RIVE shelf, searched for the scent, sprayed it, and... no, it couldn't be. I thought I'd let it dry down first, and then the scent would change enough to smell completely different. But that didn't happen. I sprayed it several more times, on strips, on my skin, always with the same feeling that I didn't smell any difference from Kayali.

For €7.99, I took it home and compared it again. I'm sorry, and I'm sure it's a personal perception, as everyone experiences scents differently, but this time I really can't smell any difference from the original.

I'll continue testing for a few more days; maybe I'll notice something that I didn't catch in such a short time, but so far I can wholeheartedly recommend all fans of Vanilla 28 to try Fleur Antique for themselves if you want to save some money. This caramelized sugary vanilla is just so great and has incredible longevity. And all at this unbelievably low price.

However, the name of the fragrance "Fleur Antique" doesn't make any sense to me at all. I have no idea what it has to do with flowers/blooms.

First off, I'll just say it straight: really great work has been done here. Chapeau! A wonderfully good, inexpensive, yet not cheap, well-executed counterpart to the lady with the 28, from the drugstore segment.
A warm, amber-spicy dark adult vanilla, paired with a subtle soft jasmine and musk note. Additionally, there's a sweet, restrained patchouli joining in.
Discovered at my trusted Rossmann, I tested it on-site and immediately packed it... of course, I paid for it!
On first use, I noticed a distinct alcohol note, which quickly faded away. This is not a boozy perfume. Over time and into the dry down, the beautiful vanilla becomes more and more prominent, even powdery, and the similarity to the 28 lady with the vanilla grows stronger. The sillage is really nice, the scent aura very inviting, and the longevity on the skin is moderate, while on clothing it lasts significantly longer.
Absolute recommendation.
Love at the first sniff!

At the sight of your youthful appearance, I indulge in early memories of a carefree time, and a quiet melancholy overtakes me. Stories and experiences that brimmed with vitality and a thirst for adventure. In an earlier century, this would likely have become a legend, one that the elders would have shared everywhere and surely adorned a few pages of the Anderssons' fairy tales.
Your soul, a reflection of sweetness and grace. Your heart wide open, as if you were absorbing, accepting, and loving all that exists. And yet, there is that longing that is meant for only one. It is this astonishing similarity in how we yearn after consummate passion. This desire makes us kindred spirits, a kind of symbiosis, whose foundation may be different, yet the drama has the same depth.
You cannot yet fathom the dramaturgy of this longing, and I wish for you a gentler path.
Your beautiful face, whose lovely features are framed by pitch-black hair, with snow-white skin, fairy-like unreal yet truly beautiful. I become aware of how quickly time slips away and that earthly existence is finite. It almost seems as if I have raced through the 20th century in a time machine with an integrated turbo cylinder over all these years.
Our soul acquaintance was not brought together by chance, and we know that this connection endures, no matter what may come. No matter how many years separate us, what stories we experience, or which ones we will still write.
The scent that surrounds your figure like a fine aura is lovely. It reminds one of fresh pastries, of towers made of sugar cane and vanilla, the canopy of woods hinting at a touch of 1001 nights. Even if only faintly.

Out of pure kindness, you gifted me the fragrance. I often and gladly wear Fleur antique and keep it safely with me like a talisman. My office colleagues always associate the scent with a warm, cozy bakery, where the cakes and sweets conjure a vanilla heaven.

Thank you for our paths crossing in this wondrous way. You understood me without me ever having to explain myself. You believed in me like no one ever has.

You came, saw, and stayed.

Forever grateful.