Idôle Lancôme 2019

To me this is a strong perfume, probably because of the chypre. It’s all about floral and rather complicated to my nose. I honestly can’t discern between the Roses and the bergamot. Smells so 1990’s to me.

The perfumes lays heavy on me. One squirt is plenty, and almost too much for me to handle. Unfortunately for me I bought blindly and have a full size bottle that I’m trying to wear every so often with hopes I begin loving it (or standing it).

It’s headache producing for an hour. I want to love it, but it’s such a difficult fragrance for me. I have an aversion to oak moss, and it’s detected here. However, after an hour things start to slow down. The florals start coming out, not so harshly, allowing me to breathe again and enjoy the fragrance.

Having said all of this, I wouldn’t have bought this perfume had I known I’d experience the discomforts of this scent bomb, but it’s manageable after a couple hours.

I decided to test out Idôle after trying out one of its flankers (Aura). I love going through originals and their flankers to determine the difference between them and see how they have evolved (and the thought process behind it all).

Like others have already said, it's a nice citrusy, fresh rose, but there's not much more to it. I don't want to say it's basic, since it sounds insulting, but there's not much more depth to it. Idôle is perfect if you want to wear a feminine rose fragrance and not much else (which is totally fine). Since it is almost one-note, I'm pretty sure you could layer it with other rose products to add rose power to the scent or try and experimenting it with other perfumes for nice layering. It's not heavy or loud, it's not powdery and it's a nice floral with a hint of sweetness (probably from the jasmine).

I'm glad I have bought a 10ml travel size because, although it is nice, I don't think I will be going for a full bottle. I've seen better interpretations of roses out there (I prefer the flanker Aura).

I usually don’t like rose, but it turns out I just don’t like it when it’s dusty or the main note in a scent.
This perfume has a juicy mix of pears and roses, and there’s a strong vanilla accord that I can smell on the shirt I sprayed for six days after throwing it in the dirty laundry. Maybe I’m talking out of nowhere, but I feel like the scent kind of emanates a clean skin aura that makes you smell freshly washed and ultra feminine.
This is a lovely perfume for any people who want to smell sweet and clean.
It’s also not cloying to me.
However, it might be too strong for an office with its insane longevity and sillage, unless you sprayed only once, very lightly.

Such a beautiful fragrance; an extremely elegant white floral and rose that's clean, paired with a vanilla bourbon base that is *very* lowkey yet pulls it all together.

I think this is a fragrance almost any woman regardless of age can wear as long as their attitude is graceful and feminine. I absolutely love this one.

This seems far stronger than the EDT, which I occasionally like. But the rose is more intense and less jammy. There's also a green and creamy quality to this one that reminds me of lily-of-the-valley. I do like the girly-musk note. However, it's overall too strong for me, even with just one small spray per wrist. Honestly, I like it best after I've attempted to wash it off and it's not so intense. Still, it's not really my favorite kind of rose.