07/07/2021
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Overall, I am quite taken with Fougère Emeraude. However, I don't find it that "fougerey": the green is extremely subtle, and the tuberose - which, by the way, isn't fleshy at all but rather slightly waxy - is much less dominant than the powdery-sweet lavender-mimosa-tonka combination. In this respect, the fragrance is completely different from what I had expected. The slight soapiness still reminds me most of a classic Fougère.
But is the fragrance beautiful! Balanced, elegant, flattering and optimistic. The structure is not very dense, the fragrance is not lush, you can wear it anytime. Only unfortunately, it lacks a bit of inner tension and liveliness. I miss the bitter mint of oakmoss or more earthy, leathery notes that would make the fragrance more classic and less adapted-modern. It's already quite uneventful, if undeniably luxurious (and outrageously expensive).
The name also raises false expectations; emerald green is nothing here. The said powdery-white-floral accord has so nothing at all of fern or leaves. After all, you can learn from Wikipedia that the so-called "dash" (so the mineral powder) of emerald is white
But is the fragrance beautiful! Balanced, elegant, flattering and optimistic. The structure is not very dense, the fragrance is not lush, you can wear it anytime. Only unfortunately, it lacks a bit of inner tension and liveliness. I miss the bitter mint of oakmoss or more earthy, leathery notes that would make the fragrance more classic and less adapted-modern. It's already quite uneventful, if undeniably luxurious (and outrageously expensive).
The name also raises false expectations; emerald green is nothing here. The said powdery-white-floral accord has so nothing at all of fern or leaves. After all, you can learn from Wikipedia that the so-called "dash" (so the mineral powder) of emerald is white
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