Les Gourmandises

Saint Honoré 2024

Saint Honoré by Nicolaï / Parfums de Nicolaï
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7.8 / 10 93 Ratings
A new perfume by Nicolaï / Parfums de Nicolaï for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is gourmand-sweet. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Sweet
Creamy
Spicy
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BergamotBergamot PepperPepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
HazelnutHazelnut MilkMilk Orange blossomOrange blossom
Base Notes Base Notes
Tonka beanTonka bean MuskMusk Vanilla absoluteVanilla absolute AmberAmber SandalwoodSandalwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.893 Ratings
Longevity
8.075 Ratings
Sillage
7.375 Ratings
Bottle
7.674 Ratings
Value for money
7.556 Ratings
Submitted by Segel88, last update on 02/15/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Les Gourmandises" collection.

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Reviews

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7.5
Scent
Tracershy

115 Reviews
Tracershy
Tracershy
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Why is hazelnut so short-lived?
The scent is nice, but I expected it to charm me more, but in the meantime, there is no delight. It is simply ok.
The best part is the opening and the hazelnut note. The first seconds are quite strange and unclear, but after a while, when the scent settles on the skin, a beautiful hazelnut emerges. For a moment, it reminds me of nougat chocolates, which I love, except that it is nougat without chocolate. Over time, the nuttiness begins to disappear and the scent becomes more and more creamy, buttery and milky, but with spicy nuances. At times, a dried fruit accord breaks through, such as from Christmas Eve compote or winter tea that is drunk during the holiday season, where plums and cloves are not spared.
I look at the notes and I cannot believe that there is no incense here. When the nuts disappear, I can clearly smell church incense - candles are burning in the church walls and the scent of incense is in the air - that's how I feel it.
After about an hour, the magic disappears quite quickly, the scent becomes very flattened and very close to the skin. Roasted chestnuts, already a bit hackneyed in other perfumes, remain, only this time as if they were thrown into sweet milk after roasting.
A small projection that will not bother anyone makes Saint Honore a good candidate for Christmas Eve dinner. In general, I see this scent mainly for use on Christmas Day, although on the other hand I know better options for this occasion.
If the scent remained as in the opening, I would be delighted, but the further into the forest, the more average. It is nice and not even that sweet, but that is a bit too little. Longevity is good, but projection is low. Overall value for money is average.
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6.5
Scent
Pollita

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Pollita
Pollita
Top Review 49  
Propylene glycol, glycerine and hazelnut flavoring
Today, e-cigarettes are almost as ubiquitous as perfumes with an extremely strong aura. With some of these chemical smells, it is often not clear to me at first sniff whether it is a perfume or a vaporizer. I mean those huge e-cigarettes that look more like a monstrous cigarette packet with a cigar-sized cigarette sticking out of it. Do you know them? As a rule, these devices are in constant use by users and fog up entire rooms and sometimes even sports fields.

Yes, I admit it. I also tried electric cigarettes once, even if it was a while ago. As a former smoker, I found it interesting at the time. At the time, the devices even looked like cigarettes. And I actually liked vaping hazelnut liquid, because I have a weakness for chocolate, especially nougat, noisette and the like. Why did I give it up again? I was bothered by the aftertaste that the base ingredients, mostly propylene glycol and glycerine, left in my mouth. When the hazelnut disappears, the taste eventually becomes dull, chemically plastic-like and unpleasant.

It's a similar story with this fragrance. It immediately reminds me of the liquid for e-cigarettes. Not only does it perfectly replicate the familiar hazelnut aroma, which I still find very nice, but it also manages to transport the rather unpleasant aftertaste of the liquid into my bathroom. The fragrance has an artificial base that reminds me most of plastic or rubber. In addition, there are unpleasant woody notes to my nose, which I have noticed in so many sweet fragrances, especially those that are particularly popular with young men at the moment. Yes, from a distance it can smell pleasant overall, but on me a perfume like this would very quickly annoy me enormously. Even more than the aftertaste of electric cigarettes did. In addition, the sillage is extremely powerful by Nicolaï standards.

No, I don't need anything like that. Especially not from Nicolaï. Although I have to admit that the more recent creations from the house haven't really convinced me for a while. Iris Medicis Intense, Victoire, none of them are really my cup of tea anymore. It's all this modern aroma chemistry, which I don't like. I miss the filigree that used to be typical of the house. Beastmode was also not on Nicolaï's agenda back then. Today, unfortunately, that seems to be an important criterion. So many brands are gradually jumping on this bandwagon.

No, I'm out here. Even if the fragrance is nowhere near as bad for my nose as a Tobacco Honey from Guerlain, for example.

Thanks to SiriusK for sharing and the testing opportunity.
36 Comments
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Robin23

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Robin23
Robin23
Helpful Review 14  
Love at first sniff
Wow, this one really blew me away. My buddy and I were actually about to leave Parfums Lubner, but then the salesman came around the corner with this novelty... I took one whiff, then a simple "DIGGA" and then I immediately said that I would take the 30ml bottle straight away.
This fragrance is of course very gourmand (it also comes from Patricia Nicolai's Gourmand range) and actually smells to me mainly of a sweet nut, or a combination of hazelnut and chocolate. For me, this simply results in a fragrance that smells like a nut nougat cream. I already know that this fragrance is perfect for Christmas for me. Due to the fragrance DNA, I can also see it being very strong in fall/winter.
The price of 76€ for 30ml is more than fair for me, because you really get a very special fragrance that you definitely haven't smelled before in any other form or in this way.

Therefore, I would absolutely recommend buying it when the fragrance is officially on the market. I was lucky enough to be able to get hold of the fragrance in advance exclusively at Lubner in Hamburg.
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7
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8
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9.5
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LauraA

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LauraA
LauraA
Helpful Review 16  
Fresh hazelnut cream
Sounds crazy, but it's true.
I tried the fragrances from Parfums de Nicolai and didn't expect much. As I had heard that it was a fragrance house in the very classic French style, I thought at the beginning that it might not be for me, but I was proved wrong. Many of the brand's fragrances smell absolutely fantastic to my nose and you can really smell the quality. Above all, however, Saint honore has flashed me. The fragrance starts with a slightly molecular hazelnut cream and is therefore not too sweet at all. It is very slightly earthy, but still super balanced. The fragrance warms up beautifully on the skin and becomes warmer and slightly sweeter over time, but it never becomes too much. The sillage is nice, you are noticed but it is not a beast, which is a good thing. The longevity is also great and totally sufficient. A wonderful fragrance that fits well into the cool season but would not be too much in spring either, as it is not a cardboard-sweet gourmand, but a wonderfully created masterpiece, the niece of Guerlain. A great brand with unique fragrances and Saint Honore is definitely my favorite!
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Yv702

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Yv702
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Sweet tartlet with cherry topping
The day before yesterday I smelled the fragrance for the first time in the Alterhaus and was completely irritated. I was completely misled by the name and the hype. Cardboard sweet with cherry. Nevertheless, I have learned that there is usually something to the hype. At least I find the brand mega exciting and it went with me (surprisingly for me too). I don't smell the hazelnut, in my head I heard an unlisted clove and even in the drydown the hazelnut doesn't reveal itself to me, but maybe it's simply drowned out by the cardboardy sweetness with cherry as the icing on the cake....then my gaze falls on the packaging....two stupid, one thought.... remains to be understood whether we will become friends, 30ml it has time to reveal itself to me.
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SayreBeaSayreBea 2 months ago
This has one of the most prominent and beautiful hazelnut notes I've ever experienced.
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BrianNewYorkBrianNewYork 4 months ago
8
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8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7.5
Scent
My 1st gourmand! Bought this & Pavlova. Typically not my thing. Not TOO sweet. Enjoying wearing it and trying a new genre.
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