Pluie de Soleil
Burst Of Summer
2011

Pluie de Soleil / Burst Of Summer by Phaedon
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6.6 / 10 57 Ratings
A perfume by Phaedon for women and men, released in 2011. The scent is fruity-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity
Sweet
Fresh
Floral
Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BergamotBergamot LemonLemon
Heart Notes Heart Notes
PineapplePineapple StrawberryStrawberry White peachWhite peach FreesiaFreesia
Base Notes Base Notes
SandalwoodSandalwood CashmeranCashmeran VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.657 Ratings
Longevity
6.244 Ratings
Sillage
5.847 Ratings
Bottle
6.850 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05.10.2023.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
ScentStudio

141 Reviews
ScentStudio
ScentStudio
1  
Fruity, juvenile and fleeting
I went to Perfumeria Impressium on my tour-de-Warsaw-perfumes, but I got there quite late, ten minutes before they were closing. I know myself how irritating it is to have customers just before closing hours, so I was frantically smelling and trying to decide which fragrance samples to purchase. Key word is "trying", because I had no clue which fragrances I ended up taking with me when walking out the store.
One of them was Pluie de Soleil by Phaedon, which was recommended to me by the seller. I don't know why, but after trying Lamar by Kajal I was on a pineapple mission! Mile High by Parle Moi de Parfum failed me, others I tried where too synthetic, but apparently Pluie de Soleil was acceptable since I got it. Who knows, I was in a frantic haze!
Pluie de Soleil is sweet and summery at the opening. No specific notes come to mind, however. The fragrance is fruity in a somewhat tropical way and I get a hint of something floral.
The notes in Pluie de Soleil are in fact pineapple, strawberry, Amalfi lemon, freesia, musk, sandalwood and bergamot. I get the mixture of pineapple and strawberry, but it is quite synthetic on my skin. After trying Lamar from Kajal, no pineapple seems to compare!
Pluie de Soleil is in quality more like a designer fragrance, if it stood next to Juicy Couture, I wouldn't be surprised.

The fragrance is also very fleeting on my skin. Three big sprays, but already after dry down, it is very hard to detect.

Fruity fragrances do not have to be juvenile, yet Pluie de Soleil is. Even after dry down, when the musk is more prevalent, the scent is an early twenties fragrance at best. What a shame. I love the bottle and the thought of a pineapple fragrance in my collection, but unfortunately Pluie de Soleil is a miss.
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Pricing
8
Bottle
4
Sillage
5
Longevity
9
Scent
Hejeddie

7 Reviews
Hejeddie
Hejeddie
2  
Like it
This one was my first perfume. I smell rasberry and citrus and I like it, but it is not my own favourite.
If you like it, you maybe like carner barcelona Bo-Bo as well. I think it smells like a fruitbowl you eat for starter.
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Scent
Sherapop

1239 Reviews
Sherapop
Sherapop
2  
Is this Coty Prestige?
I am confused by Phaedon PLUIE DE SOLEIL, and if the provenance of my sample were not the dependable Guusjes, I'd suspect a decanting error. Why? Because this perfume is to my nose an average fruity-floral composition of the Coty Prestige kind. This could easily have been the juice inside one of the GMO-modified insect bottles from Marc Jacobs.

I confess to not being fond of pineapple and strawberry as perfume notes, and my understanding is that fruits are always synthetically mimicked, which implies that any creation this fruity is bound to have a synthetic cast. I'm sure that PLUIE DE SOLEIL would work for anyone who enjoys wearing mainstream designer fruit-heavy abstract fragrances. But why pay niche prices for this? Abstract freesia? Canned fruits in light syrup?

Needless to say: not for me.

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January 19, 2015 update: I found another vial of this fragrance while moving. My opinion has not improved in the least. Could just as well be a Marc Jacobs flanker in a garish bottle. Désolée.

I am tossing the rest of this vial--a rarity, I assure you...
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Scent
Awesomeness

247 Reviews
Awesomeness
Awesomeness
1  
Must sample if you like fruity florals.
If you're going to wear a fruity floral, it might as well be this one.

For a fruity floral, Pluie de Soleil is GREAT. I primarily get strawberries, although there is a tad of pineapple lurking in the backgroud. All other accords are difficult to breakdown. Pluie de Soleil stays light & bright through 2 hours or so of wear. Then it descends into a typical woody-musky base.

Overall, Pluie de Soleil feels youthful, happy & sunny, just as a fragrance in this category should. It seems to contain high-quality ingredients. I am not irritated by the freesia, which I often get in mass market fragrances. Marked unisex but definitely on the femme side - there are not many men I know who would wear this.

Pluie de Soleil is not my cup of tea. In fact, during my sample, I also dabbed on the berry-rich Givenchy Hot Couture No 1 to compare. The Hot Couture is dark, moody & brooding by comparison, which I prefer and is apparently more my style, lol. Nevertheless, Pluie de Soleil definitely is a must-sample ... provided you like this category of fragrances.
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