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Collection Rem

Rem Réminiscence 1996 Eau de Toilette

6.5 / 10 47 Ratings

A perfume by Réminiscence for women, released in 1996. The scent is fresh-aquatic. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Fresh

Aquatic

Synthetic

Sweet

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Marine notes Jasmine

Jasmine

Lilac

Heart Notes

Fenugreek

Patchouli

Base Notes

Bourbon vanilla

Tonka bean

White musk

Ratings

Scent

6.547 Ratings

Longevity

6.439 Ratings

Sillage

5.935 Ratings

Bottle

6.350 Ratings

Value for money

7.914 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 10/10/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection Collection Rem.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/12/2013

valandria
30 Reviews

valandria

Very helpful Review 2

An expensive body spray...

I really like Rem a lot: very refreshing and cool, but I have body sprays that last longer on my skin and cost much less, too. I think this scent would be very good in hot, humid, and tropical climates where you might want to keep in the refrigerator and spritz on several times a day. I pick up some coconut in this, but it could just be me since it's not listed in the notes.

07/24/2023

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Ringtale
135 Reviews

Ringtale

1

The smell of the beach from a distance

I live at about 6 miles away from the beach and this is exactly what I smell when, in summer, the beach is crowded with people enjoying their day there and when the wind comes from the sea.
I always think of Reminiscence as a house that makes scents for reminiscing and with Rem EDT they are spot on when it comes to that feeling of happiness that summer is finally there.
I don't feel like this is a perfume, it is a scent. It smells a bit salty, but at the same time a bit sweet (not cloying!) and dreamy; like the smell of the sea, mixed with scented sun tan lotions (though this does not smell like sun tan lotion at all, so don't expect anything like EL Sun Goddess or Guerlain Terracotta ).
I'm surprised to see the low ratings for sillage and longevity though! In fact, with this EDT, I'm very careful not to overspray because I find it very strong and long lasting. It is a very distinct scent and if you spray too much, you may feel 'locked in' and self conscious about what others may think and it will just loose it's beauty. I spray only a little on my chest and a little on my lower back.
That way, I get pleasant whiffs of it now and then and people ask me what I am wearing, telling me they love it.

I remember how I discovered this scent: I was purchasing something else, but had looked around in the shop and had sprayed a tiny little spray of Rem on my forearm. When I left the shop and unlocked my bike, I thought: "What is this gorgeous scent I'm smelling?!"
It obviously was Rem because I had not tried anything else and had no perfume on me that day and, though feeling a little embarassed, I went back to the shop and changed my initial purchase for Rem :-).

06/11/2023

7.5Scent

DogiCoco
637 Reviews

DogiCoco

1

Salty vanilla ahead of its time

Rem is a 90s aquatic that fits in with the salted vanilla trend of the Iast few years. Its oceanic notes are not like the typical calone fragrances à la Cool Water that were popular back then, they feel more salty, ozonic and mineralic. Not entirely realistic, but far from the nose-burning synthetic freshness of ocean scented cleaning products and shower gels. I only know fenugreek from Indian food and I don't find it that prominent in here, but it adds a slightly spicy touch to the saltiness that makes the overall impression more natural.
Underneath the ocean breeze lie some soft, creamy florals. I can't say that I instantly recognize any of the listed floral notes, but jasmine and lilac make sense to me, while rose really isn't perceptible at all. The flowers are at their strongest in the opening.
Later the vanilla and tonka come out to add some warmth to the base, while the ozonic ocean notes never vanish.

Rem is a tad too sharp for my personal taste, but I do like it. I prefer the gorgeous Rem Coco though. Creamy coconut is the perfect addition to this.

01/14/2019

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Mirimi
34 Reviews

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Mirimi

Helpful Review 10

Quintessence of salty sunscreen skin on the beach of St. Maxim

(unfortunately I wrote this comment under Rminissenvce de Reminissence and it belongs here!!)
Sorry.
So now my dilettante novice description (I’ve been 10 years without perfume)

Years ago in St. Maxim, I stumbled upon the Reminissence Boutique and - although I am absolutely not a fan of gourmand or vanilla scents, I fell in love shockingly back then.
THIS is exactly how summer smells on the Côte d'Azur. Spicy in the sense of sea air, pine, WITHOUT being aquatic like Cool Water... no...
Sunscreen mixes in - funny that no neroli is mentioned as an ingredient...
Warm sand, cream, sunny skin, sea air - salty, Tarte Tropezienne, with a hint of hinterland under eucalyptus trees, pine forests, and dry earth... Wonderful.

I wouldn’t call it spicy though... Rather a creamy aquate without any watery notes and no real green notes...

I find this scent extraordinary. I have never smelled anything comparable.

03/09/2011

5Scent 10Longevity

Chrisantiss
525 Reviews

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Chrisantiss

Very helpful Review 4

Artificial

Apart from patchouli, this fragrance contains only soft notes, so I expected a creamy, sweet, and very musky scent.
But in this composition, things can go wrong, and unfortunately, that is the case here.

It starts off soft and sweet, so I was quite taken with it at first. The musk is bright and clear and would be wonderful. Would be... if it weren't for patchouli and vanilla entering the scene.
I suspect patchouli brings in that slightly smoky note, and thus the beautiful musk turns into a plastic-like scent that smells a bit burnt and artificially sweet.
Vanilla and smoky notes almost always go wrong in my opinion, or rather in my nose.
So it is here as well. What a shame.

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Statements

11 short views on the fragrance

nicolassssss

1 month ago

10Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

1

makes you smell like the mako mermaids cave

Jazzy76

7 years ago

7Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

1

Attractive for its turquoise bottle, it's a fresh and pleasant scent perfect in summer,but I find it too expensive for its weak sillage

Heikeso

3 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

12

Okay, the sound of the sea here is basically just from a recording... but since I like such synthetic scents, I enjoy it. Summery-fresh...

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Greenfan1701

1 year ago

6.5Scent 5Longevity

12

7

Is this the right one? I don't know, it's too undefined for me, a bit cool, a bit spicy, a bit clover or something like that? Well.

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Nale

4 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

11

2

Unjustly forgotten... Rem smells of summer, sun, sea, salt, sunscreen... really great and perfect for summer :)

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Gold

4 years ago

7Scent 10Longevity 8Sillage

10

9

Proto-type for this strong sea scent from the lab, synthetic, fresh-fennel-like. Or is it fenugreek? It definitely bothers me.

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Anika

3 years ago

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

9

1

Incredibly great! A sweet cloud that lasts and lasts and lasts. A radiant scent: vanilla & tonka are always there, plus sea moments *sigh*

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Schokololly

2 years ago

6

Love at second sight. This is the feminine counterpart to Acqua di Sale. That one was too masculine for me. Rem is feminine, soft, and blurred.

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Rieke2021

3 years ago

4Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

3

Beautiful flowers at the start. Quickly swept away by a sea breeze. Green-herbaceous with a strange tonka vanilla. In the dry down, increasingly synthetic.

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