Fleur de Délice / Guimauve / Mi Fa by Réminiscence

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L'Innocence

Fleur de Délice
Guimauve / Mi Fa
Réminiscence 2008

7.4 / 10 214 Ratings

A perfume by Réminiscence for women, released in 2008. The scent is sweet-gourmand. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Powdery

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Mint

Rosemary

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Neroli

Petitgrain

Base Notes

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

White musk

Perfumer

Jacques Flori

Ratings

Scent

7.4214 Ratings

Longevity

7.7181 Ratings

Sillage

7.2169 Ratings

Bottle

8.0175 Ratings

Value for money

8.154 Ratings

Submitted by Seglein · last update on 10/09/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the L'Innocence collection.

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Reviews

14 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/12/2022

Perfeptions
146 Reviews

Perfeptions

2

A chameleon

Guimauve Reminiscence is a chameleon of a perfume. On paper it smells like baby wipes, quite literally while on skin is a marshmallow heaven in the dry down. This is the type of perfume that needs your body warmth to evolve and develop, and it does, a lot! The scent profile is fairly common and popular nowadays. If you are interested into hearing more about it please check out this video review of mine on YouTube.

01/07/2022

ThereIsNoOwl
4 Reviews

ThereIsNoOwl

1

No layers, no texture

This one felt relentless and exhausting, all heart notes all the way through. I like light perfumes, I like gourmands and absolutely love aromatic notes, but here everything is so smoothly blended that the result is a bit grotesque. It's a sweetish smell that does not suggest any known confection, prickles the nose a bit (the herbs here, although not individually recognisable), and doesn't have a story to tell. I also find it unconvincing as a personal scent. It's a wall of smell without the sparkle of top notes or the depth and intimacy of a base. It's flat, it's dull and tiresome and I don't just mean that it's boring, but that it's the olfactory equivalent of an unwanted song stuck in your head.

02/24/2014

8Scent

Tiane
13 Reviews

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Tiane

Top Review 17

The Marshmallow Test

Réminiscence was not a term I was familiar with until now. More or less by chance, I came across a sample of 'MI FA'.
I find the scent absolutely enchanting, and from the very beginning, it felt incredibly familiar. What did it remind me of? Lann-ael? Maybe a little, but definitely no cereals here. Mandorlo Di Sicilia? Yes, a bit - but there was something else... Then it hit me: 'Love' by Kilian. That one is already on my wish list, but I couldn't bring myself to buy it because it's just too expensive for me. So I was even more delighted to think that with 'MI FA', I would now own an even more beautiful version of 'Love'. What a wonderful surprise! (Thanks Chrissy for that)

Regarding the similarity of the two fragrances:

Common notes according to the fragrance pyramids: Neroli, Jasmine, Musk, Vanilla. Both are powdery. Gourmand fragrances? 'MI FA' is clearly a gourmand fragrance (from the 'Les Notes Gourmandes' line), but I would also classify 'Love', even though it’s not obvious, as a gourmand. From the comments, it can already be inferred that for many, sweet powderiness and vanilla dominate in 'Love'. More clearly: According to Kilian, it is a "marshmallow inspiration." And 'MI FA' is now only sold under the name 'Gimauve' - Marshmallow. So a bit of similarity might not be far-fetched ;-)

Don't get me wrong, I definitely do not want to say that 'MI FA' is just a cheaper version of 'Love'. The two fragrances ultimately have their own distinct personalities.

In 'MI FA', I consistently smell a blend of vanilla, jasmine, and neroli. In contrast to 'Love', there is also a super delicious, naturally occurring almond (like in Mandorlo). Unfortunately, I don't know what pure neroli smells like, but I still suspect that the neroli note is significant for the character of the perfume.

In the opening, the vanilla-almond-jasmine core is overlaid with light spices and fresh notes, which is very pleasant and makes the scent more complex.
However, I only smell this top note very close to the skin and only for a relatively short time.
After that, the wonderful feel-good blend follows, which, in my opinion, develops very little (which does not bother me at all).

'MI FA' has what I consider an unusual sillage. I feel as if I am naturally enveloped in a fluffy cloud of scent and rarely remember that I am wearing a perfume. It's more like I occasionally ask myself, 'What smells so good?' only to be reminded of my pleasant companion.
When I then smell my wrist, I can't determine that the scent is more intense there. The smell is actually quite diffuse.

I can't quite understand why both 'Love' and 'MI FA' are said to smell like marshmallow. Because I would never associate the scents with marshmallow. But that could also be due to my lack of marshmallow expertise ^_^
(Whoever knows a type of marshmallow that Jacques Flori and Zoe Coste or even Calice Becker might have thought of when creating their "Marshmallow Fragrances," please let me know! If they taste as good as they smell...)

It is particularly noteworthy that 'MI FA' is not as loud as 'Love', comes across as more natural, and feels more sensual and close to the body.
Personally, I have never found 'Love' to be too strong or overwhelming. However, I can imagine that some noses might find it overwhelming or get a headache from it.
I can also understand a slightly synthetic note, although for me, it is hardly noticeable. I would argue that this issue does not exist with 'MI FA'.

C'est ça. We will be good friends. Hooked. More of this!

PS:
For those who, like me, immediately think a fragrance is off just because there’s a bit of patchouli in it (I once accused a saleswoman of this when I bought Rumeur by Lanvin from her and tested it for the first time), let me clarify: I don't smell any patchouli here.

09/15/2021

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Florecilla
16 Reviews

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Florecilla

Top Review 12

Hide and Seek in the Grass

Don't let my statement discourage you - the fragrance is by no means bad, but it did irritate me quite a bit at first. The name almost conjures up a fluffy, cozy marshmallow scent (Guimauve=Marshmallow) and I was curious how that would work - considering the lush herbal-floral-spicy-woody fragrance pyramid.

Well, it didn't work immediately. The scent actually starts off green and herbal, and only then does the warm sweetness come in, lingering on the skin for a while without changes. This note is not sticky or overpowering, but inviting and indeed reminiscent of a dessert - like marshmallow or cotton candy. Unfortunately, the woody base notes are barely perceptible to me.

The fragrance lasts about 7 hours on my skin, with moderate projection and sillage. On clothing, the scent lasts significantly longer and remains consistently pleasant.

So, my verdict is mixed - the fragrance initially hid its gourmand nature from me and showed me a long herbal-spicy tongue, the rascal! However, its marshmallow heart is in the right place and willingly provides several hours of cozy sweet warmth.

If you're looking for a cleaner and finer version of a Guimauve scent that lasts a bit longer on the skin, albeit at a significantly higher price, you might find this one appealing: Guimauve de Noël/31

02/25/2013

8Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

PennyPearl
108 Reviews

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PennyPearl

Top Review 11

Nivea Cream with Almond Powder

My first impression was: something balsamic-lightly spicy (perhaps the rosemary and mint), a few seconds of orange that quickly dissipated, and thick, creamy, slightly sweet Nivea cream.
In this form, I have never smelled a cream note in any perfume before!
In the background, a subtle, really NOT squeaky artificial vanilla emerges, still embedded in Nivea cream.
Soon after, the almond becomes present, which, together with the neroli note, ensures that the scent never becomes unbearably cloyingly sweet.
Then the initially very creamy Nivea scent turns powdery; cute, pink powder, without becoming "dust-dry powdery," yet the smell of (Nivea) cream remains, even though cream and powder actually contradict each other - in this case, they do not.
Mi Fa is not a classically heavy, sugary, dense gourmand, which I had feared a bit before the test; it is a very soft scent that I could still perceive on my wrist the next morning.
Certainly not a going-out party scent, I don’t find it childish - despite the playful bottle - it really surprised me because I expected something overly sweet and squeaky.
I perceive it as very fine and subtle, without being inconspicuous.

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