Flora Jade

Jade

Yardley 2014

I have had this fragrance in my collection for a long time, but I wanted to write a comment only after I could compare it to Chanel Cristalle, as it is said to be a fragrance twin, and it took a while before I could get a sample of the Chanel scent.

But first, the review without comparison. Jade is a fragrance where the bottle and packaging match extremely well with what I smell. Although marketed as a floral chypre, to me, Jade is more of a green scent. Jade starts with a lot of bergamot; I can hardly sense the peach - for me, the opening is almost metallic. Very quickly, the floral bouquet follows, in which the iris prevails (I consider Jade to be a good layering partner to Prada's Infusion d'Iris) - the scent becomes softer but retains a slightly metallic-herbaceous quality. And it continues like this as the base notes come into play. Jade never becomes soft, but I like that.

The comparison with Chanel Cristalle (EdT)* is difficult for me; I sense similarities, but I find Cristalle to be rounder, softer, and earthier. Jade, on the other hand, retains the initial metallic note (more critical contemporaries might rather use the term pair organic/synthetic here). For me, Jade has the absolutely fitting name, clear and cool like the mineral from which beautiful jewelry, but also weapons, can be made.

Longevity and sillage: like so many other fragrances, these two behave like Dr. Kimble for me, with Cristalle lasting a bit longer.

*It should be noted that I won the mini bottle in an online auction and think it is a piece from an old collection, meaning from the time before the reformulation. If my fragrance description sounds strange, it might be because of that.