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Nouveau Genre Yves Rocher 2019

7.8 / 10 123 Ratings

A popular perfume by Yves Rocher for women, released in 2019. The scent is sweet-woody. It was last marketed by Groupe Rocher.
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Main accords

Sweet

Woody

Earthy

Gourmand

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Indonesian patchouli

Tonka bean

White musk

Perfumer

Marie Salamagne

Ratings

Scent

7.8123 Ratings

Longevity

7.3105 Ratings

Sillage

6.9103 Ratings

Bottle

5.9100 Ratings

Value for money

8.556 Ratings

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/06/2023

ScentStudio
156 Reviews

ScentStudio

1

Tried to love it...

Nouveau Genre instantaneously begins to transform into a fragrance that made me think of Unknown Pleasures by Kerosene. When trying Nouveau Genre for the first time, I immediately thought of a Kerosene fragrance, but I struggled to pinpoint which. After another wear, I was certain that it was my dear Unknown Pleasures though in a different vail.

Nouveau Genre, close to the skin, is a pure raw honey fragrance, sweet, but also naturally sour. From a distance, it flutters between a fresh note of citrus, a slight note of tea and a delicious sweetness. This is why it reminds me so much of Unknown Pleasures, Nouveau Genre is a milder, more muted interpretation of the wonderfully beasty Kerosene fragrance. I only wish that this fragrance had a longer lasting power.

On paper, Nouveau Genre is a fresh and woody fragrance with a strong patchouli note. It is very similar to how it is on skin, but without the honey depth.
I do not feel confident yet when it comes to patchouli, but from the descriptions of other fragrance enthusiasts I guess Nouveau Genre is a woodsy patchouli fragrance.
My friends always say "oh, you are wearing that delicious coconut perfume" when I'm wearing Unknown Pleasures, I do not smell coconut at all, but I've been reading and viewing reviews of Nouveau Genre and some say that they smell coconut in that too. That's such a puzzle to me! It might be the tonka? Have you tried it? How would you describe Nouveau Genre by Yves Rocher?

07/19/2024

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Raluko111
435 Reviews

Raluko111

1

Wild Jungle Cocoa and Patchouli.

What did Yves Rocher have against this dark, deep chocolate to discontinue it?! Because I swear it's pretty darn good. So good, that I want to bite my wrist, like a greedy, craving cannibal. I don't get why it was discontinued, but I know for sure that it didn't deserve this fate. So what if you don't like patchouli? In here, the plant creates the illusion of a raw, unprocessed cocoa, still full of the wilderness of the jungle from which it was harvested. It starts to sweeten slightly as it dries down.

I have a theory: I think it just couldn't compete with the sweet, gourmand recent tendencies in perfumery. A real pity.

Oare ce-au avut cei de la Yves Rocher împotriva ciocolatei astea întunecată și adâncă? Că zău că e a naibii de bună! Așa de bună că-mi vine să-mi mușc încheietura, ca un canibal incestuos. Sau un canibal narcisist?! Habar n-am, singurul lucru care-l știu cu siguranță e că Nouveau Genre chiar nu merita soarta asta. Și ce dacă nu-ți place paciuli? Aici, plăntuța creează iluzia unei arome de cacao raw, neprocesată, încă plină de sălbăticia junglei unde a crescut. Ea începe să se îndulcească cu timpul, in dry down.

Am și eu o teorie: am impresia că acel cumpărător țintă pentru Yves Rocher sunt femeile, și poate Nouveau Genre nu suferea de acea dulceață gurmandă evidentă pe care majoritatea femeilor o așteaptă de la parfumurile "mall scents." Parfumul poate că a fost prezentat ca Pour Homme, sau poate că întunericul ciocolatei nu a putut face competiție cu așteptările pentru dulcegării. Păcat. Mare păcat.

07/28/2020

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

pudelbonzo
2405 Reviews

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pudelbonzo

Top Review 13

on clouds

The Rocher discount voucher fluttered into the house - and lo and behold, my favorite L'eau comme une evidence is on sale.

That's a reason to set off!

But in the store, a new fragrance is displayed on a pedestal and wants to be tried.
Nouveau Genre.

Even the first spray immediately has me in its grip, as this full, sweet-bitter cloud is enchanting.
Grated dark chocolate, garnished with cocoa powder, pleasantly caresses my nose.
Patchouli dims the sweetness and keeps the scent flowing.
Softly, Tonka rounds off this treat.

I am reminded of Muse, but Nouveau presents a distinct patchouli bitterness.

I pack L'eau and Nouveau, and float out of the store as if on clouds.

Even my husband nods approvingly - although now two bottles have landed in the bag.

But even he cannot resist the charm of Nouveau.

08/31/2020

7.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Spektrum
113 Reviews

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Spektrum

Top Review 14

Patchouli Perfume - without freshness and without flowers

This is clearly the long-awaited return of Néonatura Cocoon by fans, unfortunately in the dull uniform bottle. I owned it back then; it was a going-out perfume, perfect for black parties in dimly lit basements. I can't detect any difference from the scent back then; it smells exactly like my stored fragrance memory. At least after it has fully developed, perhaps the process is slightly different.
Upon spraying, you immediately recognize patchouli, hitting the goth association right on the nose as a top note. That’s fun. Then it quickly becomes softer, a bit vanilla-sweet and dark-chocolatey.
In the store, I sprayed some on a strand of hair, and it was almost too intense for me, what wafted around me. After about an hour or so, the sillage retreated to a non-intrusive level. The base is bitter cocoa with a hint of earth (on the paper strip, hours later), the sweetness from the tonka-vanilla remains in the mix.
I almost took it with me. But: I am, especially regarding my own life, not particularly retro enthusiastic. I also had a special preference back then for scents that consisted of classic base notes, which has changed a bit.
Instead, I started testing something with So Elixir in the Y.R. store, and the jasmine immediately captivated me again.
But there are also such and such days, some for feminine, friendly-radiant jasmine and some for more introverted-sensual goth scents...
And I also don't think it's autumn enough for this one yet.

01/03/2022

8.5Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

Naimie54
115 Reviews

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Top Review 15

Actually...

... Nouveau Genre is a fragrance from my wife's collection. A few days before Christmas, I browsed the Yves Rocher store in the city for some cosmetics and bought the bottle because I liked it so much.
Then later at home after a few hours, I thought, "the scent is quite earthy."
So, I have worn Nouveau Genre several times in the last few days, and I find it quite good.

The opening is very spicy and a bit sweet. It really reminds me of dark chocolate or cocoa. The sweetness is very well integrated for me, not disturbing at all.
In fact, after a while, an earthy note emerges, but it's still quite pleasant for me. And there is also a faint hint of vanilla present.

Nouveau Genre does not have a significant development; sometimes the sweetness is in the foreground, then again the spicy earthy cocoa note.

The fragrance is classified by Yves Rocher as a women's scent, but in my opinion, it can be worn by men at any time. Now in the colder season, it comes into its own particularly well.
The longevity is good at around seven hours, but the projection becomes very close to the skin after a short time. The bottle feels good in the hand, although the cap is quite tight, and the spray head could disperse the fragrance a bit finer.

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Statements

49 short views on the fragrance

SchatzSucher

5 years ago

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

28

13

Warm-spicy patchouli refined with tonka on a woody base with creamy musk. Not too sweet and not too loud. Very successful.

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Licorice

3 years ago

5Scent

21

26

Maltol-sweet fruitchouli with
macadamia butter?
A few characterless
patch leaves passed
by it.
Fruit nut syrup.

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Violett

5 years ago

7Scent

18

13

A rather mediocre praline that Yves offers here. Chocolate, caramel, a hint of cinnamon. You could find something like this in an Ikea Advent calendar.

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Ergoproxy

5 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 5Sillage

17

13

Smells more expensive than expected. A lovely combo of patchouli, tonka, creamy blended, and without much development.

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Pluto

5 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

17

6

Patchouli with chocolate, gourmand with a restrained, dry freshness from a musk note.

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Behmi

5 years ago

9Scent 6Longevity 7Sillage

16

7

My nose is glued to my wrist, greedily inhaling. This scent grounds me, calms me, gives me strength through its spice - not musty, harmonious, and brilliant!

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