Solar Fleur (Eau de Parfum) by Being Frenshe

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Solar Fleur Being Frenshe 1963 Eau de Parfum

8.3 / 10 46 Ratings

A popular perfume by Being Frenshe for women, released in 1963. The scent is chypreartig-floral. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Chypre

Floral

Spicy

Woody

Green

Fragrance Notes

Aromatic woods

Bitter orange

Bulgarian rose Spices

Spices

Tea blossom Tropical plants

Ratings

Scent

8.346 Ratings

Longevity

8.135 Ratings

Sillage

7.031 Ratings

Bottle

7.843 Ratings

Submitted by Lilith, last update on 05/18/2025.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Vivre (1971) Parfum

Douceur de Vivre

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/04/2024

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

SwabGames
86 Reviews

SwabGames

1

Unexpected in every sense

When I got my hands on a bottle of eau de toilette, at the first sniff from the bottle (I had the fluid version), I wouldn’t say that it was a feminine scent. Apart from the alcohol, you can smell the citruses. When you apply it to your hand, you immediately feel bergamot and green leaves. This aroma is slightly different from the original sensation in its softness. In the middle, jasmine, iris and rose begin to smell. The aroma has completely changed, becoming sweet and floral. And at the end the aroma begins to smell of sandalwood, moss and leather. The aroma at the end becomes fresher, more premium. Very cool scent

05/28/2015

BrianBuchanan
356 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

Helpful Review 2

cosmetics and Tweed

A dry herbal green chypre featuring a smooth body of lilac, cyclamen and jasmin.
Rose and aldehydes act as the main modifiers. Musk ambrette can be found in the base.

Vivre belongs to the deeply unfashionable genre of tailored chypres along with such greats as Givenchy III and Y.

Thanks to Max Gavarry for the analysis based on an Osmothèque reconstruction.

09/22/2012

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Medusa00
648 Reviews

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Medusa00

Very helpful Review 17

Oh, what do we have here? Schüpreeee!

It's strange how they keep finding their way back to me, even though I haven't smelled a Schüpreee in such a long time, haha. Jumpeidi and Jumpeida, schnapps is good against cholera... Jokes aside, seriousness comes, and many of you know my chypre-tinged collection.
Turandot mentioned the similarity to Chanel No 5. That is - at least at the beginning - undeniable. But while No 5 spends quite a while indulging in all sorts of soapy aldehyde compounds, Vivre soon settles into a mild-spicy floral character. Powdery iris clearly takes the lead. The other flowers are so dense, none push forward. For quite a while, I thought: Well, a pretty, well-mannered chypre. Nothing animalistic-genius like Bandit, no melancholically dark beauty with a punch lasting 3 days like Paloma Picasso.
Later, Vivre gains depth. A fine leather note emerges, and warm noble woods make it elegant.
I don't like the labels: suitable for everyday and office wear. However, we have here a fine chypre that doesn't thunder, has no "puma pee" in the dry down, and no cool beavers (beaver cool was also often mixed in during the 1970s) make an appearance. Recommended for chypre newcomers ;-)

04/29/2011

8Scent 7.5Longevity

Turandot
654 Reviews

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Turandot

Top Review 17

Good Acquaintance

Despite the title, I must admit I have never encountered Vivre before. And yet, I am immediately transported back to the 70s; Vivre simply feels familiar to me.

I am greeted right away by a well-known aldehyde-bergamot note, and as was customary back then, some green and herbal elements follow closely behind. At first, one might think of Alliage, but Vivre takes a turn towards a floral parade, and since the aldehydes remain very present, the scent now reminds me of a stronger version of No.5. It is especially this heart note that evokes that familiar feeling of "I know this." And it’s not just the Chanel scent; it also brings to mind Madame by Rochas, a hint of Miss Dior, a pinch of Rive Gauche, and similar perfumes that seem to be related to Vivre. Feminine, slightly soapy-powdery, and in an elegant yet understated way, it is distinctly feminine.

Only as it develops does the perfume acquire a truly independent note, as myrrh and a soft, light leather now take the lead, giving Vivre more volume and making it noticeably more expansive, robust, and expressive.

If there is such a thing as an olfactory zeitgeist, the decade of the intriguing 70s is very well captured in Vivre.