Eau Illuminée Parfums DelRae 2002

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A perfume by Parfums DelRae for women and men, released in 2002. The scent is green-citrusy. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Green

Citrus

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

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Top Notes

Basil

Bergamot

Heart Notes

French lavender

Wild herbs

Base Notes

Iris

Tonka bean

Labdanum

Oakmoss

Perfumer

Michel Roudnitska

Ratings

Scent

6.447 Ratings

Longevity

7.437 Ratings

Sillage

6.334 Ratings

Bottle

6.837 Ratings

Submitted by Toby, last update on 04.08.2019.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/06/2014

2.5
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

WRoth
154 Reviews

WRoth

Eau Illuminée

This fragrance opens with a melange of citrus, fruit and flower notes. The fruits and florals are sweet and creamy to which the citruses provide a welcome tart contrast. As a base for this delicious melange I see a barely detectable herbal note. This note becomes more prominent, once the top notes have all burned off. Roughly after an hour I see it very clearly: smokey lavender with a sweetish iris-like gloss. Very pleasant to wear, this scent is best-suited for balmy spring days. Although its starts strong and sweet, the fragrance loses strength rather fast.

09/08/2013

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 5
Scent

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

Redemption

EAU ILLUMINÉE is a very good quality fragrance, but not for me. It is somehow too fresh for my taste, even for humid summer days it is intrusive. If I should bet, I would say, that lemon, cedar and fig are there, but I have been deceived by herbs - most probably. The base could be one of the beautiest, but it is still too manly, absolutely not for women.

I found my redemption under the water with a scrubbing sponge and soap.

04/17/2012

7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 5
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

2

The Guys Can Have It

"Whoops, I put on a men's cologne!" were the first words out of my mouth upon applying Parfums DelRae EAU ILLUMINEE. I examined the vial, re-read the name, and went directly to Fragrantica to verify that, in fact, this was a made-for-men composition.

Not satisfied with the answer I received there, though the notes clearly confirm my suspicion--lavender, bergamot, basil, vetiver... why it's the very recipe for a men's cologne!--I embarked upon a fact-finding mission to determine the correct categorization of this creation, fully prepared to register a correction for the administrators in the Fragrantica threads. But no, the most I could find was that EAU ILLUMINEE is "unisex, leaning toward feminine". Say what?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the folks (mostly guys) at Creednotes love this. As for me, I must respectfully demur. Even the touch of vanilla does not help, serving to remind me (over and over again...!) of the only BBW aromatherapy scent which I really do not like: lavender vanilla. (Also Caron POUR UN HOMME...ahem...)

EAU ILLUMINEE conforms fully to Murphy's Law of Longevity: the less I like something, the longer it seems to last... Désolée.

Eau Illuminée Parfums DelRae 2002

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