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Not my Cuppa....
Top Notes: Sea Notes, Fern, Mandarin Orange, Clary Sage
Heart Notes: White Tea, White Iris, Mate
Base Notes: Ambrette. (Musk Mallow), Exotic Woods, Tonka Bean, Amber
Continuing on my quest to use up some of the samples I have accumulated, I wore Elizabeth Arden White Tea today. This fragrance reminds me of an old fragrance by Avon named Imperial Garden which also had a fairly prominent Mate note. If you know and like Imperial Garden, then you will probably recognise it as a distant cousin of White Tea. Imperial Garden is much stronger than White Tea, though.
I definitely detect the tea note and the fern note here. The other notes are a bit mixed up to my nose. It is a fairly fresh fragrance thanks to the top notes. I expected the deep dry down to be quite warm given the listed notes, but it is not especially warm or even sweet. This fragrance is fairly dry despite the Sea Notes, and it has more of an air freshener vibe to me than it does a perfume vibe.
White Tea is not very remarkable to me. It is inoffensive and fairly clean smelling. I think both women and men could wear it as easily as one another. Performance is not particularly good. It wears pretty close to skin after the first 15-20 minutes. It would probably work best in Spring and Summer. White Tea is not for me, but it may be for you. If you like these notes, then at least try a sample to see what you think. It is not bad, but it is not my cuppa tea so to speak.
Fragrance: 3/10
Projection: 3/10
Sillage: 3/10
Longevity: 3/10
Heart Notes: White Tea, White Iris, Mate
Base Notes: Ambrette. (Musk Mallow), Exotic Woods, Tonka Bean, Amber
Continuing on my quest to use up some of the samples I have accumulated, I wore Elizabeth Arden White Tea today. This fragrance reminds me of an old fragrance by Avon named Imperial Garden which also had a fairly prominent Mate note. If you know and like Imperial Garden, then you will probably recognise it as a distant cousin of White Tea. Imperial Garden is much stronger than White Tea, though.
I definitely detect the tea note and the fern note here. The other notes are a bit mixed up to my nose. It is a fairly fresh fragrance thanks to the top notes. I expected the deep dry down to be quite warm given the listed notes, but it is not especially warm or even sweet. This fragrance is fairly dry despite the Sea Notes, and it has more of an air freshener vibe to me than it does a perfume vibe.
White Tea is not very remarkable to me. It is inoffensive and fairly clean smelling. I think both women and men could wear it as easily as one another. Performance is not particularly good. It wears pretty close to skin after the first 15-20 minutes. It would probably work best in Spring and Summer. White Tea is not for me, but it may be for you. If you like these notes, then at least try a sample to see what you think. It is not bad, but it is not my cuppa tea so to speak.
Fragrance: 3/10
Projection: 3/10
Sillage: 3/10
Longevity: 3/10
A Surprising WINNER in the Affordable Designer Category!
Top Notes: Lavender, Pink Pepper, Neroli, Aldehydes
Heart Note: Orris, Petalia, Blackberry Leaf, Orange Blossom
Base Notes: Musk, Woodsy Notes, Vetiver, Cedar, Courmarin
I am on a mission to use up some of the many, many samples I have accumulated over the last few years. Tonight it was a toss up between Brit Rhythm and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. I chose Brit Rhythm because I mistakenly looked at the notes for Brit Rhythm for Him and thought that was what I had on hand. Well, it worked out quite well. I really like this a lot!
Lavender, like coconut, is a really tricky note for me, but it is done absolutely BEAUTIFULLY here! I am impressed because lavender is not an easy note to incorporate into a fragrance as far as I am concerned. It is blended so beautifully here with the musk and all the other notes. I detect some lovely aldehydes in the top notes that persist well into the dry down on my skin--just lovely, fresh, clean, classic even.
This fragrance is not only both clean and fresh, it is somehow also warm and comforting. At times, it almost borders on gourmand it smells so good. Yes, it is just a tad synthetic but not so much as to be off putting. Everything just works in this fragrance. If the notes sound good to you, then give this one a try. I think you will be very pleasantly surprised. This is the sort of fragrance that could be your default "it smells so lovely; it works in any setting imaginable; it is a crowd pleaser that will make everyone around you inhale deeply and smile; and, it does it all without breaking the bank type fragrance."
Brit Rhythm for Her is a very comforting, cuddly fragrance, yet somehow it sparkles with a certain effervescence that draws you in. Although marketed as a feminine fragrance, I think young men especially could wear this fragrance. I am sitting here now inhaling deeply and thinking........mmmmm......this is very nice indeed! :)
I am rating this fragrance amongst its peers as an affordable designer fragrance that is a real winner for any age group and both sexes. Performance could be better, but as an affordable designer eau de toilette, it performs as expected. If you have an opening in your wardrobe for this "type" of fragrance, Brit Rhythm for Her would fill the slot quite nicely indeed.
Fragrance: 7/10
Projection: 5/10
Sillage: 5/10
Longevity: 5/10
Heart Note: Orris, Petalia, Blackberry Leaf, Orange Blossom
Base Notes: Musk, Woodsy Notes, Vetiver, Cedar, Courmarin
I am on a mission to use up some of the many, many samples I have accumulated over the last few years. Tonight it was a toss up between Brit Rhythm and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea. I chose Brit Rhythm because I mistakenly looked at the notes for Brit Rhythm for Him and thought that was what I had on hand. Well, it worked out quite well. I really like this a lot!
Lavender, like coconut, is a really tricky note for me, but it is done absolutely BEAUTIFULLY here! I am impressed because lavender is not an easy note to incorporate into a fragrance as far as I am concerned. It is blended so beautifully here with the musk and all the other notes. I detect some lovely aldehydes in the top notes that persist well into the dry down on my skin--just lovely, fresh, clean, classic even.
This fragrance is not only both clean and fresh, it is somehow also warm and comforting. At times, it almost borders on gourmand it smells so good. Yes, it is just a tad synthetic but not so much as to be off putting. Everything just works in this fragrance. If the notes sound good to you, then give this one a try. I think you will be very pleasantly surprised. This is the sort of fragrance that could be your default "it smells so lovely; it works in any setting imaginable; it is a crowd pleaser that will make everyone around you inhale deeply and smile; and, it does it all without breaking the bank type fragrance."
Brit Rhythm for Her is a very comforting, cuddly fragrance, yet somehow it sparkles with a certain effervescence that draws you in. Although marketed as a feminine fragrance, I think young men especially could wear this fragrance. I am sitting here now inhaling deeply and thinking........mmmmm......this is very nice indeed! :)
I am rating this fragrance amongst its peers as an affordable designer fragrance that is a real winner for any age group and both sexes. Performance could be better, but as an affordable designer eau de toilette, it performs as expected. If you have an opening in your wardrobe for this "type" of fragrance, Brit Rhythm for Her would fill the slot quite nicely indeed.
Fragrance: 7/10
Projection: 5/10
Sillage: 5/10
Longevity: 5/10
The Perfume for People Who Do Not Really Want to Wear Perfume
I received a sample of L'eau with an order from Chanel. I am sorry to say I am unimpressed. This is another Oliver Polge fragrance that is amazingly mundane, and performance is terrible.
L'eau starts off with a bright citrus burst that is quite lovely. Soon it dries down to a nice floral skin scent. Projection and sillage are weak, and longevity is abysmal. I have some chemist shop fragrances that perform better than L'eau. L'Eau strikes me as a perfume for people who do not want to wear perfume. This is one of the weakest fragrances I have ever tried.
L'eau is wearable in virtually any venue at any time. I cannot imagine anyone being put off by this fragrance if s/he is able to smell it. Really and truly, Guerlain make a much nicer citrus fragrance, Fleurs de Cedrat, with better performance and a much more accessible price point at the discounters. Even department store prices for Fleurs de Cedrat are not unreasonable for the quality.
Sorry to everyone who loves this fragrance, but I cannot recommend it. This is definitely one to try before you buy.
Fragrance: 5/10
Sillage: 3/10
Projection: 2/10
Longevity: 1/10
L'eau starts off with a bright citrus burst that is quite lovely. Soon it dries down to a nice floral skin scent. Projection and sillage are weak, and longevity is abysmal. I have some chemist shop fragrances that perform better than L'eau. L'Eau strikes me as a perfume for people who do not want to wear perfume. This is one of the weakest fragrances I have ever tried.
L'eau is wearable in virtually any venue at any time. I cannot imagine anyone being put off by this fragrance if s/he is able to smell it. Really and truly, Guerlain make a much nicer citrus fragrance, Fleurs de Cedrat, with better performance and a much more accessible price point at the discounters. Even department store prices for Fleurs de Cedrat are not unreasonable for the quality.
Sorry to everyone who loves this fragrance, but I cannot recommend it. This is definitely one to try before you buy.
Fragrance: 5/10
Sillage: 3/10
Projection: 2/10
Longevity: 1/10
Nectar of the Gods
Poeme is a yellow and white sweet floral that must have been made to seduce bees and everyone else with its lovely scent. Poeme was composed by legendary perfumer M. Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud and launched in 1995.
Top Notes: Bergamot, Blue Poppy, Angel's Trumpet, Green Notes, Mandarin Orange, Narcissus, Peach, Plum, Black Currant
Heart Notes: Freesia, Heliotrope, Jasmine, Leather, Mimosa, Orange Blossom, Rose, Tuberose, Vanilla Blossom, Ylang-Ylang
Base Notes: Amber, Musk, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Cedar
Just look at those notes! They look divine, and the perfume smells even more wonderful than the notes look! Poeme is a very romantic fragrance. It is utterly delicious but is not quite gourmand. I have never had bees drawn to my perfume before, but I think Poeme would draw them in from miles around. It smells so sweet and delicious but in a very womanly, sophisticated way. This is what great French perfumery is all about.
I find Poeme to be very feminine, and whilst I do think one could wear it to the office, I think it is better left for more romantic occasions or for those times whence you just want to be alone at home and savour your perfume. I wish Lancôme made matching body products for this perfume. If they made an extrait, I would be over the moon. This is one of those perfumes I could bathe in given the chance! It is gorgeous! If I did not know it was from Lancôme, I would guess it was from the legendary house of Guerlain.
The bottle is both distinctive and attractive albeit difficult to hold and spray. The colour of the packaging and especially of the perfume itself belie the warm, sweet, yellow and white floral fragrance that lay within. It is a masterpiece in my opinion.
I very highly recommend this if you are a lover of yellow and white florals or just florals in general although the yellow and white floral predominate. It is sweet but in the most wonderful sense of the word---not like sugar but more like the freshest, sweetest floral nectar you could ever hope to smell. This is not honey but the most perfect floral nectar that will one day be transformed by royal bees into a honey fit for the Gods's consumption.
This is nectar for the Queen Bee! It does not smell like any other floral perfume I have ever smelt before. This is seduction in a bottle ladies. I would be thrilled if everything in the room around me smelt of Poeme. The fragrance is so delicious, so intoxicating that I believe it would leave bees drunk and weak at the knees with pleasure just as it does me! Positively addictive!
This is the floral nectar of the most beautiful yellow and white florals to have ever existed, the florals from the Garden of Eden, the floral nectar Forms themselves if you will. No contest!! Ten out of ten!! Wowza!!
Fragrance: 10/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 7/10
Projection: 6/10
Value for Money: 10/10
Top Notes: Bergamot, Blue Poppy, Angel's Trumpet, Green Notes, Mandarin Orange, Narcissus, Peach, Plum, Black Currant
Heart Notes: Freesia, Heliotrope, Jasmine, Leather, Mimosa, Orange Blossom, Rose, Tuberose, Vanilla Blossom, Ylang-Ylang
Base Notes: Amber, Musk, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Cedar
Just look at those notes! They look divine, and the perfume smells even more wonderful than the notes look! Poeme is a very romantic fragrance. It is utterly delicious but is not quite gourmand. I have never had bees drawn to my perfume before, but I think Poeme would draw them in from miles around. It smells so sweet and delicious but in a very womanly, sophisticated way. This is what great French perfumery is all about.
I find Poeme to be very feminine, and whilst I do think one could wear it to the office, I think it is better left for more romantic occasions or for those times whence you just want to be alone at home and savour your perfume. I wish Lancôme made matching body products for this perfume. If they made an extrait, I would be over the moon. This is one of those perfumes I could bathe in given the chance! It is gorgeous! If I did not know it was from Lancôme, I would guess it was from the legendary house of Guerlain.
The bottle is both distinctive and attractive albeit difficult to hold and spray. The colour of the packaging and especially of the perfume itself belie the warm, sweet, yellow and white floral fragrance that lay within. It is a masterpiece in my opinion.
I very highly recommend this if you are a lover of yellow and white florals or just florals in general although the yellow and white floral predominate. It is sweet but in the most wonderful sense of the word---not like sugar but more like the freshest, sweetest floral nectar you could ever hope to smell. This is not honey but the most perfect floral nectar that will one day be transformed by royal bees into a honey fit for the Gods's consumption.
This is nectar for the Queen Bee! It does not smell like any other floral perfume I have ever smelt before. This is seduction in a bottle ladies. I would be thrilled if everything in the room around me smelt of Poeme. The fragrance is so delicious, so intoxicating that I believe it would leave bees drunk and weak at the knees with pleasure just as it does me! Positively addictive!
This is the floral nectar of the most beautiful yellow and white florals to have ever existed, the florals from the Garden of Eden, the floral nectar Forms themselves if you will. No contest!! Ten out of ten!! Wowza!!
Fragrance: 10/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 7/10
Projection: 6/10
Value for Money: 10/10
Likely Another Victim of Reformulation
First of all, let me stipulate that I bought my bottle directly from Lancome's website, so I have no doubt it is genuine, and I am really shocked and disappointed by this perfume. This is the much acclaimed and much beloved Tresor??? How???? I think I must have sniffed the bottle in stores before, but I never tested it. This not what I expected it to smell like at all given the many, many reviews I read and my study of the notes's pyramid. I do not find Tresor either particularly fruity or floral or warm or much of anything really.
Top notes are always purposely enchanting no matter what is the perfume because they are supposed to draw one into the perfume. Inexperienced perfume buyers often purchase a bottle of perfume immediately based on top notes alone, which is often a mistake. Lutens' De Profundis has arguably the most beautiful top notes I have ever encountered in any perfume in my life, but as soon as those top notes dissipate, the heart and base notes are a huge letdown, at least for me.
In the case of Tresor, I am not sure what I smelt in the top notes, but whatever the notes, they were not very appealing at all. It certainly was neither sweet nor very floral nor very fruity. It was a bit acrid actually. I think I detected a hint of rose and a hint of pineapple in the top notes, but that was all.
Once the heart notes developed, the fragrance did seem slightly more fruity, but I still would not have described Tresor as truly fruity or floral or even warm from amber and vanilla.
This Tresor is light and really rather non-descript if I am blunt about it. I have been more pleased with some inexpensive chemist shop fragrances. I have been much more impressed with many Avon fragrances and Estee Lauder fragrances and even many B&BW fragrances are more appealing than this. Is it possible I was sent a very old bottle or one that was not stored properly and has gone off? It is almost as if there are no perfume oils in this fragrance at all.
I cannot imagine anyone complimenting me on this fragrance or leaning in to get a better whiff of it. Maybe if I wear it another couple of times something will "click," but my hopes are not high. I like several of Lancome's fragrances including Poeme which is truly lovely, but Tresor leaves me cold. I really am unsure what all I smell here, but I can say whatever it is, it is a rather synthetic smelling. I would be disappointed with this if was priced at $20 frankly. I am both disappointed and a bit angry that at this price point this is all I get.
Longevity, sillage and projection seem minimal, but in this case, that is probably a blessing. My best advice is to order a sample, or visit a large department store where you can test it on skin before you purchase. You may find it one of the most gorgeous fragrances you have ever smelt, but it leaves me feeling like I am not really wearing "perfume." Maybe it is the rose that is putting me off? I like generally like rose as a note, though, so whatever is in here is very disappointing for me. Try before you buy. Your milage may vary. Sorry I can not leave a more enthusiastic review right now. I will give it another couple of wears and update this review if anything changes. Perhaps Tresor is just another victim of bad reformulation. I really do not know as I never smelt it at the time it was launched.
Sorry, Lancome. Your Poeme is heavenly, but this Tresor is a huge disappointment. If you have reformulated, and I bet you have done many times since the original launch, go back to the original formulation. That is the formulation that made so many people fall in love with Tresor at the time. I cannot imagine what is called "Tresor" today is even remotely the same as the original formulation.
Top notes are always purposely enchanting no matter what is the perfume because they are supposed to draw one into the perfume. Inexperienced perfume buyers often purchase a bottle of perfume immediately based on top notes alone, which is often a mistake. Lutens' De Profundis has arguably the most beautiful top notes I have ever encountered in any perfume in my life, but as soon as those top notes dissipate, the heart and base notes are a huge letdown, at least for me.
In the case of Tresor, I am not sure what I smelt in the top notes, but whatever the notes, they were not very appealing at all. It certainly was neither sweet nor very floral nor very fruity. It was a bit acrid actually. I think I detected a hint of rose and a hint of pineapple in the top notes, but that was all.
Once the heart notes developed, the fragrance did seem slightly more fruity, but I still would not have described Tresor as truly fruity or floral or even warm from amber and vanilla.
This Tresor is light and really rather non-descript if I am blunt about it. I have been more pleased with some inexpensive chemist shop fragrances. I have been much more impressed with many Avon fragrances and Estee Lauder fragrances and even many B&BW fragrances are more appealing than this. Is it possible I was sent a very old bottle or one that was not stored properly and has gone off? It is almost as if there are no perfume oils in this fragrance at all.
I cannot imagine anyone complimenting me on this fragrance or leaning in to get a better whiff of it. Maybe if I wear it another couple of times something will "click," but my hopes are not high. I like several of Lancome's fragrances including Poeme which is truly lovely, but Tresor leaves me cold. I really am unsure what all I smell here, but I can say whatever it is, it is a rather synthetic smelling. I would be disappointed with this if was priced at $20 frankly. I am both disappointed and a bit angry that at this price point this is all I get.
Longevity, sillage and projection seem minimal, but in this case, that is probably a blessing. My best advice is to order a sample, or visit a large department store where you can test it on skin before you purchase. You may find it one of the most gorgeous fragrances you have ever smelt, but it leaves me feeling like I am not really wearing "perfume." Maybe it is the rose that is putting me off? I like generally like rose as a note, though, so whatever is in here is very disappointing for me. Try before you buy. Your milage may vary. Sorry I can not leave a more enthusiastic review right now. I will give it another couple of wears and update this review if anything changes. Perhaps Tresor is just another victim of bad reformulation. I really do not know as I never smelt it at the time it was launched.
Sorry, Lancome. Your Poeme is heavenly, but this Tresor is a huge disappointment. If you have reformulated, and I bet you have done many times since the original launch, go back to the original formulation. That is the formulation that made so many people fall in love with Tresor at the time. I cannot imagine what is called "Tresor" today is even remotely the same as the original formulation.
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