Eau de Magnolia Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle 2014

Eau de Magnolia by Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle

Bottle Design Frederic Malle

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7.5 / 10 200 Ratings

A popular perfume by Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Citrus

Green

Woody

Fragrance Notes

Calabrian bergamot

Magnolia

Vetiver

Cedarwood

Amber

Patchouli

Grapefruit

Lemon

Oakmoss

Perfumer

Carlos Benaïm

Ratings

Scent

7.5200 Ratings

Longevity

7.3155 Ratings

Sillage

6.2154 Ratings

Bottle

7.6156 Ratings

Value for money

6.351 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser, last update on 09.04.2024.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/05/2023

5
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Kurai
375 Reviews

Kurai

6

Eau de Bergamolia

Once again, I let the name of the fragrance lead my expectations. I anticipated a big display of florals, which -of course- did not really happen, but I cannot say that I was disappointed.

Eau de Magnolia has a rather straightforward appearance: Cool, transparent yet radiant. Exactly what I like to wear in the office. It opens with a clear bergamot on vetiver and these notes stay on the foreground for quite a long time. A subtle moss note adds just a little complexity, a little opacity breaking that pristine clarity of the citrus and woods. In the heart, the composition gains a silky floral touch. When the fresher notes have worn off, the wearer is left with a soft floral-woody aura.

When I read comparisons to Cristalle Eau de Parfum I was a bit skeptical, but now that I have worn this Carlos Benaïm creation, I can only agree. It has this vibrant, Chanel-style vetiver and a similar chilly green attitude. Minus the lily-of-the-valley.

What I like about Eau de Magnolia is its austerity and its silken-soft drydown. Also, this has great note clarity, giving it a more contemporary feel. I guess this would do well in my office rotation. I got rid of Cristalle just the other day, so this one would fill the gap quite nicely.

07/25/2021

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Jazzbob
76 Reviews

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Jazzbob

Helpful Review 12

Good can be so simple

Rivegauche has already described Eau de Magnolia very aptly in his commentary, and I find the statement that the fragrance can be seen as a modern interpretation of Chanel's Cristalle particularly interesting. I like the eau de parfum version, but it lacks more freshness and the chypre base has a bit too much bitterness of oakmoss for my taste (even more in the eau de toilette). Eau de Magnolia actually goes in a very similar direction, however, exactly these problems have been fixed.

Striking when testing were for me on the one hand the perception on skin and paper and on the other hand the different intensity of sample and bottle. On paper, the bergamot is namely much more present and lets the fragrance come across even more citrus than on the skin. That's a bit of a shame, because I like most hesperides a lot, but the goal was to create a real Soliflor, after all. And sprayed from the bottle, the sillage is more powerful than from the sample and thus not to be underestimated, yet seems delicate and transparent at the same time. I'm not the great connoisseur of too many floral scents, but I think I can claim that magnolia is very authentically rendered here, as I perceive this one as bright, slightly fresh, clean, not really sweet, but minimally creamy. It also has quite a long-lasting airy quality which gives the impression that the scent is floating around you. As such, the magnolia is always clearly the center of attention, while after the bergamot fades, more and more of the slightly tart, green and only subtly woody base comes through. Amber I can not make out here at all.

Eau de Magnolia evokes consequently excellent the idea of standing in the midst of flowering shrubs / trees and works very spring-like, whereby the fragrance is wearable all year round due to the good balance. However, some might find it too slender and lacking in contrast. Every now and then I like such perfumes for a change and good things do not always have to be highly complex.

01/19/2015

9
Scent

Rickbr
190 Reviews

Rickbr

Good Classic Floral Chypre

There is always the danger of giving a too realistic name to the composition, the one of not meeting the user expectations about his/her idead of the element that names the perfume. From what i have been seeing from comments i have read, this is a problem that happened with Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia. I read critiques about its citrus aspect, it's lemon overdose, and this instigate me to search for the gas cromatographic analysis of the elements the flower exudes.From what is described, i think that the perfumer who created Eau de Magnolia was very literal with its smell. the flower is rich in chemical compounds that would give her a citrus, green, herbal aroma, with a green bitter lemony rose nuance (probably due the high percentual of geraniol). And it's exactly this way that this fragrance start on my skin; little by little, it makes the transition to a more creamy floral, with the white floral idea enchanced here, a transition from a magnolia aroma to something like jasmine or honeysuckle. In this point i notice that there is a very classic inspiration on this creation: Eau de Magnolia revisits the citrus floral chypre cold structure of Cristalle Chanel (specially in the EDP version), giving it a greener aura and putting more emphasis on the citrus side of the idea. To me, it's the kind of sober and elegant floral chypre that is not much made anymore and that impresses me due its harmony in its aroma, not strong neither delicate, and its great technical aspect, good diffusion on skin.Altough its critiques, i think it's a very well successful Frederic Malle.

07/30/2014

7
Scent

ScentFan
332 Reviews

ScentFan

4

Magnolia Sneeze

There's a big magnolia tree in back of my house and I can't wait for it to blossom every year. It's the magnolia grandiflora. The scent that fills our neighborhood from it and its relatives is splendidly languid. Eau de Magnolia, the perfume, has something spicy or chemical layered over the floral. What I'm left with is a faint odor of magnolia and a powerful desire to sneeze. Not sure about the longevity, because either my nasal passages are closing to protect themselves or this swiftly vanished on my skin. Those not allergic to things may find this woody/green magnolia appealing. For me it's a disappointment. Malle's Une Rose is easily among my top 5 favorites and I hoped they'd done the same thing with magnolia. Not this time.

9/6/2018
I posted the above in 2014 and, forgetting it, bought a bottle of this fragrance yesterday after a quick sniff at a perfume counter. Today I wore it and gradually became disoriented, lightheaded, lungs struggling for air to the point of fainting. Whatever aroma-chemicals are in this perfume are toxic. I believe some of these new synthetics don't harm at first but with daily use they do over time. I had to take a shower and ventilate my house. When I can breathe easily again, I'm going to see who's trying to do something about this and try to help.