Madame Grès 2012

Madame Grès by Grès
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7.7 / 10 91 Ratings
A popular perfume by Grès for women, released in 2012. The scent is fruity-floral. It is being marketed by Lalique Group / Art & Fragrance.
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Main accords

Fruity
Floral
Sweet
Powdery
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PineapplePineapple CardamomCardamom GrapefruitGrapefruit
Heart Notes Heart Notes
MagnoliaMagnolia White peonyWhite peony FreesiaFreesia
Base Notes Base Notes
VanillaVanilla SandalwoodSandalwood PatchouliPatchouli LeatherLeather

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.791 Ratings
Longevity
7.983 Ratings
Sillage
7.480 Ratings
Bottle
7.589 Ratings
Value for money
8.634 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 21.04.2024.

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Maiber

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Maiber
Maiber
Helpful Review 3  
A fruity aroma with a good classic sound - a reminder of the great Madame Grès.
The perfume was created by perfumer Sidonie Lancesseur.
This is a student of the famous perfumer Michel Almairac, who shared his extensive knowledge and experience with her.
Lancesseur's approach has a strong preference for woody scents such as patchouli and vetiver, which evoke memories of her time in the French countryside.

The Gres Madame Gres perfume has everything to become a classic - thoroughly sophisticated modernity with some refined retro, moderate sweetness and moderate fruity notes, an appropriate spiciness and unique leather tones that blend with the body odor and create an individual aroma.

Therefore, you need to apply the perfume directly to the skin, bypassing the blotter. I liked it best listening from my wrist. The scent of perfume on skin and clothing is very different. And when you apply perfume to your skin or hair, you can tell exactly if that perfume is right for you.

A characteristic feature of Madame Gre's work was her penchant for "living clothes", that is, making clothes from silk and wool, her favorite materials, but without patterns, directly on the model. Cardboard with a convex pleated pattern of an evening gown is reminiscent of the magnificent Madame Gres.

The perfume is feminine and versatile: it can be worn in the evening or at the office. Sounds much more expensive than it actually costs.
This is a very affordable luxury of high quality!
The whole apartment is filled with a spray of perfume.

Juicy fruits in the head, spicy cardamom and just great doses of sandalwood, patchouli and vanilla. Sweet, rich and interesting. This is a wonderful true representative of French perfumery.

While the opening is such that its freshness and fruitiness can give a false impression, the base is beautifully done.

Incidentally, it blends well with leather and suede fragrances.

Overall, a very underrated fragrance.

It's good for the cool season for those who love sweet, fruity aromas with a good classic sound. It smells best in the fall, warm and cozy, with more vanilla, but in the winter it becomes more patchouli and spiky.

The silage is rich, you can even get a compliment, but the owner herself can be strangled. Therefore, a purchase is recommended only after testing.

Yes, an old-school style perfume. But that's exactly what appealed to me. Now, how many of these cookies and cakes can you have? And here everything is as it should be, the smell of perfume, not food.

The box and the bottle without the cap resemble the old Serge Lutens design. A beautiful apricot-colored bottle and a sunny golden liquid.

If you want to flirt, cheer up and smile, I highly recommend it.
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Scent
BabaLola

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BabaLola
BabaLola
Less helpful Review 4  
Maybe something for the mother of Nanny Fine ;)
Absolutely not mine. Normally I like oriental fragrances and have had very successful blind purchases so far, but this one doesn't suit me at all. The cardamom burned in my nose hours later and was only surpassed by the acidity of the pineapple. Only about 12 hours later a mild, almost tender and powdery note appeared, which appealed to me very much. But who puts on a scent to smell good half a day later? Conclusion: He's much too engaging, strong and reminds me a lot of Miss Dior (the original!), but I'm a bit too young for that. For a dark-haired, grande dame from 60, however, exactly the right thing.
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Omni

70 Reviews
Omni
Omni
Very helpful Review 4  
Much to commend
I have a back up bottle of Cabaret and Lumiere Noire is in regular rotation on my dresser, it was time I ventured to connect with 'Madame Gres'
My pineapple references are 'Courtesan' (Worth) and Amor Amor (Cacharel) and Madame Gres is superior to both, for the pineapple is controlled by a clean magnolia and wasn't as sweet as I was led to believe. In my quest for great cheap and cheery perfumes Maurice Roucel's 'Tocade' is points leader but all of the perfumes mentioned here exhibit classy elements whilst being inexpensive.
The dry down is quite sudden and the perfume lacks duration but the base, slight as it is, is well behaved and doesn't leave a nasty musk. I like that in a perfume.
Madame Gres is probably best suited to women over twenty five but qualifies as a good day time perfume. Others have commented on a resemblance to Miss Dior, but if I had to compare it to that of a well known house I'd veer towards Chanel's 'Allure'.
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6.5
Scent
Gold

541 Reviews
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Gold
Top Review 5  
Mademoiselle-Miss Grès
This was a blind buy (I trusted the positive reviews on other perfume-related pages). Well, packaging and bottle are elegant and quite beautiful. The fragrance itself reminds me of a mix between "Miss Dior" (the new version) and "Coco Mademoiselle EdP". If you like this particular style of fragrance (fruity-oriental with a spicy touch and patchouli), this one will satisfy all your needs. Longevity and Sillage are fine. Unfortunately, I can't smell leather in the drydown, but I really like the strong opening with pineapple and cardamon. "Madame Grès" is a brilliant, inexpensive alternative to Miss Dior and Coco M., in my opinion, it smells even better than the two other French fragrances it seems to be modelled on. On the other hand, it's sad to observe that a perfume called "Madame Grès" copies the structure of mainstream bestsellers (both of them Mademoiselles/Misses) without making an effort to present anything new (this style has been around for such a long time).
Not the most original of the Grès-fragrances, but very wearable and pleasant anyway.
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