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If only I knew right away what gardenias look like..
Hello again, you snoopers! :)
Today I come again to a Chanel fragrance, Gardenia (EDT) from the Les Exclusifs fragrance line.
Yes, of all people, I'm getting to work on a scent that bears the name of a plant or flower that I wouldn't recognize right away and would then have to guess wildly if I saw this plant. Of course, I'm not soooo extremely bad at it anymore, because I can tell roses from tulips (or... could... ...):D), but in a gardenia I wouldn't know immediately what it is, and possibly guess flowers like camellias, freesias or daffodils... you see, I can't even list so many flower types, and the ones I've listed I only know because I've seen these names before in various fragrance pyramids here on Parfumo!!! :DD
*sigh*
I should really, REALLY go out and have a closer look at the plants that grow here in the garden or on the street and look them up in the nature guide and finally learn them (unfortunately the flowers you are looking for are always missing in the book, hmpf!). But no matter. Let's get to the fragrance, which many people seem to like. Unfortunately I don't know the Eau de Parfum, so I can't write a comparison comment, but it doesn't matter...
A little later, the fragrances listed above smell a little more intense, although the Neroli is back again. It smells a little sweetish-flowery with a light, powdery touch. I think that the sweetness now comes more from the tuberoses as it begins to smell harder sweeter (but without crushing). In the background I can now also see the coconut, which is also not so intense and smells well with the rest. Although coconut and tuberose might seem a little harder, I don't find the scent really heavy now, but more summery warm. With time, light, fruity notes also come along, but I can't identify these here any more, it has something of dried peaches, but I'm not sure.
Towards the end the fragrance still smells nice and flowery, sweet and slightly fruity (but the coconut is rather gone again). The green notes from the beginning are now also in the background and it smells slightly like vanilla. A very beautiful fragrance, which is very recommendable.
Ah, the scent is beautiful. I had imagined a somewhat stuffy scent because of the name Gardenia, because sometimes such flowers seem a bit stuffy to me, but this one smells really nice. As mentioned in the fragrance description, the fragrance is not really refreshing like a citrus fragrance, for example, but it is still a beautiful and very feminine summer fragrance by type. It's like a nice, warm ray of sunshine that hits and warms you on a warm summer's day while you're standing on a beautiful flower meadow, feeling a general satisfaction, looking at the colourful flowers and hoping the wasps and bees won't come too close :D
It's great for the day to use, whether leisure or job or anything else, it doesn't matter, because it's one of those fragrances that always go as long as it's nice and warm.
Therefore I recommend to really try this fragrance. And since I liked it so much, I should try the EDP of it soon to see if there are any major differences between the two scents.
So I came to the end again and wish you a nice evening :)
Today I come again to a Chanel fragrance, Gardenia (EDT) from the Les Exclusifs fragrance line.
Yes, of all people, I'm getting to work on a scent that bears the name of a plant or flower that I wouldn't recognize right away and would then have to guess wildly if I saw this plant. Of course, I'm not soooo extremely bad at it anymore, because I can tell roses from tulips (or... could... ...):D), but in a gardenia I wouldn't know immediately what it is, and possibly guess flowers like camellias, freesias or daffodils... you see, I can't even list so many flower types, and the ones I've listed I only know because I've seen these names before in various fragrance pyramids here on Parfumo!!! :DD
*sigh*
I should really, REALLY go out and have a closer look at the plants that grow here in the garden or on the street and look them up in the nature guide and finally learn them (unfortunately the flowers you are looking for are always missing in the book, hmpf!). But no matter. Let's get to the fragrance, which many people seem to like. Unfortunately I don't know the Eau de Parfum, so I can't write a comparison comment, but it doesn't matter...
The fragrance:
The fragrance begins with a little neroli, general green notes, a light sweetness that smells of jasmine to me and gardenias. With the gardenias I rather advise that it is the gardenias, as I can exclude all other scents and the scent also seems to me to be quite flowery-fresh with a clean, almost soapy touch, so that what I perceive should also be the gardenias. A little later, the fragrances listed above smell a little more intense, although the Neroli is back again. It smells a little sweetish-flowery with a light, powdery touch. I think that the sweetness now comes more from the tuberoses as it begins to smell harder sweeter (but without crushing). In the background I can now also see the coconut, which is also not so intense and smells well with the rest. Although coconut and tuberose might seem a little harder, I don't find the scent really heavy now, but more summery warm. With time, light, fruity notes also come along, but I can't identify these here any more, it has something of dried peaches, but I'm not sure.
Towards the end the fragrance still smells nice and flowery, sweet and slightly fruity (but the coconut is rather gone again). The green notes from the beginning are now also in the background and it smells slightly like vanilla. A very beautiful fragrance, which is very recommendable.
The Sillage and the shelf life:
The Sillage is quite okay, but you shouldn't expect too much, because you can smell the scent best from close up, but at least at the beginning and for a short while it's not necessarily close to the body, so that you would have to smell it quite well on a lady. The shelf life is quite good for a rather summery trimmed fragrance with about six hours. The bottle:
The bottles of the Les Exclusifs series are somewhat puristic. However, the rectangular bottle is still of high quality. On the front there is a simple white label with the name of the fragrance and the brand name on it, the lid is cylindrical and black and carries the Chanel logo on the top. Everything very simple, but of high quality. It doesn't look bad, but if you have several fragrances of this series, you will lack a certain variety at some point, because the etiquette could have been at least more beautiful or varied (as e.g. with the Diptyque fragrances). Ah, the scent is beautiful. I had imagined a somewhat stuffy scent because of the name Gardenia, because sometimes such flowers seem a bit stuffy to me, but this one smells really nice. As mentioned in the fragrance description, the fragrance is not really refreshing like a citrus fragrance, for example, but it is still a beautiful and very feminine summer fragrance by type. It's like a nice, warm ray of sunshine that hits and warms you on a warm summer's day while you're standing on a beautiful flower meadow, feeling a general satisfaction, looking at the colourful flowers and hoping the wasps and bees won't come too close :D
It's great for the day to use, whether leisure or job or anything else, it doesn't matter, because it's one of those fragrances that always go as long as it's nice and warm.
Therefore I recommend to really try this fragrance. And since I liked it so much, I should try the EDP of it soon to see if there are any major differences between the two scents.
So I came to the end again and wish you a nice evening :)
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