Les Impératrices Japonaises
The Great Empresses of Japan
2009

Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan by Roméa d'Améor
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7.6 / 10 161 Ratings
A popular perfume by Roméa d'Améor for women, released in 2009. The scent is powdery-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Powdery
Floral
Sweet
Woody
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
FreesiaFreesia Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang MelonMelon
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Orris rootOrris root IrisIris HeliotropeHeliotrope Lily of the valleyLily of the valley PeonyPeony RoseRose VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
TeakwoodTeakwood Tonka beanTonka bean SandalwoodSandalwood VetiverVetiver

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.6161 Ratings
Longevity
7.1123 Ratings
Sillage
6.0115 Ratings
Bottle
7.599 Ratings
Submitted by DeGe53, last update on 10.06.2023.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Longevity
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Scent
Duftsucht

105 Reviews
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Duftsucht
Duftsucht
Top Review 22  
Chest out, belly in - and sit straight!
Not a lie: Never before has a fragrance triggered such a change in my behaviour as "Les Impératrices Japonaises".
In the second of spraying on, when the first surge reaches my nose, I immediately tighten my posture, try to straighten my hair, which has been tangled up by the bicycle helmet, and wish I had a fresh shower with a perfect hairstyle (- maybe I'd put it up classically again?), dressed in an elegant, simple summer dress and maybe even some jewellery.
Wow! Wow! Wow! What an amazing scent! I can't think of any other word but impressive. A truly imperial Iris asks for an audience. And there I am, in summer jeans, sneakers and a T-shirt, sweaty from my homecoming bicycle at 37 degrees!
Well, you guys, that's really not possible with this scent! He demands attitude, personality, respect, but is in no way arrogant, difficult or even bitchy. She's a fragrance emperor.
You already notice that I was overwhelmed by the scent - and I actually took a shower immediately, straightened my hair and consciously took time for this scent phenomenon. That's what Imperatrice really deserves. From the first second on, my nose is enthusiastic about an iris that I have never smelled like this before. I recognize it clearly, but it is not dusty, but delicately powdery, at the same time strong and bitter with an elegant hint of bitter substances, lush and reserved in one. An unsweet vanilla note (the way the pod smells when you cut it open) and something floral, from which I cannot smell a single note, prevent the fragrance from being too intellectual. Just like a trace of fruit acid prevents the empress from being dominated by the beautiful wood base. A perfectly balanced interplay, so perfect for my nose, which is somewhat overstrained by the many different components, that I am not even sure which category I would place it in. Here it is classified under powdery-floral, I think you have to invent a new category: Breathed iris or something For me this is a scent for very special occasions, and by that I don't mean balls or opera, but opportunities that have a deep meaning for me personally. This fragrance would accompany me, envelop me, and with its great elegance would be forever a part of my memory. I will use the bottling, which I bought rather in a spontaneous minute (a thousand thanks for that!!!) very wisely and carefully - and appreciate and enjoy every single drop!

For iris lovers, this is not just a test recommendation, but a recommendation: "Before you have not smelled this scent, you have not smelled irises".
9 Comments
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8
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Seerose

96 Reviews
Seerose
Seerose
Helpful Review 0  
More Bitter than Sweet
"Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan" is one of my favorite perfumes. From the first smell which reached my nose and my the sense of smell in my brain I was excited by it. But that is a sensory perception I already had by a lot of perfumes. But later, when I tested them again or even bought them, the excitement was dimished or even vanished. Only a "few" scents are staying to be my favorites, the love seems so be lasting for ever and those perfumes I want to own. Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan" belongs to my scents of desire.
Out of that "Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan" is belonging to the very rare scents which other poeple seem to perceive on me and for which I get compliments: "What a wonderful fragrance is scenting around here! Are you using this extraordinary scent?"
First I'm smelling an aromatical and bitter wood, combined with orris roots of an exellent quality, poudry but tangy. And it remembers me partly on "Bois Farine" by L'Artisan. And yes, there are appearing some flowers, heliotrope, Ylang-Ylang with it's sweet and thrilling notes, roses as listet. They are giving "Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan" an intriguing creamy yet bitter almond and even a slightly marzipan note. I know that marzipan is made from sweet an bitter almonds and if it's high quality a few drops of genuine oil of roses are added.
But the scent of heliotrop and tonka beans as well is causing this almond-marzipany note - if there are added genuine extracts which seem to be in "Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan" But fortunately this composition is not turning out to become a gourmand scent. There must be added more sorts of blossoms than listet. The bitter wood and the soft percolating blossom mixture is staying all over the very good longevity. And yet there is as well a faint dark-green note, a whiff of smoke which is annoucing a special vetiver which I can almost only imagine.
OK, now I had tried to explain and to describe exactly "Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan". But in fact if I'm smelling it percolating from my skin it's tremendous joyfully and exciting for me. I just love the sillage around me I love to smell like "the" "Les Impératrices Japonaises / The Great Empresses of Japan".
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NushkaNushka 11 months ago
10
Bottle
7
Sillage
9
Longevity
9
Scent
A cool (cold) creamy-powdery iris-centric frag. Clean, collected, above reproach. Definitely feminine. Not unique but excellent. Thumbs up!
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