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MycTaHr – :
This is the most recent Guerlain I’ve tried, obviously it’s not the vintage version which may not even be available anymore. Anyway, I’m familiar with classic Guerlains, so Champs-Elysees was a bit of a surprise. I found a big partial bottle for a ridiculously low price on Ebay. Guerlain frags tend to be expensive but C-E seems to buck that trend.
It opens big, like most Guerlain. It’s the notes that differ so much from the classic scents. C-E is sweet and fruity, with notes like white grape juice or white currants. It’s a bubbly and lighthearted fragrance, and yet there’s some strength to C-E. For one, it lasts. The spray on my wrist lasted through a good scrubbing in the shower! I’m guessing there’s a bit of sillage, too. The sweet fruit notes should carry well, esp. in warm weather.
Here’s an interesting and peculiar note: this fragrance stains more than any other I have. No matter how carefully I spray, some will end up on whatever top I wear. The perfume is light colored but it still leaves tell tale spots behind. Weird!
C-E isn’t bad by a long shot, but I’m not sure if I really like it. IMHO it doesn’t compare to the classic Guerlain frags, but my taste runs toward vintage always. The sweet fruits are rather strong and overwhelm the floral notes. C-E isn’t a cheapie but it’s not unique either.
Lexak32 – :
Unbelievably beautiful! One of my all-time favourite fragrances. The scent reminds me of sparkling champagne with melon or peaches, placed in a garden with white flowers. Heaven on earth. This is a perfume that starts light and slowly develops over an hour or so with body heat and lasts all day. If you like classic florals you will love this. Five stars!!!!
emikojing – :
Recently I received Champs Elysees edt in a swap with one of my best swap buddies.I wasn’t sure to choose this one as I hate melon and I’m not a fan of dominant lily of the valley in perfumes,had sampled it couple of years ago but couldn’t remember it clearly,yet I decided to risk and do the swap,a great decision as I like it more each time I wear it
It opens with mimosa’s bitter yellowish,green powdery scent which I don’t care for but within two minutes sweet peachy fruits and pretty florals kick in and turn it to something lovely..I can easily detect it’s sweet,fruity undertone but I can’t put my finger on a specific fruity note,neither can I call it a fruity scent,fortunately I don’t get the kind of melon I hate,nothing ozonic or aquatic here.fruits lurk around while I mostly get a floral,powdery scent of mimosa,lilac and almond blossom over a subtle woodsy,vanillic base.I love this type of fresh flowery powder when it has enough of a delicate sweetness.hmmmm,it’s simply beautiful,timeless and feminine.I agree with the review calling it chic yet modest,also the other reviews calling it an optimistic and alluring scent.I don’t find it overly mature,not too young either.it really is ageless and can be a good choice for different situations,except the ones that you need a lot of attention and something loud.I’d happily wear it not only in springs and summers,also during fall
It lasts very well on me,I can smell traces of it after a whole day,but it’s light with a sillage staying somewhere between soft to moderate.I wish it was a bit stronger,but to be honest,I sometimes catch a whiff of this soft,heavenly scent when I move which is a joy for my nose and my soul
It may feel simple specially when first sampled but it’s also a high quality,well-put-together juice,a calm and friendly one which can make a great office or daily perfume
medik – :
Very strong on initial spray but dies down to a lovely soft floral. It lasts on the skin pretty much all day too, which is very nice.
This is one of my favorite Guerlain fragrances too so I tend to wear this pretty often. Its light enough for day use as well. Great for Spring and Summer.
yary – :
I think if this was a bit stronger I may actually like it. I might be anosmic, or maybe I’m just getting used to wearing stronger fragrances than this, including from the house of Guerlain. It smells like the water flowers have been sitting in. Or flowers that have been sitting out at the grocery store for a few days and their scent has almost gone completely to when you take a sniff there’s barely anything there.
The thing that makes me think it may be anosmia is the scent that I’ve gotten from a few other scents that just don’t work on me: it’s a little bit like frozen vegetables. I can’t describe it any other way but it smells like ice covered, freezer burnt plastic surrounding what I imagine is a very beautiful bouquet of florals to everyone else who is not me.
The more I really huff my wrist so hard my nostrils start to hurt, I get a wisp of a pretty powder, probably the mimosa. Why is it so weak? I have no idea whether my sample is of a vintage batch or reformulated, but I just can’t see myself wanting to purchase a bottle of something I’d no doubt have to bathe in just to smell it myself, let alone create enough sillage for someone who came in close to detect.
HakAlmottom – :
Champs Elysees was one of my first introductions to the house of Guerlain. I received it as a gift from my love in a set of minis (Including Samsara, Mitsouko and Shalimar)
This is a beautiful example of how a mimosa fragrance should be. Sweet, almost syrupy and over the top femininity. The lilac and almond blossom are in there too adding powdery grace notes and the peach stays throughout, making Champs Elysees very sweet. I remember wearing this throughout the winter of 2001-2002, usually with chunky cable knit sweaters and diamond or pearl stud earrings. It suggests outfits like that.. simple, elegant, classic. I know a lot of people see this as a warm weather perfume but I personally find it too rich and sweet for hot temperatures.
Both my sister and my best friend have taken to wearing Champs Elysees often, so for now I’ve given it a break. My sister chose it for her wedding day perfume. This is not my favorite Guerlain (that’s most likely Samsara) but this is really beautiful and would make a worthy signature scent for a lady of class.
olgaroberova – :
I don’t dislike it, actually, till the dry down I almost bought it! But when the dry down came, it turned slitely J’Ador’ish on me. I don’t dislike J’Adore at all, I am not sure I would wear it though, except for Voil de Parfume and very rare J’addore Flowers. This one shares something with Idyl too, and as said with J’Addore. I am strongly fearing Peony is not my thing. But this beauty is in the beginning a Goddly lilac/white flowers delight. I wished the drydown were a teeny tiny bit less common.
kinokesc – :
Many attempts to fall in love with it. Done!
Real floral fruity. It smells floral on fruity base.
I wouldn’t say that any flower smells 100% here like it truly smells in nature, but the bouquet in result is wonderful! It’s really like a bouquet smell. Or like wind brings.
Speaking about fruity notes, peach and melon are more obvious.
I feel anise sourness a little bit.
Classic spring beauty!!!
Charming!
radik9873 – :
❀ Champs Elysées reminds me of a ballet of flowers in early spring…
Almond blossoms, lilacs climbing up on walls, tender mimosa buds all waft through the air, dancing beautifully like ballerinas!
I sit on the soft grass, eating mellow fruits full of juice, breathing in deeply the spring air ❤
amemiSkarne – :
@Gemini12 nailed it!
The only thing I have to add is, that if it were oddly somehow up to me to have named this fragrance, the first name that comes to my mind is “Baby’s Breath”.
golem2001 – :
Spring flowers in a bottle! Mimosa, lilac and lily of the valley with a fruity base that gives it sweetness, but it’s really all about the spring flowers. Champs Elysees EDT is beautiful, light and feminine in the way of classic perfumes. Wearing this perfume never fails to put me in a good mood and make me feel ultra feminine!
kazak1970 – :
The first scent is a lily of valley later … delicate innocent soap of course pretty…
romashka-mai11 – :
I like this, it’s very much a like, it doesn’t lend itself to dislike and I can’t fathom anyone hating it. It’s just not interesting or sparkling enough to love. It’s nice and pleasant.
alenyshka – :
Impressive lasting power for an EDT.
This is not sweet smelling, it’s a light well blended rounded flowery fragrance. it could be violets I can smell just after the opening..?
It’s soft whilst you still get whafts of it as you go about your day.
Blunt but soft floral, not white floral in a Jasmine sort of way, that goes bitter in me.
Creamy without being sweet, light scent but full.
I’ve really come to like this brand, I don’t like many from it but, I can still appreciate all the blends
Thom – :
Timeless beauty. It’s effervescent, if that makes sense. Fresh floral, green, and fizzy. I have worn this for 20 years. My only complaint is that I need a lot of sprays to make it last. But it’s worth the price to feel…like I sparkle.
Vezunchik – :
Early summer standing in the garden center and smelling this beautiful floral scent wafting around me. I looked around to see if there was a flowering plant close to me and then realized it was my “Champs Elysees.” Gorgeous fragrance, I’m never without it.
Saneg – :
Three dancers – Valadon, Suzanne – 1916
vpn2093 – :
Guerlain champ elysees was always intresting for me but I never dared to blindbuy it since I highly detest melon in perfumes and also I’m not much of a floral girl anymore.recently I received a sample of it from my sample swap buddy so finally I could give it a try
As I dabbed it,I could get a combination of fruity notes and flowers.thanks God melon didn’t stand out and I mostly could see it as soft peachy fruits.after couple of minutes it becomes a tad drier(still not very dry)and more on the floral side.flowers are very fresh here and it’s a blend of lots of different flowers but mimosa and lilac are the ones which standout and give it a powdery undertone.
Although it’s a flowery scent it never becomes heavy or sharp or old.it’s so soft,fresh and natural that I feel I’m a part of nature,standing in a garden.it’s a sunny day and I can smells whiffs of mimosa and other flowers in a breeze of clean air.I can also smell a hint of green note,not a herbal green.it’s like smelling flowers and also their stems which make it more true to life just as woody notes,which become stronger as it dries down but don’t overpower
I like this perfume a lot.it doesn’t smell really perfumey to me.it smells like spring.it’s light but not weak,fresh,airy and beautiful.if I want to explain it in a sentence I’d say fresh flowers with a hint of fruits in a base of subtle woods.if you like mimosa you’d love this.I’m an almond lover and I can’t get it here as a separate note but I agree there must be almond tree in here giving the scent green-woody-powdery quality.it’s almost longlasting but sillage is modest
I may consider buying a bottle of it in future.it’s feminine,ageless,lively and elegant.if I had children,I’d like them to remember me with such a scent.natural and beautiful and full of hope,optimism and sunshine
❤❤❤❤
گرلن شانزه لیزه یه عطر بسیار دوست داشتنی و بهاره ست.تو دو سه دقیقه اول کمی میوه ای هست(میکسی از میوه های مختلف نه یه میوه مشخص) اما تو ادامه گلها تبدیل به بازیگر اصلی این عطر میشن.ترکیبی از انواع بسیار مختلفی از گلهای اما میموزا و لایلک قویتریناشون هستن.گلها اصلا سنگین و یا قدیمی طور نیستن.سبک لایت و بسیار بسیار طبیعی و باطراوت و پودری و لطیف هستن.یه ته بوی سبز هم گاهی حس میشه که شبیه به رایحه ساقه گلها هست و عطر رو طبیعی تر میکنه.این گلهای زیبا تو بستری از نت های چوبی جای گرفتن که اصلا ضمخت نیستن
گرلن شانزه لیزه عطر ملایمی هست اما ضعیف نیست.برای من یادآور یه روز بهاری تو یه باغ سرسبز و پراز گل و درخته. یه روز آفتابی که نسیم عطر گلها و شاخ و برگ درختا رو با خودش میاره.بادوم به اون شکل همیشگیش برای من قابل لمس نبود.بیشتر به فرم درخت بادوم هست که تم سبز-چوبی-پودری عطر رو تشدید میکنه
شانزه لیزه جزو عطرهایی هست که اگه بچه داشتم دوس داشتم منو با همچین عطری به یاد بیاره.عطری با زیبایی طبیعی،خانومانه و لطیف،با طراوت و روشن و پراز امید آفتابی.اگه از دوستداران عطرهای با رایحه میموزا هستید عاشق شانزه لیزه گرلن میشید.ماندکاری خوبی داره اما از لحاظ پخش بو متوسط هست
gbhfvblf2011 – :
I had high hopes for Champs Elysees, all the notes seem good to me and so many of you value it highly. I really wanted to like it, tried so many different ways, but after lovely initial burst it’s just downhill. On a blotter it’s the same as on my skin. On a blotter I get the vanillic drydown next day, on my skin I can’t wear it more than 1-2 hours and I need to wash it off. The floralfruity part is very faint, and there’s an unpleasant undertone growing stronger. It’s like a very old makeup bag or a damp towel in need of wash by the swimming pool. I just wanted to share my experience, maybe it’s my nose or I have gotten a bad bottle.
Edit: It is almonds that do not agree with my nose in Champs Elysees. I have learned to like this scent a bit more, but I’ll probably gift it to someone now that I have tested it during summer.
jana – :
First I get a soft sweet citrus and a melon note – maybe honeydew – which then warms to a lovely heart of ripe berries and soft airy honeysuckle and white flowers. The base is a gentle bed of nutty notes and green woods. So well blended that it’s hard to discern specific notes, but on me it stays sweet and fresh and energizing. I don’t get much powder, but it does have a sporty soapy kinda quality that would make it a perfect spring or summer scent, an outdoors-all-day-in-the-sunshine, still fresh at 4 pm-kinda scent. Sweet & pretty and strong, but with soft silage since it’s an EDT. I actually mistakenly ordered this thinking it was the edp but I don’t see any drop in longevity. Guerlain is a noted powerhouse in that department, and here I’ve found their edt to be stronger and longer lasting than most of the edps in my collection. So I’m very pleased. I’m not even into fruity florals generally, but this is beautiful and different than most of my other scents, so I’m very happy I added it.
gggorrrr – :
Hi. I like to wear your mom’s and grandmother’s perfumes. This is one where the group isn’t what you might expect. This isn’t a typical floral Fruity .. not sweet to me in that stereotypical way we now have come to know and expect a celebrity fragrance. That’s good news. I bought this because Guerlain. It sat and sat and sat. I couldn’t put my head around when I’d wear it. Really is a floral to me. Just discovered that it layered nicely over and tamed Cartier’s Le Baiser Du Dragon. What a wow combo. Sometimes a pair helps me better appreciate a singular scent. I’d save this buy for someone who is so love for Guerlain you know you really can’t miss or for someone who has a more developed sense of perfume diversity. There is now a place for Champs Elysees in my rotation and I have new appreciation. Nothing really stands out but my nose is sort of basic sometimes. The overall feel here is quality, soft yet full. Nothing too synthetic. Just a really fine floral with some playful sides to it. This one just got promoted to a higher shelf.
zmx998speagoessenda – :
This is my mother’s parfume. A light but characteristic blast, a real soft blend of flower and fruit notes.
A chic fragrance with an identity. And for me, inseperable from my Mom.
samuray74 – :
Just found a bottle that was manufactured in 1997. The scent whisked me back 20 years! (Ooooo I’m 20 years younger)
I have a few vintage bottles of this, including the one purchased in 1997. It’s all in how it’s been stored, this one was perfect. Any comments about how the new formula compares?
NILSOLOVEY – :
Sampling from a mini, date unknown. Well i went through quite a thought process with this….first sniff it felt familiar- someone from years past? I couldnt put my finger on it, then i thought of chlorinnated swimming pools, nope that wasnt it….outdoor swimming pools…almost there…then it hit me! Sunscreen, im sure ammbre solair smelt like this around late 80’s to mid 90’s! Anyway i mostly get mimosa and melon, touch of lilac. It really sparkles. Even though this isnt my style i can truly see why people would love it. Feminine unique and happy. Btw it gives me a headache so i have to wash.
suka72 – :
This is a good perfume. A product of quality for sure. It fills the room, even when I only have it on a paper strip. I mostly sense it as powdery and floral. It has a big classic scent kind of feel to it. I can’t excactly tell, which floral notes are present, but I sense floral freshness in it. This perfume has a very-very good projection.
Savec71 – :
I bought this in the mid 90’s when they use to pass cards out with the notes
Top notes are
Black currents, pink buddleia (butterfly bush), Almond Blossom, mimosa blossoms
Middle Notes
Almond, rose,hibiscus, cherry blossoms
Base Notes
Almond Wood, Orris root, balsam resin
Scent is strong of buddleia I made an extract of flowers so I speak from experience. It’s a timeless, fun and playful fragrance. If you want a guy to never forget you wear this. It’s not jarring like other Gerlain fragrances. This is soft and light but long lasting.
pusyakuzin – :
My mom gave me this perfume in 1998, when I started to atend law school. CE edt reminds me that time, and it’s a good sensation, a bit nostalgic. I’m about to buy it again, this time EDP version.
Djoxa08 – :
I love this scent!! I love the floral flowers and it lasts a long long time throughout the day. It changes on my skin and it never smells the same way it did when I first sprayed. It lingers and and changes different notes.
sergejts – :
It,s all about mimosa and almonds. But Guerlain’s way to do a mimosa and almonds perfume.The mimosa note is beautiful, smells of spring. It is mixed with the almonds, witch gives it a sort of bitterness and originality,instead of being too sweet and boring.The hole impression is of a floral fragrance, but the bouquet is done in a French way with so much elegance and finesse and sense of naturalness, with warmth instead of too much sweetness. The base is soft and sweet, instead of being too musky, witch makes it more feminine. A classy French flowery perfume from a house whose flag shop is in…Champs Elysees,of course..:-)
kaje – :
I can’t smell any fruit at all. What it actually smells like is my grandma’s old cabinet with all her old unused perfumes and soaps in it. A Dusty and strong smell emanates from you when you wear this perfume. My friend smelled it on me and shuddered in disgust. I love Guerlain for the great sillage and longevity though, which even Champs-Elysees has in full.
КОШ – :
very floral, especially dominant for me are the scents of spring flowers – lilac is the loudest, with what almost smells like hyacinth or something else that pops up first in the spring out of my garden. Rose, Lily and Peony also very strong, reminding me of J’adore L’Or (not the regular J’Adore). This one is too floral for me, but if you like smelling like a spring garden bursting with flowers, this one’s for you. I need a little more dirt with my flowers – some oud, musk, or something to make it a bit more sexy. This one just stays la-de-da floral, innocent, girly, like a young woman in a sundress, white sandals, never misbehaving or swearing. Not me haha 😉
rua138Diobtetty – :
This perfume is proof that a fruity-floral can be long-lasting, elegant and ageless.
pavabe – :
Champs-Elysees is a pretty, romantic, spring fragrance. It has sweet floral notes of mimose, lilac, and violet along with an almond note that is more apparent in the dry down. It is a little fruity, but not much it is mainly floral-almond. The scent is not powdery. Oftentimes, I think as a whole the aroma comes across as smelling like plain French soaps, the very traditional chunky square ones that are beige in color and scented with shea butter or milk. Anyway, this scent smells clean but not in a laundry detergent way. The Guerlain quality is apparent. The notes are very smoothly blended. This fragrance is “safe” but it is not weak, in fact, lasts very well.
Масенька – :
Word of advice: do not blind-buy this like I did. I am a big mimosa fan, but that alone is not enough to enjoy this undisturbed. The melon and the lily-of-the-valley are ruining it for me unfortunately. I can see how this can be nauseating during warmer weather.
Hawaii – :
A true Guerlain in terms of longevity, lasts almost 12 hours easily. But when it comes to the actual fragrance, unfortunately, it’s like a power blast of melon and mimosa that works on my sanity for the first one hour or so. If mimosa is your thing, go for it, this will be right up your alley!
cloncd – :
It’s too bad. I blind bought a mini of this because I loved the idea of it. But the melon just doesn’t agree with me. It turns sickly on my skin. It’s also a little too green and a little too soapy for me, possibly because of lily-of-the-valley. As a mimosa fan, I’m heartbroken. To a happier home it shall go.
tn083 – :
It’s baffling to me why so many of the complicated, challenging scents that I adore fall flat on my skin, and scents that merely please, such as this one, bloom and blossom and unfurl into a dizzying sweet-floral bouquet. It really does love my body chemistry.
On me, this is nearly pure, sweet mimosa, highlighted by warm sparkling peach, delicate lily, given just a hint of depth by a supporting note of woody-floral almond. The flowers sing in this fragrance, and it smells the way a warm summer day feels. Where some floral scents can take on a harsh green or bitter or synthetic note, Champs-Elysées maintains its full, rounded warmth from start to finish. It’s all innocence and unadulterated chaste femininity, and to me smells like a scent my mother would have adored (she was partial to fragrances like Givenchy’s Amarige and Estee Lauder Beautiful; this has more in common with Amarige, in my opinion, but if you like those two consider looking into this one as a sparkling, sweeter, more vibrant relative).
I wish this had a bit of edge, something to provide some mystery or surprise, but that’s not what Champs-Elysées is about. I will allow that being “merely” beautiful is enough of an accomplishment. This one lives to please.
For what it’s worth, this sticks around and projects reasonably well, better than many EdPs I own.
uvq355InsuffBooni – :
I blind bought this based on reviews and my love of Guerlain. I didn’t go wrong. It’s a really cute and berry/floral fragrance that is (with any Geurlain I try) quite comforting. It’s sparkling and bubbly, like wearing a flowery champagne, I think it comes from the mimosa. It’s also quite fresh but has a soft heart. An elegant yet bubbly fragrance ideal for spring and summer nights. But I like to wear it all the time 😉
Lasts 4-5 hours with sillage that stays close. Love it.
eyl432Diobtetty – :
What a perfect summer fragrance.
Bought a small bottle of this after smelling it in the store! It is lovely. On me, it is all peaches and lilac and sweetness. It lasts a few hours with 2-3 sprays, a heavier spraying is needed to smell it all day.
It is so sweet, uplifting, and refreshing. I am all about this one, this summer.
mebelsoft – :
Both my twin sister and my younger sister couldn’t stand the smell. too overpowering and long lasting…
PossePriedHex – :
For years I have been on a never ending search for my signature perfume, and then one day I realized it was Champs Elysees all along. I tend to be fickle with perfumes, but Champs Elysees has stuck around for near five years. I never get tired of it or think it’s boring. It’s not a particularly stunning perfume or a bombshell, but it has a quality of daily elegance that makes it appealing to me. I can wear it anywhere and feel like myself.
DSRTJUHSRTE – :
I loved this scent (nice and long lasting) but had to give it to my mom cuz this would give me horrible headaches=(
cerber12345 – :
I really wanted to get this perfume, been looking for it everywhere. Yesterday, I finally found it and eagerly wanted to spray it on my wrist. It wasn’t that much of a magical reunion as I’ve thought…no, wanted to be.
I love floral perfumes so I was welcoming the thought of owning this with open arms. I tried it on clean arms; no lotion on them or whatsoever, it was the first I tried at the store too so there was no room for misinterpretation of the fragrance. It was just awful on my skin, unfortunately.
Actually, when it was sprayed (before smelling my wrist) it was heavenly, like a happy mid spring day, Lilac, Mimosa, lily of the valley, peony, rose all embracing in a cloud of violet. Just by smelling that cloud it made me feel like a child, a very happy one. It was like a garden of well tended flowers exploded in my face, as a floral fragrance lover, I was in love…just by that puff.
After 30 seconds, it was time to smell my wrist, still wonderful, i can smell the flowers, mainly lilac, mimosa, peony and lily of the valley then plus benzoin and the almond notes. I was very happy cause I will finally welcome this beauty to my collection. I went through the shop waiting for the perfume to settle down a bit, still didn’t try another perfume on my hands or arms. I smelt a whiff of something horrible, spoilt onions and rancid olive oil, when I knew the source was my wrist, nonetheless…my champs elysees, I was terrified. My skin failed me when I so wanted it not to. I smelt cantaloupe (on me it was more of cantaloupe not melon) and the bad onions plus the awful oil, so sad 🙁 I even had to go wash my hands after.
As a kid, I loved flowers and I still do. there are always flowers in my home so i’m not giving up on this perfume.
Like Thierry Mugler’s Womanity, this might be one of those fragrances that need time to develop on you or the case is it’s too much for your body and your body needs time to get used to it.
After finding it, was it a mistake to let it go? Maybe. If I find it again will I get it? Yes. Even though it’s horrible on me. Maybe someday it will change its mind.
I hope one day I could rewrite a review for Champs Elysees.
zm177 – :
This scent is pure perfection for me — from the juice to the bottle. I know it has been and is being sharply criticized by some refined connoisseurs. I love it anyway. Very wearable – both on skin and on clothes, very “huggable”, so to speak. Projects sheer happiness. A bliss.
pavel1415 – :
Only found these Notes on Other Sites :
Top Notes : VIOLET Blossom, Anise, Melon, Peach
Heart Notes : Rose, Mimosa, Lily-of-the-Valley, Peony
Base Notes : Benzoin, Vanilla, Cedar, Sandalwood
tmc518InsuffBooni – :
This is the reason why the house of Guerlain are the masters at perfumery. With fragrances such as this one that evoke strong emotion and imagery. This fragrance too me is spring at its best. Innocent baby lambs frolicking on a green meadow littered with daffodils, lilacs and lily of the valley; carefree and oh so adorable! This is the smell of spring! Beautiful…i just can’t explain how great this perfume is.
chembers – :
Angels probably smell like this. Oh my goodness, this is so pretty.
I recently traded with another member here for this and I am so happy to have this again.
Update: I wore this a few days ago. Ugh. Gave me a huge headache/nausea. Maybe my chemistry changed. I used to love love love wearing this.
Another update: my best friend and I trade out perfumes sometimes and she insisted that I take this one so I did and I wore it to work today. It feels fresh and feminine. I am getting wafts of this all day and it is very pretty. No one else has commented on it but I do like it and I’m glad that I have it again.
kmx286intitytek – :
I got this initially as a gift a few years ago and it is a nice familiar and fresh lily-of-the-valley smell, not exactly my favorite. However, it happened a few times that when I was wearing it, strangers would stop me in the elevator or in the street and ask what I was wearing that smelled so nice. So why not spray it on again? For that very reason, after I finished the first bottle, I bought another one. It does smell like Champs-Elysees in spring: young, light and fresh. Bravo Guerlain!
xwp527InsuffBooni – :
This is a modern classic. In the beginning I get an explosion of a good blend between floral and fruity. In a few moments the fruits give way for the lovely florals to shine. There is no overbearing sweetness but a very well crafted and rounded floral.
magerramov82 – :
According to the house of Guerlain, perfumers Olivier Cresp and Jean-Paul Guerlain both submitted versions of this and Cresp’s was chosen…
A Guerlain may have created the 1904 “original” but its rare and scant if even still in existence. Considering this version came out in 1996 (2 years after LVMH acquired the House) and was the first non-Guerlain family member created perfume its very very nice; however, since Jacques’s last perfume was Ode created in 1955 (with the help of grandson Jean-Paul) its seems strange crediting someone fourteen years deceased or the modern iteration that shares nothing with his work other than its name.
Please add a page for the original (1904) if it was ever even released or amend this page.
Please and thank you…
IO3ep – :
This is ideal for the warmer months but it has such a timeless quality you could wear it anytime. It’s cheerful and light, a beautiful friendly floral with light fruits that I think most people could easily enjoy.
mtv716speagoessenda – :
Classic,Delicate and timeless….make me feel good about myself!
fip60 – :
For something so delicately well made this has long lasting power! I have been looking for a perfume I can wear for daytime without offending other people’s olfactory sense. This is kind of blind buy as I didn’t check it on my skin first before buying this but I just can’t let go of this last bottle in my nearby pharmacist’s I have been reading the review on Champs Elysees for quite some time now and the reviews are so reassuring that I just ended up buying this one. First I advice not to smell it straight from the bottle as it is quite strong I was almost put off by it. I tried it on my bare shoulders one rainy and breezy July afternoon not too hot here in London right now. Beautiful creamy floral notes comes out not so much of the fruity ones on me but I don’t care this is the real deal. This made me smell and feel so girly yet self assured. Will get you noticed quite easily without begging for one. Unlike some of the perfumes that comes out of the market right now Champs is not overly complicated but this doesn’t need to be it’s beauty comes from being understated yet elegantly delectable. I’m so glad I bought this.♥
Uskor – :
Bought this recently. It opens really sweet to me: the melons and peaches and even a bit of pear to my nose. Then it dries down to the white floral notes, especially the lily of the valley, with a hint of honey under it. Its refreshing and yet sweet. Very appropriate for a warm sunny afternoon; summer or winter 🙂 Also the woody notes but not very strong.
Serega9085 – :
This is one of the few yellow floral-only (nearly) perfumes that I adore. Champs EDT is soft and dewy. It’s quietly elegant, yet charming and playful. A springtime must-have for me. I wear it in summer, but only when I’m dressing up in more than shorts and flip flops. It’s definitely a sundress and wedge heels kind of scent.
It’s just so sunny and sparkling that it never fails to put me in a great mood. I especially love spritzing some on before bed – that’s how inoffensive and delicate it is.
I will always keep a bottle on hand.
ZofwootsIcews – :
I am normally a big Guerlain groupie, but Champs Elysees is not one of my favourites. I have a miniature of this (from a Duty free coffret-I love those mini-sets!) but it needs an awful lot of dabs before I get any fragrance at all-I think my skin must eat this up. Initially there was a burst of fresh green, almost like freshly chopped celery. This dries down to a faint powdery note, but I don’t get any true floral or fruit. There’s no sweetness and no musk or vanilla. To me this is a very linear fragrance without the complexity of Samsara or Mitsouko. It’s smooth, but it’s quiet, weak and watery. It’s a nice enough fragrance, but doesn’t match up to the other classic Guerlains. It lasted around an hour on me, and the sillage is non-existant. From reading all the fantastic reviews I think it must be my wrist and body chemistry which is rende