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Iceking – :
What I’m not seeing in the notes that is there is a subtle licorice or star anise vibe. Also a celery note. I happen to despise licorice and star anise anywhere in my life, but I don’t mind it here. You know what it’s like? When you bury your nose in and smell the vibrant lemon, the “after-taste,” the very end has the licorice. I now feel brilliant because that’s exactly what happens! It’s aftertaste in a smell.
vspirit – :
A favorite. It’s “safe” for my HSP self- always fresh, bright, clean- the cypress coming in to cut & play off the zingy lemon- in a sense, the fact that it is (I think, anyway) never overpowering or kinda fades a bit -calms down, whispers- is actually kind of a good thing and makes it very wearable for me. I never get tired of it & pull it out on those cold mornings before work when I need a bit of courage. So yes I love it and while I am often disappointed at the end of the day to note it’s gone, I know that I’m never contributing to a headache, at least for myself (I’m surprised to read that some find it overpowering- it’s such a delicate scent!) I prefer that first perfect little blast of pleasure to something that other people are practically tasting crowded up against me in the metro anyway. I kinda pity the people for whom “lemon” automatically = “lemon pledge,” and who thereby dismiss out of hand how intelligently blended this is with the sharpness of the wood just underneath. It truly does make me think of a sunny Tuscan hillside, or what I imagine that to be.
ssssseeeddd – :
Lemonhead Candies… That is what comes to mind. The coating of the candy has an intense sour lemon flavor to start, but the middle tastes like this perfume smells. I like the perfume. But, just like candy, you can have too much. I would watch the sprays.
Weawaynon – :
My favorite lemon citrus fragrance ever!! So sour and green with a hint of spice the kind like curry powder, it’s all well blended, but i find the longevity is very poor on the EDT. My next purchase will sure be the ODP.
sawaman – :
I can’t believe nobody else seems to be getting liquorice vibes. It’s citrus and pine, sure, but SO MUCH liquorice. Earthy, close to the skin, but undoubtedly liquorice. I love this for the warmer months. Completely unisex and easy to wear, never in your face. Just wonderful.
ZlodeyEvgen – :
My friend lent me this scent and I’m in love. It’s vintage. This is a very special citrus scent. It has a lot of different citrus notes, and has a classic appeal with aldehydes. I pick up on cypress too. It has a unisex feel to it. Love love love it!
aResident – :
Another incredibly hyped scent that I initially had lukewarm feelings toward. When first applied, I got a serious dose of furniture polish, which made me feel like I had made a mistake and why in the world was everyone raving about this one? The more I learn about perfume testing, the more I learn to pretty much ignore the first 5-10 minutes after spraying. The alcohol needs to burn off a bit and the various accords need to sort themselves out and find their place. It’s the olfactory equivalent of the noise an orchestra makes warming up just before the conductor takes the stage. It just sounds like a cacophony of random noise but give it a few minutes and you will experience a beautiful symphony. When I give Eau d’Hadrien a few minutes to dry and adjust itself, the lemon stops yelling and speaks in a normal indoor voice. This allows the piney outdoorsy cypress accord to make itself heard. Now it’s no longer furniture polish but a real lemon tree on the banks of a river, surrounded by balsamic green trees and honey sweet wildflowers.
viteok – :
Nope! It’s like lemon cleaner.
3/10
friffidopsy – :
The similarities with YSL Y are undeniable here.
That being said this is much higher quality and the structure is composed better.
I get a Citric, aromatic with candied ginger and woods. It has a confident or more brash nature from the Aldehyde used here , like in YSL Y.
A daring scent and slightly masculine IMO.
I personally do not like it, but it is not bad and is worth sniffing and sampling .
5 hours longevity and moderate projection.
ruslantyi – :
In South America, where I come from, we use just limes (many kinds of them) but almost no lemon. When I moved to Europe it was hard to get used to them, as I always had the impression I was eating cleaning product. Then I thought “you know what? scr*w this cleaning product companies! I will not let them take away my pleasure with such an amazing, natural fruit!” So I changed all the cleaning products of my house for those natural ones with almost no smell. Also started using vinegar and baking soda. Guess what? I love lemons now! I use them on everything, including the peel, put it in my black tea, etc.
So, now I see the beauty of Eau D’Hadrien and I don’t care what they say. When it’s very hot all I want is a splash of this citrus bomb! It’s manly lemons, yes, and I love it! In daily life I end up always reaching for a simple, uncomplicated scent. Today I’ll smell like lemons! And that’s it!
zuzu – :
I can see how some may think this smells like a cleaning product, like Lemon Pledge or some such product. I also kind of get a Lemonheads (the candy) smell. But..I like this. I would not say this is sweet per se, but I pick up an ever so slight sweetness, a nice sweetness, not synthetic nor cloying. For me, this is mainly about the lemon note. The cypress is detectable, too, as are the citrus notes. The grapefruit is a nice grapefruit smell on me and does not smell sour or foul like so many other fragrances with a grapefruit note. I pick up a little of the aldehydes and ylang ylang. Nice. A fantastic Springtime scent. Not heavy but not too light. I do wih the longevity was better; I get a couple of hours before this poofs completely on my skin. But that could just be my skin eating this one up. But all in all…me likey.
supershmarka – :
Vegitabels and lemon. I get celery for sure, not sweet at all. Im intrigued and want to try the Nuit version.
Getting Artemisia and grapfruit, inderpined by a faint evergreen fir tree.
⛤⛤⛤
kastrov86 – :
Always on the lookout for a fresh lemon scent, this is one of the ones I tried for a while when I was going through one of my lemon phases. I do love a nice, linear, fresh citrus scent without a lot of mid and base notes, even though those types are hard to find and tend to fade fast, but I’ll test anything said to be lemony.
This one did not work for me. Although I do like aldehydes in some vintage fragrances, and ylang ylang if it’s very well blended in something from Aveda, apparently I do not like these notes together, or with lemon. This ended up not working with my body chemistry, the aldehydes and floral notes took some sort of weird turn, and it smelled very musty on me. Unfortunately, I had to get rid of it.
mrozenfeld – :
This is great if you are looking for a citrus well blended fragrance.
foacker – :
When I first tried this it was winter and it was a blast of sharp, citrus that was much too bright and cold for winter, so I put away my sample to await warmer days. Fast forward a few months and I pulled out the sample to test in the summer heat…and as I suspected, this one needs the hot weather to shine. The initial burst is bright, refreshing lemon and grapefruit. Quickly I notice something that reminds me of Christmas….it’s the piney note of cypress which is adding an unexpected dimension to this otherwise predominantly citrus scent. Like most citrus based scents, as it dries down the citrus fades and cypress/woodiness becomes stronger. A very nice perfume, but a bit too unisex for my personal taste….I’ll use up my sample but won’t purchase a full bottle.
maxaaaaa – :
This is my first Annick Goutal fragrance and will not be my last, given how unique, rich, and wonderful Eau D’Hadrien is!
This fragrance is SO complex, but not cloying or overpowering. Distinctive, this fragrance manages to be both complex and unencumbered at the same time.
Though I don’t see it listed, this concoction has an undeniable element of fresh black peppercorn that shows up immediately after the soft lemon opening. That is not to imply any harshness or bitterness, only the fresh zest of pepper that was ground the instant Eau D’Hadrien left the bottle.
Edit: This layers *brilliantly* with Alfred Sung’s PURE.
Additionally, I highly recommend going in for the EDP versions of this line; the EDT that I have is completely gone from the skin within an hour or less of application, though it has a tad bit of staying power on clothing, but still requires a deliberate sniff to detect. Pity; and, regardless of there being zero staying power, I love the zesty, alluring overall fragrance.
lekusa – :
I adore – nay, crave – a good blast of citrus, so I was thoroughly disappointed when Eau d’Hadrien turned out to be a total lemon.
Judging from other reviews, the fault is all mine; my skin tends to turn some citrus scents into bitter, screechy affairs that only a good scrubbing can mitigate. That was true of Dior’s Eau Fraiche, Rochas Homme, Lush’s Dad’s Garden, and now, sadly, Eau d’Hadrien.
I’d love to smell Eau d’Hadrien on the right person, as its listed notes and formidable reputation point to it being somewhat of a masterpiece. Sadly, it’s anything but on me. I’ll stick with Guerlain’s Fleurs de Cedrat for my lemon fix for now.
ooonnnaaa – :
Nothing could prepare me for the blast of lemon that awaited me when I tried this. This is like some sort of weaponized citrus. My eyes watered a little. It died down fairly shortly, then I couldn’t smell much of anything at all.
I like citrus as much as the next fella, but if I were going for lemon, I much prefer Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche, which is tempered by some vanilla to give this nice lemon pie effect. Or for a refreshing citrus blast, I’d go for Mugler Cologne, which is cheaper and longer lasting.
zpipe – :
Eau de toilette version: Very fresh, very natural lemon opening. Reminds me of Capri. After about an hour, it starts smelling more like lemon candy. Something warm and sweet and powdery creeps in, and stays for a few hours as a skin scent.
Unisex, my girlfriend is quite lucky and the citrus notes hold on to her skin longer than they do on mine.
Quite expensive considering longevity and sillage, but still worth it for the uplifting opening notes
awtzik – :
Super “lemonny” acidic opening. Almost to the point of being too tart.
It later settles into a more palatable, sweet, lemon with a bit of beeswax.
I never use it as a stand alone scent. Rather to fix summer flower fragrances when they have an indolic note.
I spray it exactly at the moment the indolic note is most prevalent. The lemon, true to it’s nature only lasts an hour and a half, and then I can just enjoy the dry-down of the initial perfume
zayec – :
I am quite scared of using lemon based fragrances because I suffer from migraines, but not this one. This one is heavenly. It is fizzy fresh with the most beautiful light lemony iridescent blanket to wrap around yourself. I wear this and I feel amazing, absolutely amazing. This fragrance is expensive and it makes me feel expensive, rich and unique. It is so beautiful without being heady and sickly as some lemon perfumes are. I have tried other perfumes in this range and love most of them. I really appreciate delicacy. This scent doesnt last too long on the skin but that is ok, I would rather smell fabulous for a while than have something overpowering that I tire of. It’s like the most beautiful spring/summer breeze, to be appreciated in the moment.
Argureunremia – :
I smelled it on the department store few years ago and I remember it smelling very bright lemony opening, a little bit sharp, a little bit tart, and sparkling but it turns weird on me when it dries down… kind of salty like a sweet japanese soy sauce, the sweet smell of cardboard, and something lightly fizzy and carbonated on its texture, and that bright, sparkling lemon scent but it was completly tucked away by that weird salty/soyscauce smell.
This is the first niche fragrance that I smelled but it didn’t surprised me as a very amazing fragrance, quite dissapointed
5/10
romiwka – :
smells so fresh and clean it is my only annick perfume as i see the longevity is so bad , after 1 hr i cant feel it so i wont be buying another bottle again just because its so weak and is not cheap either
bender380v – :
Annick Goutal’s eau d’Hadrian may be one of the freshest,cleanest scents what I have tried till now. It’s a trustworthy thing and really suits any mood, any season. When you want to feel pretty, smell fresh, sophisticated, and light, eau d’Hadrian is the solution.
toisessinaich – :
Fabulous top notes of verbena and tangerine, but gone in about 10 minutes. Very very similar to Verveine by L’Occitane, which costs about 18 euros as opposed to 70, so I know where my money’s going. Such a shame – if it had some lasting power, I’d buy a jugful of this for summer.
antonkrass – :
I love this! I sense the Lemonheads candy feel at first, alobg with a zesty, herbal, aromatic citrus, but the drydown, for me, is… neroli! Does anyone else smell neroli in this one? I keep re-sniffing my arm to be sure it’s not something other than that, but… it’s still neroli! Hmm…
илья – :
Deppaholic said it well: Buy it fresh, and use it up by summer’s end. Just like a lemon tree, this scent needs daylight, warmth, and humidity to bloom properly. This wears like a verbena-laced daydream on those whose skin plays well with citrus; if you’re not among those people or you’re currently wearing long-sleeves, wait until May. It’s worth the price if treated well!
TardFurlede – :
a pure bitter herbal citrus that I love but it does not last and fades so rapidly
tukano – :
Refreshing,clean citrus, yet subtle, too subtle as it fades so quickly. I won’t buy it for that reason, although, I do love it.
vatsonsolomin – :
I see so many fragrance lovers here drooling over the citrus opening of this reformulated fragrance.
I strongly suggest to give a try to
1>Profumum Acqua Viva
2>Panah London Italian Citrus.
The opening of these two fragrances are heavenly and excellent summer fragrances.
For obvious reasons the highr concentrations and good quality lemon plays an important role for citrus fragrance and its seems Profumo and Panah guys have nailed it .
alien123 – :
I read Leonardo D Caprio wears this. Since I’m a collector I figured I’d pick it up and see why. I think this is called a chypre. I have others in this genre. Extra Vielle which is a far better version of 4711 was what I smelled in the beginning of this. I had read that comparison and it was no joke the first time I smelled this. It was my first initial impression of the opening. Then, though it changed. It is still citrusy, but there’s a citrus grassy-ness here that reminds me a whole lot of Cappucci Pour Homme. The fullest part of this fragrance is very, very similar to Cappucci. Maybe even in the vein of Acqua Essenziale Colonia by ferragamo. Even though I have a lot of these types of fragrances already, I do enjoy this one a lot. These are really good summer fragrances that are wearable for work or play. I don’t think I’d like this on a woman, but on the right woman, I wouldn’t care.
us5nan – :
As someone below said, first blast is LemonHead candies…then fades away pretty quickly to a very light realistic fresh lemon scent, quite refreshing! I can’t imagine this would be worth the price for the vast majority of us, tho.
Evge№iy – :
While Annick Eau d’Hadrien tries to evoke coastal Mediterranean citrus, it does not succeed quite as well as, say, Eau de Rochas. This is because there seems an initial imbalance with the abundance of dry lemon and other citrus top notes and the understandable inclusion of cypress, the latter of which takes over fairly quickly. Normally I adore cypress but somehow this mix doesn’t quite work.
There is no roundness to this fragrance. Further, it quickly dries down to something so dryly herbal that it lacks any sillage on my skin. It is also a tad too bitter for me because my nose has never detected the ylang ylang, which could have made d’Hadrien more wearable had there been perhaps one more drop of it.
valentin1006 – :
LEEEMMOOONNNN!!!!!! Soooo much lemon!! It’s a very candy-like lemon, like lemonheads. It’s not all lemon though – I can definitely pick up the cypress, and the other citrus adds a juicy depth and sweetness – but this overwhelmingly about the lemon. Almost no longevity; dries down really fast to a faint, almost aquatic and slightly bitter, though still pretty, scent. A really nice (and really expensive) Jean Nate.
lllavr – :
At first there is an overwhelming lemony blast. Then it turns into a lovely subdued green and tangy composition. Grapefruit is evident cz. i like it but it is a little bit weak, to me that is better than too strong though as i could spray more.
koksikoksik – :
Lemon-scented disinfectant. Lemon-scented dish soap. Lemon-scented hand sanitizer. You get the picture. I would only wear this if I wanted people to think I spent the whole day cleaning my house.
алкс – :
Zingy fresh! It smells like I have just zested and juiced fresh lemons bought from a farmers market. It’s incredibly energizing and uplifting!
Sillage – Low / longevity – ~3 hours
5/10
dlbx – :
Annick Goutal was my first foray into niche fragrance, back in the early 90s when the brand could only be found in about 3 shops in all of NYC. Hadrien was her love song to Italy, Tuscany to be more specific.
While the Eau d’Hadrien of today isn’t what he used to be – with reformulations and all – I am happy enough with the current version to always keep a bottle or two (I am also very fond of the eau de parfum version) in the refrigerator.
It opens with a bracing blast of lemon, properly tart and very dry and given a little lift by sparkling (not soapy) aldehydes. It’s sharp and likely to make you pucker. It quickly moves through grapefruit, citron, a touch of the sweet and tropical ylang and finally settling into its woody base of cypress. The grapefruit and ylang are more evident in the edp, so much so that it feels like a different fragrance – they definitely share the same DNA but are different enough to warrant owning both versions.
People often complain of the longevity of Goutal fragrances but I have it on good authority that she never intended her fragrances to last all day; she preferred a scent applied in the morning to fade away, making way for you to apply another of her perfume creations later in the day. If you want your Hadrien to hang around a bit longer, try layering it with the body creme, which has a very high percentage (I think it’s 3% or more) of perfume. It’s a pretty luxurious way to experience the fragrance, and if you’re a fan, you should treat yourself. 🙂
A modern classic for those who love their citruses neat and dry. It’s been love for me for over 20 years!
Holdeev.Den – :
Typical summer cologne … in the Eau de Cologne by Les Exc. by Chanel style … may be Moschino Uomo, Allure Cologne Sport and Scale to Para Ti by Dior
adfrtth8435 – :
Ah. I currently smell like a sour cough drop that has been soaked in citrus dish washing liquid. The lemon is very sharp in the beginning, and it softens a little as we get closer to the drydown (which is soon – its longevity leaves a lot to be desired). The strong citrus top notes almost make this perfume smell like something edible and delicious, but as the soapy notes kick in, the thought is gone for good.
Eau d’Hadrien doesn’t really make me think of an actual perfume, rather it reminds me of the “perfumes” I used to make as a child, combining any ingredients I could find with a distinctive smell, such as fresh lemon juice, rose petals or cinnamon powder. I can’t help feeling like this perfume was created by just throwing different citrus fruits together into a blender. There are very few nuances in this perfume, and I find the result quite unilateral.
This perfume is not for me, but please don’t let me be misunderstood – It doesn’t smell bad. However pleasant the smell itself, I am having a hard time understanding why anyone would like to wear this scent as a perfume.
buzodopx – :
Longevity about 10 minutes, can’t even write a review apart from lemony fresh before it disappears.
berkaaaa – :
I never had the opportunity before to test any Anick Goutal’s fragrance, and maybe because I had high expectations about these so said niche fragrances, I was, I would not say disappointed, but unimpressed. It is from my viewpoint an almost purely citric scent, without the acidity, which to me is nevertheless, a good point. There are thousands of fragrances like this one, and many I am sure with a much more remarkable evolution and structure. Also, silage and staying power are not impressive. I also tried Sables and Mandragore pourpre, and was equally unimpressed. To ask for these prices without the glamour of fashion designer houses, I thought the fragrances had to be remarkable, creative and original.
sliva105 – :
Annick Goutal Eau d’Hadrien is a straightforward lemon fragrance on me. The cypress renders the lemon more towards dry and aromatic, rather than juicy and sparkling.
The sillage of EDT is soft and the longevity is barely 4 hours on me. I prefer tart and juicy citrus, thus Eau d’Hadrien is not my favourite interpretation. But for a blazing hot summer day, it provides an utterly refreshing experience.
ava 19 – :
I was hoping to love this one, but the drydown just gets way too close to Sunlight Lemon-Fresh scent disdhwashing liquid…starts off good enough, but rather quickly devolves into lemon dishwashing liquid…sorry, but just can’t bring myself to giving this one a thumbs up…much prefer the lemon in A.G. Nuit Etoilee even though it’s not the loud intense slightly tart lemon that I am looking for…anyhow, eventually I’ll find that loud intense slightly tart lemon that I’m hoping for…anyone have any further leads on a slightly tart intense lemon fragrance?
prusov63 – :
لو بيدي تسمية العطر لاسميته الليمونه المألوفه الخانقة احيانا 🙂
العطر لايحتاج تقرير مطول رائحة سهلة الاكتشاف
الليمون هو بطل قصة هذا العطر ولدرجة انه مالوف ستشبه باشياء عديدة ومالوفه جدا قد تشبة بشراب عصير بنهكة الليمون المحلى طبعا، قد تشبة بعصير الليمون الطازج وقد تشبة ودون مجمالة ببخات تلميع الاخشاب التي تاتي برائحة الليمون بالنسبة لي العطر لم يقدم اي شي جديد مطلق اذا كنت ستشتري العطر من اجل المديح فسأقول لك ربما تلاقي تعليقات وتشبيهات تحبطك
لم يرق لي للاسف.
طبعا متى ما اتيحت لك التجربة فلا تردد اذا كنت محب لليمون دون اية قيود.
هذا العطر كان ينقصة شوية نوتات اخشاب او قرين نوت او تكثيق على الاقل الالدهيذز التي اغرقتها حموضه الليمون في العطر.
ابدا ودائما لاتنس ذكر الله والصلاةعلى النبي.
AmomsNaimiCog – :
I am sorry that for the reason of so many cleaning products having a lemon aroma, people associate lemon perfumes to this type of products. There are synthetic perfumes that could lead to that, but in my opinion, it’s not the case here.
The opening is sparkling with lemon, cypress and some aldehydes. It is bitter and I get more the peal of the citruses than the juice, or it’s like the smell of the inside of a fruit after the juice was squeezed. It is very refreshing and smells natural to me. Projection is medium at this point and it will get milder progressively. The change is minimal, but it’s there; the lemon is the heart and soul of this fragrance. With time, the bitterness tones down and it becomes a little more zesty and, by the end, when it’s purely a skin scent, a creamier and sweeter lemonade.
It’s not like a modern sweet citrus, but it has a special appeal that takes you back a few decades. I’m quite a fan of this stuff.
It’s a review for the EDP.
Scent: 8.5/10
Longevity: 7/10
Projection: 3/10
rostislav – :
I’ve gone through so many bottles of the EdP that I’ve lost count. It is bright, fresh, photorealistic lemon sweetened up with a hint of ylang in a cypress grove. Everything about it is crisp and clean and uncomplicated. It lends itself well to summertime use, when it’s too hot to want to smell anything heavy or complex.
I used to smell cumin in old bottles of this, and I don’t smell that anymore. Newer bottles have a strong lemon-verbena note to replace most of the juicy citrus, with a fresh-mown grass quality instead of the deep dark cypress forest. It is still Hadrien, but it’s not the same Hadrien. I think the newer version is still wearable and better than a lot of the stuff like it on the market — notable exception being the incredible and devastatingly expensive Profumum Acqua Viva — but this has definitely been changed, a lot, and not necessarily for the better.
patrickpct1 – :
A quintessential summer fragrance!
Eau d’Hadrien is the purest, most zesty lemon (and citrus combo) linear scent. Such a sparkling, lightweight, uplifting, refreshing perfume. Mouthwatering, actually! There is not much else to say here: It really smells like actual lemons. Not sweet lemon cake, not candy lemon lollipops – squeezed lemons! Some people may be into that, some people will wonder why they don’t just dab some lemon juice on their wrists & save a hundred bucks! I personally am a lemon FIEND, and I find this a godsend.
It is a skinscent, so you won’t mow down bypassers in your wake with tart citric lemon gusts, no worries there.
On me this smells delicious, but on my mother it smelled exactly like bugspray. So definitely test before you buy, and enjoy!
oav654speagoessenda – :
I have read that Leonardo DiCaprio apparently wears this… well, I’m sure that it smells much better on him than it does on me! It’s such as shame, as the vial smelt beautiful: very fresh, lively and invigorating, the perfect scent with which to energise and begin your day.
Sadly, on me this smells like lemon dish-washing liquid that fades after a while into a skin scent. I get no wonderful sparkling lemony freshness, but I kind of suspected that to happen, as citrus and white florals have a tendency to turn soapy on my skin. Sillage is soft; lasts for about 7 hours.
maksimoff – :
The best lemon I’ve yet smelled – really delicious, mouthwatering even. As a cologne it’s refreshing, clean, sparkling. Spritzing this on a hot summer day would be perfection. It doesn’t last very long, beyond a pleasant skin scent, but colognes never do. I like this because it doesn’t have a big aldehyde “lift” to it, it smells naturally uplifting and the cypress is a smooth, pleasant base. This is good. 10/10 for a citrus cologne, smooth and cooling.
Meean661Unlogrere – :
One of my favorite perfumes in the past used to be Ptisenbon Tartine et Chocolat by Givenchy and I was very disappointed for years that they have changed the formula. Low and behold, Eau d’Hadrien has the elements that I liked from Ptisenbon while being different and unique! While it won’t be a complete replacement, I at least have something to smell that has the elements of Ptisenbon that I like.
luckystrake – :
Oh, God, what fragrance is this (EDT for men that is more bitter, more masculine than EDP) – elegant, sophisticated, complex. Near it is a shame to categorize this in citrus fragrance category.
Eau d’Hadrien is one of the best perfumes that I’ve ever smelled.
So great smell is this exquisite bitter-citrus that very few people who posted here reviews understood this rare natural beauty.
Honestly, until I found this perfume, I thought does not exist in the fragrance world a citric so complex and refined.
Fragrance 7/10
Projection Medium
Longevity 6 h
Bexinceme – :
Old school lemon scent that has poor performance overall. I would not recommend blind buying this. Much better options are available. I am highly letdown by this.
Serjikfox – :
I was searching for an uplifting, fresh, cooling citrus perfume. Eau d’Hadrien is none of these. It’s almost the opposite: dry, old, and offputting. Unlike familiar citrusy perfumes that imitate the juice or mist of a citrus fruit, Eau d’Hadrien smells like a stand of whole lemons. Ever try to check if a lemon is juicy by smelling the unopened fruit? That’s right. Darn hard. Lemons smell herbal, bitter, almost medicinally so, and so does Eau d’Hadrien. To it’s credit, this perfume is natural smelling and if that’s what you like, enjoy. But I just feel that natural ingredients went to waste in this fragrance because they don’t evoke positive emotions, memories, or possibilities…just the image of a stand of dry lemons, getting old.
karrnavellla – :
I love this perfume, but find that Annick Goutal perfumes “turn” very quickly. It is quite expensive, but really starts smelling bad after about 3 months (chemical and like lemons that are getting moldy). Even using it every day, I can’t go through a bottle that quickly. They should either sell it in smaller amounts, or do something to preserve the scent.
Fantom-2 – :
I like citrus but not like this. I think the cypress is too much gives it more of a cleaning liquid feel. I will not purchase another Annick Goutal, they don’t seem to work for me.
mersedes2 – :
What a strange coincidence! I am reviewing ALL of the aromatic citruses tonight. 😉 Okay, not all of them, just several…
This does not smell incredibly complex to me–just like a lemon sucker that was found underneath a Christmas tree. For more interesting and complex aromatic citruses, smell Un Jardin Sur Le Nil and Eau Des Merveilles.
Bodis – :
If you need an universally admired, invigorating, easy going scent to wear at the office – this is it. For the notes, Meyer lemon comes to mind, and a touch of verbena. A very sophisticated, pleasant citrus mix with a marvellous “je ne sais quoi” Goutal touch.
anders7812 – :
Yes, citric scent. That’s all I get. $99 at Winners – not worth it to me.
one spray on me
Sillage: about a foot
Longevity: an hour
Rating: 1/5 – too expensive for such a simple scent
Dik-19 – :
Eau D’ Hardien from Annick Goutal is an EXCELLENT aromatic/citrusy ..green fragrance. When you spray this fragrance on your skin, the high quality aroma of lemon juice is UNBELIEVABLY intoxicating ( in a good way) that you would swear that the lemon’s were squeezed into the bottle before it was capped.
I’m aslo able to pick up a real attractive green aroma from Cyprus which makes it amazing without a doubt! The other two notes of mandarin and grapefruit give it a real zesty aroma which completes a TRULY great summer fragrance which makes it really FRESH and impossible not to wear.
longevity and Silage is subjective…everyone’s skin reacts different to what you wear. I personally found that it lasts at least 6hrs hours and as a summer frag it’s more then what I expect. As a side note, I had layered this frag and didn’t find it too heavy. It drys back really well leaving the citrus notes coming through above the rest.
Overall view,
There isn’t many frag’s which I don’t adore from Annick’s collection. ..I do enjoy this one and I just picked up Nuit Etoilee.
Out of a lot of summer fragrance’s this one is a real Gem! I was introduced to these frag’s a while back. I now own several of Annick Goutal’s fragrance’s.
The adjectives that describe this PHENOMENON fragrance are..Sparkling, Zesty, invigorating, fresh and also uplifting!!!
Incase you were wondering. .no doubt..100%..10/10 or ☆☆☆☆☆ :-)))))
BARRACUDA-797 – :
D’Hadrien is a bright and sparkling aromatic perfume with strong citrus note combined—I would say elevated and deepened—with cypress. At first sniff, this is like lemon zest; at second sniff, I swore I smelled bergamot. Indeed, the bergamot-esque note continues throughout the perfume’s development; I assume this is the cypress note expressing itself as a complex, resinous, green note combined with the lemon. This resinous note is almost like pine sap (I have more experience with pine than cypress, I think), a fresh woodiness that is light but not really airy.
This is a fairly hefty perfume, with good sillage and longevity now exceeding 5 hours. Dampness on my skin, from sweat or handwashing, brings the brighter citrus notes back to the foreground; otherwise, the deeper cypress notes are predominant. I think this could almost count as a chypre, with the citrus top notes; or as a fougere, with the herbalness of the cypress with, as I said, the bergamot l