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Johnsonhff – :
Okay, I am LOL’ing at the celery seed reference. 🙂
This……is a..unique..fragrance. On me, it is more about the accords listed here than the notes listed here. Mainly very green and aromatic on me. At times I pick up a hairspray from my past (circa 1980’s) scent..that green apple-scented one, I think..? Like something from Salon Selectives or The Aussie hair line stuff. So, this is not a ‘perfume smell’ at all. I do see the tea-smelling reference. I’m surprised to see blackberry listed in the notes here; I pick up nary a blackberry scent. Not good on longevity, I get barely an hour.
Not my cup of tea, but it does have an interesting vintage smell about it, as well as the bottle is cool and sort of vintage-looking. Possibly one of the largest caps I’ve ever seen for a perfume bottle. LOL. 🙂
VOLFTOR – :
The bottle is a very nice decoration. The scent on me is a nice floral tea scent. Nice. No celery seed.
rabbitman – :
All I get is Celery seed, I think we have a past its glory days here.
I did as suggested, left it on for a few hours but the Celery was just overwhelming.
If like me you collect beautiful bottles this is one you should add to your collection it is just gorgeous.
Frosted glass with naked women and a clam shell lid. The blue shade of the juice just adds to the ethereal beauty of the bottle.
This is worth the money if you like pretty things to decorate your shelves just don’t be too disappointed if the juice is off.
330045 – :
I recently bought a small bottle of Ethere and tried it today. It’s always interesting for me to read others’ reviews because it truly highlights how our differing body chemistries can react to the same fragrance. When I spritzed this on this morning, I was very disappointed because it smelled like it had gone bad – it was very bitter and just YUCK. However, by the time I got to work (about 45 mins later), it had totally changed to a yummy floral, slightly watery fragrance. As I’m typing this, it’s 2:45 in the afternoon and the fragrance is still hanging tough. This is one of those scents that I’ll wear through the Fall season to cheer me up & remind me of Summer.
Peliguirl – :
As a huge fan of Sirene I was excited to try another Vicky Tiel scent. Today is the second day I’ve worn Ethere and all I can think is, “I don’t want to smell like this.” On me it’s smelling of very damp forest, and after three hours the bitter green scent isn’t delivering the promised drydown to chamomile and flowers. I can’t imagine a context in my own life where this would be an appropriate scent; I imagine it being worn by a starlet in a French movie from the late 1970s about a glamourous (in a handsome way) vineyard owner’s wife having an illicit affair with a poor grape picker or something. I’m rarely tempted to wash off a scent but I’m really torn: see this one through to the end of the day (for science!) or wash it off and immediately improve my quality of life.
mulya53 – :
This is celery seed all the way the first 30 minutes. Then it calms down a bit, something green but not really floral except for water lily and lily – which are both sharp – and there is definitely musk and amber which make it pretty complex. Ethere is not for everyone! It is just a little like Coriandre. I really like it. It dries down to a green scent on me, and is very fresh and different. It also is long lasting.
I would recommend Ethere for the bottle alone, which is just gorgeous and fun, but the fragrance is really an interesting green/amber/musk combination. This is definitely not your almost pure alcohol floral celebrity fragrance. It is maybe a little like Chanel No. 19, but I may be wrong on that as it has been so long since I’ve used No. 19.
impalajeliemi – :
Not for me…almost water in fact…there was a funky odor then nothing. I find there to be no reason to purchase this. I am surprised seeing how Serene is so delicious! Of course, Vicky’s dresses are hit and miss to so maybe it’s just her style?
Happy Perfuming! ♥
kalianik – :
I sniffed the bottle before trying it on my skin, and it was all alcohol and aldehydes, but I ventured on and tried it.
Opens with something vegetable… Yep! Sherapop nailed it right on the head… CELERY! Celery seed, aldehydes and tea. Ugh, couldn’t apply this one at work!
***WAIT! We have a chameleon here!***
It’s drying down now and the celery seed smell has all but gone away. Now I’m getting chamomile, green / tea and a fresh-cut wood smell. The chamomile puts me to mind of honey. Maybe that’s the mimose.
After a short time, most of the chamomile is gone and what I’m left with is something softly flora and a heaping dose of tea.
EEK! had to edit a bit… I’ve just started itching where I applied this. Have to wash it off! Darn sensitive skin!!!! 🙁
I really like tea fragrances when I’m in the mood for them… but I have to be in the mood. This isn’t my favorite tea fragrance, but I have to say that it’s interesting and not half bad.
Bottom line: If you’re a tea fragrance lover, don’t be put off by the opening! Wait for it to calm down and enjoy.
dvk700bedyWelty – :
I may agree that it came out like a little autum storm, but give it time it slows down. And in my oppinion it´s harmonic, feminine and a class I didn´t thought. Newbee, as I am. But i´ve learned as well as they have problems, knowing easy marks to us of course natuarlly perfumhouses that are big, Ihave read about such perfermeries, now. Big and popular . I wonder like the “sirenes” buyer, is it big different in scense. Now I´m go and read about Vikcy von Tiel, hear her story,. I´m looking forward it very much !
mishunja – :
All I get on my skin is super sweet celery seed.?! It’s definitely a scrubber. Doesn’t work on my skin apparently.
I absolutely love the cute bottle though! I wish they would sell Vicky Tiel’s bottles without the perfume in them, so I could just add a scent I enjoyed!
Provintsial – :
I tried a 1.7oz bottle for under $10.USD. What a bargain! The contents are a pale aqua green. I am amazed that this entire line was not a hit. I was afraid it would be an aquatic with calone. Fortunately, its not. Yet it does recall the beach. A clean fresh sunny beach. Its gentle enough for a girls first perfume.
It is less formal than any other Vicky Tiel offerings so far. That doesnt make it weak by any means. It opens boldly like the sunrise over the sea. The tea note blends well with the lemony chamomile. There is a curious vegetale note-possibly coriander and cypress. The water hyacinth,violet and berry notes gradually lead into the delicate florals. The entire production takes several hours.That leaves plenty of time to daydream.
The same synth wood note hold the whole thing together. It works pleasantly here, bringing to mind exotic trees that no longer grow. Perhaps they do in Arcadia…
tanyaceten – :
I used to wear this one a few years ago. Fresh, clean, light and very nice to wear at office or just every-day-use. No sharp or heavy notes on me. Maybe not a wow-scent but a good one to have.
Denna doften hade jag för några år sen. Härlig varje-dag-doft. Mjuk, clean, fräsch doft, Ingen rumsdödare men tydlig i sin framtoning. Ingen wow-faktor men en trevlig parfym att äga.
Neistemef1976 – :
this is very synthetic and an alcohol floral smell at the begining. as it dries down it becomes an ultra light floral, jasminy, slightly lemon scent. its fresh and clean and it didn’t start out that way. i didn’t think i was going to like this very much, but now that it has dried its really very pretty.
goleva1983.yelena – :
I’m beginning to see a trend taking shape: Vicky Tiel perfumes open big, in fact, HUGE. The basis of this induction is pretty slim, I’ll admit (n = 2), but upon applying with a decidedly light hand ETHERE, I found myself somewhat overwhelmed all over again. This time, however, the cloud was not of aldehydes but of what smelled remarkably like a two-note composition of hyacinth and celery.
As ETHERE dried down, it became nicer and nicer, to the point where finally, by the end, I can actually say that I like it. Still, it was a rather rough journey getting there. ETHERE becomes, eventually, a close-to-the skin lovely floral green, but the flowers really have to wait their turn for the greens to make room. It might be the cypress which is ending up smelling very celery-like to my nose, who knows? With all of the listed notes the possible explanations abound.
The house of Vicky Tiel really manages to create some lovely drydowns. The question, I’m afraid, is: who has the patience to wait? In a culture undergoing progressive Twitterization, people are apt to judge perfumes by the first 140 characters, rather than waiting for an epic poem to unfold. And if those first 140 characters are too bold, they might just run for a scrub, as I was frankly tempted to do with both SIRENE and ETHERE. Now I know, with the benefit of hindsight, that to have done so would have been a mistake.
Sapraim – :
Nice but not unique by any means. Even with all the notes, all I get is a light and crisp tea scent. If the sweet notes and jasmine came out a little more, I think it would grab your attention. As is, it’s just another watery tea floral. Ho Hum…