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StalkerX – :
First sampling of this in the summer I did not enjoy it at all..it was cloying and sweet. But now in the cooler weather it reads as a soft ,powdery skin scent with a bit of heliotrope to my nose. It’s quite pleasant.
yuri24 – :
a powdery amber with citrus in the top like Amour de Palazzo meets Shalimar but softer softer oh so softer like a whisp with a hint of floral in there; very pretty but barely there skin scent
MAX313131 – :
This is – obviously – not the smell of hay….why pay dear money to smell like the inside of a barn? This is a 19th century, French (!) evocation of the scent of freshly cut grass in a perfume. It is a mesmerizing scent, with all it’s sun drenched green herbs dancing on a cloud of glorious, glorious musc. With a mouthwatering marzipan note waltzing through for extra pleasure.
It’s a perfume that wraps itself around you rather nicely, all the way until its soft, soapy drydown. Absolutely lovely, especially on a balmy summers day!
LostHunter – :
First notes I smell in the opening are mint and lots and lots of fresh coumarin notes. I smell angelica as well, though very mildly underneath the coumarins. There’s lots of other green notes in there, clary sage the strongest, but they don’t appear on my skin until much later– then I really start to smell the darker greenish notes and the musk underneath. The mint also makes a comeback, giving the scent an interesting top note. The drydown is a powdery green and light iris with a minty tingle on top.
Sillage and longevity are moderate on me.
This scent acts strange on my skin, the coumarins are ridiculously strong! Definitely not a green scent on me, this one is lemony fresh. I will try this one again in a different season, I have a feeling this one does not work as designed on me. It is very different on my skin than on the tester strip!
djkatsap – :
This fragrance definitely opens with angelica, hay and musk. Im really starting to warm to the angelic note. This is fresh, sweet and yet so delicate. I am immediately transported to a walk through a woodland in spring. Everything is fresh and bursting forth into life after their winter slumber. I dont get any plastic or baby diapers!! It has that same uplifting quality as Chypre Mousse. I love star anise and I think its part of what makes me love it so much although it is not very obvious. I will make a guess that its the sainfoin and clover that provide the very natural nectary sweetness here. One of the best green spring fragrance I have had the pleasure to put my nose to.
marijakat555 – :
Clean, powdered baby diaper. That’s all I smell!
I had a similar experience with Fieno by Santa Maria Novella. I was expecting an earthy grassy affair on both accounts and neither delivered. At least Legrand is smooth and gentle, and I can recommend it if you are looking for a baby powder scent. But Fieno struck me as a harsh industrial “clean musk” that would be added to cleaning products or generic laundry detergent.
Don’t expect either to feel earthy, grassy, or outdoorsy!
at4epenka – :
At first, this is toxic Ivory soap all the way, and then the other notes present themselves as it dries down.
soy550elipseskism – :
Mouthwash, powder, and lavender. It’s quite pretty if you like powdery scents. Nice silage, strong but not overpowering.
life4extreme – :
“Aromatic green” is misleading because it’s extremely powdery and not very green at all. I do smell a bit of mint when it hits the skin, but it quickly dries down into a powdery musk. It’s quite potent, with strong sillage. I have been around a lot of hay, and this does not smell like hay. It smells more like a classic, powdery Italian cologne, reminding me of Fieno (“Hay”) by Santa Maria Novella, another one that doesn’t smell like hay, but I prefer Foin Fraichement Coup, as it seems brighter. The herbs give it a carefree feeling.
I don’t know why these perfumes even mention “hay” because there is nothing powdery about hay. I have to surmise it’s because of their delicate, underlying sweetness.
Powdery perfumes are often cloying and can be borderline stuffy, so I would not suggest this in warm weather but in cool weather when you want to feel cozy. Essentially it’s a powdery perfume with a really nice herbal twist. I would highly recommend to someone who is looking for a very unique powdery perfume that is not a loukhoum-type nor a floral-powder like baby powder (Ombre Rose, for example). Regardless of whether there is hay in here or not, I find it absolutely beautiful.
Diavolo21 – :
Freshly cut hay says the name. Being from the tropics I can’t say I’ve spent much time around hay to remember what it smells like, freshly cut or otherwise. However I have always linked hay to sunshine and happiness, watching movies where lovers tumble about in haystacks and cute kittens and puppies always seem to be found around haystacks in a certain genre of movies. What makes me happy is discovering a new interesting scent with the added bonus of being an olfactory heaven. Opening with a strong leathery scent of clary sage which I’ve become familiar with in Violette de Fumee, mint that is present but not as sweet as Nuit Etoilee, mixed with something spicy and herbal, the latter identified as Angelica which is fast becoming a favourite note and the former apparently represented by Ivy, a note I’m not that familiar with. Just as I’m wondering where the musk was, musk showed up and literally filled up the airspace with its presence. This isn’t a polite Narciso Rodriguez musk either, this is gorgeous dirty musk along the lines of L’air de Rien, being less sweet than the Miller Harris beauty but less in your face animalistic than Musc Koublai Khan. This is what I imagine dryads would smell like! This is what I imagine a roll in the hay would smell like! This is sunshine, nature and no or very little inhibitions! The sillage is a little on the quieter side but not so bad that I have to stick my nose to my skin. Longevity has gone over the four hour mark so far. This goes on the want list. Definitely. I want to smell like a happy, naughty dryad!