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dead_darkness – :
Graine de Joie fits it’s name (Seed of joy). It is a very joyous, sparkling fragrance. I get loads of berries, especially pomegranate. It reminds me of some fruity, fizzy drink, super refreshing. After an hour or two I get this berry compote smell (like @Lovelolitalempicka said), or maybe a jam. I would like to smell it on a woman, really fitting for someone in her early 20’s. This lasts about 5-6 hours on my skin with moderate to soft projection (like many Eau D’Italie fragrances). I recommend checking this one out, it is lovely.
AsceriOceacle – :
Aw now you see, this is nice.
No real complaints for thus. It may be the fact that I recieved a decant as a surprise, or the fact that I quite love it, but it just makes my nose and brain tingle. So very pleasant.
obh740Unlogrere – :
Ok, I have no complaints about Graine de Joie except this: it’s too top-heavy. Those top notes are very red, very fruity, but the musk and cedar base notes are so weak it’s like they aren’t even there. Overall, it might be nice if worn with something else, something with stronger base notes, but not alone.
Senbruiseeniz – :
Graine de Boredom. Berry compote.
corney – :
What a suprise–Grain de Joie is incredibly pretty. A fruity-floral that is beautifully done. It’s interesting how the tangy pomegranate seamlessly segues into a very realistic, fresh bouquet of freesia. Freesia is a note that rarely rings true to the flower, but this is about as realalistic of a freesia as I have ever smelled.
Grain de Joie smells like the most amazing shampoo at first. Clean, fresh, bright, just a tad fruity–but not chemical.
As soon as you see “praline” in the notes, you might expect it to go into gourmand territory. But is is never truly gourmand at any point. For the first few hours, you know the praline is there, but it’s subtle. It anchors the fragrance and provides some substance, some heft, to it. Praline also prevents the notes from becoming too screechy and sour. The interplay between all of the notes is quite a beautiful balancing act.
At times, it conjures the holidays because the tangy pomegranate could pass for cranberry. Mixed with praline, it reminds me of a warm and cozy holiday party, like when you walk into a home, and the oven has been on for hours, and there is a sweet scent in the air (pies, sweet potatoes…)
Several hours into wear is when the fruit and florals fade significantly. What remains on my skin smells like fruity chocolate, as though I took a red currant truffle and rubbed it into my wrist. At that point it’s almost gone from my skin and time to reapply, so if gourmands aren’t “your thing,” you need not worry as Grain de Joie remains firmly in the fruity-floral category, and it’s truly one of the nicest in that genre.
Meaks335Unlogrere – :
Graine de joie truly lives up to its name in the opening notes: a delicious, fizzy, “red” encounter with berries of all kinds. It really makes me think of a walk in the forest, thanks to a small dose of greenness that may come from cedar and freesia. The opening is maybe what makes the fragrance “intoxicating” and “out of this world”, as other reviewers stated.
The second stage is very perfume-y and the fragrance comes very, very close to my favourite red fruits fragrance, Lalique Amethiste.
The final stage, which is reasonably long lasting (4 hours on my skin), settles into a musky-fruity mix where the (scary for me) praline note emerges distinguishly. Not very bad, but I sense an odd, oily note that somehow ruins the composition, but probably serves as a founding base for otherwise fleeting notes like berries (this is where Amethiste, in fact, dies from lack of base). The whole composition could smell better, but it still smells great and certainly superior to other mainstream competitors.
Overall, I’m very fond of this fragrance, it doesn’t smell “cheap” at all: instead, it smells like a nice Spa and reminds me of Italian summers.
nicolette278 – :
Out of this world…very different from french juices!
Very fruity, my wife loves it!
Mewsk087elipseskism – :
I am sure it’s their best selling perfume now. Every time I passed by their booth at Esxence I went in a very pleasant cloud of it: fruity and luminous.
goncharov_dima – :
I just bought this. The musk and red berry mix is intoxicating. Fresh a nd earthy and strangly sensual. I love it!
AlEXaNdr_ОрлОВ_ – :
I really only get berries from this. It’s very, very fruity – it reminds me of Robinson’s diluting juice.
Nothing else really happens on my skin. Sweet berries start to finish.
It doesn’t smell unpleasant (although I do find the sheer volume of fruits a bit much), but it does smell like it’s much cheaper than it is.
It’s got excellent longevity and good sillage, but to me, it just isn’t worth the money it costs. I’m sure there are far cheaper berry perfumes on the market.