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Morandi1024 – :
I went to the drugstore and yes indeed they have this and I bought a large bottle for….twelve dollars. 🙂 It was such a good feeling to splash this stuff on after a shower. It is so fresh and citrusy and bright, it put me in a good mood. (There is also a lot of happy nostalgia involved because of remembering my girlhood.) I love this stuff. What a simple pleasure, and an inexpensive one at that.
ezikvinni – :
This is a happy memory for me, so next time I need to go to the drugstore for something I’m looking for the Jean Nate splash bottle.
I think I was about twelve when I first encountered the ads, in Seventeen magazine, and also my best friend’s older and sophisticated sister (a high school senior!) had some. Wow, and she was also very adept with eye liner.
So when I got my own bottle a few years later, I felt pretty darned terrific! I knew it wasn’t expensive or fancy stuff, but it smelled great and was refreshing and it just made you feel good. I can imagine the smell right now.
It has been a few decades since I’ve had a bottle in the house. Need to remedy that soon.
vvteks – :
Ode to my grandmother who loved Jean Nate, even up to her passing at 90 in 2010. Growing up in the 80’s & 90’s, she would religiously use the splash after taking a nice long bath. Buying this for her was always welcomed for her. Finally reading up on the perfume notes, I can see why this was such a hit for her. It did/does smell nice and never had that “dated” scent which makes this a timeless classic as described. I had no idea that Jean Nate was launched in 1935 which makes me wonder how long my grandmother used this fragrance. She would have been around 15 when this came out but I wonder if she used this in her early adulthood. I guess I will never know that information but anytime I see or smell Jean Nate, Mom, I am thinking of you! Love you always!!!
arcat – :
I splash this on in the summer instead of wasting money on an expensive fragrance. It seems to hold if I’ve been walking outside and have gotten sweaty. I like to use it as a base for my favorite essential oils for a distinctive summer splash. It comes in huge bottles for about $15 and the bottles last forever.
max2010 – :
I like Jean Naté dusting powder. It has a soft sweetness, very pleasant in the hot climate where I live. And the cologne spray was very nice, too, but it was unfortunately discontinued. Such a shame about that. Revlon made great fragrances in their heyday. Who was Jean Naté anyway? Just a made up name, I suppose. But why “Jean Naté”?
Sub-zero – :
This was the first “perfume” my mom allowed me to use. I was allowed the after bath splash. I remember I liked it but I really couldn’t rate it now since it has been so many years. Just brought back memories.
rtabhxbr – :
I just scored the huge splash bottle at Gabe’s for $5.99! So excited…it costs $13.00 at Walgreens. I don’t care about the reformulation, still has hints of the past, Love to use it after I shave or just whenever I want to feel refreshed, this is a love for me!
Lleg – :
Jean Nate is a keeper!
I’ve had the after bath splash big bottles in my bathroom for years. First of all I love Revlon and have a fondness for their fragrances (i.e. Fire and Ice). As far as fresh citrus floral scents, effervescent and soft, feminine and just the tiniest bit sensual, Jean Nate is as good as it gets. This is a fragrance I have also kept inside my shower as an alternative body wash. Smells exactly like good old fashioned soapy body wash with floral scents.
As you splash it on the scent that most pops out at you is the lemon and the orange. It’s fresh and green with an aroma of orange flower which then mingles with the other florals – geranium, rose, jasmine, lily of the valley. So it’s half red (rose and geranium) and half white (jasmine/lily of the valley). The effect is soapy and mostly white floral. The deliciousness of the citrus is still there for a long time before it settles down into a soft cedar scent. The woodsy dry down is very clean and it has just a touch of musk. Smells like a very lovely soap. It’s warm and powdery, dusty, sweet, feminine, mature, clean, fresh. It’s a pick-me-up scent and very soothing, smooth and inviting.
Recently this fragrance has come back into my life. I had finished up my bottles and became nostalgic for this lovely scent once again so I went hunting and bought it online. This is a discontinued Revlon fragrance (there are many fabulous discontinued beauties) so they can only be purchased online. There are some websites listed here as having it – Luxury Perfume Amazon.com and eBay. I have bought mine on both Amazon.com and eBay. If you have not yet experienced this fragrance and love citrus florals and clean fresh after shower splash and vintage fragrance check it out. Or if you are like me and have worn it and want to re-live it you know what to do.
a12r1st – :
Concentrated Cologne & After Bath Splash
Purchased On eBay
Revlon is a brand I’ve followed for years, despite it’s American origin and my being a Brit. This one is clearly unisex with an emphasis on the citrus, the florals and the woods, coming off as soapy, clean, fresh, slightly sweet but very aromatic and feels so good after a shower. The large 15 ounce bottle of after bath splash is my favorite. I pour it into my bath water and on myself after the bath. The cologne is a longer lasting scent than the splash but are essentially the same fragrance.
It opens with a distinct citrusy lemon and orange scent. The top notes come through with a zesty and delicious citric burst. It’s mostly lemon and as such it’s quite sharp but never overpowering. There is also a greenish note like the leaves around orange trees. A floral heart reveals lavender, rose, geranium, jasmine, lily. For me the lemony rose scent is very pronounced but I can also smell the big lavender jasmine and lily so this is a good pairing of rose and white flowers. Fresh spring like flowers, soapy and clean, feminine.
The dry down is more of the unisex woodsy sort. The cedar and sandalwood plus other nondescript woodsy notes are present. There’s musk and a touch of vanilla courtesy of tonka bean. This is a great scent, practical, functional though not complex nor even a real traditional perfume. It’s meant to be kept at home, in your bathroom, to use at your own pleasure for your bath ritual or after you shower. It smells of all those nice clean smells of soap and body wash.
The formula is nothing impressive and it’s very classically formulated as a citrus floral with wood/musk. The concentrated cologne is the same as the splash with a longer lasting fragrance. It also has more vanilla which makes it powdery as opposed to soapy. The sweetness of the white flowers are also more pronounced in the cologne, especially the lily of the valley which gives it an aromatic green touch. The cologne is definitely more ‘masculine’ unisex than the splash which comes through as decidedly feminine. All in all, a very easy to wear and easy to love scent. Good for wearing all year round, any season and for any occasion though I find it to be rather casual and light, not a formal glamour perfume.
pfh696Diobtetty – :
Fresh citrus-y goodness in a bottle! This–well, the after bath splash–was what I “graduated” to after Love’s Baby Soft. (Anyone remember that one?) A mean older girl in my neighborhood told me that my LBS stank. I was crushed. And being an impressionable 11-year-old, I believed her. At the time, my mom’s perfumes (White Shoulders and the like) were too grown-up smelling to me, so mom took me shopping to find something more suitable. Jean Naté was it, hands down. I loved it and did feel very grown up splashing it on after, and even between, bathing. I used it for years, even after I transitioned to actual perfumes. I can still see that yellow bottle with the black bulb cap in my then bathroom. Using it always made me feel and smell so much cleaner, even the refresher splashes during the day. I think the only reason I stopped buying it was discovering the treasures at The Body Shop.
aleksscrek – :
My neighbor in the 80’s would bathe in this stuff, and since she was a bleach blonde, wore a ton of makeup, heels, and big earrings.. I loved it. That kind of look mesmerized me. I couldn’t wait for the morning rush when she was off to work and my mom was taking me to school. I just knew if the wind blew right that I would smell Jean Nate. A few years later I owned Petite Nate, which I don’t think is listed on Fragrantica, but it was heavenly.
sergeyvolkov – :
Jean Naté Splash does not smell similar CK Obsession for women.
lexa1980 – :
This was a right of passage along for teenage girls in the 70s and early 80s along with Jovan Musk, Charlie, Rick Springfield, Duran Duran and Teen Beat magazine! Loved it then.
Fagot6 – :
Yes indeed, another summer staple has been reformulated. Sigh. Over the years, I’ve used JEAN NATE in many forms: splash, lotion, bar soap, solid cologne stick, body powder and spray cologne concentrate. Of these, the cologne concentrate (as pictured here) is my favorite and one or two sprays will last for about 12 hours.
The original JEAN NATE has a feminine, soft, lemon-floral scent. On me the rose is the dominant floral note. The current body powder still has the original scent. The one I purchased recently has the batch code 15313 and was manufactured in November, 2015.
Around the time I’d purchased the above body powder, I also bought a new moisturizing spray mist, which has a completely different scent. This one has the batch code M14Z22A and was manufactured in December, 2014. The new JEAN NATE is more of a unisex herbal/woody scent, with a noticeable cedar note. It’s still nice and I’ve been wearing it, but it’s not what generations of purchasers have come to expect from this fragrance. I wish they’d market this one as a flanker and keep making the original as it’s one of the few inexpensive lemony fragrances I’ve found that doesn’t remind me of lemon extract or a cleaning product.
Aerohopleneriehw – :
Like most people who didn’t live through the 80’s, I love the 80’s. While reading a second hand Seventeen mag from 1983, I came across an article instructing you how to take a Jean Nate bath consisting of no less than six Jean Nate brand items. I considered embarking on the Jean Nate quest to find all six items and take the Jean Nate bath (and presumably summon Jean Nate herself) but decided against it because 1. Some items are surprisingly obscure today (Jean Nate Energizing Body Spray? Jean Nate Butterfly Bath Pillow?) and 2. step four consists of shaving my legs, two steps later I am instructed to liberally splash Jean Nate all over the aforementioned shaved legs. They might as well ask me to run naked through a thorn bush followed by a soak in a vinegar bath.
Still I decided to at least purchase the iconic after-bath splash in the 15ml bottle. I love vintage scents and I love lemon, and thought this might smell something like Love’s Fresh Lemon which is much more expensive for much smaller bottles. I had to buy it online since I’ve never seen it in stores (although funny enough it smells familiar, so I must have had an aunt or a teacher at some point in my life who used it.)
It smells very lemony, with an herbal undertone. Straight out of the bottle it certainly smells nice, but nothing earth shattering. It’s once I had it on that it really came to life on me.
Something about my body chemistry LOVES after-bath splashes. Especially ones you have to pour in to your hand and literally splash on, the more alcohol the better. Sadly they don’t seem to make ’em like that anymore. Thankfully, Jean Nate is still going strong (and from what I’ve read, they haven’t changed their formula much, good for them!! Not many perfume makers can say the same, looking at you Dana).
I’d recommend this to anyone even remotely interested in trying it. I can’t imagine this smelling bad on anybody and the generous bottle, abundance of cooling alcohol and lemony scent make this perfect for summer. I’ll probably end up finishing the bottle before fall.
I almost forgot to mention, the bottle I have says it’s moisturizing and it ACTUALLY IS. My skin felt so smooth after my shower, almost like I had put on baby oil. I checked the bottle and yep, it was the Jean Nate. That’ll be nice in the summer since I don’t like putting on lotion when it’s so hot but my skin feels tight after a shower.
urpas – :
I can’t live without this. It’s fresh and happy for any time of the year, day or night. My first experience with it was as a teenager in the seventies. I loved to spray it all over myself especially on a hot summer’s day. I rediscovered it when I crossed the border into NY state a few years back. Couldn’t believe it was still in production, notwithstanding it was now under the Revlon name.
It starts off with a gentle citrus that just seems to dissolve into geranium, rose and sandalwood eventually. And that’s when it moves from fresh and uplifting, to warm and cozy. It’s one of the few I wear, that causes my husband to utter “mmm,” as he cuddles up.
Someone earlier hit the nail on the head by comparing it to 4711. It really should be a staple for every household and all ages!
nebourround – :
Recently ordered this online but mistakenly ordered a 30 fl oz bottle – the gigantic one that has been referred to! Hilarious…. So, to ensure I use it up before I retire (!) what I did was decant some into a small plastic mister bottle that you use to spray indoor plants. Problem solved!!
udv072InsuffBooni – :
An experience I had, as I think it’s vital.
During this past summer, wore this going shopping… with more of a heavy hand than usual. The sales lady came up to me and said ” I was wondering where that scent was coming from. It’s you!! It smells wonderful. What is that?”
I replied “Jean Nate.”, and all she did was stare and said “You’re kidding.”
I swore it was JN. Kinda forgot what she said after that, but it was very complimentary.
I will never second think this little treasure again.
It’s a perfect summer/spring fragrance…..but just for fun, I’ll see how it reacts in the cooler weather.
CC300 – :
HEY DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS A SPLASH! HA. THAT’S WHEN I WORE IT. I WAS A LITTLE ONE BUT I REMEMBER IT BEING LIGHT AND LEMONY. I HOPE IT HAS NOT CHANGED.
mag35 – :
I have a vintage bottle of the EdC and it’s a soft, powdery citrus-woody thing with the all the radiant diffusion of old school musks. I also have a bottle of the current after-bath splash and it’s trying to be a soft, powdery citrus-woody thing, but I mostly smell a synthetic lavender musky note. The best current Jean Nate product is the body powder, which smells the closest to the vintage EdC.
My grandmother wore this and smelled amazing at all times. I have no problem wearing it myself. It is too simple and ubiquitous to smell dated as far as I’m concerned.
Toirmawargo – :
I need to get some for summer: put it in the fridge, and splash it on when you need a refresher. I had the dusting powder a couple of years ago, and I loved it.
gazylka – :
Got this a few times as a gift when I was a kid and always thought of it as a bath or toiletry type product rather than as a perfume. Very refreshing and citrusy.
ylukovnikov – :
I used to love this stuff and used it from childhood to college, because we lived in a hot climate and it was so refreshing. At that time, the Charles of the Ritz-branded Jean Nate splash and after bath powder smelled softly sweet, lemony, and spicy and on me it dried down to a lovely lemon sugar cookie scent without being syrupy.
The curent Revlon formulation changed Jean Nate splash to a less sweet, less lemon cookie, more herbal fragrance. I don’t like it or find it refreshing anymore. It’s not as soft and pretty now and smells a lot more “unisex” for lack of a better term. Before the reformulation, it was unmistakably “feminine”.
In particular, the current Revlon formulation has more herbal notes and cedar, even straight from the bottle. Its scent reminds me of what might result if someone mixed some Avon Skin So Soft or old formula Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo fragrance into the bottle of Jean Nate. Or perhaps a few drops of Aromatics Elixr?. You get the idea.
Unfortunately that means on me, by drydown Jean Nate doesn’t work for me. My body chemistry doesn’t do green-woodsy-herby well at all.
ETA 9/30/14: Today I remembered one of the differences between old formula Jean Nate and the current formulation: the old one had a lovely honey note, which sadly no longer exists in the new formulation. I realized what it was today while I was applying Nivea Milk & Honey lip balm. Add lemon to that and a bit of spice, and you have old formula Jean Nate.
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deman27 – :
Isn’t it crazy how notes that now seem to be designated as masculine nowadays were so readily used in female-targeted fragrances on a few decades ago? I ran across a huge honkin’ bottle of this at Walgreen’s for ten bucks. For some reason I have been really wanting to buy a fragrance that was old school and spicy and different. I think I find spice to be comforting, and I had a long week and needed some comfort. I have Tabu, but I guess my debit card was burning a hole in my pocket so I had to buy something new LOL. It’s terribly hot and humid here, and I’ve been reading about how nice this is in warmer weather so I gave it a go. The lemony scent gives way pretty quickly, and what I end up with is something reminiscent of Old Spice, but not so strong that it’s unbearable in this weather. Decent longevity for the concentration, and I am curious to see how it does if worn to work or out and about as my skin warms up in the sun.
gaskerceelelf – :
Something that is missing from the description is that for a time, before being purchased by Revlon, Jean Nate was being produced by Charles of the Ritz. These are the bottles that I would look for in order to smell the real, excellent perfume that this was!
And the body splash (also Charles of the Ritz) is perfect for leaving in the refrigerator for a cool, refreshing splash in the high heat of summer!!
den33d2008 – :
I had a maternal aunt who wore this. She used the whole set, which included the after bath splash with the powder and the lotion. She would put the splash in the refrigerator so it would be cold when she put it on. Sometimes she would let me wear it when I visited. I liked it very much as a little girl. It’s still a comforting scent for wearing to sleep, maybe due to the lavender.
GEDEON2014 – :
I found out about this fragrance from a cat trainer who swears by it for repelling cats away from areas they should stay away from. I was not surprised to find it offended me almost as much as it offended my felines. I was however very suprised to find out that people actually want to smell like this on purpose.
EpiplyAcciz – :
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Jean Nate cologne spray. In the seventies, my mother used the body splash– those ginormous bottles with the big black knob cap… one bottle after another, year after year. She always smelled subtly fresh, slightly lemony. It was very soft. The small bottle of Joy my father bought her was for special occasions only. I just bought her a bottle of Jean Nate body splash, for old time’s sake (she hasn’t worn it in years, and I didn’t realize they even made it anymore til I ran across it at Walgreen’s). I gave it to her, but didn’t even bother to smell it myself, such a perfume snob I have become. But I love these reviews, and I’m going to give it a real, legit test. I agree with other reviews in that I love that it’s a low-cost but good quality product.
Update: I bought myself my own huge bottle. It’s lovely. Of course, it’s quite citrusy, but I really get the rose in it. I’m loving it quite a bit more than some of my recent niche samples lol.
Effomeununtee – :
I know this was very popular in the 70’s and that’s where most people draw their connection to it, from. But for me, “Jean Nate” reminds me of Busby Berkeley movies and Art Deco styles; mainly, women of The Great Depression and new immigrants to The US, who still liked to look and smell as polished as they could but had a very, realistic idea of what “living within their means” meant. It’s sunny but elegant, simple but not childish. It’s the scent of a 1930’s working girl, those who wanted to look and smell pretty but didn’t have hundreds of dollars to spend, doing it.
It’s no secret that “Jean Nate” comes cheap and although not as ubiquitous as it was in even the 1980’s and 90’s, it’s still easily available at some drugstores and certainly, online. “Jean Nate” opens on a smooth, juicy lemon that is made softer with a hint of lavender. It doesn’t take long before a sweet, hint of baby powder rolls in, probably a result of the classic, rose-jasmine fonds of the early, 20th century that were carried in as the go-to heart for fragrances, afterward.
The sweetness isn’t quite vanilla and I can see how tonka bean would be listed as a note because this sweetness is almost touched with a hint of coffee and the top notes of lemon and bergamot hint at Earl Gray tea. The result is an image of a plate of lemon drop cookies and lemon-lavender madelines in a classic coffee shop.
As “Jean Nate” dries down, it becomes noticably greener, drier, muskier and spicier, with a spice mix that smells like nutmeg, cinnamon and clove. It’s reminiscent of classic, sweet spice scents, like “Old Spice” and “Tussy” deodorant. It comes from a time when “fresh” scents and fougares anticipated how they would wear on bodies getting a little ripe in warm weather or tight quarters so even late, into wear, “Jean Nate” smells like lemon powder, softened by musky spice. The musk has a nice, solar quality to it, mimicking the scent of sunkissed skin. No matter where you are, what you’re doing, “Jean Nate” works overtime keeping you fresh and, to use an advertising word from the 30’s, dainty. On men, the spices will smell more prominent on muskier, male skin.
I love this unique take on lemon — a note I adore, but it’s hard to find its presence delicate enough for me, in other blends — and I love how it has that sunbeam optimism of other scents of The Great Depression but with a grounded sense of quiet reflection.
It’s low priced but respectful and it reminds me of a time when creators really tried to make the most elegant things out of limited resources because most women couldn’t afford more and creators kept that in mind. I like that.
xjm091speagoessenda – :
This brings back so many memories from 1965 when I was 11 or so and saw this every day at the pharmacy, wishing I was big so I could buy it. Now I have it and wear it every day almost. Just the memories and the inspiration as this was the very beginning of the modern womens movement, way way before Charlie.
periko777 – :
I remember this as a summertime fragrance when I was a younger teen. One of my Aunts would gift me the splash every year for my birthday. Funny thing was that I never was particularly fond of citrusy scents back then. But the scent didn’t really linger, it was just a cool, refreshing splash for a young girl and it was what I was given so I used it. This was the beginning of body splashes as we know them today. It was a very popular drugstore fragrance when I was a teen. I recently purchased one as a memory, but it’s the vintage from Lanvin, Charles of The Ritz, not Revlon. It’s a bath and body perfume of Jean Nate. So I decided to revisit this old classic and to my surprise, found it just as light, refreshing, citrusy and airy. The perfume is more on the oily side, but still light. It’s not a feeling like the splash, but the scent is still reminiscent and brings back fond memories. Jean Nate bath and body perfume is a clean scent, a hint of spice, a tad of muskiness that’s not overpowering at all. I noticed it does get stronger in the heat. It’s a daytime scent that’s good for all ages, especially in the warmer weather. I get lemon, mixed with bergamot, sandalwood and spices in the musky perfume blend that sits close to the skin for a few hours. Good for the gym, poolside, hiking, sunny days, anywhere or anytime in the hot summertime. A perfect clean scent. I’m glad to spend time with this old memory again.
The perfume, by Charles of The Ritz, is similar, but a different entity than the Revlon version. You know how so many talk of reformulations? That’s where this comparison lies. Charles of The Ritz is the original, strong, full-bodied, a perfume to dab on, individual notes that are very strong, a heavier composition to wear in the winter that would last for hours. It contains notes far more complex than the splash could ever hope to be. The Revlon version was designed to simply cool you off after a shower, you could smell the fragrant aroma around you while you were in the bathroom, but frankly, then it disappeared. That’s why it was called a splash back then. We teens went through gallons of it (if we liked it) because it was so cheap, it didn’t “perfume “us-so our parents didn’t think we were going out smelling like someone out to cause trouble.
If you’d really like to inhale the true, original Jean Nate, look for the Charles of The Ritz-Lanvin lettering on a yellow box, “A Spray Of Nate, Bath And Body Perfume”. You’ll be so glad you did!
Van Cox – :
This was my summer fragrance when I was just starting out. I bought it on a whim recently, and was amazed to find that I still like it. The irony is that because my nose is so sensitive I tend to wear just the tiniest amounts of my fragrances and I rarely get compliments because you have to be pretty close to me to smell them, but I have been complimented while wearing this. That’s right, the cheap drugstore stuff. This is a unisex sort of scent. Never mind the marketing.
qawbafZHuitu – :
I had this one quiet a bit in my teens -late 70s early 80s and I loved it. I mostly had the splash and loved to use it after a bath or shower.
I remember it to be mostly lemon , some lavendar and a spicy background. A great summer scent.
I sometimes layered this with loves lemmon for extra a lemony feel. The loves was hard to get for me so this was mostly a replacement, but I did love them together. I didn’t like the cologne concentrate as much, it was stronger with notes other than lemon.
After a family member had made some cutting remarks about it I just stopped using it. She liked love’s baby soft – so I don’t know why I put so much weight into what she had to say since I wore this mostly as a replacement for loves lemon which I wore because it was nothing like Baby soft.
fregat884b – :
My review is for a version labeled that it was manufactured by Lanvin/Charles of the Ritz, which would date the bottle sometime between 1964 and 1972. I find this scent fresh, lemoney, summery and pleasant. At first, there is an unmistakable burst of lemon, but there are some other greenish notes that are hard to place, perhaps because they are not used much in perfumery today. I do smell the lemon, bergamot, lavender, and perhaps a touch of geranium. There is almost no sweetness to this scent, other than the very mild suggestion of florals. Despite the prominent lemon note, there is not even a hint of cleaning product here. This dries down to a very light lemony powder, like baby powder but softer, and still maintains the hint of lemon. This is very light and stays close to the skin, so I think it would be hard to overapply this. Just when I think I can no longer smell it, I get a whiff of something soft and powdery – very nice. Great for summer because it’s not overpowering at all. I am curious to try the Revlon version of this to see if it’s any different.
sergunea_91 – :
Ohhhh…this one is special, and classic! In my opinion, a woman’s classic scent collection is not complete without a dash of Jean Nate. Unless you hate it, lol, but I think that would be hard because it is such a light, fresh scent that really takes one back in time a little bit.
yar000 – :
I think I need a perfume intervention…. I’ve been going crazy about perfume and scents lately and I think this tops it off!
I had smelled lemon in the air and wanted a perfume/cologne to wear when the weather heats up. I had forgotten about Jean Nate until I did a search on here for lemon scents.
It totally brought back the 70’s and early 80’s for me.
I went to Walgreens and bought the huge bottle of the body splash and smelled it in the car before going home and poof! I was back in time!
The tops notes are as I remember, but I don’t remember it being so spicy and smelling like carnations toward the drydown on my skin. But, I don’t mind that at all. I have some perfumes that will go well with it.
I know many are disappointed with the change in the formulation. Scents and memories are very powerful. And there is the nostalgia factor too. I’m not a big fan of change either but change is inevitable. Embrace it 🙂
viking872 – :
Even though Jean Nate is pretty much the opposite of my usual fragrance preferences, I actually rather like it, and defend it against those who call it an “old lady scent” (that phrase is ageist, anyway).
It’s the essence of “clean and fresh”, period.
I think men could use it, too,especially the splash, as an aftershave.
Alexs23 – :
I want to like this,but sadly I don’t. I have a spray on body splash and lotion set…I do like the lotion,but the body splash smells like bug spray! Ugh!
boltik24 – :
This is the American version of Europes Formula 4711, and not too shabby either.
I do enjoy this fragrance, I just never associated of it as a scent. I thought of it as a final hygenic rinse after a bath or a pick me up. Of course, the “splash”, not the perfume. Indeed, is a true cologne, imo
I have bought the splash three times in my life, but not lately.
I remember it as a mellow lemony scent, with lavendar. Very fresh and clean. Not piercing at all, very gentle. I wouldn’t mind smelling this all day. I would say it would be great for the office or going to the beach. An every day scent.
Hmmm, I think I’ll go get some this summer come to think of it.
goof1985 – :
I am a bit new to this “splash” fragrance. How does one use a splash like Jean Nate? Do people pour it on after a shower while in the bathtub? Do you take a cottonball and rub it on the skin?
dikiy55555 – :
A nice pleasant scent…This smells to me like Johnsons Baby Shampoo,original one. The only negative thing is the lotion smells nothing like the fragrance..The lotion smells of lemon,doesn’t smell bad,just doesn’t smell like the cologne.
rus1208 – :
I think this smells nice, it is just that I would not buy it again because there are so many new scents to choose from. But really, it is not bad, and I don’t think it smells like floor cleaner or anything like that. It smells very fresh and clean, like you just took a powder-lemony bath. Its OK to smell clean.
vebvova – :
I am with Sassy1 !! I am so far from being a snob, that I can say I love this, and have for decades.
I have heard it being referred to as ‘ghetto’ to my disgust – not out of the fragrances` respect, but out of respect for people in general- but that`s another topic for another place.
My mother had the spray, splash and dusting powder when I was a child, and around 13 years of age I discovered how refreshing and cooling it could be.
I love the verbena and lemony scent. I buy a huge splash bottle about every other year or so from either from Walgreens, Ebay or Amazon. 30 ounces.
I wear in every season. I have splashed and smoothed on, I have poured some into a spray bottle and used it that way. I have combined remnants of 4711 and CK1 into the bottle.
I have layered Jean Nate with musks. I started doing that the summer I was 15 years old, and brings back awesome memories and feelings 🙂
Also good to layer with shea and cocoa butter creams, monoi oils and sesame oils.
The combos are great, the fresh with some warmth.
The best is just wearing alone, on a very warm to hot day, in a light breezy sundress.
Even on this cold winter day, I might splash some on.
My mother still has an unopened tin of Jean nate Dusting powder I gifted her with in the 80`s… I may have to steal it away from her 😉
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