Description
Chloé launches Nomade, the new pillar fragrance of its perfume collection. Unlike the 2008 Chloé Eau de Parfum pillar, created to present purity and naturalness, the new Nomade is here to evoke the bold, adventurous side of Chloe women. It was created from inspiration by freedom, surprises, desire for open spaces and empowerment.
Givaudan perfumer Quentin Bisch created Nomade as a floral chypre composition, including notes of Mirabelle plum, freesia and oak moss. The aim was to make it less floral and more “dirty” than the Chloé Signature. Chloé Signature represents a modern take of the perfume classic – the reinterpretation of the rose, while the new composition deals with the theme of chypre.
The shape of the bottle mimics one of the classic bags of the house – the Drew model. The face of the advertising campaign filmed by Fleur Fortuné is actress Ariane Labed.
Chloé Nomade is available as a 30, 50 and 75 ml Eau de Parfum.
Nomade was launched in 2018.
uchhalk – :
I really wanted to love this because I love Chloe as a designer but they’ve yet to come out with a perfume that speaks to me, I thought this might be it, and I love all things plum. Unfortunately, this just doesn’t do it for me. Before I even smelled it, I thought freesia was a weird choice for a floral to put in this mix, and my instinct was correct, freesia is weird and musty and dissonant with the plum and oakmoss. Honestly, I don’t think I really like oakmoss either but I know I’ve tried perfumes that have quite a bit of it and when the blend is right, I like it. I really think the freesia is what ruined this and made it smell kind of strange and musky. Freesia smells sharp, peppery, and very fresh, most perfumes with it are aquatic or have a heavy aquatic element. So it just doesn’t go with rich boozy plum or earthy oakmoss. This perfume also smells REALLY musky, in a manly way not a Narciso Rodriguez way. I actually think it could be pretty decent on a man! Not for me though, sadly.
mymnClaibly – :
Though I don’t care much for the initial spray the dry down is magic. The name fits the juice; Nomade one who wonders being more intune with nature, Nomade evokes an earthy-ness with the moss patchouli & woods with the fruity citrus tones to round it off. Think sophisticated hippy-chic maybe?? Classy, untamed whimsical & unpredictable. Very different from other Chloes & diff from most out there now but certainly a do try before you buy type scent.
On me I get spice & woods at first almost piney (guess the moss?) & deff has a dirtiness, can see why the person below commented they could see this on a man, this isn’t your typical super girly feminine scent this is for a girl who’s a lil more free spirited and likes a masculine edge to her scent. Overall I think Chloe nailed what they were going for.
AH9PEY – :
This would be sexy on a man . On me, no .
Айдар1990 – :
Unfortunately, I have to agree with many of the reviewers before me. As much as I love pretty much every other Chloé perfume out there, this one just does not work for me. On my skin, it starts out nice and fresh and even sweet, but then it just starts to smell grassy and woody reminding me of cologne or aftershave. I’m honestly surprised by this one, considering every other Chloé perfume is ultra-femme I’m guessing they wanted to broaden their audience with this one. It’s not for me, but it’s an original and well-done composition which I’m sure its target audience will love.
Alex-nn – :
If you told me that there was apple in Nomade I would have believed you. Apple, gentle round musk, fresh florals….sound like a previous perfume already made by Chloe? Because it does! Chloe See.
I havent seen Chloe See in awhile but I loved it. I dont remember many people wearing it. It was one of my everyday, casual perfumes in my arsenal that made me feel girly and fresh without being too sweet or obnoxious. Now it’s gone. Nomade is a fantastic replacement as it is very similar. But different.
I keep smelling the faintest hint of suede in Nomade. It must be from the powdery oakmoss and the woods. It gives Chloe form and curves rather being cloudy. The dewy freesia combined with the mirabella makes this feminine and sweet.
Not earth shattering or standout. Wears close to the body. I love that this has just enough contrasting to make this interesting. Not a dramatic contrast that gives the question of “what the heck is that?” but a soft contrast like of green and pastel pink, suede and silk, concrete and stone. A modern fragrance. I also normally dont like chypres or oakmoss but this is beautiful.
larisathihothka – :
This is just great ! Oh I swoon for this modern Chypre . It is really unique and I enjoy wearing it daily . Perfect for many occasions .
alex.maclackow – :
This is definitely not the latest trend since it is not a sugar bomb. Frankly, I am weary of syrupy confections .
Nomade reminds me of a slightly softer and elegant version of Dior Dune. I like it a lot and will probably buy it . It is refined and has an earthy vibe with a slight amount of sweetness that softens the composition . I find it unique and sophisticated .
sergey83 – :
This one is playing with me. The first time I tried it from the sample I have, it was nothing special. But the second time I loved it! I thought it was beautiful. I tried it on for the third time yesterday and I was expecting to smell the wonderful scent I remembered from the second time but it was the same as when I tried it for the first time, nothing special to me. So the magic is gone, but will it come back? I’m curious and will try this again for sure. Don’t know why that happens, is it a difference in skin, nose, weather or perception maybe? Longevity and sillage are good.
Migexpife – :
Wow. Really do not like this one unfortunately. I am a huge Chloé edp fan. In fact I like pretty much all Chloé fragrances. But Nomade is very masculine and earthy-smelling. I recommend testing on your skin a few different times before buying.
uhan2 – :
Nice for 5 mins…then turns horrible …woody manly aftershave..not a sexy scent at all…it wont turn heads.
andryuha1983 – :
Good golly, Miss Molly I am crazy about this fragrance. Trying a lot of new fragrances @ Macy’s Herald Square last weekend that all smelled kind of meh, when I came upon this masterpiece. So much going on with this fragrance – lovely, changing & evolving through the day. I saw one review that said it becomes slightly masculine in drydown – bingo, that’s what I noticed too, but by no means in a bad way. Mature, but not old lady, classy & refined. An absolute love for me.
zzz_117 – :
A perfume intended to be a new classic.
Everything about it is well concoted and planned – the gourd like bottle with it’s subtle leather references, the name, aptly matching nowadays sense of a global village filled with wanderers (either real or virtual), and the scent itself,aiming to create a chypre to become a new pillar for house Chloe.
I like the opening very much, even though the sour plum note stings my nose repeatedly. It has something very fresh and free about it. And it’s “nice smelling”, almost like a very nice soap with a slight twist to it. Even though it’s a chypre it’s meant to please, not to shatter your world. You don’t get the impression of a femme fatale, or a fierce horseback riding amazone or even a dreamy nomade from it. It actually smells like the office-safe scent of a woman who may be dreaming of wild panoramas but is settling for a trip in classic Europe.
My main downpoint is the drydown, which I rather dislike. I find it a bit old-fashioned, not in a favourable way.
Otherwise, we’re talking a very nice perfume, for those who wish to dare but dare not follow their wishes whole-heartedly.
Rognar – :
Chloé Nomade opens with juicy succulence of Mirabelle plum, sweeter, sunnier and less astringent than regular purple plums. I previously encountered this note in Givenchy Dahlia Divin, in which it tends to be ripen and stewed, quite heavy and opaque, while in Nomade, this Mirabelle plum feels more breezy and fresher, thanks to the powerful current of clean musk and dewy, aquatic freesia blowing from the heart. However, while the fruity and floral notes feel overall quite airy during the first 3 hours, the fragrance has an oddly irritating, scratchy texture especially in its moderate sillage.
Thankfully, Nomade turns smoother in the dry down. With the screechy sillage gone, now the fragrance sits close to skin, revealing a soft musky mossy cushion on which lay a few plums, a combined effect of fruity notes and patchouli. The longevity I got is around 8 hours.
To me, Nomade is a quintessential neo fruity chypre of our modern era. The basic stone fruit + musky mossy base is there, but it’s designed as eager to please, sterilised and deprived of any earthy, vegetal or animalic warmth, and with certain aromachemicals to boost its sillage while bringing a grating texture as a sid-effect. However, even though it’s not my cup of tea, I appreciate its relative lack of caramel sweetness compared to most gourmand fruitchouli in today’s market, and its relative smooth mossy musky dry down. Nomade might be an option to consider for those who are graduating from sweet fruitchouli fragrances but aren’t yet ready to step too much out of comfort zone.
ArkashaCov – :
Oof. I hope the one I smelt had just gone off. Sour. a note reminiscent of watered down spirit vinegar, and earthy.
AppalToon – :
Nomade is unlike anything I own. It’s a fresh, fruity, and woody scent that smells crisp and slightly masculine. I really smell the plum and the oakmoss which makes an interesting combination. I wear this on days when I don’t want to be a girly girl, but instead I want to to feel like a strong woman. Since it has that woodiness kick to it it’s slightly heavier and longer lasting. It can be worn during most seasons and the staying power is 8+ hours. Definitely try this out on your skin because it smells different on paper.
CoLeBRo – :
My first impression was “Wow, I really like this!” The opening is a pretty, feminine and fruity floral, but in a grown-up, womanly way. Unfortunately after about an hour it dried down to a masculine musky scent that I liked less and less as each hour passed. I’m guessing it was the “oakmoss” that gave it the masculine vibe, but it doesn’t smell like traditional oakmoss to my nose. After the initial enthusiasm, this has become a definite “no” for me.
Grisha1 – :
Initial burst of citrus that becomes a dirty, musky rose. Really round, warm, substantial. On my skin, dry down is a masculine spice with a little powder on top. Surprisingly fresh. I really missed the rose when it faded but the skin scent is very nice. I don’t think it’s a “crowd pleaser” of a scent, it’s not easy to put in a box, and it felt a little heavy for daywear– I worry that it might give me a headache because of how dense it feels. I’d try it again in cool weather.
job.malina – :
Meh. I had good expectations from the notes, but I get a weird sour fruit bark note, possibly passionfruit bark, which disagrees with me. And not any of the oakmoss I expected.
Try before you buy. Not for me.
vertimba888 – :
Does anybody smell grapefruit here? my brain id’s weird things here.
Sadly I do not like it, a muddle of fruits and flowers.
Anarxist – :
Finally got my bottle of this and is it just me, or is this perfume super chameleonic? It’s like it smells different every time I try it and morphs every 20 minutes into something else. Right now I’m feeling an eerily resemblance to Miss Dior 2012 or blooming bouquet..does anyone else??
Edvard123 – :
My signature scent is and always will be Chloe by Chloe and Chloe New. I buy ALL of the Chloe frags immediately upon release because she has NEVER failed me. I can say that this one I wish I didn’t get the biggest bottle. It is my least favorite Chloe. It is neither soapy, rose or fresh. It smells like red peppers to me with spice or pepper. That is literally all that I smell on my skin. What in the world am I going to do with this HUGE bottle.
I am sure that this smells differently on other people’s skin since fragrance is personal and can be drastically different on everyone but it just does not work for me at all.
If anyone wants to trade or buy it from me for less than fragrancenet.com, please send me a message. I have just decided this one is never going to work for my skin.
nadsinvaria – :
A friend gave me a small sample bottle of this today. I am a big fan of chypres and have wanted to try this for a while. I am loving it! Nomade is deep, dark, and dirty! Lots of boozy plum at first, then it transitions to a dry-woody oakmoss and patchouli combination. This is absolutely full-bottle worthy!
Drolukserokz – :
Unique fragrance! I have had it for two weeks now and I still can not work out if the scent is good or not. Initially, I was so attracted to the smell and I went several times to Debenghams to sniff it and spray it on my skin. Soon after this I had to buy it because I was in love with this perfume and I kept thinking about it… However, when I got the bottle (thanks God I chose a 30 ml bottle) my opinion changed. At first, I would spray it and in a few hours it would all be gone. Then, I started applying a little bit more and I would get a headache. I also noticed that it smelt better when I was wearing it on a sunny day, it is a Summer fragrance. I was a bit disappointed though because I wanted it so much and when I had it eventually I was not so excited anymore. I have a colleague who is also into perfumes and we exchanged our fragrances one day, she wore Chloe Nomad and I noticed that it smelt different on her… and so alluring, almost as alluring as in the shop. :)) Anyway, I would not be repurchasing this fragrance. It is unusual and interesting but I am a bit confused if I like it or not. I much prefer the original Chloe.
ndv – :
Update: So I used up my bottle, but I have to say, that the scent coming from the bottle was never as good and well rounded as the two sample vials were. A pity, a real shame. I feel a little disappointed and fooled by coty. But of course, there are other beautiful fragrances and I moved on.
artsoldat – :
I ALMOST blind bought this online because I’m a huge fan of the Chloe line. I’m soooooo glad I didn’t get it. I’m removing this from my want list. All I get is a candy red pepper scent on initial spray then it turns into red pepper with incense. It gets a little better later. Floral with red pepper… It’s just not for me. Doesn’t go well with my skin chemistry I guess.
epineusitious – :
Chloé Nomade makes me think of the beautiful woven blankets from the American Southwest, thick and heavy with zigzags of desert sunset hues. I find it tasteful and attractive, a perfume with a headstrong but likable personality. I also love its bottle – cute, stylish, hearkening to an animal-skin water bag particularly with its pink suede accents. “Nomade”, indeed.
At first spray, I found the fragrance honey-sweet, like umeshu, Japanese plum wine. It bloomed into a strong, very realistic freesia – piquant, warm, enveloping. After about half an hour, deepened into its intense woody-mossy base. While its fruit-warmth-moss structure makes it chypre-esque, Nomade has a notable dose of tipsiness and playfulness that contribute to its modern feel. I echo others who have mentioned a shampoo-like musk/IsoE tonality to it overall, like a fresh towel just out of the dryer, despite Nomade otherwise having more depth, dirt, and darkness than Chloé’s usual fare. Overall, I found the perfume to be upbeat, unexpected, and appealing.
Regarding its progression, Nomade, true to its name, is anything but linear. Its notes are robust, but transition seamlessly, and there seems to be some kind of overlap magic at play that ensures none of its accords are ever completely lost – even in the opening, there is a whisper of earthiness, and even at its close, there is still a nectar-like trail. I agree with those who have vocalized a strong traditional-feminine-to-traditional-masculine scent shift. Personally, I did find both ends of Nomade’s spectrum appealing, but it is quite the swing. If wearing this for a school or workday, prepare for fruity floral in the morning and barbershop-like moss-and-musk from noon to night. While marketed towards women, I think this could be attractive for any gender.
Unless you know floral chypre is your cup of tea, I would advise against blind-buy, because this isn’t a fragrance that slips away into the background. Longevity and sillage were both substantial on me. That said, I gave it a whirl at the office, and while I was a bit nervous about it being potentially overpowering, my neighboring coworkers – who cheerfully express their distaste for the scent of an offending hand sanitizer, much less full-on perfume – didn’t vocalize any aversion.
All things considered, Nomade gets my thumbs-up for its chic, spirited, and easily-likable revival of a classic concept.
ZhNN – :
I got Chloe as a free sample. I have tried it three time during very warm humid weather. For me the first wiff is quite cloying. On my skin it smells like an “old lady perfume” it lasts aproximately three hours. The floral and citrus scent are strong the wood not so much. I usually have trouble with feminine scents. They do not smell or last on my skin. I use more unisex scents. I will try Nomade on my skin when it gets a little bit cooler to see if the scent changes. (As I am very sweaty at the moment)
I haven´t sensed the male/masculine after scent. Maybe I will let my husband smell my skin to see if he can trace it.
kazak1993 – :
I’ve tried Chloé perfums many times because of its reputation and reading how others adore them. Except Roses de Chloe (which is for me the best and most natural rose perfume) I could not get accustomed with the others.
With Nomade it started to be different. The opening is a cheerful fruity-citrusy, fresh scent, that I loved immediately. In the next couple of hours freesia, plum, citrus notes were changing constantly, with oakmoss always being in the background. At many perfums freesia tend to be a bit granny’s type, but here it was wonderful, nice, modern floral scent.
……And the dry down came and it all changed to a very masculine, after shave scent. I was utterly disappointed. Could not stand it at all. It’s a shame to have such a finish to a beautiful fragrance. 🙁
anna1481 – :
On paper it smells beautiful but on my skin it’s horrible
jtuzbzr – :
I wasn’t sure if I liked this at first sniff on my skin standing in Sephora. I walked away headed to Macy’s to locate another fragrance and about 15mins later I had to go back to purchase.
Like others have said, Nomade is not the trendy vanilla,jasmine sweet girlie fragrance. It’s unique all on the three notes listed above. Initally I got a blast of fruits, not sweet but juicy. Then came this beautuful wafting of wispy incense notes. I don’t know if that’s the oakmoss but its gorgeous in the summer heat. In the middle I can smell the shampoo vibe,personally I love that. On dry down it resembles nothing of the opening or middle. Its a green woody slightly musky fragrance. Definitely not a linear scent. Its beautiful, complex and a smidge fickle. At times I thought it had disappeared completely but then someone mentions how nice I smell.
Longevity is just reaching moderate. 4 hours for sure that I can smell it. Silage is good in that time as well but its not the kind of fragrance that’s going to beat anyone over the head. Not sure I’d call it office safe tho either. Appropriate for night time use if you’re a rule follower. Or break a few rules, this one is full bottle worthy. Not a safe blind buy, sniff first in my opinion. She’s a beaute!
Edit: Longevity a lot longer than stated above. I’d say at least 8 hrs. I could smell this the next morning lingering but it’s a spicy masculine scent in the end. Not off putting just nothing like the fragrance as a whole. It’s gotta be the oakmoss. Love this juice still, definitely unique.
pentium1828 – :
Perfect perfume for me, I enjoy the third month. An unusual combination of moss in the base, plum and pink notes – a gentle and original flavor as a result. Suitable for any season. Apply only in minimal amounts – in the heat can suffocate you and others! Resistance to 5+ as with any Chloe flavor. Perfect perfume for me, I enjoy the third month. An unusual combination of moss in the base, plum and pink notes – a gentle and original flavor as a result. Suitable for any season. Apply only in minimal amounts – in the heat can suffocate you and others! Stability at 5+ as with any Chloe flavor.
stepan – :
This fragrance does not agree with me, I find it simply irritating, too sharp on dry-down. Maybe would be fine in autumn / winter, but definitely not for a hot day.
Luckily I only bought samples.
sasasani – :
I like this. It is fruity, fresh, sour and tangy. There’s nothing ‘dirty’ or particularly masculine about it IMO. It’s feminine and pleasant.
mishanyaf – :
For the first 30 minutes, this is a gorgeous, unique juicy plum (in a peachy way), on a dry woody base. Then that plum fades and I am stuck with sharp freesia. I wish I liked freesia, because it’s in a lot of summery perfumes (like J’adore).
I was close to loving this – it’s not easy finding a fruity scent that doesn’t feel too young for my taste.
Борёк – :
Pretty, soft, cool, floral. Has a light scent of pear, which I assume is the mirabelle and freesia. Unfortunately, it had exceedingly poor performance on my skin — totally vanished in about an hour!
Dughassauth – :
I like it! I can’t really describe what notes I smell in this, but it is a fresh sweet scent with a hint of floral, fruit, and woods. After it dries down, it reminds me a bit of the Dior J’adore line. At the very end, it’s lightly powdery. A nice feminine scent that is good for general daytime wear.
jefas – :
A big letdown for me. I was so thrilled to have found a modern fragrance from a house I really enjoy that had oakmoss and fruit…and all I got was a very watered down fizzy plum juice that lasted for about 30 seconds.
For any of you who have tested this one and found it not to your liking, and want something a bit louder, do try Animale Animale by Animale. Good things come in threes, right? LOL. Animale Animale is a very, very 90s scent.. the packaging and the performance doesn’t let you forget what era it is from.. but it shares many of the same notes (oakmoss, peach, freesia, bergamot, lemon) and costs about a fraction of what Nomade costs, and performs three times as well.
Basically if you came to Nomade looking for a fruit and oakmoss powerhouse, steer clear and opt for Animale Animale instead. It is so cheap and so good, I really feel Nomade is just an overpriced rip-off of a very unknown scent. Nice try, house of Chloe, but I’m on to you! 😉
That being said, if you like a chic bottle that doesn’t look like the 90s threw up on it and if you want a quieter performance, Nomade is fine!
olegkachan – :
Pretty wet garden scent and very similar to Miss Dior 2017. So nothing new to my nose and this makes sense. If you keep cranking out perfumes every week, the result will be sameness. Its gets very boring. Spend more time crafting a unique fragrance, make it special, then the public will buy it again and again.
Bottom line is if you have Miss Dior, you don’t need this too.
potap454 – :
An interesting story about my first impression of this perfume:
I went to the mall and ran across a lady handing out samples. She sprayed a card for me and I don’t remember being wowed at the time. I stuffed the sample in my bag and continued to Sephora where I spent some time sniffing lots of different perfumes. Got home and threw the sample and card on my bedside table, still not thinking anything of it. Later that night I took a shower with a new fancy shampoo that was gifted to me. I laid down in bed to go to sleep and I smelled something so incredibly wonderful! I thought to myself, this shampoo smells fantastic! Holy crap! If this stuff was bottled as a perfume, I’d say I’d make it my signature. I laid there for a moment thinking about it, then reached up and grabbed my hair to sniff…but this wasn’t the smell I was enchanted by! I quickly sat up and reached for my bedside table. Oh my…it was Chloé Nomade!
I can’t tell you what notes I smell, as it seems oakmoss is the most prominent note and I have no idea what oakmoss smells like. And maybe it was because I had just gotten out of the shower and my hair was still wet when I accidentally fell in love with Nomade, but to me it smells JUICY. Juicy, fancy, expensive shampoo haha! I’m sure it has to do with the circumstances in which I discovered this lovely fragrance, but oh my word, I can’t get enough of it! It is at the top of my want-list 🙂
Oldon – :
– A new(?) classic – ★★★★☆
This is my second review of Nomade. In my first one I claimed the oakmoss didn’t agree with my skin chemistry but to my surprise I kept revisiting and revisiting until I found myself borderline obsessed. Nomade isn’t the only fragrance I disliked initially but eventually fell head over heels for. So, let’s analyze why this happens and why Nomade is indeed amazing!
Firstly, Quentin Bisch is a perfumer that seems to provide us better and better quality with every passing year. His personal signature style is starting to show and I have the greatest appreciation for his imagination. Angel Muse was stupendously delicious and breathtakingly good when worn by others (not on me sadly) and my theory is that Chloe Nomade is a prototype of Muse where Bisch tried to approach the gourmand with oakmoss instead of vetiver. Muse and Nomade are different in ingredients but there is SOMETHING that connects the two and I believe it’s simply the perfumers work of hand. Nomade isn’t gourmand by any means like Muse is yet there is a fleeting synthetic high-pitched sweetness that reminds me of… chocolate! By far the best Quentin Bisch creation I’ve tried to date.
Secondly, Nomade visits classics. Chypre structure with a clever contemporary twist. The oakmoss is absolutely huge and even possesses subtle fruity lactonic facets – I can’t help but think of Mitsouko. Now when we add together the fruity lactonic facets and the high-pitched synthetic sweetness the next logical step is no other than the great Gucci Rush. Where Rush opens up with hairspray, Nomade aggressively explodes into a leviathan sized shampoo scent. After a good few hours, a VERY musky and masculine aftershave accord appears and completely dismounts the scent of all that feminine fruity shampoo. On top of that it gets dirtier and dirtier the longer it wears. So here we have to consider Angel, which became famous for combining feminine top notes with masculine earthy base. Nomade has nothing to do with Angel scentwise (perhaps that ephemeral chocolate in the opening) but here again we see a similar strong contrast of feminine and masculine that results in a greatly stimulating accord. The combination of vintage chypre, unapologetic 90’s synths and modern style is quite extraordinary in my opinion.
Thirdly, Nomade, while contemporary, doesn’t follow the current trends in feminine mainstream perfumery. The fruits are unsweet, tart and make only a short appearance. Oakmoss was a surprising choice for the main ingredient. No white flowers in sight (mainly speaking of the tuberose trend) and no vanilla. On top of that the masculine aftershave-accord is an extremely bold move in my opinion. The only negative thing I will say is that the connection between the scent and the marketing is a little confusing – I personally don’t see synthetic shampoo scents, men’s shower gel and expensive old school chypre to have anything in common with nomad-style travelling. Whatever the case, I’m glad to see Chloe steer away from their usual hyperfeminine floral style.
While I initially even made a quite hilarious comparison of Nomade to Secretion Magnificues, I later got over the association because the aftershave accord (while metallic) does make sense after you investigate it a bit. I suggest you try it on your skin a couple of times and see what the outcome is. Longevity and sillage are indeed very potent. Can’t wait to buy a bottle.
p.s Bravo to the chemists and perfumers who created the modern oakmoss accord. We can still enjoy that special woody aroma very vividly even though the actual extract is virtually banned.
Soundtrack:
Leon Vynehall – Trouble – Parts I, II, & III (Chapter V)
Ya9581 – :
Cloying and “perfum-y”, it’s like when certain notes don’t stand out the overall composition feels heavy and weighted. Maybe I am smelling business man sweat like Hels said, I think that might be what made me want it off!
Go figure this scent lasted ALL DAY…amongst others that I tried, stood up to a hot shower trying to scrub it off, and it’s still there! Maybe I should try using ketchup to get this off.
ivanpetrovcev – :
I only sprayed this on a card in store.
At first it seemed floral and pretty.
But the dry down on the card, later that night, was like a sweaty business man.
The fragrance is described as being earthy and dirty. Well it certainly is.
It may be different on the skin – but I’m no longer interested in finding out.
KY_BCEM – :
Fruity mirabelle/freesia/peachy opening,then you start sensing the undertones of moss/patchouli/light woodiness,although the patchouli is “just a tad” for sure…to my nose.I agree with some of the reviews..that this is a spring/summer scent…and does have some “freshness” to it. I find this very different to the mainstream fruity/florals on the market currently.It is a strong…”like” for me right now. Further wearings are necessary to make a final judgement.
sagurvovka – :
Perfect holiday fragrance for me: Iamors review hits the point – it’s made for summer. Not so much seaside (it’s not an aquatic scent), more for running through the woods on a warm day, visiting the rose gardens or even tropical climate. Goes well with warm and humid weather, even summer heat before the thunder storm – and still it’s got phases were it’s also caressing and soft as a warm summerwind (white musks and maybe – maybe – Iso E super). After the mirabelle top notes I surprisingly get mostly dry rosenotes, mixed with dark honey – before the woody notes appear. I could also imagine that this scent blooms in indian summer, warm autumn days. And nights. And, please don’t kill me for mentioning one holy grale perfume of great art, which I loved and wore a long time: It has indeed some kind of a modern mitsouko atmosphere (not the smell, but the feeling): the mingle of green and gold.
Thank you for your reviews, everything I could say was already said and said better (thanks to Iamor, Cocolover, EmHyden and polkadot and so many others: very encouraging and helpful to read all your wonderful and substantial reviews). Ramin1215 has brought the whole fragrance into one beautiful picture: It just fits. Perfectly.
*Update*: My first review was based on two sample vials I owned and used up in my holidays. It was sweet and juicy at the start, with wonderful middelnotes of rose (and some synthetic freesia, which I didn’t mind), based on woody fresh notes, which changed back into citrusses and greens (Mitsouko-like). Maybe the basenotes were a bit masculine – but oh so perfect for warm humid weather. When I received my (already ordered) full bottle, something strange happened: the fragrance smelled like a watered down version, a bit more metallic, the plum was not so sweet, the whole scent seemed more airy – and certainly didn’t last as long. I am quite sure about that because I was able to test the last sprays of the sample side by side with the new bougt bottle. The sample was “made in france”, the bottle “made in spain”. I am really disappointed, because I want the beautiful juicy version back. Somebody with the same (sad) experience?
arhiMad – :
So I’ve been re discovering the Chloe line lately and decided to try this. Pretty bottle. Beautiful scent! It’s a bit woodsy up close but exudes a dainty but delicious floral/ fruity smell. Mirabelle plum? I’ve never seen one in person as they are rare outside France but I love freesia… oakmoss can be but or miss with me but it’s definitely a hit in this.
I find this an almost ethereal scent not dirty and still feminine but not cloying sweet or floral. This conjures up wood nymph images more so than Florea Nymphea. Possibly the best Chloe in my opinion
I found the sillage moderate and rather long lasting.
If you find most Chloe scents nice but not unique try this, I find it very different and a great balance of notes.
gromav – :
Japanese Lanterns by Luther Emerson Van Gorder
Whendaraineex – :
First impression: good quality fragrance in a sleek looking bottle.
To me, Nomade smells very fresh. It also evokes a shop-like feel, the same way Burberry Body would. And by the way, I did see some similarity with Body within the first 2-3 hours (or, rather, with the Tender version) but it achieved a sort of balance and harmony that Body never did on my skin. Very interesting and definitely something that I would consider purchasing.
I am not yet sure about longevity and sillage, that remains to be investigated. Also, I’m sniffing it now after 3-4 hour