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cmu507Negeltzex – :
Wow, this is one butch floral! I’m actually a bit surprised that Maison Margiela labels Promenade as a female fragrance instead of “gender anonymous” like some others in the Replica line – since when are gardens just for girls?
Either way, I’m so in love with this dark, leafy rose with the perfect touch of patchouli. I’m not usually too fond of vetiver, but here it blends nicely with the sandalwood base. The color of the juice is an accurate representation of the scent itself, all lush and golden green like an antique. If I had to describe Promenade in one word, it would be “elegant.”
My favorite way to wear this perfume is sprayed liberally on a sweater as the weather starts to cool down. It’s so cozy and versatile, I really don’t understand all the mixed reviews! I guess that’s the beauty of fragrance – it’s so different for each wearer.
Men, I highly encourage you to sample this if you’re even the slightest bit intrigued by musky, green florals. It could be stunning with the right chemistry.
Mirror – :
Amazingly beautiful and relaxing rose scent. Love it.
Testberichtelbaei – :
I kept putting more on, because I can’t smell much beyond a quiet minty cilantro note. The Narciso Rodriguez comparisons make sense, as I’m anosmic to that one, too.
Testing my way through the Replica Memory Box, I’m loving Lipstick On, Jazz Club, and Music Festival so far.
nastysha7578master – :
It smells like a garden in spring – very green, not much floral and rather dull. another overpriced disappointment from this ‘Maison’.
Kaledurch – :
Replica did just that with this fragrance, made an exact replica of a pretty lush flower garden. It can be hard to find fragrances that smell exactly like a garden in bloom during spring, this fragrance is that in a bottle. Amazingly though, it is so fresh, I could see this working on men as well. This is another fragrance that clearly says on the bottle “female fragrance” and while it is more on the feminine side, I can see men pulling it off as a fresh scent. About the scent though, it is very green, like a freshly cut lawn or freshly cut grass. Not sickeningly green though, just right amount of fresh green. The florals start moving in in the background and give it a nice boost. This where you feel like you’re in the middle of a gorgeous flower garden in the spring. This made me think of a more floral Le Jardin by Max Factor which was 90% green and 10% floral in my opinion. This fragrance has just the right amount of everything, floral, green, and woody masculine. So far my favorite fragrance by Replica.
amacconka – :
When we do a skin perfumes sequence test, the order that is made of this test influences the expectations with regard to each perfume tested. And perhaps my chronological choice was not the best to understand the Replica line, since the first 3 are very good and raise expectations with respect to the others in the line, something that unfortunately does not end up following in the 2 that follow. Not that at the moment the line has bad perfumes, but Promenade in the Gardens and At The Barbers do not enchant with their interpretations of the proposed memories.
Promenade in the gardens is inspired by the romanticism of English gardens and illustrated by a beautiful landscape of a path composed mainly of green vegetation, a scent that seems to propose a stroll through the fresh and green aroma of it. It is certain that one of the characteristics of the Replica line is to produce collective memories that are abstract to the point of being subjective and, to some extent, unfinished. But what ends up being a force in the previous perfumes here is just a weakness. Promenade in the gardens looks more like a perfume that tries to make a modern version of a pink chypre from the 80’s, where the base is simplified, the patchouli becomes cleaner and the floral chord controls the fruity and almost fluorescent aroma that the roses presented in that time. The output that could suggest the green scent of the garden ends up creating a fresher aroma than green, with a slight fruity appearance. This walk through the gardens sounds more like a walk near a rosebush than a walk through a green garden.
grad2 – :
Florals awashed in iso E super. This has the nondescript smell of the kind of perfumes you encounter on the subway, in the office and from the next table in a restaurant. A perfumey perfume. The kind that make you go, “She’s wearing a perfume” rather than “She smells great. WHAT is that??” PSA : potential headache inducer.
Neolan – :
BEAUTIFUL and realistic beyond words.
Longevity is only good/OK.
Another “not really worth the price” frag from MMM. Try it at Sephora though!
wjq507bedyWelty – :
I was really excited to try this one. I love the listed notes and the idea of replicating a walk in the garden sounded beautiful. I pictured florals with a blanket of green.. unfortunately I instead felt like I got sprayed in the face with a shaken-up soda. The Narcisco Rodriguez comparison is unsurprising, as I feel like many of their fragrances have a fizzy, sweet cola base. This should be called “Promenade in the Coca-Cola Factory.”
garon22 – :
It opened with a classic floral then morphed into a spicy, patch-y, masculine sandalwood. The opening is too femme for my hubs, but the dry drown is too masculine for me. It is inoffensive and pleasant overall. Silage and longevity are not great, but it is an EDT.
Nilopazen – :
I adore everything about this fragrance except for the fact it fades in less than an hour. Tragic.
lependin – :
Cigars and roses. Spicy and woody in the best way. I quite like it! Only wish it didn’t cling so much to the skin, which seems to diminish its potential for silage and longevity.
I can also see how the cigar-like spicy-musk may be off putting to some. Even five years ago I probably would’ve been repulsed by the scent, however my nose has matured; making scents such as this more favorable.
Another user mentioned a “cigarette” accord, however it’s important to note that the smell she/he is speaking of isn’t that of a burnt cigarette, but much more of a spiced and toasted tobacco scent. It smells like a rich cigar – aged and stored properly in a humidor. This, along with the rose, is heavenly.
I would recommend this fragrance with the contingency that it is tested before purchased. It’s a fragrance that stands out in my collection, but may not be as loved in others. With a suggested retail price of $125, you’ll want to make sure Promenade in the Gardens is worth the expenditure.
Scent: 7/10
Tereshechko – :
On my skin, Promenade In The Gardens is a prominent vetiver fragrance with a mossy undertone and a touch of rosy suavity. The vetiver is clean and crisp, but is still satisfyingly earthy and woody. This Garden is not a garden full of various blossoms, but a garden of vivid, lush vegetation after rain, of which the refreshing earthy smell of roots and stems is brought out by the moisture and permeates the air.
The sillage is soft and the longevity is around 7 hours. Promenade In The Gardens is clean, radiant and modern, yet its damp earthiness keeps it natural. It’s versatile and hardly offensive, yet it stands out among the ‘clean’ watery green floral. I’d definitely recommend it as a modern, chic fragrance with green, woody elements.
napas – :
This was a blind buy. A brief history in context: I had a bottle of Idylle edt, which let me down (the bottle leaked, the golden part around the spritzer sticked to the cap and came off all the time, the staying power is minimal, etc.). I had a bottle of Narciso Rodriguez, which got claimed by my mother immediately. If comparing this one to those, Promenade has the best quality, period.
It lacks the pungent musk from Narciso, or if there is some (I’m still not a very developed musk-detector when in small quantities), it’s more delicate. The vetiver picks up that role that musk has in Narciso, and the rose is so well accompanied by it. I have to say I was afraid for that rose doing a blind buy, since English rose like in Yardley’s one isn’t my favourite and often has a big potpourri-factor. In contradiction with racb beneath, I don’t think the rose is old-fashioned here at all and I don’t get the powdery-remark; I love powdery scents, but this is really not it imho. Wafts of earthy patchouli come along and all seems rather “moisty fresh” to me.
Anyway Promenade in the Gardens is mine now. All mine.
Detko – :
Generically floral. Old fashioned rose water with a powdery drydown.
It’s nice, but there’s not enough to it for me.
zubr7 – :
This is a great Spring floral. It is not overpowering, but fresh and lovely. It is light, but very uplifting. For me, the longevity of this scent is somewhat weak – about 3 hours at best, but for a floral, I guess that is ok – I am an allergy sufferer, so maybe that is a good thing, but it does not offend my nose.
It is like walking in a garden, I think Margiela nailed it with the description of it being in a garden. The white flowers are there, but they are not overpowering as the patchouli and vetiver waters it down and makes it refreshing.
GAI1958 – :
I sprayed a few sprays of this on and got into the car with my husband, he was frantic to roll down the windows. He said he was chocking on what smelled like cigarette smoke. Nope just me. I smelled like a lit cigarette.
As it’s drying down it just smells like a rose. Any rose that you would smell in a rose dominated fragrance, kind of like potpourri. I keep smelling too what reminds me of SJP lovely. It’s getting pretty generic smelling, and what I’m looking for is a realistic garden smell in perfume form. Not for me.
MAGIC – :
This really is a garden in a bottle. The rose is not over powering which it tends to be in most fragrances and the blend of it and the patchouli is very fresh and wonderful. I do see a man wearing this but he needs to be shaved, raw and gorgeous. If the man isn’t that then I’d say this is for women only.
LLJONI – :
It is awful outside, very hot and humid today. The scent blossoms beautifully in the heat. I keep sniffing myself as I am wearing this and I just feel amazing with it on. I am not a patchouli person but combined with the woods it works in the fragrance giving it a mysterious quality. It’s a high quality, beautiful, green floral. I’m not sure it evokes a scent memory for me but I am certainly going to make some now!
sinatra_sun – :
The first spray of this fragrance is the freshness of a spring day and then it settles into a wonderfully luscious and unique green fragrance. Perfect for Spring and summer!
morro09 – :
The onset of Promenade in the Gardens is chock-full of green notes, which are some of my least-favorite notes in the entire fragrance world. I find it absolutely revolting and stomach-churning when leaves, stems, and foliage have that sort of wet, stale, plant-like smell. I can’t explain it but it’s bothered me ever since I was a child.
Luckily, the green notes in Promenade are completely different and done in a way that is dark, bitter, sharp, and mysterious. My nose is telling me that this sensation can be partly attributed to coriander and galbanum: the latter of which is not specifically listed in the note pyramid but I feel quite certain it is used in this composition. On skin this sensation mellows out and reveals grand Turkish rose accompanied by patchouli and vetiver. There is also an echo of vague, miscellaneous florals in the background that help to give the fragrance presence and weight.
Promenade in the Gardens is a lovely, high-quality fragrance that is both outdoorsy and elegant. Because it is very different, this is a fragrance that requires a woman with a strong sense of identity who isn’t afraid to wear something unusual and unexpected.