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Shadow_zar – :
Spectacular, a garden of white fresh flowers. My friend and I snagged a few squirts at the Chantecaille counter in the TST Sogo store in Hong Kong. Intensely beautiful and feminine. There’s no shampoo or cigarette smoke that we could discern, although I understand how fragrances smell so different to different people.
It was ridiculously expensive at the store, around AUD$285 for 75 mls, so we will be hunting for an online bargain.
ivanvanci85 – :
I read in an interview with Frank Voelkl that he a) created this beauty and b) around 1997. Is this a re-launch of the fragrance? Just curious 🙂 And if anyone of the fragrantica team happens to read this – there is also a Franck Voelkl floating around the noses section – but I believe that is simply a typo and the fragrances should be correctly credited to Frank 🙂
Thx <3
a.uris – :
This is an amazing perfume and I was looking for such for a very long time. I agree with many of you that it is also very expensive but I love it so much, I will buy it anyway. It is tropical but not sweet and it is what makes this perfume so unusual. It is a nice bouquet of fresh and feminine floral notes. Tiare, lily-of-the-valey, ylang-ylang, jasmine and orchid, they all are intensive but at the same time subtle.
товарищъ – :
It starts out quite cool and sophisticated but then it warms up like burning flowers, dry but smoldering and beautiful.
I especially like the red rose in this – it’s warn and sensuous.
Julkaa232 – :
Gorgeous. The dry down is just as beautiful as the top notes. No musk or sandalwood, thank goodness. Expensive, but large bottle.
jolexs – :
I absolutely LOVE this perfume!!! although it is very expensive, I was able to find a roll on version in a cute little blue case, on Ebay for $45 dollars.. I really, really, love it, i am trying to save it, but it’s scent is intoxicating to me <3
enticeSkizdiz – :
Very feminine and very floral. Long lasting and strong. A light touch is best. I like, but not in love with. Would not buy again. My daughter took it! She likes it better.
andr.locm4 – :
Tiare is very floral and tropical, a bit sharp in the beginning but does become softer. I get absolutely no oriental from this at all and there is only the faintest touch of vanilla I can discern. Good staying power, you only need a little. This would work for a vacation in the tropics but I’m not sure I would wear it at any other time. Reminds me very much of Anais Anais, which was also a very pretty floral.
BeiseHice – :
This one has me running in both directions, to and away from it! Presently, it is away from.
Sharp start which does settle down after 15 mintutes or so. Do not get much bergamont here (which I love). Middle notes dominate here. The musk and vanilla barely raise themslves over the florals. Overall, I find it a bit synthetic.
Very femme and while it harkens one to a tropical island vacation it is not one for an extended stay!
Sillage and longevity both solid.
barbi923 – :
I completely agree with ChiKitty’s review of this perfume, which fits with my experience of it as a beautiful white tropical floral. I also love your description of “catching the scent of a nearby garden from the balcony of a Hawaiian resort” – exactly!
Would also (see ChiKitty and kimberleylizkenn) not classify it as an oriental; a glorious cloud of heady white florals. I tried a sample and am definitely going to buy – I love this perfume!
On my skin, long-lasting and moderate sillage.
bigmazi – :
I agree with chikitty and Evel, Both make good accurate points. The only difference I have is that as Evel states, it is sharp. But for me this is only initially. It softens up quite a bit and becomes a softer floral. I do not consider it oriental.
ADVERYIMMESIA – :
I’m so glad that I didn’t read the previous reviews for this perfume before going on my own to smell (and eventually purchase) it. I think it’s a beautiful white floral, but not an oriental as its currently classified here. I can smell the tiare flower and lily-of-the-valley most distinctly, while the rest of the flowers in this composition sort of meld into the background. It is strong and you don’t need to apply a lot, and on me it has good staying power and moderate sillage. It feels very feminine, elegant and exotic to me – like catching the scent of a nearby garden from the balcony of a Hawaiian resort. Probably since tiare flower generally does not debut in most of the other perfumes in my wardrobe.
intradco_iev – :
It smells like a smoker using white flower perfume to try and cover up their cig stink.