Description
Small French perfume house of MDCI Parfums, founded by Claude Marchal, launches exclusive perfumes in exclusive flacons. The flacons with a cap shaped like figure of a man or a woman are hand-made and inspired by Renaissance epoch. Customers can choose flacons and fragrances independently.
This romantic fragrance is full of freshness and hope; it even causes pleasant spring dizziness. Top notes are light and composed of Sicilian bergamot, petit-grain from Paraguay, galbanum, black currant and melon. A heart carries Bulgarian rose, Bourbon geranium, mimose, black pepper and cardamom, while a base adds a mixture of musky notes. Perfumer is Patricia de Nikolai. Un Coeur en Mai was launched in 2009. The nose behind this fragrance is Patricia de Nicolai.
Millenium – :
I’ve never ever found a floral green like this. It is light, green, full of spring and still a little bit exotic and spicy on my skin. I can’t smell every single note, but they are in a perfect harmony. I definitely want a full bottle of this scent.
Krushenitskyi – :
So very pretty! I’m sampling this charming fruity rose from a manufacturer’s mini today. First whiff is a juicy cantaloupe wedge. Ten minutes later, the galbanum peeks out, very crisp… Usually in fragrances like this, the musk warms all of the fruit and blossoms, I’m not getting any musk though. The rose is a freshly opened spring bud. It does not, however, feel like niche. This is not a novel or challenging composition. If someone told me this was the new rose from Guerlain’s Aqua Allegoria line, I’d believe it, and wait for it to hit the online discounters. If your stash is like mine (or even more voluminous LOL) seek out the mini on eBay, it’ll suffice.
Simonagriikopl – :
I can’t understand this one here! Huge melon, cantaloupe, black current, berries, with a burst of lime, green notes, and some geranium! quite dry to be specific and very rosy sharp despite the fruits in it! it’s like a battle of who wins and who conquers!
Pepper also shows up but later. But after all this is more of a rosy fragrance than fruitti.
It feels as the smell of the flower in Super Mario video game, the flower he takes it and starts to threw fire balls.
antonoman – :
Lovely! Definitely captures May. At first I smell roses, then hyacinths, then Lily of the Valley; then others come forth. Has a haunting scent that makes me keep smelling the spot where I put the fragrance on my wrist. Is it mimosa? Definitely not a one note perfume. I got a sample of this previously and somehow didn’t respond to it. Now, I have another sample and I love it. I will wear it especially in “birthday May.”
A clean floral.
HICCERDETESOR – :
Un Coeur en Meh is prim and proper green floral with an old-fashioned feel that’s nicely put together and intensely realistic. It has a sort of idyllic English country garden thing going on; it’s the kind of perfume that would fit in well at some high-society social luncheon where everyone keeps on saying shit like “Oh Lady Genevieve-von-Tittington, you are just terrible!” over and over. Overall, it’s a pretty, spring-like, crisp thing, but maybe a tad too characterless in the end. Decently spun, and definitely fits in well with the line’s aesthetic (simulations of utterly ancient perfume), and I imagine that this is what the lady in Jean-Honore Fragonard’s The Swing (1766) is wearing while flashing her bloomers at that creeper in the bushes.
ama – :
Pretty, pretty, pretty!
I am completely smitten with this one: it opens with a hit of galbanum and geranium, then continues with the lily of the valley and the rose. It is perfectly balanced: green, bright, not sweet and juicy (probably due to the melon) at the same time.
I have heard it called “similar” to Le Temps d’Une Fete. They do share the same DNA, but this is cheerful and pretty, while I find Le Temps d’Une Fete a bit introspective and melancholy (beautiful nonetheless).
It is excellent for daytime wear in spring and summer. Longevity is good but sillage on the soft side.
I would buy it in a heartbeat, but when I saw its price tag, my heart sank: I will give it another year to decide if I really need an FB. Which I do!
Sherif11 – :
Green light classic but, fresh cut geranium – noooooooo for me. But very subtle to start, and slowly, without nasal rape, develops… After 7 hours just divine, when geranium is gone bye bye, and rose with melon are still out…. Ohh, also very distinct cardamon seed, which is great in stew, not on me 7/10
bariKOOL – :
This is a beautiful and sophisticated clean green floral fragrance and I believe I’m falling hard. The pure clean scent reminds me of China Rain from the 80’s but with a much more modern and classy twist. I just received this sample so I believe I have the reformulated version. From the moment I tried this I could tell that this was well done and far apart from the mainstream synthetics that are mostly underwhelming bordering on “let’s get in on the newest scent marketing craze…..never mind quality.” This pricey nectar is well worth the investment and is going on my “want” list for sure!
Oblighblothsn – :
I am now officially in weather denial. No, it cannot snow again! To ensure that this be the case, I have donned Parfums MDCI Un Coeur en Mai. May is less than three months away, so why not live it today?
Un Coeur en Mai offers a burst of spring in a bottle, complete with flowers and greens and fruits and black currant. This is a very uplifting scent. Anyone who likes floral green perfumes will probably enjoy wearing this creation, and anyone who does not will not.
One tiny criticism I have of this composition is that the melon note is too marked for my tastes. I don’t usually like melon in perfume, though, so it should not deter others from giving this creation by Patricia de Nicolai a sniff or, better yet, a full wear!
Carvexyangene – :
14 Jan 2014
Un Coeur en Mai, A heart in May, is a well-blended, artistically composed modern green floral. The hyacinth, freesia, galbanum and green leafy notes give the wearer a feeling of walking in an Italian countryside at spring time, lighthearted, uplifting and innocent. It reminds me Lucy Honeychurch in A Room With a View by E.M Forster.
Un Coeur en Mai was created by Patricia de Nicolai.
Jan 2017
According to luckyscent, this scent has been reformulated. I recently acquired the new version. It is still the same scent, only better. The musk in the new version is much softer, less screechy.
ehy591InsuffBooni – :
MDCI: Un Coeur en Mai
Gosh I’ve been lucky buying fragrances blind. This special perfume is no exception. It is lovely, lovely, lovely. At first I thought a little old fashioned. Possibly because the Lilly of the Valley scent comes through quite dominantly on my skin. However, that being said, I must add that the sophisticated artistry of this fragrance is definitely of the 21st Century. It’s HEAVENLY and ABSOUTELY FEMININE. While wearing Un Coeur en Mai I felt elegant and definitely stating that I only wear classy, expensive perfumes. The price, however, is true value for money. It lasted on my skin approximately 12 hours. My daughter who usually does not agree on the fragrances I like, said that she also liked this fabulous scent. Ummm, now I wonder who could possibly not like Un Coeur en Mai?
SweefLelf – :
I love this very beautiful floral fragrance. It is so clean and bright in a very good way. Sweet, but not too much, absolutely not nauseating. Very femminine. It reminds me of some other perfume but I can’t recall what, something by Dior?
Belka.ya – :
UN COEUR EN MAI is a symphony of spring filled with the sunshine, luscious greenery and singing birds. This stunning green floral composition is flawless in its execution and balance of the notes. But it is so much more than just a well-done perfume, it is a piece of art, masterfully capturing the essence of the spring with its vibrant shades of green, pink, blue, lilac and yellow.
UN COUER EN MAI is a complex but gentle perfume. The opening is green and fresh but very smooth at the same time. It is got to be one of the most beautiful green openings I have ever experienced. It does smell like a lush abundance of greenery in May. The galbanum, bergamot and petit grain are masterfully weaved together with the stunning aroma of hyacinth and lily of the valley. The composition IS like a spring day. I catch gorgeous whiffs of the fluffy and sunny mimosa drifting in when the scent transitions into the heart notes. The mimosa note is gorgeous here. The lily of the valley scent continues into the heart notes but it is not sharp and overpowering but rather very pleasant, shy and innocent. The spring floral bouquet fully develops in the heart notes accented by light and pale, very innocent rose. The dry down is a gentle floral musk and lovely wood notes.
Last week I have tried another beautiful creation by Patricia Nicolai, MIMOSAIQUE. I can see the same masterful touch in rendering gentle spring greens. But in UN COEUR EN MAI, I definitely get the full blast of spring, while MIMOSAIQUE was just a gentle breeze mixed with the sunshine.
Is there such a thing as the perfect spring perfume? UN COEUR EN MAI comes very close. I agree with Kterhark review below. This perfume is worth its price or at least getting a sample.
serega63net – :
Well, this is certainly one of the best Floral Greens I’ve sampled, and also my favorite from this line. It does not open with a sharp slap in the face (ala Chamade), it is more grassy than sweet; it wears close to the skin and remains fresh throughout. I know this house is expensive, but this is one bottle that I would say is worth it. This one really pleases my overly picky nose – I love it.