L'essence is a new perfume for Balenciaga released in September 2011.
L'essence is advertised as a green floral based on the fragrance of violet leaf, not violet flowers. When I first sniffed it...
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L'essence is a new perfume for Balenciaga released in September 2011.
L'essence is advertised as a green floral based on the fragrance of violet leaf, not violet flowers. When I first sniffed it...
I haven't bought this yet - only tested it a couple of times. But I'm pretty sure I will end up buying it. This, in essence, is the fragrance I have been looking for: something that is different...
I haven't bought this yet - only tested it a couple of times. But I'm pretty sure I will end up buying it. This, in essence, is the fragrance I have been looking for: something that is different...
This is for the blue-green L'Essence version.
I had to spray this twice on my skin. Both times it disappeared within 20 minutes. I was puzzled, so I asked the Nordstrom ladies what is...
This is for the blue-green L'Essence version.
I had to spray this twice on my skin. Both times it disappeared within 20 minutes. I was puzzled, so I asked the Nordstrom ladies what is...
I'm not sure I can wear Rumba, but I like to have a little to sniff and admire. Rumba was made by Balenciaga in 1989, and is a precursor to most of the Serge Lutens fragrances.
In the base,...
I'm not sure I can wear Rumba, but I like to have a little to sniff and admire. Rumba was made by Balenciaga in 1989, and is a precursor to most of the Serge Lutens fragrances.
In the base,...
It really does have a pretty, sophisticated violetty opening. However this lasted about 5? 10? minutes on me and then it was just this heavy, dank stinky orientalish chypre that would not let up...
It really does have a pretty, sophisticated violetty opening. However this lasted about 5? 10? minutes on me and then it was just this heavy, dank stinky orientalish chypre that would not let up...
WOW what terrific way to start any day or night. This is so fresh, yet sophisticated and sexy.....Love, love, love this fragrance.
WOW what terrific way to start any day or night. This is so fresh, yet sophisticated and sexy.....Love, love, love this fragrance.
This fragrance is one of the most elegant that I own. It wafts about you in a sensous way and I feel amazing in it! It's perfect for the office because of the wafting quality but save it for that...
This fragrance is one of the most elegant that I own. It wafts about you in a sensous way and I feel amazing in it! It's perfect for the office because of the wafting quality but save it for that...
Wow, wearing this takes me on a subtle scent journey as it morphs throughout the day. My first impression is a nice scent with violets in the top note. It reminds me of FM En Passant in an odd...
Wow, wearing this takes me on a subtle scent journey as it morphs throughout the day. My first impression is a nice scent with violets in the top note. It reminds me of FM En Passant in an odd...
This is one of the few fragrances I have worn that has stopped strangers in the street to ask me "what is that beautiful perfume you're wearing?". It is now my signature summer fragrance (and I...
This is one of the few fragrances I have worn that has stopped strangers in the street to ask me "what is that beautiful perfume you're wearing?". It is now my signature summer fragrance (and I...
opening was beautiful. warm, sweet & sensual. dried down to something sharp, peppery & overpowering. not sexy. returned to nordstroms before i even left the store.
opening was beautiful. warm, sweet & sensual. dried down to something sharp, peppery & overpowering. not sexy. returned to nordstroms before i even left the store.
Oh my goodness. After an initial deeply awkward series of top notes that smell like your general dusty-old-ambery-florabl, my vintage PDT explodes into a to-die-for clove/carnation/cardamomy...
Oh my goodness. After an initial deeply awkward series of top notes that smell like your general dusty-old-ambery-florabl, my vintage PDT explodes into a to-die-for clove/carnation/cardamomy...
I got a headache within minutes of smelling this thing. Had to wash it off my wrist. It smelled like some really heavy perfume that old ladies wear, but my aunt likes it.
I got a headache within minutes of smelling this thing. Had to wash it off my wrist. It smelled like some really heavy perfume that old ladies wear, but my aunt likes it.
I waited two days after sniffing and putting on my wrist before buying this perfume. Worth it! It somehow manages to be both seductively engrossing and mysterious at the same time. Wearing it is...
I waited two days after sniffing and putting on my wrist before buying this perfume. Worth it! It somehow manages to be both seductively engrossing and mysterious at the same time. Wearing it is...
The scent is meh and very subtle. I thought I would prefer it as a shower gel so I got that. The scent is okay but the bottle is a regular screw top bottle that requires 2 hands to use. Not...
The scent is meh and very subtle. I thought I would prefer it as a shower gel so I got that. The scent is okay but the bottle is a regular screw top bottle that requires 2 hands to use. Not...
I can't decide whether I love this or hate it. I can't actually smell it on my wrist ... but somehow I'm aware of it's essence.
The fragrance as a whole kinda surrounds you, and gives off a...
I can't decide whether I love this or hate it. I can't actually smell it on my wrist ... but somehow I'm aware of it's essence.
The fragrance as a whole kinda surrounds you, and gives off a...
This was originally made by Balenciaga but is now produced by Ted Lapidus (he of Python fame). I ordered it unsniffed based on all the reviews talking about how complex and incensey it is but it...
This was originally made by Balenciaga but is now produced by Ted Lapidus (he of Python fame). I ordered it unsniffed based on all the reviews talking about how complex and incensey it is but it...
Jean-Claude Ellena made THIS? Ellena, he who is known for tranquil scents such as Un Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes? Wow. Anyway, this is one BIG! LOUD! PERFUME! Big fruits, big hothouse flowers...
Jean-Claude Ellena made THIS? Ellena, he who is known for tranquil scents such as Un Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes? Wow. Anyway, this is one BIG! LOUD! PERFUME! Big fruits, big hothouse flowers...
love love this! walked into Nordstrom wanting something sophisticated and a bit sweet and feminine at the same time but something that wasn't too familiar. This one hit it all!! I couldn't stop...
love love this! walked into Nordstrom wanting something sophisticated and a bit sweet and feminine at the same time but something that wasn't too familiar. This one hit it all!! I couldn't stop...
I received a vintage bottle of the pdt (same as edp) in a swap. I thought, going by the notes listed on Fragrantica, that it would be love at first spray. Unfortunately for me, it was a disaster...
I received a vintage bottle of the pdt (same as edp) in a swap. I thought, going by the notes listed on Fragrantica, that it would be love at first spray. Unfortunately for me, it was a disaster...
Meh. There's nothing much to sing about Balenciaga Paris, but there's also nothing much to gripe about. I love the theory - a soapy-clean floral with woods humming in the background - but in...
Meh. There's nothing much to sing about Balenciaga Paris, but there's also nothing much to gripe about. I love the theory - a soapy-clean floral with woods humming in the background - but in...